In 1932, the city of Beverly Hills built its city hall. And not just any city hall, but according to the Los Angeles Times the largest and most expensive city hall of any municipality its size in the country. It was – and, of course, still is – a gorgeous monument in an architectural style known as “California Churrigueresque” which is a variation on Spanish Revival. And the city needed something because until then city administration services took place at the Beverly Hills Hotel! In this 1933 photo taken from Canon Drive, we can see that Beverly Hills still had pockets of undeveloped land and a railway track running through it along what is now called South Santa Monica Blvd.