Los Angeles High School is shown in the opening credits of the 1940s movie " Strike Up The Band " . The popular late 1960s and early 1970s television series '' Room 222 '' was filmed at LAHS . The 1917 building sustained moderate cosmetic damage , principally in the tower area , during the Sylmar earthquake in 1971 . Efforts spearheaded by the Alumni Association , founded in 1876 , to repair and preserve the iconic structure were opposed by certain commercial interests , who lobbied for its demolition , and finally decisively thwarted when it was gutted by a fire of mysterious origin . The replacement structure has been universally decried and finds no champions among either current or former students and faculty , or residents of the neighboring community
Sylmar earthquake
1971 San Fernando earthquake
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