Following a year and a half of preparation, the City of Manhattan Beach passed a new historic preservation ordinance on February 16, 2016, marking a major milestone for preservation in this 3.9-square-mile city in the South Bay. To reflect this major progress, the Conservancy has assigned Manhattan Beach a new grade of “C-” (up from […]

I remember the Miramar Fairmont Hotel, one block away from the ocean. This is a landmark, a lovely old hotel on the site of the former Miramar House, and the old fig tree from the 1880s is still there and Senator Jones’ famous photographs. My husband and I had our wedding reception at the Miramar […]

Montebello does not currently have a historic preservation ordinance. A limited survey of structures on Whittier Boulevard was completed in 1989 in response to a proposed street widening project, though the City has not conducted any citywide survey of historic resources.