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Presented each May during National Preservation Month, the Los Angeles Conservancy's Preservation Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation. Recipients are selected by an independent jury of leading experts in architecture, historic preservation, and community development.
Preservation Award winners range widely, from sensitive restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse projects, to groundbreaking advocacy and education efforts by individuals and groups. Submissions are from throughout Los Angeles County and illustrate the value and power of historic preservation. Past recipients include Bubeshko Apartments, City of Huntington Park Historic Preservation Ordinance, Japanese Pioneer Memorial Restoration and Rehabilitation, Griffith Observatory, The Poster Neutra, Pann’s Coffee Shop, and Point Fermin Lighthouse, among many others. To be eligible, projects must have been completed by December 31 of the previous year and be located in L.A. County. Construction projects may be commercial, residential, or institutional. Historic landscape projects, as well as contributions to preservation education or program development, are also encouraged.
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(former) St. Vibiana's Cathedral Built in 1876, the former Cathedral of St. Vibiana is one of Los Angeles' few remaining 19th-century structures. Its Baroque-inspired Italian faηade contrasted with the handsome 83-foot bell tower at the rear of the property. The cathedral was the subject of a major preservation battle in the mid-1990s, when the Archdiocese of Los Angeles began to illegally demolish the building, starting with the bell tower. The Conservancy pursued two successful lawsuits to stop the demolition, ultimately finding a buyer for the property when the Archdiocese abandoned it to build a new cathedral nearby. Developer Tom Gilmore bought the property and has carefully adapted it for use as a vibrant performance and event venue. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #17 Photo by Julius Shulman. Copyright J. Paul Getty Trust/Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at The Getty Research Institute. |
