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San Diego County Administration Building

(From County of San Diego Web Site)
At the 1935 World’s Fair Exposition, plans for the San Diego City and County Administration Building were hailed as a prototype of American civic center architecture. The building received the label of San Diego’s first "skyscraper;" the ten-story tower was still imposing despite its reduction in height. The Center’s location on the bay was intended to provide a welcome to seafaring travelers; in keeping with John Nolen’s desire that the city make effective use of its natural waterfront, building design assumed an impressive, aesthetic approach that has since remained unparalleledd in the construction of government buildings.