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Challenge #8: The Favorite Child Syndrome
There is a bias toward placing a priority on Modernist icons, saying that only great places are worthy of preservation. In the preservation movement we have a history of doing so, starting out by primarily saving the architectural specimens of homes and mansions of wealthy industrialists. Only later did we expand our reach and focus […] -
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Innovations in Technology
Technology played a huge role in virtually every example of Modern architecture in Los Angeles. Postwar L.A. was the right place and the right time for new technologies to usher in a wave of experimentation and innovation in terms of building design, construction, engineering, materials, and purpose. The war had brought a number of high-tech […] -
ModCom's History
Like the Conservancy itself, the Modern Committee began as a small group of passionate and concerned citizens and, over time, grew into a powerful voice for preservation in Los Angeles. The Modern Committee started life as the Fifties Task Force, a volunteer subcommittee of the Conservancy formed in 1984 in response to the rapid destruction […] -
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Arturo’s Mexican Restaurant
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Hale House
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Michael White Adobe
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St. John’s Cathedral
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Fletcher Residence
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Curating the City: LGBTQ Historic Places in L.A.
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The Egyptian Theatre
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Easements Demystified
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