Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse

Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse
General information
Address 255 East Temple Street
Town or city Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°3′11.96″N 118°14′21.07″W / 34.0533222°N 118.2391861°W / 34.0533222; -118.2391861Coordinates: 34°3′11.96″N 118°14′21.07″W / 34.0533222°N 118.2391861°W / 34.0533222; -118.2391861
Completed 1991
Height 366 feet (112 m)[1]
Design and construction
Architecture firm Welton Becket Associates
Website
http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/locations/roybal-courthouse

The Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse is a United States federal courthouse of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, in the Civic Center district of Los Angeles, California. It is located on Temple Street in Downtown Los Angeles.

The building was completed in January 1992 and is named for long-serving United States Congressman Edward R. Roybal.

Prior to the opening of the building, some controversy was stirred by the removal of a statue of a nude by sculptor Tom Otterness, which Roybal had objected to as appropriate for a museum but not for a federal building.[2]

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