The City of Beverly Hills’s amended historic preservation ordinance was fully implemented in November 2015, reversing much of the great progress that earned the City a grade of A+ on our 2014 Preservation Report Card.  The Conservancy has correspondingly revised the city’s grade to C- by reducing some point totals and introducing a new demerit […]

Join us for a house your, cocktail reception and dinner at this festive celebration! We're honoring longtime Conservancy supporter Trina Turk, fashion designer and steadfast advocate for California's culture, landscape and architecture.

Join us for a cocktail reception and dinner at our benefit honoring Los Angeles Conservancy president and CEO, Linda Dishman's 31 years of leadership.

One of Los Angeles' defining historic sites, the Ambassador fueled development of Wilshire Boulevard and housed the world-famous Cocoanut Grove.

Bradbury, which is one of three municipalities in Los Angeles County that are gated communities, established a historic preservation program in 2012. The creation of the program evolved from a combination of goals, one of which was the City’s desire to improve its grade in the Conservancy’s Preservation Report Card.  The City originally looked at a […]

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 […]

This local landmark has been a site of community-based theatre for over fifty years, and is a rare example of streetcar commercial development in Hollywood.

One of the key challenges in understanding LGBTQ history is deciphering changes in word choice and language over time. Words that are common among community members and scholars today may have had vastly different meanings (or not existed at all) in the past. We recognize that there are many different interpretations of, and a sensitivity […]