The Wilshire Federal Building is an office building in

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, located on Wilshire and Sepulveda Boulevards in the area of Sawtelle.Joan Wai, ''Newcomer's Handbook For Moving To And Living In Los Angeles: Including Santa Monica, Pasadena, Orange County, And The San Fernando Valley''. Newcomer's Handbooks. Edition 4. (First Books, 2005), 32. Many of Los Angeles’ federal offices are located in this building. The building actually is not located on municipal Los Angeles land, but in a small (),

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of Los Angeles County enclosed by the city, known as unincorporated Sawtelle. Construction on the Wilshire Federal Building began in 1968 and was completed in 1969. It is high. It was listed on the

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in 2020. The building is often the site of protests and demonstrations. For example, during the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

, the Federal Building was the scene of demonstrations both supporting the Revolution and supporting the

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.Reza Kahlili, ''A Time to Betray: The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent Inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran'' (Simon and Schuster, 2010), 112. The

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(FBI) Los Angeles field office is in Suite 1700.Los Angeles Division
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. Retrieved on June 9, 2015. "11000 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1700 Los Angeles, CA 90024"

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* {{Authority control Skyscraper office buildings in Los Angeles Government buildings in Los Angeles Federal buildings in Los Angeles Federal buildings in the United States Buildings of the United States government Sawtelle, Los Angeles Sepulveda Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard 1960s architecture in the United States West Los Angeles National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles Charles Luckman buildings Office buildings completed in 1969

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