Culturally Significant

Photo by Hunter Kerhart

La Parrilla Restaurant

This restaurant occupies one of the oldest remaining buildings on Wilshire.

Photo by Larry Underhill

A unique landmark in the industrial city of Vernon for over half a century, its unique hybrid of coffee shop, lounge, fine dining establishment, and event space served everyone from truck drivers to wedding parties.

Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy

LAFD Fire Engine Company No. 30

James Backus

The first of two all-black fire stations in Los Angeles, Fire Company No. 30 played a key role in securing workplace equality for African American firefighters.

Photo by Jessica Hodgdon/L.A. Conservancy

Liberation House

The original Liberation House in Hollywood represented a response to the increasing numbers of LGBTQ individuals living on the streets in the 1970s.

Photo by Laura Dominguez/L.A. Conservancy

Lincoln Heights Jail

The Art Deco Lincoln Heights Jail was infamous for having a separate wing to house its high numbers of gay inmates.

Ethel Percy Andrus Theatre at Lincoln High School. Photo by M. Rosalind Sagara/L.A. Conservancy

Lincoln High School

Albert C. Martin, Sr.

Lincoln High played a key role in the East L.A. Chicano Student Walkouts (Blowouts) of March 1968.

Photo from L.A. Conservancy archives

Lincoln Theatre

John Paxton Perrine

Opened in 1927, the Lincoln Theatre is the last remaining theatre in Los Angeles that catered specifically to the African American community.

Photo by Dale Zapata

Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center

Allied Architects Association

Constructed as a monument to modern medicine, the original LAC+USC Medical Center reveals important stories about equity and public health in postwar Southern California.