LOS ANGELES, CA - CITY HALL

L.A.'s iconic City Hall tower, once the tallest building in Los Angeles.

Completed in 1928, the structure is well-known to the film and television viewing public, having been used for multiple tv show and movie sets (famously getting blown to pieces in the 1953 George Pal version of WAR OF THE WORLDS).

Although eclipsed by steadily taller and more imposing structures since 1968, City Hall stands aside the rest of downtown, still imposing and beautiful.

Pic of the Day: LA City Hall

It's an iconic building you've seen many times over the years. Dragnet, Adam-12, CHiPs. Anything LA with a police badge or setting you'll see this building. 

In George Pal's 1953 version of WAR OF THE WORLDS, it even merits its own destruction at the hands of the invading Martians.