Los Angeles City Engineer Gary Lee Moore, left, and project manager Ohaji Abdallah of the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering celebrate the new satellite City Hall at 43rd Street and Central Avenue in South Los Angeles. The mural behind them is by artists Noni Olabisi and Alma Lopez. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles City Engineer Gary Lee Moore and Los Angeles City Councilwoman Jan Perry take stairs to the green plaza area of the new satellite City Hall, where Perry will have an office. The building will open to the public on Jan. 28. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Ohaji Abdallah, one of several project managers to have worked on the new building, walks through the green roof plaza atop of the new satellite City Hall. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A groundskeeper walks past a pond in the main courtyard of the new satellite City Hall at 43 Street and Central Avenue in South Los Angeles. The complex features a community room, a green roof plaza and offices for City Councilwoman Jan Perry and others. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)