JPL's Administration Building

Oct. 27, 2016

The Administration Building of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Building 180) is pictured in this archival image taken in January 1965. What appears as a parking lot in this photograph later becomes 'The Mall,' a landscaped open-air gathering place.

This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL's past and present, commemorating the 80th anniversary of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Oct. 31, 2016.

The Administration Building of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Building 180) is pictured in January 1965. What appears as a parking lot in this photograph later becomes "The Mall", a landscaped open-air gathering place. A small security control post can be seen at the left of the 1965 image. And Building 167, one of the lab's cafeterias, is on the right.

JPL is a division of the Caltech in Pasadena, California.