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Date added: March 7, 2010; Modified: February 9, 2024
Grevillea park is graced by an gargantuan mosaic mural, called “History of Transportation.” This extraordinary mural is 8 feet high and 240 feet long, composed of 60 panels. It is made of cast concrete and terrazzo paneled walls. It is… read more
Date added: June 12, 2013; Modified: September 30, 2022
The Post Office in Inglewood CA was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1935. It was needed because of damage to the previous post office in the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 and cost $210,000 (Gnerre 2022) The design of… read more
Date added: June 12, 2013; Modified: September 30, 2022
Four plaster bas-reliefs, depicting a buffalo, bear, ram, and lion, decorate the exterior of the Inglewood CA main post office. They sit between the first and second floor windows of the front of the building. These sculptures were created by… read more
Date added: February 15, 2010; Modified: September 30, 2022
A mahogany wood bas-relief by Archibald Garner, entitled “Centinella Springs,” frames a doorway inside the main post office in Inglewood CA. It depicts early California settlers drawing water from a local spring. (Inglewood was briefly known as “Centinella” in the 19th… read more
Date added: May 2, 2010; Modified: March 2, 2017
Otherwise known as Centinela Park. The WPA built the park’s water fountain and eight tennis courts in the 1930s. Other structures may have been built at that time too–more documentation is needed. From an article in Inglewood Today: “Archibald Garner… read more
Date added: May 23, 2013; Modified: June 4, 2013
This handsome brick building was constructed by the WPA in 1934 in Centinela Park (otherwise known as Vincent Park). Centinela Park also contains WPA tennis courts.
Date added: August 27, 2011; Modified: May 23, 2013
Constructed by the WPA.
Date added: June 23, 2008; Modified: June 4, 2012
The fine arts building was reconstructed in 1936, including: removing brickwork to make the building more earthquake safe, installing new columns and beams to carry vertical loads, building a new fireproof starway, rearranging windows to bring in more light, updating… read more
Date added: August 14, 2011
One story frame and stucco building partitioned into 8 classrooms and a cafeteria.