The 17-story Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard sits in the middle of a former golf course on 28 acres of land. Designed by Charles Luckman Associates and completed in 1969, the building is corporate Late Modernism at its finest; a pure white façade is interrupted only by white precast concrete fins that shade the offices and emphasize the building’s verticality. Public service messages were once projected onto the sides of the building and included appeals for purchase of savings bonds, use of ZIP codes, and general public safety suggestions like locking car doors to prevent theft. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2022.