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[1] [2] The building is also notable as the site of a 1971 bombing that killed an 18-year-old worker. [3] The building holds offices for a number of federal agencies, including the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Internal Revenue Service. [4]
United States Courthouse (First Street, Los Angeles), the newest federal courthouse in Los Angeles, located 350 W. First St., open since 2016 [2] Wilshire Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Blvd., NRHP, opened 1969 [3] Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 255 E Temple St., opened 1996
The first U.S. Federal building authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1807, with an appropriation of $20,000 to build, in New Orleans, a post office, courthouse, or custom house.
This building was preceded by a prior Los Angeles federal building opened in 1892. The second federal building was made of “red sandstone on a white granite base” and cost $500,000. [2] Upon completion, the six-story building [3] housed a post office, Southern District of California courtrooms, [4] customs offices, and revenue offices. [2]
The building actually is not located on municipal Los Angeles land, but in a small (0.90-square-mile (2.3 km 2)), unincorporated area of Los Angeles County enclosed by the city, known as unincorporated Sawtelle. Construction on the Wilshire Federal Building began in 1968 and was completed in 1969. [4] It is 79.43 metres (260.6 ft) high. [4]
The building was completed in January 1992 and is named for long-serving United States Congressman Edward R. Roybal. In the year after its completion, 1993, it gained publicity as the site of the federal trial of the four Los Angeles Police Department officers who were charged in 1991's Rodney King video beating; the trial being held the year ...
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The building, which houses federal courts and federal law-enforcement departments, is sometimes called the First Street Courthouse. It is 10 stories tall with 533,000 square feet (49,500 m 2 ) of floor space, containing 24 courtrooms and 32 judicial chambers and stands out in the downtown skyline with its impressive glass façade.