The architectural scale of the building is deceptive and therefore not a little ridiculous since its method of construction implies the size and span of a dirigible hangar yet its real size is that of a medium supermarket; the real building will not look like the picture.
Wirth, Timothy. Memo on the subject of [Wachsmann’s] California City Civic Center. August 31, 1971. Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania.










