Useful tools available to help protect buildings and avoid demolition

Following years of uncertainty there are plans to reinvest in the 1959 UCLA Faculty Center.

As original residents left Wilshire for the suburbs, historic neighborhoods filled with new populations who have made these areas their own. The MacArthur Park area is now predominantly Latinx (including large numbers of people from Southern Mexico and Central America), and the area around Wilshire Center represents the highest population of Koreans outside of Seoul. […]

Cudahy does not currently have a historic preservation ordinance. This 1.2 square mile city located in southeast Los Angeles County conducted a citywide residential survey in 1984 that identified 21 structures.  While no survey updates have been completed since that time, the City has expressed interest in conducting an update in the near future.  Working […]

Rolling Hills does not currently have a historic preservation ordinance. The city is one of three municipalities in Los Angeles County that are gated communities.  Located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, this residential community with extensive equestrian paths includes houses designed by master architects including Paul R. Williams.

Signal Hill does not currently have a historic preservation ordinance, though the City’s Crescent Heights Historic District Specific Plan established in 2002 provides limited protection for that neighborhood.  The City can delay demolition for up to three months for historic houses located in the district, but cannot deny issuance of a demolition permit. The City […]

In-depth knowledge of architecture and design history allows LGLA to create sensitive, appropriate gardens for historic buildings.