Important Issues

Important Issues

Saving Historic Places in L.A. County

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Places that have survived threats of demolition or excessive alteration.

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Angel Food Donuts Sign

Orange Angels Flight ascends, with downtown skyline in the background.

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Angels Flight

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Arthur Lloyd and Gertrude Sercy Reese Home

The Reese family cultivated community and economic opportunity for Black Venetians in the Oakwood neighborhood.

Image of Bank of America Chinatown Branch

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Bank of America Chinatown Branch

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Beverly Hills Waterworks Building / Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study

Bob and Hope Dolores Home

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Bob and Dolores Hope Estate

Big Bob's Broiler exterior

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Bob’s Big Boy Broiler

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Boyle Hotel (Cummings Block)

The Boyle Hotel in Boyle Heights stands as a prime example of preservation and adaptive reuse.

Bullock Wilshire Building

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Bullock’s Wilshire / Southwestern Law School

Eames House and Studio (Case Study House #8)

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Case Study Houses

Ten residences from the famed Case Study House program were added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Century Plaza Hotel

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Charlotte and Robert Disney House

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Chase Knolls

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Chicano Moratorium

On November 2020, the Chicano Moratorium March (December 20, 1969) and National Chicano Moratorium March (August 29, 197...

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Chinese Theatre

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Chuey Residence

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Crossroads of the World

Completed in 1936, Crossroads of the World was one of the first outdoor shopping centers in the country.

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Denny’s / Van de Kamp’s Bakery

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Driftwood Drive-Thru Dairy Pole Sign

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ED 1 / Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance

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Edinburgh Bungalow Court

Ennis House

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Ennis House

Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

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Ethel Guiberson/Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

First Baptist Church of Venice

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First Baptist Church of Venice

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Flower Drive Historic District

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Formosa Café

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Funding for Neighborhood Preservation

Glen Lukens House

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Glen Lukens House

Glendale County Building

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Glendale County Building

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Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building

This the Late Moderne-style building was designed by renowned architect Paul Revere Williams.

Hall of Justice

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Hall of Justice

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Historic Tax Credit (HTC)

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Hung Sa Dahn

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I-110 Flyover

AbilityFirst's Paul Weston Work Center

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IAC Shepher Community Center

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International Institute of Los Angeles

Kelly Music Building

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Kelly Music Building / Tanino Ristorante

Kronish House

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Kronish House

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Los Angeles Central Library

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

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Mansionization and Teardowns – City of Los Angeles Ordinance

McDonald's Hamburgers

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McDonald’s Hamburgers

The World's oldest McDonald's continues in operation as a fast-food historic landmark.

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Mission Hills Bowl / Citrus Lanes

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Nishiyama Residence/Otomisan Japanese Restaurant

Two-story stucco building with rooftop sign.

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Oil Can Harry’s

Studio City's beloved country-western bar was one of the longest running LGBTQ+ bars in the nation.

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Ozawa Boarding House/ Obayashi Employment Agency and Joyce Boarding House/ Ozawa Residence

These rare remaining Japanese American boarding houses have served as affordable housing for over 100 years.

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Paul Revere Williams House

The Craftsman-style house at 1271 West 35th Street illustrates a part of Paul Revere Williams' life and story that is ra...

Primary facade of two story spanish colonial revival church

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Pierce Brothers Mortuary

The Pierce Brothers Mortuary, a Historic-Cultural Monument, was adaptively reused to provide affordable senior housing.

Sakai-Kozawa Residence/Tokio Florist, 2018. M. Rosalind Sagara/L.A. Conservancy

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Sakai-Kozawa Residence/Tokio Florist and Pole Sign

Two story brick building with light emanating from interior windows against dusky sky

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Santa Fe Art Colony

Originally built to house the C.B. Van Vorst Furniture Manufacturing Company, it has provided live/work space to artists...

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Angel Food Donuts Sign

Orange Angels Flight ascends, with downtown skyline in the background.

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Angels Flight

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Arthur Lloyd and Gertrude Sercy Reese Home

The Reese family cultivated community and economic opportunity for Black Venetians in the Oakwood neighborhood.

Image of Bank of America Chinatown Branch

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Bank of America Chinatown Branch

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Beverly Hills Waterworks Building / Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study

Bob and Hope Dolores Home

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Bob and Dolores Hope Estate

Big Bob's Broiler exterior

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Bob’s Big Boy Broiler

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Boyle Hotel (Cummings Block)

The Boyle Hotel in Boyle Heights stands as a prime example of preservation and adaptive reuse.

Bullock Wilshire Building

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Bullock’s Wilshire / Southwestern Law School

Eames House and Studio (Case Study House #8)

Saved

Case Study Houses

Ten residences from the famed Case Study House program were added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Century Plaza Hotel

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Charlotte and Robert Disney House

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Chase Knolls

Saved

Chicano Moratorium

On November 2020, the Chicano Moratorium March (December 20, 1969) and National Chicano Moratorium March (August 29, 197...

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Chinese Theatre

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Chuey Residence

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Crossroads of the World

Completed in 1936, Crossroads of the World was one of the first outdoor shopping centers in the country.

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Denny’s / Van de Kamp’s Bakery

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Driftwood Drive-Thru Dairy Pole Sign

Saved

ED 1 / Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance

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Edinburgh Bungalow Court

Ennis House

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Ennis House

Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

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Ethel Guiberson/Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

First Baptist Church of Venice

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First Baptist Church of Venice

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Flower Drive Historic District

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Formosa Café

Saved

Funding for Neighborhood Preservation

Glen Lukens House

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Glen Lukens House

Glendale County Building

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Glendale County Building

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Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building

This the Late Moderne-style building was designed by renowned architect Paul Revere Williams.

Hall of Justice

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Hall of Justice

Saved

Historic Tax Credit (HTC)

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Hung Sa Dahn

Saved

I-110 Flyover

AbilityFirst's Paul Weston Work Center

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IAC Shepher Community Center

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International Institute of Los Angeles

Kelly Music Building

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Kelly Music Building / Tanino Ristorante

Kronish House

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Kronish House

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Los Angeles Central Library

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Saved

Mansionization and Teardowns – City of Los Angeles Ordinance

McDonald's Hamburgers

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McDonald’s Hamburgers

The World's oldest McDonald's continues in operation as a fast-food historic landmark.

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Mission Hills Bowl / Citrus Lanes

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Nishiyama Residence/Otomisan Japanese Restaurant

Two-story stucco building with rooftop sign.

Place

Oil Can Harry’s

Studio City's beloved country-western bar was one of the longest running LGBTQ+ bars in the nation.

Place

Ozawa Boarding House/ Obayashi Employment Agency and Joyce Boarding House/ Ozawa Residence

These rare remaining Japanese American boarding houses have served as affordable housing for over 100 years.

Place

Paul Revere Williams House

The Craftsman-style house at 1271 West 35th Street illustrates a part of Paul Revere Williams' life and story that is ra...

Primary facade of two story spanish colonial revival church

Place

Pierce Brothers Mortuary

The Pierce Brothers Mortuary, a Historic-Cultural Monument, was adaptively reused to provide affordable senior housing.

Sakai-Kozawa Residence/Tokio Florist, 2018. M. Rosalind Sagara/L.A. Conservancy

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Sakai-Kozawa Residence/Tokio Florist and Pole Sign

Two story brick building with light emanating from interior windows against dusky sky

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Santa Fe Art Colony

Originally built to house the C.B. Van Vorst Furniture Manufacturing Company, it has provided live/work space to artists...

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