^{The construction of the Civic Center Library in the 1970s was a major addition to the complex of City facilities and offices along Torrance Boulevard at Madrona Avenue.}

Rolling into the 1970s, the City added an additional shopping center, the Del Amo Fashion Square, north of Carson Street on Hawthorne Boulevard.

Later in the decade, it would expand to extend east with Bullocks on the west and Montgomery Ward on the east as major anchor stores.

The first full service hotel in the City was constructed in 1974, opening its doors in 1975 as the Holiday Inn. Over time, with expansion and modifications, it would become the DoubleTree Hotel.

The City also added to the growth with a major expansion of the Civic Center, including a new main City Hall. The old City Hall was refaced and repurposed, and a new Civic Center Library was built.

Torrance Memorial moved from its location in downtown Torrance to a new hospital built on Lomita Boulevard in 1971.

This would be only part of the development on Lomita that saw major aerospace engineering and general manufacturing developments.

The City saw the addition of Old Towne Mall in 1972 along Hawthorne north of Del Amo Boulevard. It replaced a large part of the industrial area which had been Union Carbide. The Mall had a turn of the century theme, with a carousel and old-time storefronts.

The City also became involved with a second redevelopment project called Skypark along the Hawthorne corridor south of Lomita.

This continued the influx of office construction taking place farther north at Carson and Hawthorne.

Country Hills was a large residential development with a small commercial center which was developed at the site of a quarry at the south border of Torrance between Crenshaw and Hawthorne boulevards. It was built during 1976 and 1977, and required the developer to bring in thousands of cubic yards of dirt to fill the large hole.

The City received a large parcel of land in the Country Hills area, which was developed into De Portola Park.

In 1979, the City adopted a third Redevelopment project to seek solutions for the decline of the downtown area. It was intended to be a bootstrap effort of downtown businesses to reenergize the area and address the large amount of vacancies and vagrants.

As the 70s came to a close, the City also saw the closing of some of the primary industrial facilities in Torrance including ARMCO, Rome Cable and U.S. Steel.