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NORTH HOLLYWOOD PUMP STATION
NORTH HOLLYWOOD PUMP STATION
BUILDING FACADE
Los Angeles, California, USA
Barton Phelps & Associates (est. 1984), Architects
Los Angeles, California, USA
1992
The North Hollywood Pump Station, designed
by architects Barton Phelps & Associates (est.
1984), is a massive poured and cast concrete
box adjacent to the Hollywood Freeway in Los
Angeles. The 1.7-acre (0.69 ha) facility houses
eleven turbine pumps that provide much of the
water for central Los Angeles via aqueduct
from snow runoff in the Sierra Nevada Moun-
tains 340 miles (547 km) away.
The building facade functions as a public
information mural composed ...