Preservation: Wyatt Earp's House
Categories: Preservation: You Can Help
By: TW Editors 09/01/2007
City Hall on Solid Ground
When the Big One hits, the City Hall in Pasadena, California, should be in good shape.
The city reopened the 80-year-old building on July 15 after three years of work. Engineers separated the 170,000-square-foot building from the ground with 240 rubber structures in a rare earthquake-proofing process known as base isolation. The hall is now restored to its original 1927 appearance. The total price tag: $80 million.
Most remarkable of all for a public works project—it was finished on time and on budget. 626-744-4000
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