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Sixth Street Viaduct to Be Replaced by Cindy Olnick On November 18, 2011, the City Council certified the final environmental impact report for the Sixth Street Viaduct Seismic Retrofit Project. The report calls for the replacement of the 1932 bridge with a widened, realigned, cable-stayed suspension bridge of modern design. Despite years of research and consultation with experts worldwide, the Conservancy and others could not find a way to halt or reverse the alkali-silica reaction that is slowly destroying the bridge. The demise of the bridge will be a tremendous loss to the history and landscape of Los Angeles, and to the many Angelenos who care so deeply about this icon. Yet this regrettable outcome LEFT: Lincoln Place in Venice, threatened with demolition for nearly a decade until 2010. Photo by Ingrid E. Mueller. presents an important opportunity for the city UPPER RIGHT: Baldwin Hills Village (Village Green), a National Historic Landmark. Photo by Flora Chou/L.A. Conservancy. LOWER RIGHT: Threatened with demolition for years, Chase Knolls in Sherman Oaks was featured to look to the future without ignoring its past. on our Modern Committee’s “How Modern Was My Valley” tour in 2000. Photo from Conservancy archives. The Sixth Street Viaduct is the largest, last built, and most famous member of a Garden Apartments: remarkable collection of monumental bridges spanning the Los Angeles River. These bridges Design Fostering Community were designed to complement one another, making the collection a de facto historic district. by Adrian Scott Fine The design of the new bridge should fit in with Large multi-acre sites, green open spaces, moderate-to-low-density housing, and valuable the collection, not stand alone. The new design real estate are all hallmarks of Los Angeles’ historic garden apartment communities. They can and should be exciting, contemporary, and are also the reasons why many of these sites are increasingly threatened by redevelopment— sustainable—but also contextual. currently at Wyvernwood in Boyle Heights; previously at Lincoln Place in Venice and Chase We thank the City’s Cultural Heritage Knolls in Sherman Oaks. Commission and Office of Historic Resources The Conservancy is launching a new initiative in 2012 to counter this trend and showcase for their hard work and close collaboration why garden apartments are so well loved by residents who call these communities home. The in this effort. We are charting new territory, Los Angeles Garden Apartment Network will provide resources and networking opportunities to and we will use what we’ve learned as we owners and residents of historic garden apartments, as well as to advocates for their preservation. move forward.

A New Way of Living i n s i d e Throughout and the nation, garden apartments tell an important story Conservancy News 2 about how housing and site planning came together in the early twentieth century to create an Preservation Issues in the News 3, 6 entirely new and innovative approach to multi-family living. Programs 4 Garden apartments are based on urban planning and landscape concepts adapted from Volunteers 5 Please see GARDEN on page 6 Membership 7 conservanc y news

Preservation Award Applications Due January 31 Los Angeles Conservancy 523 W. Sixth Street, Suite 826 T h e C o n s e r v a n c y Los Angeles, CA 90014 (213) 623-2489 Fax: (213) 623-3909 welcomes applications for laconservancy.org our 31st Annual Preservation Awards, which recognize The Los Angeles Conservancy is a nonprofit mem- bership organization that works through education outstanding achievement and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize in the field of historic the historic architectural and cultural resources of preservation. If you know Los Angeles County. of a preservation project that Stay Connected! deserves special recognition, laconservancy.org facebook.com/losangelesconservancy we encourage you to apply. twitter.com/laconservancy Award recipients are Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park, one of the 2010 Preservation Award recipients. Photo © Stephen Shafer. selected by an independent Board of Directors jury of experts in architecture, historic preservation, and community development. Charmaine Atherton, President Stephanie Kingsnorth, AIA, LEED AP; VP Advocacy Recipients vary widely, from restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse projects to Clare De Briere, VP Membership/Development advocacy and education efforts by individuals and groups. We encourage submissions Maura M. Johnson, VP Education/Community Relations from throughout the county that illustrate the value and power of historic preservation. Hernan Hernandez, VP Finance/Administration Mitchell E. Abbott; Steven D. Archer; Eligible projects must be located in Los Angeles County and must have been completed Roberto E. Barragan; Linda Bruckheimer; by December 31, 2011. Barbara Bundy; Barbara Flammang, AIA; The Conservancy must receive all 2012 applications by Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Robert K. Foster; Dexter Henderson; Diane Keaton; Michael LaFetra; Andrew Meieran; Eric B. Moore; You can download an application at laconservancy.org/awards or request one by contacting Rita Morales Patton; Cedd Moses; Jackie Kim Park; the office at (213) 623-2489 [email protected] . We’ll announce the recipients in Susan Strauss; Donald Weggeman March and present the awards at a luncheon in May. Thanks, and good luck! Advisory Council Margaret Bach; Sally S. Beaudette; Bruce Corwin; Your Legacy Is Our Future: Planned Giving to the Conservancy Tim Disney; George A. V. Dunning; Amy Forbes; Douglas J. Gardner; Albert Greenstein; Curtis Hanson; For over thirty years, the Los Angeles Conservancy has fought to preserve Greg Harless; Robert S. Harris, FAIA; Mary Kay Hight; Dr. Thomas S. Hines; Kathryn Welch Howe; the important architectural and cultural landmarks that connect us all to this unique Huell Howser; Brenda Levin, FAIA; Ronald S. Lushing; metropolis. Remembering the Conservancy in your estate plans is one of the most Robert F. Maguire III; Christy McAvoy; meaningful things you can do to ensure that future generations enjoy our region’s Thomas R. Miller; Mimi Perloff; Frank Romero; Jack Rubens; Alan Sieroty; Alison Silver; Joel Wachs; extraordinary built environment. John H. Welborne; Roland A. Wiley, AIA; If you are interested in making a planned gift to the Conservancy—or if you already Ken Williams; Dr. Robert W. Winter have remembered us in your estate plans—please contact Mitch Bassion, director of Lifetime Cornerstone development, at (213) 430-4213 or [email protected]. As our way of saying George A. V. Dunning thank you for your planned gift, we will invite you and a guest to a 2012 Cornerstone Leonard Hill Stephen and Christy McAvoy reception at a historic home. John H. and Martha L. Welborne

Staff Thanks to Intern Andrew Goodrich Linda Dishman, Executive Director Mitch Bassion, Director of Development The Conservancy benefits greatly from the work of interns. We were particularly Jessica Burns, Communications Coordinator fortunate this year to have the longtime support of Andrew Goodrich, who interned Flora Chou, Preservation Advocate Lauren Everett, Receptionist here for a full seven months. Andrew is a second-year student in the Adrian Scott Fine, Director of Advocacy master of planning program at USC, focusing on preservation planning. Adrienne Kisson, Development Manager Between June and September, he conducted extensive primary research Annie Laskey, Program Manager Cindy Olnick, Director of Communications on historic garden apartments in the Los Angeles region (see cover Willow Pappageorge, Administrative Manager story). Once back in school, Andrew continued to help with updating Shannon Ryan, Membership Assistant our historic district website and with our current advocacy efforts Bruce Scottow, Educational Outreach Coordinator to prevent demolition of Wyvernwood Garden Apartments in Boyle Marcello Vavala, Preservation Associate Heights. We will rely heavily on his research as we launch the L.A. Garden Apartment Conservancy News is published bi-monthly. Network in 2012, providing resources to owners, residents, advocates, and the public in Printing by Jano Graphics. Special thanks to Nicole Thompson-Ruiz. service of preserving Greater L.A.’s rich yet vulnerable collection of garden apartments. Thanks to the Getty Research Institute for access to Thank you, Andrew, for your exceptional service to the Conservancy! the Julius Shulman photography archive.

2 los angeles conservancy n e w s issues Preservation Issues in the News by Flora Chou, Adrian Scott Fine, and Marcello Vavala For more information about these and other issues, please visit our website at laconservancy.org. Wyvernwood On October 20, the City of Los Angeles released the draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for the Boyle Heights Mixed- Use Community Project. As envisioned, this project would demolish Wyvernwood Gar- den Apartments,the first large-scale garden apartment community in Los Angeles (see

cover story). LEFT: The 1959 UCLA Faculty Center, now spared from demolition. Photo by Joe Fletcher. RIGHT: Signs posted The public comment period for the at a November rally at the Venice Post Office. Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy. DEIR ends in January. If you haven’t yet, please take a few minutes to submit com- by plans for a new hotel and conference cen- Conservancy, and others. Congresswoman ments; visit laconservancy.org for details. ter. Although the building was proposed for Janice Hahn urged the USPS “to grant the The Conservancy’s comments point demolition in August 2010, UCLA has chosen appeal and engage the Venice community in out the project’s narrowly defined objec- to relocate the conference center project to finding another solution to the ramifications tives, which favor new construction over a new site. of the decline in the use of postal services.” preservation and undermine the purpose of Designed by the local firm of Austin, Despite these pleas, the USPS concluded the California Environmental Quality Act Field and Fry, the Faculty Center is unusual in late September that it had no basis for set- (CEQA) by excluding consideration of less for the use of ranch-style architecture in a ting aside its original decision to move its harmful alternatives. The EIR should evaluate university and public institution setting. Its operations to a nearby annex. A subsequent a greater range of viable preservation alterna- post-and-beam construction, floor-to-ceiling appeal filed in October is now pending with tives that retain Wyvernwood’s eligibility as a windows, and indoor-outdoor spaces create the Postal Regulatory Commission. historic district in both the National Register a casual, welcoming environment conducive of Historic Resources and the California to faculty lunches and convening. Leuzinger High School Register of Historical Resources. The building is potentially eligible for With technical assistance and support Our comments also emphasize that other listing in the California Register of Histori- from the Conservancy, the Friends and historic garden apartments in Los Angeles cal Resources as a representative work of a Alumni of Leuzinger High School took legal and across the nation have been successfully notable architectural firm, as well as a unique action in late September to protect the historic rehabilitated and preserved. We added that example of California ranch-style architec- buildings on the eighty-two-year-old campus Wyvernwood’s existing buildings can be ture. The Conservancy is working on a state- in Lawndale. The local advocacy coalition sensitively upgraded to better address the level landmark nomination for the building. filed a lawsuit in an effort to force the Cen- project’s sustainability goals, without the tinela Valley Union High School District to considerable environmental impacts of new Venice Post Office prepare an environmental impact report and construction. Among the post offices slated for closure prevent additional losses on the site. You can read our comments, as well as by the United States Postal Service (USPS) Spurred by the passage of two recent learn much more about Wyvernwood and is the 1939 Venice Post Office at 1601 Main bond measures, the school district has how you can help prevent its demolition, on Street, designed by Louis A. Simon. The launched a series of construction projects a new section of our website. For info, images, Spanish Colonial Revival-style building has that have moved forward without any envi- video, and more, please visit the Issues long been a neighborhood landmark. Modern- ronmental review or evaluation of potential section at laconservancy.org and click on ist artist Edward Biberman created a mural historic resources. In the past two years, the “Wyvernwood Garden Apartments.” for the lobby that depicts the early history district’s rapid demolition schedule has lev- UCLA Faculty Center of Venice. eled the school’s 1930s Industrial Arts Build- Last summer, the USPS received formal ing and all seven of the postwar-era “finger” We are happy to report that the 1959 appeals from the Venice Stakeholders Associ- classroom buildings, so named because of UCLA Faculty Center is no longer threatened ation, the Venice Neighborhood Council, the their slender shape.

J a n | F e b 2 0 1 2 3 programs Save the Date: Millard In Memoriam Sheets Tour March 18 Anthony J. Lumsden, FAIA (1928 – 2011) On Sunday, March 18, the Conservancy and our volunteer Architect Anthony J. Lumsden, FAIA passed away September Modern Committee will present 27 at age 83. Among many achievements, Lumsden co-developed Millard Sheets: A Legacy of Art a building technology in the 1960s that literally changed the face of and Architecture. This one-time- corporate architecture in the late twentieth century. only tour will showcase the art and Lumsden was born in England and grew up in Australia, earning architecture of Millard Sheets and an architecture degree from the University of Sydney. He met architect his colleagues in the Claremont Cesar Pelli while working for Eero Saarinen in the 1950s. In the 1960s, Photo courtesy and Pomona area. Sheets (1907- Pelli hired him at the renowned firm of Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Anne Lumsden. 1989), a nationally renowned artist, Mendenhall (DMJM) in Los Angeles. designer, and art teacher, was a Working from ideas born at Saarinen’s office, Lumsden and Pelli pioneered the glass native of the Pomona Valley and membrane (skin) design system. By reversing the mullions (vertical elements that separate spent much of his career there. windows) inward rather than outward, the system enabled completely new ways of “wrapping” The tour is part of Pacific buildings in glass, creating smooth curtain walls. Perhaps his best-known example is the Standard Time. This unprecedented undulating Roxbury Plaza/Manufacturers Bank building at 9701 in Beverly collaboration, initiated by the Getty, Hills. Other notable designs include One Park Plaza at 3250 Wilshire and the Federal Aviation brings together more than sixty Administration building in Hawthorne. cultural institutions from across Lumsden served as director of design at DMJM from 1968 to 1993 and formed his own Southern California to tell the story practice in 1994. Among his favorite projects was the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation of the birth of the L.A. art scene. Plant in Van Nuys, which he designed in 1982. Details and tickets will be available soon at laconservancy.org. Margaret Tante Burk (1918 – 2011) Margaret Burk, noted businesswoman, publicist, author, and Modern Skyline Tour: staunch supporter in the effort to save the Ambassador Hotel, passed Now at 2 p.m. away October 6 at age 93. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Burk attended Starting January 7, the Northwestern University and moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s. Conservancy will offer our Modern She led several successful careers and is perhaps best known for Skyline tour at 2 p.m. instead of 10 co-founding Round Table West, one of the country’s largest literary a.m. It will still take place the first luncheon programs. and third Saturdays of each month. Photo by Robert Peate. In 1969, Burk became public relations director for the iconic By visiting the skyscrapers, plazas, Ambassador Hotel and Cocoanut Grove nightclub. She vividly conveyed the site’s history in her and public art that define L.A.’s 1980 book, Are the Stars Out Tonight? The Story of the World Famous Ambassador and Cocoanut bustling Central Business District, Grove. Burk actively participated in the Conservancy’s long effort to prevent demolition of the this fascinating tour explores Ambassador, appearing at events and public hearings to testify to the site’s singular importance. how a city grows, changes, and Though ultimately unsuccessful, the preservation effort was greatly bolstered by her involvement. treats its historic fabric over time. We will always appreciate her generosity, friendship, and support. For details and reservations, visit laconservancy.org/tours. Thomas Morales (1935 – 2011) Tom Morales, one of the pioneers of the preservation movement in Los Angeles, passed away October 15 at the age of 76. A lifelong resident of Angeleno Heights, Tom tirelessly lobbied the City of Los Angeles in the 1970s to designate the neighborhood as a historic district; it became the city’s first Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) in 1983. Morales earned a degree in international business from USC and worked for companies including Toyota Motors, Hughes Aircraft, and Raytheon. He made Carroll Avenue his home in 1972. His passion for preservation is evident in his painstaking restoration of 1300 Carroll Avenue, an 1887 Victorian residence that was his longtime home. His Our Modern Skyline tour explores the architecture, history, public art, and preservation of downtown’s legacy lives on through his son, Christopher; his beloved wife, Priscilla; Central Business District. Photo by Annie Laskey/ and the efforts of the individual residents of the neighborhood, which he L.A. Conservancy. Photo courtesy loved and had been part of for decades. Christopher Morales.

4 los angeles conservancy n e w s volunteers Thanks To Our 2011 Walking Tour Docents Members Only: With eight different docent-led architectural tours of the downtown area, the Conservancy’s signature Walking Tour Program reaches about 8,000 people each year. The following people Help Pick a made that possible in 2011 by volunteering their time, expertise, and enthusiasm as walking Film for Last tour docents. Thank you! Alice Allen Michael Goldstein Kay Pegram * Nicole Thompson-Ruiz Remaining Seats! Janis Ashley * Larry Goodfried John Pesetski Jill Thomsen Vote by February 1 at Reem Baroody Erica Hahn Vivian Pine Ed Trosper David Berman Erica Hayward Paul Polocek Martin Turnbull laconservancy.org Kenon Breazeale * Mike Henderson Barbara Pritzkat Christine Upton Margaret Briggs Randy Henderson ** Jernej Razen Tony Valdez Last year, to celebrate the Chris Brown * Oscar Hernández Dennis Ritchey Donald Weggeman ** 25th Annual Last Remaining Seats Roberta Brown Ann Hobbs ** Jerome Robinson Judy Weinstein series of classic films in historic Michael Burr Gordon Johnson Stewart Rupp *** Jan Westman theatres, Conservancy members Gail Burton Cathy Jurca Bruce Scottow Erik Yesayan selected one of the films (Sunset Norm Carter Leah Kabaker ** Judith Siegel Boulevard) through a Fan Favorite Bud Coffey Deke Keasbey Herb Silverman * Gave over 15 tours poll. This year, we’re bringing back Pamela Corante Nancy Lilienthal Shannon Simonds ** Gave over 20 tours the Fan Favorite poll by popular Laura Crockett Eric Lynxwiler Kim Skavaril *** Gave over 30 tours demand! Jay Cywan Ron Mackovich Steve Slakey As a member of the Los Julie Downey * Patricia McGovern Don Sloper Angeles Conservancy, you can Marcia Enger Deanne Neiman Lorraine Stark * help select one of the films for the Greg Figueroa ** Steve Ort Ashley Strake 2012 season. Our volunteer Last John Ghini * David Peake Pam Taylor ** Remaining Seats Subcommittee has chosen a small group of candidates. Now it’s your turn to Thank You, At Home with History Volunteers! vote for the film you’d most like Rainy weather didn’t dampen the spirit of the more to see. than 120 volunteers who participated in the Conservancy’s Don’t delay; the voting period November 6 tour, At Home with History. The skies cleared lasts only a month and ends just as the all-day event began, and more than 700 guests February 1. explored six homes in three adjacent, mid-city Historic To cast your vote, visit the Last Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZs). At each residence, Remaining Seats section of our volunteers served in docent or logistics roles, helping to website at laconservancy.org. If make the sold-out event a huge success. you don’t have internet access, you can call the Conservancy office at Our thanks go out to all volunteers (fifteen of whom Volunteer docent Michael Goldstein describes one of the two tour homes in (213) 623-2489. were first-time Conservancy volunteers) for their time and the Wilshire Park HPOZ. talents. We simply could not have done it without you! Photo by Larry Underhill. Thanks for voting, and we look forward to the results! Volunteer Committee Officers, 2011-2012 Congratulations and thank you to our new and returning officers! Historic Theatres Committee (HTC) Chair: Michael Zoldessy Modern Committee (ModCom) Vice Chair: Scott Benson Chair: Regina O’Brien Recorder: Mariah Montgomery Vice Chair: Charlie Fisher Commercial Council Chair : Last Remaining Seats Subcommittee Sarah Farris-Gilbert (LRSCOM) of the HTC Residential Council Chair: Steven Kyle Chair: Ken Gehrig Membership Outreach Chair: Chris Green Vice Chair: Scott Benson Education Outreach Chair: Rachel Gould Recorder: Tracy Fink Secretary: Cheryll Dudley Roberts

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GARDEN continued from page 1 the British and American Garden City two buildings. It was designed by architects Movements, fostered by planners Ebenezer Heth Wharton and Ralph Vaughn for returning Howard and Clarence S. Stein. The idea World War II veterans, with buildings caught on throughout the U.S., particularly featuring Moderne and International Style since for a time, the Federal Housing architectural elements. Administration (FHA) favored this new form The proposed demolition of Lincoln of housing and backed such projects with Place in 2001 led to an epic preservation battle loan guarantees. lasting nearly a decade, with illegal demolitions, Both public and private entities several lawsuits, and multiple hearings before employed these concepts in Los Angeles, the State Historical Resources Commission. resulting in nearly fifty examples of historic The site has been nearly vacated in the garden apartment communities throughout intervening years. Preservation ultimately the region. Common design principles won out, when a settlement agreement was include large expanses of shared open space, reached in 2010 that calls for the rehabilitation often park-like settings, low-scaled buildings of all the remaining buildings. Owners of oriented to face the landscape and each Lincoln Place now embrace preservation, other, and a minimal network of streets that recently submitting applications for Historic- relegate the automobile to the rear or edge of Cultural Monument status as well as The Herrman family enjoys a birthday party at Park the site. The careful design of the sites puts pursuing the Mills Act and federal Historic La Brea (1944). Spanning more than 150 acres, the site is the largest of L.A.’s historic garden apartment people first, prioritizing quality of life and Rehabilitation Tax Credit incentives. communities. Photo © 2011 Ross H. Martin. opportunities for social interaction. “This ‘expression of humanness’ and the An Issue of Broad Importance extraordinary care taken by their designers Given their large presence, their community in Greater Los Angeles, and it to create healthy, safe, and beautiful places importance to the urban landscape, and has the highest-level historic designation to live still resonates, some seventy years the sheer number of people who call them in the country: National Historic Landmark. later,” says architectural historian Katie home, historic garden apartments have a Many original planning principles of Horak of Architectural Resources Group. significance that transcends their physical garden apartment communities—shared Horak is developing a historic context of boundaries. Their preservation is important open space, pedestrian-friendly design, Los Angeles’ garden apartments as part of not just to Boyle Heights or Venice, but to and environmentally sensitive siting—have the Network’s effort. the entire region. found renewed interest in the New Urbanism Wyvernwood Garden Apartments has “These places are rare and irreplaceable and sustainability movements of today. Yet thrived in large part because of these today, and need to be protected for future given the desire for increased density and concepts. Long-term tenants attest to the generations,” says Steven Keylon, a resident profitability, historic garden apartments are close-knit community and family ties of Village Green (1942) in Baldwin Hills. often seen as ripe for redevelopment. spanning generations, fostered by the Village Green is the most recognized and Join the Network community’s unique design. Yet the owners well preserved historic garden apartment seek to replace the entire complex with a $2 This spring, the Conservancy will billion mixed-use development with 4,400 launch the Los Angeles Garden Apartment housing units. The Conservancy and many Network, with funding support from others oppose this plan, which would destroy the Clarence S. Stein Institute and the an important part of Los Angeles history and National Trust for Historic Preservation. a thriving community (see page 3). The network will help bring resources Wyvernwood is not the first historic and assistance to all the historic garden garden apartment community in Los Angeles apartments of Greater Los Angeles, shine to face demolition. The Conservancy and the spotlight on this relatively little-known many others have worked hard to save other part of our history, and build greater communities whose proposed destruction awareness and understanding of this spurred intensive, multi-year advocacy efforts. important building type.

Lincoln Place in Venice is a good This aerial view of Dorset Village in Los Angeles If you appreciate the unique value of example. Built between 1949 and 1951, shows the careful site planning typical of garden historic garden apartments, join the network! apartments. Imagery © 2011 DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Lincoln Place spans thirty-nine acres U.S. Geological Survey, USDA Farm Service Agency, For details, and to share your own stories, and nearly 800 apartments in fifty- Map data © 2011 Cybercity, Google. visit our website at laconservancy.org.

6 los angeles conservancy n e w s membership OCTOBER 1 / NOVEMBER 28 MEMBERSHIP Membership Report APPLICATION The Los Angeles Conservancy would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of our new Supporting members, and the Join or renew at laconservancy.org new and renewing members of our Sustaining, Benefactor, and Membership Type (please check one) Cornerstone groups.  New  Renewal Corporate Granite John Kurtz, Historic West Adams George and Fabiola Hensley Cornerstone ($2,500-$4,999) Victoria Lafortune and Larry Barrett Timothy Holdener  Gift Oasis West Realty LLC / Alice and Nahum Lainer Sheila and Milt Hyman The Beverly Hilton Larry Layne, Jane Jackson Membership Level (please check one) Paramount Pictures Group NOVA Development Company Linda and Michael Keston Joseph Lund and James Kelley Esther Kim  Individual ($40) Granite Cornerstone Leonard and Alice Maltin Ignacio Mata and Hortencia Palicio  Dual/Household ($60) ($2,500-$4,999) Alan Merson Peter Maurice Watling Foundation John and Gale Miron Sonia M. 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BI-WEEKLY and Monthly Tours Angelino Heights First Saturday Downtown Renaissance: Spring & Main Second and Fourth Saturdays Downtown’s Modern Skyline NEW TIME! First and Third Saturdays 2 p.m. Union Station Third Saturday Youth, family, and group tours by arrangement; call the number above for information.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR Japanese Pioneer Memorial, a 2010 recipient. Photo by Dayle DeBry. Annie Laskey/L.A. Conservancy 2012 PRESERVATION AWARD LAST REMAINING SEATS MILLARD SHEETS: A LEGACY OF APPLICATION DEADLINE MEMBER VOTING DEADLINE ART AND ARCHITECTURE Tuesday, January 31 Wednesday, February 1 Sunday, March 18 If you know of a preservation project that Help choose one of the films for our Save the date for our special Pacific deserves special recognition, consider 2012 series of classic films in historic Standard Time tour of historic sites applying for a 2012 Conservancy theatres! Voting is open to active associated with artist and designer Preservation Award. For details, visit Conservancy members only, and you Millard Sheets in the Pomona and laconservancy.org/awards. must vote by February 1. For details and Claremont area. For details, visit voting, visit laconservancy.org. laconservancy.org.