What is re:code? Re:code LA is the first comprehensive update to the City of Los Angeles’ zoning code since 1946. The new, web-based code will make it easier for users to navigate and understand land use regulations. One of the first components to be unveiled is a suite of new R1 single-family zones.  What do […]

Well before 1940, Los Angeles architects (both native-born and immigrant) had developed a free-thinking, exploratory Modernism blended with commercial pragmatism that generated new forms, new architectures, and a new decentralized city. Bullocks Wilshire (John and Donald Parkinson, 1929). Photo from Conservancy archives Southern California had been nurturing a culture of architectural experimentation as early as 1900. […]

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What is now known as the Southwest Marine complex at Terminal Island played a key role in both World Wars, setting world records for quick production of ships for the war effort. It helped establish Los Angeles as a world port and was the site of progressive labor policies for the burgeoning African American population […]

The Los Angeles Conservancy's quarterly member publication.

Audrey Hepburn delivers a luminous, Oscar-winning performance in this stylish and delightful romantic comedy about a princess exploring Rome incognito who falls in love with an American reporter played by Gregory Peck.

When a married businessman stays at home while his wife and kid take a summer vacation, he gets the ‘seven year itch’ for a blonde bombshell who happens to live upstairs.

In addition to taking an active role to preserve the historic places you love, being a Conservancy member comes with great benefits. See below for a summary of membership benefits, and contact us if you have any questions or need more information. You can also download a PDF of our membership benefits (better for mobile viewing). Please note […]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is an exciting, inspired horror story, a masterpiece of German expressionist cinema, told in flashback and where nothing is as it seems or should be.

If you know of a historic Modern place that is threatened with demolition or excessive alteration, please notify us right away at info@laconservancy.org or call (213) 623-2489.

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