NEWS Jul/Aug 2014 • Volume 36 Number 4 Summer Evening Tours by Annie Laskey The Conservancy’s popular “Downtown at Sunset” walking tours are back this year, with tours taking place on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from July 23 to August 28. On Wednesdays, we will offer our tour of City Hall (the only time of the year the Conservancy tours this iconic building), as well as a slightly shorter version of our Art Deco tour, regularly offered on Saturdays. The City Hall tour explores the fascinat- ing history and magnificent architecture of Los Angeles’ great 1928 civic building, and includes a visit to the 27th floor observation deck (schedule permitting). Wednesdays, July Many of L.A.'s older and historic neighborhoods are threatened by mansionization and teardown trends. Photo of Citrus Avenue in the Mid-City area by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy. 23 & 30 & August 13 at 5:30 p.m. The Art Deco tour highlights the archi- tecture and ornamentation of buildings from Conserving L.A.’s Older and the 1920s and ’30s, featuring rich materials and classic geometric design. Wednesdays, Historic Neighborhoods August 6, 20, & 27 at 5:30 p.m. by Adrian Scott Fine On Thursdays, the Conservancy will re- In June, residents of older and historic neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles received prise last year’s sold-out Modern by Moon- some long-overdue and good news, coinciding with the passage of the City of Los Angeles’ light tour. In a nighttime twist on the Modern 2014-15 fiscal budget and $8.1 billion spending plan. The revised budget includes funding for Skyline Tour, Modern by Moonlight shows four new neighborhood conservation positions in the Department of City Planning. the skyscrapers and plazas of Bunker Hill in The originally proposed budget omitted funding for these critical positions, triggering a the soft glow of the summer twilight. The tour range of advocacy efforts by the Conservancy, including asking our members and neighbor- will end at the BonaVista Lounge at the top hood residents to contact their City Council members. We could not have achieved this positive of the 1978 Bonaventure Hotel for no-host outcome without the support of so many throughout the city. cocktails, dining, and spectacular nighttime Thank you to everyone who provided testimony before the City Council, sent emails and views. Thursdays, July 24 & 31 and August letters, and personally reached out to your member of the City Council. We especially want 7, 14, 21, & 28 at 7:00 p.m. to thank Councilmember Paul Koretz, who strongly advocated for this funding in his role on Tours are $5 for Conservancy members the Budget and Finance Committee. and children 12 and under; $10 for the general This means there is help on the way for nearly sixteen neighborhoods awaiting Historic public; reservations are required. Space is Preservation Overlay Zone, or HPOZ, status. The same can be said for older neighborhoods limited, so reserve now! Visit laconservancy. seeking relief from mansionization issues, with staff soon to be available to work closely with org/tours or call (213) 623-2489. the neighborhoods that need this type of specialized assistance. For neighborhoods such as Carthay Square, Holmby-Westwood, and others, there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. I N S I D E The City currently has four planning staff members dedicated to all thirty existing HPOZs. Conservancy News 2 These staff members handle a vast range of tasks, from evaluating proposed exterior changes to Preservation Issues 3 HPOZ properties, to reviewing surveys for new HPOZs, working with community members on Preservation Awards 4-5 education and outreach, creating required preservation plans for each HPOZ, and more. Second Please see NEIGHBORHOODS on page 6 Membership 7 CONSERVANCY NEWS

Welcome Liz Leshin, Director of Development Los Angeles Conservancy 523 W. Sixth Street, Suite 826 The Conservancy is thrilled to welcome Liz Leshin to our Los Angeles, California 90014 staff as director of development. Liz is a longtime Conservancy (213) 623-2489 Fax: (213) 623-3909 laconservancy.org member with a love of classic films, who has regularly attended Last Remaining Seats. She hails from Wisconsin and attended The Los Angeles Conservancy is a nonprofit mem- the University of Wisconsin-Madison, graduating with B.A. bership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize degrees in journalism and comparative literature, and going on the historic architectural and cultural resources of to New York University, where she earned an M.F.A. degree Los Angeles County. in film production. Stay Connected! Liz has a great track record in fundraising, with more than laconservancy.org facebook.com/losangelesconservancy fifteen years of experience guiding and supporting development twitter.com/laconservancy efforts in a variety of Los Angeles institutions, including schools, synagogues, the Greater instagram.com/laconservancy Los Angeles Zoo Association, and youth arts organizations such as Venice Arts and The Unusual Suspects. Board of Directors Hernan Hernandez, President As director of development, Liz will oversee all contributed revenue from major gifts, James Camp, VP Education/Community Relations membership, and special events. Please join us in welcoming Liz to the Conservancy team. Maxine Greenspan, VP Membership/Development Rita Morales Patton, VP Advocacy Wesley Phoa, PhD; VP Finance/Administration Linda Bruckheimer; Alice Carr; Mike Deasy; Welcome Sara Roberts, Membership Assistant Elizabeth Edwards Harris, PhD; Diane Keaton; David C. Martin, FAIA; Andrew Meieran; Andy Meyers; We are also excited to welcome Sara Roberts to our Karen Miller; Eric B. Moore; Cedd Moses; Stacy Paek; development staff as membership assistant. Sara is a graduate Bill E. Roschen, FAIA; Susan Strauss; Ted Tanner, AIA; of Occidental College with a B.A. in theater. She is passionate Jan Westman; Raymond Wu about the arts and excited to work in the nonprofit field. Sara Advisory Council grew up with an appreciation for architecture, as her father is Charmaine Atherton; Margaret Bach; Sally S. Beaudette; Bruce Corwin; Tim Disney; an architect. George A. V. Dunning; Amy Forbes; Sara has previously worked at Harvard-Westlake Middle Douglas J. Gardner; Albert Greenstein; Curtis Hanson; School and American Contemporary Ballet. Please help us Greg Harless; Robert S. Harris, FAIA; Mary Kay Hight; Dr. Thomas S. Hines; Kathryn Welch Howe; welcome Sara to the Conservancy staff. Brenda Levin, FAIA; Ronald S. Lushing; Robert F. Maguire III; Christy McAvoy; Thomas R. Miller; Frank Romero; Jack Rubens; Mickie Torres-Gil Leaves Conservancy Staff Alan Sieroty; Alison Silver; Joel Wachs; John H. Welborne; Roland A. Wiley, AIA; After nearly two years as the Conservancy’s membership assistant (and a previous stint Ken Williams; Dr. Robert W. Winter as a Conservancy intern), Mickie Torres-Gil left the staff in May. Mickie’s dedication to Lifetime Cornerstone preservation led her to a new intern position with SurveyLA in the Los Angeles Department George A. V. Dunning of City Planning’s Office of Historic Resources. She is also earning a master’s degree in Leonard Hill heritage conservation from USC. We will miss Mickie greatly but are glad she is continuing Stephen and Christy McAvoy John H. and Martha L. Welborne on a career path in the preservation field, and remaining with us as a Conservancy volunteer.

Staff Linda Dishman, Executive Director Marcella Akop, Administrative Assistant Joe Spencer (1923-2014) Adrian Scott Fine, Director of Advocacy Longtime Conservancy volunteer Joe Spencer passed away recently at the age of 90. Jessica Hodgdon, Communications Coordinator Manuel A. Huerta, Community Outreach Coordinator From the mid-1980s until declining health limited his activities in the early 2000s, Joe was Adrienne Kisson, Development Manager one of the Conservancy’s most active volunteers and most requested walking tour docents. Annie Laskey, Program Manager He mentored and trained many fellow docents, and was generally acclaimed by his peers Liz Leshin, Director of Development Cindy Olnick, Director of Communications to be the ‘gold standard’ of docents. One particular legacy of Joe’s that continues to live Willow Pappageorge, Director of Administration on: he established the red name badges for volunteers, subsidizing the first rounds himself. Sara Roberts, Membership Assistant Bruce Scottow, Educational Outreach Coordinator Marcello Vavala, Preservation Associate Sarah Weber, Director of Education

2 los angeles conservancy news ISSUES Preservation Issues by Adrian Scott Fine, Manuel Huerta, and Marcello Vavala

For more information about these and other preservation issues, please visit laconservancy.org/important-issues.

John Lautner Building Threatened with Demolition A little-known 1979 building in the Val- ley designed by master architect John Lautner is threatened with demolition. AbilityFirst, the current owner and operator of the property, and Oakmont Senior Living, the potential buyer, have submitted plans to demolish the Paul Weston Work Center, originally known as the Crippled Children’s Society Rehabilita- Period photo of the John Lautner-designed Paul Weston Work Center in Woodland Hills. Photo courtesy of Helena tion Center. It would be replaced with a two- Arahuete, who served as project architect for the building and spoke at a Conservancy event there last year. story, nearly 85,000-square-foot elder-care facility with up to forty parking spaces. Illegal Demolitions of Bill (AB) 1999, an important piece of legisla- John Lautner produced some of South- tion that would provide incentives for historic ern California’s most visionary examples of Historic Buildings preservation. Modernist design. His buildings have been Two historic structures in Los Angeles If passed, AB 1999 will create the described as sculptural and sensory and were were illegally demolished within six months. California Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit. always designed to respond to their site. The In November 2013, a circa 1923 Spanish Co- The credit would help stimulate economic Rehabilitation Center is no exception. Much lonial Revival house in the Whitley Heights development and protect historic buildings of Lautner’s work was residential, making Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) by benefiting the economic development of this a rare example of an institutional-based was illegally demolished. While the property properties listed in, or eligible for, the Cali- design and commission. owner was issued a permit for interior remodel fornia Register of Historical Resources or the SurveyLA identified the Rehabilitation work, the house was entirely demolished the National Register of Historic Places. Center as a potential historic resource eligible weekend of November 9 and 10, apparently Authored by Toni Atkins, Speaker of the for both the California Register and local list- with the electricity still connected. In April Assembly (San Diego), AB 1999 was passed ing in March 2013. Yet the Office of Historic 2014, the owner of the San Marino Villas in by the State Assembly with a unanimous 75-0 Resources within the Los Angeles Depart- Koreatown demolished the structure without vote. At press time, the bill was on its way ment of City Planning was not consulted any permits. The three-story, Mediterranean to the State Senate. The Conservancy needs about the proposed project. In preparing the Revival apartment building was designated as your support to enact this important legisla- environmental review for the project, the Historic-Cultural Monument #870. tion. Thank you to everyone who has already Department of City Planning concluded that The City’s Department of Building and written in support of the bill’s passage. the project site contained no potential historic Safety intends to impose the “Scorched Earth” and/or cultural resources, preliminarily issu- policy for these property owners’ actions, pre- ing a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) venting any development on the sites for up in April 2014. The MND fails to note that to five years. Los Angeles is one of a handful the Rehabilitation Center was identified by of cities in L.A. County with a policy to deter SurveyLA or elsewhere. this type of illegal activity. The Conservancy called on the public to ask City Planning to deny the MND for Economic Development and the proposed project and instead require the State Historic Tax Credit Act preparation of a more detailed Environmental Impact Report (EIR), as clearly mandated un- The Conservancy is part of a coalition Owners of historic buildings within historic districts, der the California Environmental Quality Act including the California Preservation Foun- such as the Broadway Theatre and Commercial District (CEQA). An EIR requires the consideration of dation, the AIA California Council, and other (listed in the National Register of Historic Places), would benefit from the proposed tax credit. Photo by Adrian a range of preservation alternatives. nonprofit organizations supporting Assembly Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy.

Jul | Aug 2014 3 AWARDS 2014 Preservation Awards For project team lists, visit laconservancy.org/awards

Congratulations to the recipients of the Conservancy’s 33rd Annual Preserva- tion Awards! They reflect a range of outstanding efforts to preserve and revitalize the historic places that make Greater Los Angeles unique. We will present the awards at a luncheon on Thursday, July 31, at the Millen- nium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Our deepest thanks to City National Bank, the luncheon’s presenting sponsor for the fourteenth consecutive year. The luncheon is a great opportunity to network with preservation, community, and business leaders while supporting the work of the Conservancy. Individual tickets are $125. Table sponsorships begin at $1,250. For details, visit laconservancy.org/awards.

2014 Jury President’s Award Many thanks to the members of our independent jury, who Wilshire Boulevard Temple had the difficult task of selecting this year’s recipients from a very 3663 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90010 strong pool of applicants. Built in 1929 with the support of early movie moguls, this Alfred Fraijo, Jr. (Chair), Partner, Sheppard Mullin synagogue is an architectural treasure. The sanctuary languished Richter & Hampton LLP over the years as congregants moved to other parts of the city. In 2004, temple leaders made a commitment to restore the building and Jennifer Dunbar, LEED AP, Pfeiffer Partners Architects, Inc. make it the centerpiece of a campus to serve the congregation and the Founding President, West Hollywood Preservation Alliance surrounding community. Ten years later, the gleaming sanctuary has Judy M. Horton, Board Member, The California Garden and been beautifully restored Landscape History Society and sensitively upgraded for Nicholas P. Maricich City Planner, Los Angeles Department generations of future use. of City Planning, Policy Planning Division This project is a textbook case of first-rate, large- Howard Sherman, Executive Vice President and Chief scale preservation, as well Operating Officer, The Music Center | Performing Arts as a prime example of the Center of Los Angeles County power of preservation in Photo by Tom Bonner. revitalizing communities.

Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles and Barns Area and Rancho Center, The Theatre at Ace Hotel Rancho Los Alamitos 933 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, 90015 6400 E. Bixby Hill Road, Long Beach, 90815 This 1927 Gothic Revival theatre This project culminates a more than twenty-five-year effort served as the flagship for the United to conserve and interpret Southern California’s rancho era. While Artists studio, formed by legends of early Rancho Los Alamitos remained largely intact, historic barns had been Hollywood who broke from the major moved, and there were no facilities for educational interpretation. As studio system. Though maintained by part of the site’s Master Plan, the fragile barns were carefully relocated, longtime owner the University Cathedral the landscape restored, and of Dr. Gene Scott, the theatre and adjacent a new interpretive education office tower’s futures were uncertain after center and bookshop/ the church moved in 2011. Ace Hotel Photo by Spencer Lowell. classroom discreetly added. Group transformed the office tower into a hotel and upgraded the This highly significant site theatre for first-rate entertainment, all with complete reverence for is now poised for many the building’s rich past. The building’s revitalization brings new years of vibrant activity and energy to the area and fuels downtown’s ongoing revival. education. Photo by David Wakely.

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Bob Hope Patriotic Hall CDI Early Learning Center 1816 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, 90015 7260 Owensmouth Avenue, Los Angeles (Canoga Park), 91303 For more than seventy-five years, this When the Canoga Park Library relocated in 2004, its original County-owned building has served as a home—a 1959 Mid-Century Modern gem with a whimsical, folded- monument to, and resource for, members and plate roof—languished for years. It suffered from vandalism and veterans of the U.S. military. The highly vis- deferred maintenance, yet remained standing because of its status as ible building had been altered very little since a local landmark. An adaptive reuse project transformed the building its construction in 1926—which maintained into an Early Learning Center for the Childhood Development original features yet led to disrepair through Institute. Creative solutions deferred maintenance. A full rehabilitation upgraded the building without restored historic elements and upgraded compromising its distinct systems inside and out. The building now Image courtesy appearance. It now thrives as Spectra Company. offers a spacious auditorium; gymnasium; a resource for neighborhood and office, conference, and meeting space. Close collaboration and families, its playful design creative solutions transformed an underused structure into an active, a perfect compliment to the Photo by Juan Carlos Garrido. multipurpose facility to serve those who have served our country. vibrant activity within.

Dunbar Hotel The Forum 4225 S. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 90011 3900 W. Manchester Boulevard, Inglewood, 90305 The Dunbar Hotel was the center The “Fabulous” Forum has been an icon since it opened in 1967. of L.A.’s African American Designed by Charles Luckman, the unique circular building served as community from the 1930s a sports and entertainment arena for decades. The opening of Staples through the 1950s. It hosted Center in 1999 changed the Forum’s fortunes, and the building fell historic events including the into disrepair. Madison Square Garden bought the Forum in 2012, first West Coast meeting of reviving and repositioning it as a high-end entertainment venue the NAACP. The hotel stood with first-rate amenities while restoring its classic, mid-century Image courtesy Thomas Safran & vacant for over a decade and was Associates and Coalition for Respon- appearance. The project provides converted to apartments in 1989, sible Community Development. a national model for reusing yet it languished for many years. In 2011, the Dunbar became the large, arena-type structures. It centerpiece of an affordable housing project that reversed years of also provides an economic benefit deferred maintenance and alterations, restored original features, and for the City of Inglewood and upgraded systems. This jewel of the neighborhood shines again, reinvents an important Southern celebrating its past, serving the community, and boosting civic pride. California institution. Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy.

The Hercules Campus Joseph L. Starr Dairy Farmhouse 5865 Campus Center Drive, Los Angeles, 90094 2801 S. Arlington Avenue, Los Angeles, 90018 The Hercules Campus in Built in 1887 as part of a dairy, this farmhouse is the oldest Playa Vista is part of the property house in the West Adams neighborhood of Jefferson Park and the occupied by Hughes Aircraft last remnant of its agricultural history. By 2008, after decades of Company from the early 1940s neglect, the house stood vacant, had been through the mid-1980s. Though partially demolished, and was rapidly highly significant—including deteriorating. The City deemed the home serving as the birthplace of a public nuisance and planned to raze it. A private individual rescued it from the Hercules flying boat (aka Image courtesy The Ratkovich “Spruce Goose”)—the industrial Company. the brink of demolition, painstakingly site sat vacant and deteriorating for decades. The Ratkovich restoring it in an effort that redefines Company bought the property in 2010 and transformed it into determination. He even used the project creative facilities. Continuing a legacy of innovation, the former to educate the community, providing warehouses, fire station, and other buildings now house digital public access then and now to promote entertainment and creative agencies. the value of preservation. Photo by Mitzi March Mogul.

Jul | Aug 2014 5 COVER STORY

NEIGHBORHOODS continued from page 1 only to New York City, Los Angeles has the Playing out much like a domino effect New Tools to Help second-largest program of historic districts in where one teardown sparks another, man- The City of Los Angeles is in the early the U.S., where HPOZs currently encompass sionization destroys more than just houses. stages of re:code LA, a comprehensive revi- more than 25,000 parcels throughout the city. Neighborhood livability is diminished as trees sion of L.A.’s outdated zoning code. De- Several years ago, the Department of are removed, backyards are eliminated, and scribed as “one of the most ambitious projects City Planning reached full capacity and sunlight is blocked. of its kind ever attempted,” re:code LA is a could no longer serve the needs of potential This is a controversial topic, with no easy five-year, $5 million project intended to re- or pending HPOZs and neighborhoods seek- answers or a one-size-fits-all approach. While write the current code, which dates to 1946. ing help from teardowns. Without funding mansionization is essentially about impacts In March, the City and the re:code LA to expand services and staff, neighborhoods on older and historic neighborhoods, it is re- team released a report outlining some of the have remained in limbo, awaiting conserva- ally much more. It involves private property issues to be addressed, including the need to tion and protection, all the while continuing rights, smart growth, environmental issues promote and preserve distinct neighborhood to experience inappropriate alterations and and sustainability, economics and the tax character. The report specifically mentions overdevelopment pressures. Some have been base, demographic shifts, and ever-changing out-of-scale development and residents’ con- in the pipeline for as long as twelve years. housing preferences. However, at the heart of cern that it does not match the look of their it all, it is about losing community character Saving Neighborhood Character community or their vision for the future. The and neighborhood livability. need to continue to protect historic resources Securing the funding for these planning When the City passed its Baseline Man- and established neighborhoods is also spe- positions begins to address a series of issues sionization Ordinance in 2008, it appeared as cifically identified. The report suggests some that are affecting Los Angeles’ neighbor- if nearly every neighborhood was experienc- streamlining measures for new HPOZs and hoods. As the economy continues to rebound, ing some loss of character and privacy that new tools to better align with the underlying we are already beginning to see increased follows the arrival of the “McMansion.” zoning for an area, including introducing a development pressures on older and historic In 2011, the City followed up with the neighborhood conservation district tool. neighborhoods. This is a problem, as these Baseline Hillside Ordinance. Both measures The Conservancy is watching the re:code neighborhoods help define the city, and each attempted to curb the appetite for, and the size LA process closely and is working to engage has its own very distinct physical identity that of, new houses, and each followed a lengthy neighborhood residents throughout the city is important to retain and celebrate. public review process and debate. Previously to ensure that preservation issues are fully While the character of a neighborhood the City did not regulate oversized homes in vetted, considered, and addressed through is not always easily defined, it is often made the context of their impacts on community the new code process. We will keep you up of a collection of buildings, architectural character. posted in this newsletter and on our website styles, and a similar scale and massing that, Neither measure was designed to entirely at laconservancy.org/recode. when combined, work together to help impart stop mansionization, prompting some neigh- On October 18, the Conservancy will a specific look and feel of a place. Community borhood residents to press for additional tools co-sponsor the L.A. Historic Neighborhoods character is particularly fragile and can be and relief. The Beverly Grove neighborhood Conference, in partnership with the Los easily damaged or destroyed. Los Angeles in the Mid-City area is a good example, where Angeles Department of City Planning and neighborhoods have a long history of experi- a Residential Floor Area (RFA) District was its Office of Historic Resources. With a con- encing trends such as maxing out on a home’s created in 2013. tinued focus on established HPOZs, we are square footage, expanding a home “up and Covering approximately 700 homes, the expanding our reach to broaden the audience out,” filling in any open space on the lot, and RFA limits the maximum residential floor and support the preservation and conservation of course, tearing the home down altogether. area ratio (FAR) to roughly 3,000 square of older and historic neighborhoods. Look for As part of the larger teardown trend, feet. That is still about fifty percent larger more details soon. mansionization can be particularly damag- than the average existing older home in the Ultimately, neighborhood conservation ing. This is not a new issue, and it continued neighborhood, yet more restrictive than cur- is about deciding what we want Los Angeles even during the recession. Mansionization rently allowed citywide. to look like in the future. From a community occurs as existing homes are seen by some One unique aspect is that the FAR in- character perspective, it is about residents as “underdeveloped.” A house is purchased, cludes attached (not detached) garages in the coming together to truly consider all the short- subsequently demolished, and then replaced overall calculation. This provides an incentive term gains as well as factoring in the long- by a new, larger house. The results are often to build a garage at the rear instead, maintain- term implications that come with change, both massive and out of scale with neighboring ing the character and buffer that a driveway good and bad. The Conservancy welcomes homes. National trends indicate that replace- provides for neighbors. ment houses are often nearly three times the the opportunity to engage stakeholders and size of the demolished homes. further this discussion.

6 los angeles conservancy news MEMBERSHIP MARCH 22 / JUNE 9 MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP REPORT MATTERS

The Los Angeles Conservancy would like to acknowledge the Your membership provides the generous contributions of our new Supporting members, and the Conservancy with crucial operat- new and renewing members of our Sustaining, Benefactor, and ing funds, as well as strength in Cornerstone groups. numbers to maintain a powerful CORPORATE GRANITE Paul Moore/The Capital Karen and Dean Billman voice for preservation. Thank you! CORNERSTONE Group Companies Julie Borkin ($2,500 - $4,999) Charitable Foundation Cary Brazeman 213 Downtown LA Nightlife Cindy Olnick and Tom Davies Thom Brennan Spectra Company Jean Rosenbluth Glenn Camhi and Paul Felix READY TO UPGRADE? Joseph Citrano GRANITE CORNERSTONE SUSTAINING Steven Dersh ($2,500 - $4,999) ($250 - $499) Emily and Frederic Edelman Consider deepening your com- William Damaschke and Margaret and Danilo Bach John English and Ginny mitment to the Conservancy by John McIlwee Brad Baillie Glass English Michael Deasy Ken and Kathy Bernstein Rosalie Friis-Ross upgrading your membership to the Barry and Irena Gernstein Mark Bethanis Chris and Matthew Funk Benefactor ($500) or Cornerstone James Hayes and Chris and Penny Black Bob Gillian and Catherine Keig Karen Boyarsky Amy Sorenson ($1,000+) level. Ronald Lushing Harry Chandler Scott Goldstein and You’ll provide leadership finan- Susan Strauss Brian R. and Rubi Connell Susan Tick Ed Trosper and David Raposa Ruth Eliel and Barry Gordon and Gail cial support and enjoy increased William Cooney Schaper-Gordon benefits, such as (for Benefactors) CORPORATE LIMESTONE Vicki Engard Harold Greenburg CORNERSTONE Richard C. Gilman Ann Harrer an invitation to the opening night ($1,000 - $2,499) Kathleen Grzegorek Marcia Harrow reception for the Last Remaining Chattel, Inc. | Anita Hirsh Steve Hoelke Historic Preservation Ann Hobbs Sean Hughes Seats film series and private group Consultants Barbara and David Kaplan Heather Ingraham walking tours. Industry Partners Paul Kellogg and Jim Andre D. Robbin Kelley Johnson Fain Barbara Kruger Caroline Labiner Cornerstone members receive Levin and Sandra Kulli and Thomas Lady all Benefactor benefits, plus invita- Associates Architects Dundas Flaherty Emily Culpepper and Morley Builders Ruth Lavine Janet Lake tions to Cornerstone receptions Pfeiffer Partners Judith Levitt and John Levin at architecturally or historically Architects, Inc. Walter Koenig Judith and Paul Lippe Roschen Van Cleve Architects Robert and Julia Livingston Sophia Livsey significant venues. At higher Cor- M2A/Milofsky Michali & Denise Mamishian nerstone levels, you’ll also receive LIMESTONE Cox Architects Sharon McGough CORNERSTONE Jane Madelon Anthony Jennifer Miller and a commemorative miniature his- ($1,000 - $2,499) Julie and Richard May Jim Jurado toric building, reserved seats with Hope M. Anderson Patrick McCarthy and Caroline Labiner Moser Elgart Aster and Deborah Graber David Mossler your Last Remaining Seats ticket Paul Swerdlove James McMath and Mike and Wendy Myers purchases, and more. Heather Backstrom Sakae Takushima Mark and Vicki Neuman James and Carolyn Bennett John Nisley Judi Olmstead Corporate Cornerstone mem- Alice Carr and Planaria Price and Anita and Casey Olson berships include company name Nathaniel Grouille Murray Burns Thomas and Mary Ortiz acknowledgment in the program Michael and Anne Reinhart Alexander Ponder and Susan Henderson Steven Rosebaugh Rob Manikowski for the Conservancy’s annual Toby Horn and Harold Tomin Romana Rudnyk MacKenzie Bartley and Liubov Powers Preservation Awards Luncheon, Diane Keaton David Saffer Michael and Morynne Motley John Schneier Hortensia Prihoda attended by approximately 600 Elliott Sernel Kate Kelly and Ed Reilly professionals in fields including Jim Thilking George Schweitzer Raymond Rix Allyne Winderman and Kevin Simpson Lisa Rowley business, architecture, law, real Glenn Wasserman Bob Timmerman Reuben Sanchez estate, banking and finance, gov- Adrian Velicescu William Seitz and BENEFACTOR Jim Walker Claire Seitz Gauthier ernment, and preservation. ($500-$999) Mary Alice Wollam and Jamie Blake Sher For more information about Mark Archer Bob Brennan Laurel and Rick Spillane Lili and Jon Bosse Julian and Jeff Zolkin Mary-Margaret and becoming a Benefactor or Cor- Elliott Brunner Cary Stratton nerstone member, including Bill Condon and SUPPORTING Alex and Elisa Taub Jack Morrissey ($100 - $249) Wendy and benefits at the various member- Christina Gilman Michael and Liesa Andrews Benjamin Tomimatsu ship levels, please contact Adri- Kevin Bannerman and Tom Ford enne Kisson at (213) 430-4204 or [email protected].

Jul | Aug 2014 7 CONSERVANCY WALKING TOURS

Walking tours begin at 10 a.m. except where noted. Tours are $5 for Conser- vancy members and children twelve and under; $10 for the general public. Walk-ins are accepted on most tours. Pre-payment is required on Angelino Heights, Biltmore Hotel, and Broadway. For details and reservations, visit ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED laconservancy.org. Questions? Call the Conservancy office at (213) 623-2489.

WEEKLY TOURS Art Deco Every Saturday Biltmore Hotel Every Sunday, 2 p.m. Broadway: Historic Theatre & Commercial District Every Saturday Historic Downtown Every Saturday

BI-WEEKLY AND MONTHLY TOURS Angelino Heights First Saturday Downtown Renaissance: Spring & Main Second and Fourth Saturdays Modern Skyline First and Third Saturdays, 2 p.m. Union Station Third Saturday For the latest information about issues and Youth, family, and group tours by arrangement; events, visit laconservancy.org. call (213) 623-2489 for information. Photo by Flora Chou/L.A. Conservancy Photo by Larry Underhill Photo by Larry Photo by Gary Leonard SUNSET TOURS MODERN BY MOONLIGHT PRESERVATION AWARDS Wednesday Evening Downtown Thursday Evening Downtown LUNCHEON Walking Tours Walking Tours Millennium Biltmore Hotel July 23 – August 27 July 24 – August 28 Thursday, July 31 Join us on Wednesday evenings for On Thursday evenings, we'll reprise Join us at our 33rd Annual Preser- tours of City Hall or Art Deco archi- last summer's popular Modern by vation Awards Luncheon to honor tecture in downtown Los Angeles. Moonlight tours, exploring the outstanding historic preservation See page 1 for details. skyscrapers of Bunker Hill in the early projects across Los Angeles County. evening. See page 1 for details. See page 4 for details and recipients.