PreserveLA Weekly Update
May 23, 2005 - May 30, 2005
http://www.preservela.com
ANNOUNCEMENT: Visit the new PreserveLA Forum!
I'm pleased to announce the launch of a new online forum, or bulletin board, for use by PreserveLA.com subscribers. It is PreserveLA's mission to serve as a resource for those interested in historic preservation, and to facilitate a greater sense of community between professionals and amateurs alike. One of the ways we attempt to accomplish this is by providing varying methods of online communication that encourage information sharing, collaboration, and discussion. The PreserveLA.com Forum is our newest communication tool, and has the potential to be the most effective.
However, I need your help. The success of the PreserveLA Forum will depend on the contributions and participation of people like you. Please help me populate the boards with news, information, and questions to be shared with a larger preservation community - even if its only taking the time to post one small item. There are over 100 individuals subscribed to the PreserveLA Weekly Update, and many more visit the site on a daily basis. Imagine if each and every one of you joined the Forum today, what an online community of local preservationists that would be!
I invite you to visit the PreserveLA Forum today, and hope you find it an useful tool for sharing information and learning more about your fellow preservationists!
Go to the PreserveLA Forum now:
http://www.preservela.com/forum/
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New Preservation Books
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced the release of two new books that may be of interest to those involved in historic preservation in local communities. "A Self Assessment Guide for Local Preservation Commissions" and "Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leader`s Guide" are how-to guides intended to assist local communities and community leaders with strategic planning, and to help against intransigent opposition. You can order these publications (and many more) from the Trust's online Preservation Books catalog.
See summaries of each publication:
http://www.preservela.com/archives/000458.html
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Recent Headlines
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http://www.preservela.com/archives/000457.html
Will This Time Be Different?
Downtown - "Downtown L.A. project is just the latest renewal bid. But a residential surge may turn the tide..."
Feds Earmark $1.3 Million for Cornfield
Downtown - "The Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2006 allots $1.3 million for the Army Corps of Engineers to work with the city and local groups on plans for parks and other improvements at the Cornfield State Park..."
Santa Fe Freight Depot - Architecture school caught in downtown legal tangle
Downtown - "Even before its leaders took over an abandoned railroad freight depot as its campus five years ago, the Southern California Institute of Architecture was known for daring its students to take risks, tangle with urban troubles and think big..."
Chavez Ravine: Documentary Revisits the Pain That Preceded Dodger Stadium
Downtown - "The future site of Dodger Stadium was, at the time, a rural outpost in the city. It was a rugged 170-acre enclave with grassy hills and dirt roads that contained roughly 300 houses and shacks, almost all owned by Mexican Americans..."
Citadel Outlets to Power Up Massive Signs
Commerce - "The four electronic billboards along I-5 in City of Commerce are part of a $52-million remodeling of the Assyrian-themed mall..."
Pride in home turns to disappointment
Redlands - "Historical society withdraws Heritage Award after house goes on the market..."
This old apartment building
Ontario - "Beekeeper William Atchley won accolades for building a pair of ‘‘modern’’ apartment houses in 1924 across from the Chaffey campus.
The courtyard apartments he built are still fostering a community today..."
The NFL, the Rose Bowl & the Coliseum:
NFL brass leaning toward Coliseum
"The National Football League inched closer Tuesday to finding its future at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a venue twice-rejected as too ugly for such a glamorous sport..."
Where NFL Means No Football in My Backyard
"Amid the winding driveways and lovingly restored mansions that dot the west end of Pasadena, history and tradition are local obsessions. But the world of Greene and Greene's Gamble House and the grand Tournament of Roses mansion may be headed for a collision with an entirely different obsession — professional football..."
Moving Towards the End Zone
"Last week National Football League owners met in Washington, D.C. On the agenda was the latest of what seems to be an endless string of presentations from venues vying to be the future home of a Los Angeles professional football franchise..."
NFL Takes Wait-and-See Stance on L.A. Location
"Team owners, who for years have grappled with the issue of returning to the nation's second-largest market, received a 20-minute briefing Tuesday on the three competing stadium concepts. They neither narrowed the field — it's still the Coliseum, Rose Bowl and Anaheim..."
Answers to Rose Bowl-NFL issues
"Friends of the Rose Bowl applaud you for carefully examining the environmental study (EIR) prepared for the Rose Bowl NFL proposal..."
http://www.preservela.com/archives/000457.html
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Raymond Theatre Hearing
The owners of the Raymond Theatre have applied for concept Design Review to convert the Raymond Theatre and the adjoining parking lot into a mixed use housing project. The developer is again applying for major modifications to the project. Evaluation of these changes are part of a continued Conceptual Design Review initiated by past actions.
Further details:
http://www.preservela.com/archives/000461.html
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Jefferson Park Historic Tour
Spend the day in Jefferson Park, and discover a unique neighborhood that blends past and present. On Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., during West Adams Heritage Association's Annual Spring Historic Home and Architecture Tour, you are invited to visit ten timeless Craftsman bungalows and cottage gems - all with beautiful interiors and most never before opened to the public. Also on the tour is the Westminster Presbyterian Church (a City of Los Angeles Historical-Cultural Monument).
Tickets & History:
http://www.preservela.com/archives/000460.html
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Exhibits & Events
Don't forget - You can see a list of current events in architecture and historic preservation at http://www.laforum.org.
Select upcoming events include:
- Los Angeles Conservancy Walking Tours, Weekly
Los Angeles Conservancy, http://www.laconservancy.org
- Rose Bowl City Council Hearing, Monday, June 6
City of Pasadena, http://www.cityofpasadena.net
- Raymond Theatre Planning Commission Hearing, Monday, June 6
City of Pasadena, http://www.cityofpadadena.net
- Last Remaining Seats, June 1 - July 6
Los Angeles Conservancy, http://www.laconservancy.org
- Jefferson Park Bungalow Tour, Saturday, June 4
West Adams Heritage Association, http://www.jeffersonpark.info
- AIA/LA Pacific Palisades Home Tour, Sunday June 5
AIA Los Angeles, http://www.aialosangeles.org
- Echo Park Lake Tour - 110th Anniversary, June 11
Echo Park Historical Society, http://www.historicechopark.org
- Great Homes of Long Beach Tour, Sunday, June 12
Long Beach Heritage, http://www.lbheritage.org
- Congress for the New Urbanism, June 9-12
Congress for the New Urbanism, http://www.cnuxiii.org
- Retro Slide Show Tour of Southern California, Thursday, June 16
Charles Phoenix, http://www.fordamphitheatre.org
- Eames House Open House, June 21
Eames Foundation, http://www.eamesfoundation.org
- Elysian Park Tour, June 25
Echo Park Historical Society, http://www.historicechopark.org
- Sixth Annual Family Fun Day & Ice Cream Social, Sunday, June 26
Heritage Square Museum, http://www.heritagesquare.org
- AIA/LA Santa Monica Home Tour, June 26
AIA Los Angeles, http://www.aialosangeles.org
- Colorado Street Bridge Party, Saturday, July 16th
Pasadena Heritage, http://www.pasadenaheritage.org
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