Why Does Community Planning Matter? That Block Light, Remove Trees, and Impair Community Character

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NEWS Nov/Dec 2016 • Volume 38 Number 6 Make a Year-End Donation in Support of Preservation by Liz Leshin As a Conservancy member, you know that historic preservation is about more than just buildings—it’s about the people who use them. We work, make our homes, and celebrate life’s milestones in historic buildings. They enrich our streets with their beauty, remind us of our shared history and culture, and enhance our sense of community. That’s why it’s so important to protect the structures, landscapes, and neighborhoods that mean so much to us all. Neighborhoods across Los Angeles County—perhaps even your own—are suf- In June of this year, the City of Los Angeles adopted a new West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Park Community Plan. The plan identifies the historic Leimert Park neighborhood as an area warranting preservation and neighborhood fering from the ongoing trend of mansioniza- conservation strategies. Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy. tion, when original homes are torn down and replaced with massive, out-of-scale houses Why Does Community Planning Matter? that block light, remove trees, and impair community character. by Adrian Scott Fine The Conservancy helps preserve the “Make no little plans” is something many of us have heard before, a motto coined by fabric of our neighborhoods by working with famed urban planner Daniel Burnham. In a place as big and diverse as Los Angeles, a chal- residents, community groups, and govern- lenge with planning the city’s future is in part a matter of scale: how to put a vision in place ment officials to influence a range of new poli- that works for everyone. While Los Angeles should think big in terms of a broad, long-term vision—through its overall Citywide General Plan—we also need to plan on a smaller scale, at the community level. In Los Angeles, this typically happens through community plans. In its most basic form, a community plan helps guide growth and development by stating what can and cannot be built in a specific area. It plays an important role in preserving the unique character of older and historic neighborhoods. What’s a Community? In this context, a “community” generally means an area of multiple neighborhoods. The

City of Los Angeles has defined thirty-five community plan areas that make up all of Los An- An example of out-of-scale construction in Carthay geles. Each community plan has several goals, from integrating land-use and transportation Square. Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy. improvements to creating economically vital business districts. Please see DONATE on page 6 By indicating where development can and can’t take place, community plans offer a base level of predictability and can ease, as well as fuel, development pressures. I N S I D E While community planning is a strong concept, in reality, most of the city’s community Conservancy News 2 plans are woefully out of date. As such, they don’t provide much help to planners or residents Issue Spotlight 3 in addressing current needs. Ideally, plans would be no more than ten to twenty years old before being updated. The lack of funding in the City budget, leading to a dearth of city planners, Holiday Walking Tours 4 Please see COMMUNITY PLANNING on page 6 Membership 7 CONSERVANCY NEWS

Conservancy Memberships Make Great Los Angeles Conservancy 523 W. Sixth Street, Suite 826 Holiday Gifts Los Angeles, California 90014 (213) 623-2489 Fax: (213) 623-3909 This holiday season, give the gift of Conservancy membership! Gift membership is laconservancy.org the perfect present for the architecture lovers or history buffs in your life. The Los Angeles Conservancy is a nonprofit mem- Each gift membership comes with a full year of benefits, including a subscription to bership organization that works through education this newsletter and discounts on events throughout the year, such as our walking tours, and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of Last Remaining Seats, and special tours. Los Angeles County. Make your holiday shopping easier by visiting laconservancy.org/gift-memberships Stay connected! and purchasing a gift membership today. Thank you, and happy holidays! laconservancy.org facebook.com/losangelesconservancy twitter.com/laconservancy Welcome Jenelle Pope, Development Manager instagram.com/laconservancy

Board of Directors Please join us in welcoming the Conservancy’s new Wesley Phoa, PhD, Chair of the Board development manager, Jenelle Pope. A native of Syracuse, Mike Deasy, Secretary New York, Jenelle holds a bachelor’s degree in mass media Alice Carr, Treasurer James Camp, Chair, Advocacy Committee arts from Hampton University in Virginia. She has made Maxine Greenspan, Chair, Development Committee Los Angeles her home for the past thirteen years, living in Linda Brettler; Corinna Cherian; David Cocke; Elizabeth Edwards Harris, PhD; Anna Jacobson; neighborhoods across the city, including the Westside, the Diane Keaton; David Kopple; David C. Martin, FAIA; San Fernando Valley, and Northeast L.A. Andrew Meieran; Andy Meyers; Karen Miller; Experiencing these different neighborhoods has given Eric B. Moore; Eric Needleman; Stacy Paek; Bill E. Roschen, FAIA; Ted Tanner, AIA; Jan Westman; Jenelle a keen appreciation for the Conservancy’s work. Raymond Wu “L.A.’s neighborhoods are all unique,” she says. “I love Advisory Council that the Conservancy helps preserve the places that give Charmaine Atherton; Margaret Bach; communities their own special sense of place and history.” Sally S. Beaudette; Bruce Corwin; Tim Disney; George A. V. Dunning; Amy Forbes; As development manager, Jenelle will be responsible for planning events throughout Douglas J. Gardner; Albert Greenstein; the year—including our largest fundraising events, our annual benefit and Preservation Greg Harless; Robert S. Harris, FAIA; Hernan Hernandez; Mary Kay Hight; Awards Luncheon. She will also be in charge of securing grant funding for the Conser- Dr. Thomas S. Hines; Kathryn Welch Howe; vancy’s programs and operations. Before moving to L.A., Jenelle founded a boutique Stephanie Kingsnorth, AIA, LEED AP; event-marketing agency in New York City specializing in nonprofit fundraising events. Michael LaFetra; Brenda Levin, FAIA; Ronald S. Lushing; Robert F. Maguire III; She most recently worked as a freelance event planner and a development consultant, Christy McAvoy; Thomas R. Miller; Frank Romero; making her a great fit for this role. Jack Rubens; Alan Sieroty; Alison Silver; Joel Wachs; John H. Welborne; Roland A. Wiley, AIA; Ken Williams; Dr. Robert W. Winter Curtis Hanson (1945 – 2016) Lifetime Cornerstone George A. V. Dunning Film director, producer, and screenwriter Curtis Hanson Leonard Hill (1947 – 2016) Stephen and Christy McAvoy passed away on September 20. Known for films such asL.A. John H. and Martha L. Welborne Confidential, Wonder Boys, and The River Wild, Hanson Staff won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Linda Dishman, President and CEO 1997’s neo-noir L.A. Confidential, filmed largely at historic Marcella Akop, Membership Associate Laura Dominguez, Preservation Coordinator Los Angeles locations. Adrian Scott Fine, Director of Advocacy Hanson grew up in the San Fernando Valley and was Jessica Hodgdon, Digital Communications Manager dedicated to preserving Los Angeles’ historic places. He Sarah Lann, Director of Education Annie Laskey, Program Manager served on the Conservancy’s Advisory Council for many Liz Leshin, Director of Development years, and he hosted screenings at our Last Remaining Seats Tiffany Narváez, PR and Marketing Manager Cindy Olnick, Director of Communications film series in 2002, 2003, and 2007. We miss him and will Jenelle Pope, Development Manager always appreciate his support. Curtis Hanson at Last Remaining Katie Sanborn, Office Manager Seats in 2007. Photo by Bob Brennan. Bruce Scottow, Educational Outreach Coordinator Marcello Vavala, Preservation Associate

Major funding for the Los Angeles Conservancy’s programs is provided by the LaFetra Foundation and the Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation.

2 los angeles conservancy news ISSUE SPOTLIGHT Issue Spotlight: Parker Center by Adrian Scott Fine For the past several years, the City of will cost $107 million more than the City’s L.A.’s Bureau of Engineering has pressed preferred project. Known as Alternative B3, for the demolition and redevelopment of this project calls for demolition of Parker downtown’s Parker Center as part of the Los Center and construction of a single, 450-foot Angeles Street Civic Building Project. Built in tower on the site. 1955, the historic former headquarters of the We are disappointed in the Bureau’s lack Los Angeles Police Department was designed of transparency in this process and the MFC’s by the renowned firm of Welton Becket and recent actions. It is not entirely clear yet, but Associates. the City’s Public Works, Budget and Finance, The City’s Cultural Heritage Commis- and Entertainment and Facilities committees sion nominated Parker Center for Historic- still need to act on this latest recommendation. Cultural Monument (HCM) designation in They are expected to review the project in fall 2014, yet this effort was set back due to late 2016 and early 2017. We will continue to a procedural error in May 2015. At that time, press for viable alternatives to the demolition City Councilmember José Huizar, whose of this highly significant site. district includes Parker Center, presented a Master Development Plan motion directing City staff to study a new alternative for the project that would preserve An effort is now underway to create Parker Center’s eight-story tower. a Master Development Plan to assess significant City-owned land holdings within the The threat to Parker Center heated up again in August Preservation efforts often span several after the City’s Municipal Facilities Committee voted years, and they typically encompass periods Civic Center. As opposed to encompassing a in support of a proposal to demolish the former LAPD of intense activity as well as holding patterns. true master plan and visioning process, the headquarters. Photo by Hunter Kerhart. After more than a year, three actions in August scope of this proposed plan is intentionally 2016 reactivated the Conservancy’s work to narrow. A consultant has been hired who will with either party to develop the alternative, save Parker Center: help the City determine the potential for future or even presenting it to us before taking it to uses and possible redevelopment opportuni- the Municipal Facilities Committee for a vote. • A renewed interest in demolition by ties in the area. This plan intends to help direct On September 1, the CHC resubmitted the Bureau of Engineering, including a City-initiated development in the future. an HCM nomination for Parker Center. As vote of support by the City’s Municipal Why is the City proceeding with a plan we have reported previously, Parker Center Facilities Committee to redevelop the Parker Center site before has a rich and complicated history that clearly • A proposed Master Development Plan the Master Development Plan is complete? merits its designation as an HCM. It has for the Los Angeles Civic Center This short-sighted approach undermines the already been identified as eligible for listing • The Cultural Heritage Commission’s purpose of the Master Development Plan and in both the California Register of Histori- re-initiation of the HCM nomination the need for broad, big-picture planning for cal Resources and the National Register of the Civic Center. The Conservancy has been Historic Places. Municipal Facilities Committee Vote asking this question for more than a year, as For updates about Parker Center and On August 25, the City’s Municipal we and others have been urging the City to other preservation issues, please subscribe Facilities Committee (MFC) voted in sup- plan first, before proceeding with piecemeal to our Action Alerts email list. Simply visit port of a recommendation by the Bureau of development. laconservancy.org and click “Subscribe” at Engineering that calls for the demolition of HCM Nomination the top of any page. Parker Center and redevelopment of the site. To show your support for Parker Center, Through Councilmember Huizar’s directive, Following the procedural error with last please email Councilmember José Huizar the Bureau has been studying Alternative B4 year’s Historic-Cultural Monument nomi- at [email protected] and as part of the City’s environmental review nation, the Cultural Heritage Commission encourage him to press for a preservation- process. This alternative retains the main (CHC) agreed to delay further nomination based solution. core of Parker Center while allowing for new efforts for Parker Center to allow time for construction at the rear. the Bureau of Engineering to develop Alter- The Conservancy was not given an op- native B4 (as directed by Councilmember portunity to review the alternative before the Huizar). Members of the Commission and the Bureau presented its recommendation to the Conservancy are deeply disappointed in the MFC. The Bureau claims that Alternative B4 Bureau of Engineering for not collaborating

Nov | Dec 2016 3 WALKING TOURS WALKING TOURS – Make a Conservancy Tour Your New Holiday Tradition! by Annie Laskey HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Have guests in town for the holidays? Conservancy walking tours are a great way to introduce your family and friends to the history and architecture of downtown Los Angeles! The Conservancy’s eight walking tours will run throughout the holiday season (including Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve) as scheduled, with the following exceptions: • There will be no Broadway His- toric Theatre and Commercial District tour on Saturday, Decem- ber 24 or 31.

• There will be no Millennium Discover the history of downtown’s iconic Clifton’s, and learn about the cafeteria’s remarkable founder, Clifford Biltmore Hotel tour on Sunday, Clinton, on our special Clifton’s tour! Photo by Jessica Hodgdon/L.A. Conservancy. December 25 or January 1. For our current walking tour sched- Downtown Los Angeles is festive dur- forest-in-the-dining-room café reopened in ule, and to reserve spots on an upcoming ing the holidays. There’s an ice-skating rink 2015 with its historic décor refurbished and tour, please visit laconservancy.org/tours. at Pershing Square, holiday decorations in new spaces on upper and lower floors. This Most tours require reservations. shops and office buildings, and plenty of tour explores the history of the restaurant and During the holiday season, tours often fill wonderful restaurants for merrymaking. And its colorful founder Clifford Clinton, as well up quickly, and we recommend making now, you can add to the celebration with a as the unique décor, both vintage and new. reservations even on tours that typically Conservancy tour. Tours will take place at 3 p.m. on Sundays, accept walk-ins. Historic Highlights Tour December 4 – 18, and at 11 a.m. on Wednes- Tours cost $10 for Conservancy days, December 7 – 21. Please note that In addition to our regularly scheduled this tour is not wheelchair accessible and members and youth 17 or younger; $15 tours (at left), this December we will offer for the general public. You may pur- includes several flights of stairs. Historic Highlights, a ninety-minute tour All of our holiday tours cost $10 each chase up to four tickets per tour at the exploring the architecture and history of five discounted member rate. for Conservancy members and youth 17 fabulous buildings near Pershing Square, or younger; $15 for the general public. some of which will be beautifully decorated For more information and to register, visit for the holiday season: The Millennium Bilt- laconservancy.org/tours. more Hotel (1923), PacMutual Building (1921), Central Library (1926), US Bank Holiday Tour Schedule Tower (1989), and One Bunker Hill (1931). Historic Highlights This special tour will take place on Saturdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. from Saturdays, December 3, 10, & 17 December 3 – 22. Building interiors are 10:30 a.m. subject to availability. Please note that these Thursdays, December 8, 15, & 22 tours do not visit the interior or observation 10:30 a.m. deck of the US Bank Tower. Clifton’s Tour Clifton’s In love with Clifton’s? The Conservancy Sundays, December 4, 11, & 18 is partnering with Clifton’s to offer one-hour 3 p.m. tours of this iconic restaurant in December, Wednesdays, December 7, 14, & 21 Walking tours fill up quickly during the holiday when it will be all decked out for the holidays! 11 a.m. season — be sure to make your reservations early! Photo of our Past Meets Present tour by A destination since 1936, this redwood- Larry Underhill.

4 los angeles conservancy news VOLUNTEERS Interested in Helping Plan Last Remaining Seats? VOLUNTEER PROFILE: We Need You! KAY PEGRAM by Bruce Scottow Last year, we reached out to members by Bruce Scottow interested in taking part in the film series “I was never much of a fan of they love: Last Remaining Seats (LRS), Modern architecture. But then I took our summer program of classic films in one of our Modern Skyline tours. It historic theatres. More than a dozen mem- was a mind-blowing experience.” bers joined the committee, providing the -Kay Pegram help we needed to produce one of the most A longtime successful series in thirty years. walking tour do- Longtime committee members wel- cent, Kay Pegram comed the newcomers and together, their has changed her combined time and creative talents boosted tune about Mod- In addition to assisting in selecting films and planning the attendance and helped us expand the series series, Last Remaining Seats Committee volunteers also ern architecture help at the film screenings. LRS Committee volunteer so much that she to include additional events and activities. Elysha Navarro distributed programs at our sold-out The LRS Committee is a group of screening of Double Indemnity at The Theatre at Ace Hotel now leads our volunteers who help Conservancy staff in: on June 22, 2016. Photo by Stephen Russo. Modern Skyline tour, as well as our popular Historic • Voting on films to screen in the series Downtown tour. • Creating and implementing the pre/post-film programming, events, and displays A native Angeleno, Kay came • Assisting at film screenings at the membership table, as ushers, and more! on board with the Conservancy as a walking tour docent in 1991. She You don’t need any expertise in film or theatre, but you do need to be a current member stepped away for a while and then of the Conservancy. If you’d like to join the team, please attend our first meeting of 2017: returned to us six years ago. As LRS Committee Meeting staff and volunteers will attest, you Tuesday, January 10, 2017 never really leave the Conservancy! 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Kay recalls members of the L.A. Conservancy office, 523 West Sixth Street, Suite 826, Downtown L.A. Victorian Society taking one of her Historic Downtown tours, which If you plan to attend or would like to know more about this active committee, contact includes no Victorian architecture. Bruce Scottow at [email protected] or (213) 430-4218. At the end of the tour, one member said, “We NEVER thought we’d like Los Angeles or its architecture. We love it!” Such are the rewards of docenting! Easing into retirement from her marketing communications business, Kay spends her leisure time watching L.A.-themed movies (she cites The Nice Guys as one of her favorites), travel (a Shanghai trip is in the works), cooking, and caring for two “maniacal” cats. A lover of walking tours, she and some of her adventurous friends have researched and con- ducted walks all over L.A. County. With the help of our Curating the

LRS Committee volunteers are in charge of planning displays in the lobby at each screening. At this display table City: Wilshire Blvd. microsite, she of stills from Harold Lloyd films, LRS Committee members Lanna Pian and Robert Simonton shared information planned a walk spanning Wilshire about the silent film star with attendees ofSafety Last! at the Orpheum Theatre on June 25, 2016. Photo by Annie Laskey/L.A. Conservancy. from the ocean to downtown!

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DONATE COMMUNITY PLANNING continued from page 1 continued from page 1 has been a perennial roadblock to updating back into effect, and the City began a new cies that close loopholes and curb man- community plans. update process this year. sionization. We’re making great progress Fortunately, that is changing. In April Throughout the Hollywood community in fighting rampant mansionization in 2016, Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City planning process, the Conservancy and Hol- neighborhoods like Carthay Square and Council announced a plan to update all thirty- lywood Heritage have expressed concerns Holmby Hills. Yet serious threats re- five community plans within ten years, if not regarding the effects of the plan on his- main, and we must keep the pressure on sooner. “It’s not just a question of if we’re toric preservation. We are asking planners to decision-makers to act quickly. going to grow, but how we’re going to grow,” evaluate the direct and cumulative impacts The Conservancy’s advocacy efforts said the mayor to the Los Angeles Times. that could result from amendments to the require significant staff time and financial The City’s latest effort to prioritize plan. With high concentrations of historic resources. As you plan your year-end community planning responds in part to two resources, Hollywood contains about fifteen giving, please strengthen our voice for upcoming and competing ballot initiatives: percent of the city’s designated Historic- preservation by making a gift to the Neighborhood Integrity and Build Better L.A. Cultural Monuments, as well as several local Preservation Advocacy Fund. Your Each attempts to intercede in what many per- and National Register-listed historic districts. tax-deductible donation will enable us ceive as a broken planning process. From the In the Hollywood community plan up- to respond quickly to urgent preserva- Conservancy’s perspective, both initiatives date and others underway, such as for Boyle tion issues as they arise, and to lend our present challenges for historic preservation. Heights, the Conservancy has raised serious expertise to community members who Time will soon tell whether either garners concerns with the lack of clear data about ask for our assistance. enough public support and, if so, what that the exact locations of identified historic You can help us reach our goal of will mean for planning going forward. resources. Mapping historic resources is a $60,000 by December 31. To donate, With $1.5 million in new annual funding fundamental step in identifying, and plan- visit laconservancy.org/donate. for the Community Planning program, the ning for, the potential impacts of underlying Thank you! City recently expanded its planning staff. At zoning and proposed development. present, more than twenty community plan A vast amount of data about historic updates are in the pipeline. The Conservancy resources now exists through SurveyLA, is participating in several of these updates, the City’s first-ever comprehensive program including downtown L.A., Boyle Heights, to identify potentially historic resources and Hollywood. Our involvement includes throughout Los Angeles. By the end of 2016, commenting on drafts and attending com- most of the SurveyLA data will be available munity meetings. online at HistoricPlacesLA.org. Community plan updates often span The Conservancy strongly believes that several years, and they benefit greatly when this data needs to be imbedded within every We’re making great progress in our fight to preserve character in neighborhoods across Los residents get involved. For instance, in 2012 community plan in the city. The mapping Angeles, including Holmby-Westwood, where the Conservancy and neighborhood partners should be a dynamic, accessible, and user- approval on a proposed Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) is pending. If approved, began reviewing the draft West Adams- friendly tool to help planners, developers, and the HPOZ designation will help protect the Baldwin Hills-Leimert Park Community residents clearly understand what is at stake neighborhood’s historic buildings and guide future changes. Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/ Plan. This area contains some of Los Angeles’ to potentially avoid and plan for impacts. L.A. Conservancy. most outstanding examples of architecture Community planning is a group effort, and design. It encompasses the Leimert Park and we encourage all residents to participate. neighborhood, the Village Green garden It provides a crucial opportunity to help apartments, and many examples of the city’s shape the future of L.A.’s neighborhoods, Japanese and African-American cultural heri- which will only become more important tage. The City Council adopted the updated over time, as L.A. continues to grow up, community plan in June 2016. both figuratively and literally. Look for the The Conservancy also participated in Conservancy’s new neighborhoods microsite a City initiative to adopt a new Hollywood that will launch soon to help residents better Community Plan. The updated plan, adopted understand and know how to participate in in 2012, replaced one from 1988. The City the community planning process. was forced to rescind the new plan in 2014 after a legal challenge and court decision that found fault with the environmental review process. The highly outdated 1988 plan went

6 los angeles conservancy news MEMBERSHIP JULY 28 / SEPTEMBER 30 MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP REPORT MATTERS

The Los Angeles Conservancy would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of our new Supporting members, and the MEMBER PROFILE: new and renewing members of our Sustaining, Benefactor, and LEAH PEVAR Cornerstone groups. by Liz Leshin TRAVERTINE SUSTAINING SUPPORTING And the CORNERSTONE ($250 - $499) ($100 - $249) Winner Is…. ($10,000+) Jane Madelon Anthony Susan Andraus Dorothy and Philip Kamins Rick and Adele Burke Karen and David Batten Leah Pevar! Donald and Zoe Cosgrove Andrew Blaine and Leah was CORPORATE GRANITE Thomas De Simone and Leigh Lindsey one of twenty- CORNERSTONE Jason Wright David Carroll and Stan Yogi ($2,500 - $4,999) Joan Drerup Marcy and John Clarke two people who AEG Real Estate Vicki Engard Bud Coffey joined the Con- Skye Partners Richard Farmer and Marie Dieckhoff servancy as a Kirsten Lee Barbara and Allen Drapkin GRANITE CORNERSTONE Patrick Frank Steven Ehrlich monthly mem- ($2,500 - $4,999) Martin Freedman June Eicker ber during our Member September Mark Archer Jeanne Gerson Jocelyn Firle-Kitada and promotion. Leah won our prize Richard and Eileen Garson David Lawrence Gray, FAIA David Kitada drawing for a night at the Ace Hotel Eileen and Kevin Shields Kathy Henkel Kathy Flynn Barbara Herman Alecia Foster Downtown Los Angeles and a $150 CORPORATE LIMESTONE Bret Israel Karen Himes gift certificate to the Ace’s spectacu- CORNERSTONE Gary T. Izumi Russell Jacoby and lar restaurant, L.A. Chapter. Many ($1,000 - $2,499) Sophie Jefferies Christina Nehring BRE Investment Toula Kalatzis Cynthia and Ron Jarvis thanks to our generous promo- Joyce Lee Marcy Kelly tional sponsor Ace Hotel Downtown LIMESTONE Pauline Lemire Katherine Lain Los Angeles and the Ace’s general CORNERSTONE Robert Liberman Sally Lash ($1,000 - $2,499) Leslie S. Lyndon and Susan McCarthy manager, Kenan Jones! Carolyn and James Bennett Bill Carey Marcella Meharg An English teacher for LAUSD, Claire and William Bogaard Ileana Jeanne Lytton Alex Morales and Leah went on a Conservancy walk- Sandi Borth Laura Massino David Connors ing tour in July. The tour was led by Katie Galley and Peg Meehan Marty and Mike Nihill Daniel Tyukody Weston Milliken Terri Pixler her friend Erica Hayward, a Conser- Rodney Kemerer and Deanne and Allen Neiman John and Anne Rogers vancy docent since 2007. Leah and Lindsay Doran Susan and Gary Reuben Christine Z. Rose her husband Jeremy were so im- Catherine Meyler Alex Rose John Royce and Patricia Serenbetz Jeff Rosenblum and Kent Lockart pressed by the tour of Broadway’s Howard Sherman and Frederica Levitt Michael Selma Historic Theatre and Commercial J. Gregg Houston Lee Sadja Muriel Sherman District that they soon joined the Kenneth and Jann Williams Dennis Schroeder Kathryn Sopky Kevin Sharkey Margaret Steenken Conservancy. BENEFACTOR Mark Sherman Linda Truong “I grew up in Southern Califor- ($500 - $999) Rosemary Simmons Elizabeth Willes nia, and my husband has lived here Lili and Jon Bosse R. Davis Taylor Joseph and Jane Wiseman for twenty years. We’re totally into Linda and Michael Keston Linda Thieben Barbara Leidenfrost Willie Thomas preserving Los Angeles,” says Leah. William Rendahl Susan and Jim Ulmer “It’s such a great cause to support Arlene Vidor the city that you live in, and see it maintained and appreciated.” The Pevars chose the monthly membership option because, as Leah explains, “Ten dollars a month is a very reasonable amount. When I logged in (to join), I was so pleas- antly surprised to see so many monthly amount options. This is an extremely doable donation.” Thank you, Leah and Jeremy!

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Tours cost $10 for Conservancy members and youth 17 or younger; $15 for the general public. Most tours require reservations. We accept walk-ins on some tours, subject to availability.

For details and reservations, visit ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED laconservancy.org/tours. Questions? Contact us at [email protected] or (213) 623-2489. WALKING TOURS Angelino Heights Art Deco Broadway Historic Theatre & Commercial District Historic Downtown Millennium Biltmore Hotel Modern Skyline Past Meets Present: Reinventing Downtown’s Old Financial District Union Station

Youth, family, and group tours available by special arrangement. For details, visit For the latest updates and hundreds of historic laconservancy.org/tours or contact us at places to explore, visit laconservancy.org. [email protected] or (213) 623-2489.

UPCOMING EVENTS Photo by Annie Laskey/L.A. Conservancy. Annie Laskey/L.A. Conservancy. Photo by Photo by Jessica Hodgdon/L.A. Conservancy. Photo by Jessica GIVING TUESDAY HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS TOUR CLIFTON’S TOUR Tuesday, November 29 Saturdays and Thursdays, Sundays and Wednesdays, December 3 – 22 December 4 – 21

You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cy- Explore five downtown landmarks Learn about the history of Clifton’s ber Monday, but do you know about during the most festive time of year! and the restaurant’s fascinating Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday Details on page 4. founder on this special tour offered kicks off the charitable season, and only in December! Details on page 4. it's the perfect day to donate! Give online at laconservancy.org/donate.