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UCLA Faculty Center in 2022. Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy

UCLA Faculty Center

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Following years of uncertainty and being at risk through proposed redevelopment of the site, there is a positive outlook for the once-threatened 1959 UCLA Faculty Center.
Photo by Adrian Scott Fine

Union Bank Square

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Significant for its Corporate International style design and Garret Eckbo landscape, Union Bank Square was the first completed Bunker Hill Urban Renewal development. On February 26, 2020, the City Council voted in support, making this the first Downtown skyscraper to be designated a Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM).
Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy

Verbin Residence

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Built in 1959-60, the Verbin Residence is a Post-War Modernist A-Frame house, with distinctive Polynesian influences. The Conservancy and its Modern Committee have submitted a Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) nomination for the house.
Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy

Vibiana

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The former Cathedral of St. Vibiana was one of the Conservancy's toughest battles and greatest victories
Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy

W. N. Caldwell Residence

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A significant Beverly Hills residence designed by master architect Wallace Neff has been repeatedly proposed for demolition as a teardown.
Watts City Hall and Engine Company No. 65, view northeast. Photo by Architectural Resources Group, 2021.

Watts City Hall and Engine Company No. 65

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Excellent and rare example of a Beaux-Arts style municipal building in Watts. The property is designated as a Historic-Cultural Monument.
Exterior of Watts Happening Cultural Center. Photo by Rita Cofield / Friends at Mafundi

Watts Happening Cultural Center

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Since 1969, Black art, culture, and activism have flourished in this rare Late-Modern style building in the Watts neighborhood of South L.A. The building was designated a Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) in September 2021.
Photo from L.A. Conservancy archives

Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building

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One of L.A.'s great Art Deco masterpieces, the Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier Building were saved from demolition in the Conservancy's first major victory.

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