NEWS Jul/Aug 2015 • Volume 37 Number 4 Landmark THIS! Workshop by Laura Dominguez This July, the Conservancy will revive our popular Landmark THIS! workshop with two public trainings in and West . The program, which first launched in 2006, aims to empower individu- als to successfully nominate important places in their communities for historic designation. On Saturday, July 18, we will partner with the City of Los Angeles Office of His- toric Resources to offer a workshop specifi- cally geared toward nominating buildings or sites with cultural significance for Historic- Cultural Monument (HCM) status. While hundreds of buildings have been designated locally for their rich architectural heritage,

Even icons of Googie architecture like Norms La Cienega still face demolition threats. Photo by Hunter Kerhart. far fewer historic places have been formally recognized for their cultural associations, including connections to ethnic and LGBT (Still) Saving Googie communities, women, and arts and literary by Cindy Olnick movements. In 1984, the Conservancy created a Fifties Task Force (now the Modern Committee) to This hands-on, interactive session will fight the rapid destruction of important throughout L.A. County. The final walk participants through researching and straw was the loss of two beloved Googie coffee shops, Tiny Naylor’s at writing an effective nomination and navigat- and La Brea Avenue (Douglas Honnold, 1949) and Ships Westwood (Martin Stern, Jr., 1958). ing the political process, using local sites as More than thirty years later, Googie architecture has come of age and gained widespread ap- examples. The training will take place at the preciation. Yet the number of examples has dwindled, and they still face threats of demolition Church of the Epiphany (HCM #807), 2808 and excessive alteration. Altura Street in Lincoln Heights. Exhibit A: Norms La Cienega (Armet & Davis, 1957) at 470 North La Cienega Boulevard. Space for the workshop is limited to For nearly sixty years, the restaurant has been the flagship location of the Norms restaurant thirty-five people, and we encourage those chain and an icon of Mid-Century . It exemplifies the Googie architectural style, with an active interest in completing a local named for the (now-demolished) Sunset Boulevard coffee shop Googie’s (, 1949). landmark nomination to register. Admission Gaga for Googie for the workshop is $15, which includes ma- terials and refreshments. With a boldness and exuberance epitomizing the postwar optimism of its time, Googie We are pleased to kick off the workshop architecture encompassed not just coffee shops but car washes, drive-ins, bowling alleys, mo- with a special presentation from Dr. Laura tels, and more. Its soaring geometric forms and neon signs caught the eye of passing motorists. Please see WORKSHOP on page 6 Walls of glass, integrated planters and outdoor areas, and gleaming new materials heralded a bright new age and helped to bring high-quality modernism to the masses. I N S I D E The term “Googie” was co-opted as a derogatory reference to a style that some people considered brash, outlandish, or silly. In 1985, architect and historian Alan Hess published Conservancy News 2 the seminal book Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture, which turned the term on its Issues 3 head and fostered a newfound respect for one of Southern ’s signature styles. His Downtown Walking Tours 4 - 5 Please see GOOGIE on page 6 Membership 7 CONSERVANCY NEWS

Thank You for Voting on Bylaws Los Angeles Conservancy 523 W. Sixth Street, Suite 826 Many thanks to all the Conservancy members who voted in May on our board elec- Los Angeles, California 90014 tion and bylaw amendments. (213) 623-2489 Fax: (213) 623-3909 laconservancy.org We received a very strong response, a total of 744 votes. Among these votes, 96 percent were in favor of adopting the amended and restated bylaws. The vote passed, and The Los Angeles Conservancy is a nonprofit mem- bership organization that works through education the amended and restated bylaws became effective on May 22, 2015. and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize The Conservancy updated the bylaws to keep pace with changes in nonprofit gov- the historic architectural and cultural resources of ernance. We had last updated the bylaws in 1990, and most of the new changes simply Los Angeles County. brought them up to current standards and best practices for nonprofits. For a summary Stay connected! laconservancy.org of the amendments and PDFs of the full bylaws, please visit laconservancy.org/bylaws. facebook.com/losangelesconservancy twitter.com/laconservancy instagram.com/laconservancy Welcome Jessica Ro, Membership Assistant Board of Directors Hernan Hernandez, President We are happy to welcome Jessica Ro to the Conservancy staff James Camp, VP Education/Community Relations as our new membership assistant. A native of Diamond Bar, Jessica Maxine Greenspan, VP Membership/Development is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley, where she double majored Rita Morales Patton, VP Advocacy Wesley Phoa, PhD; VP Finance/Administration in political science and media studies. She is excited to join the Linda Brettler; Linda Bruckheimer; Alice Carr; Conservancy because, she says, she is passionate about “preserving Mike Deasy; Elizabeth Edwards Harris, PhD; historic Los Angeles landmarks that ultimately give life to the city.” David Kopple; David C. Martin, FAIA; Andrew Meieran; Andy Meyers; Theresa Meyers; Karen Miller; Jessica previously worked as an intern at both Time for Change Eric B. Moore; Stacy Paek; Bill E. Roschen, FAIA; Foundation in San Bernardino and Women’s Action to Gain Eco- Susan Strauss; Ted Tanner, AIA; Jan Westman; nomic Security (WAGES) in the Area. This previous nonprofit Raymond Wu experience will certainly be helpful in her new role at the Conser- Advisory Council Charmaine Atherton; Margaret Bach; vancy. Please join us in welcoming Jessica to the Conservancy team. Sally S. Beaudette; Bruce Corwin; Tim Disney; George A. V. Dunning; Amy Forbes; Douglas J. Gardner; Albert Greenstein; Curtis Hanson; Sara Roberts Leaves Conservancy Staff Greg Harless; Robert S. Harris, FAIA; Mary Kay Hight; Dr. Thomas S. Hines; Kathryn Welch Howe; After nearly one year as the Conservancy’s membership assistant, Sara Roberts left Stephanie Kingsnorth, AIA, LEED AP; Michael LaFetra; Brenda Levin, FAIA; Ronald S. Lushing; the staff in May to move to New York City. We appreciate Sara’s hard work and dedica- Robert F. Maguire III; Christy McAvoy; tion during her time with the Conservancy, and we wish her all the best in her upcoming Thomas R. Miller; Frank Romero; Jack Rubens; adventures. Alan Sieroty; Alison Silver; Joel Wachs; John H. Welborne; Roland A. Wiley, AIA; Ken Williams; Dr. Robert W. Winter

Lifetime Cornerstone Hashtag Roundup George A. V. Dunning Leonard Hill Instagram and Twitter users can use hashtags to connect with the Conservancy and Stephen and Christy McAvoy join in the conversation about preservation in Los Angeles County. Search for the fol- John H. and Martha L. Welborne lowing hashtags to see what others have to say, and add to the conversation by tagging Staff your own photos and tweets. Linda Dishman, Executive Director Lizette S. Aguilar, Salesforce Administrator • #walkDTLA: official hashtag of the Conservancy’s Walking Tour Program (learn Marcella Akop, Administrative Assistant Laura Dominguez, Preservation Coordinator more about our walking tour Instagram contests on page 4) Adrian Scott Fine, Director of Advocacy • #LAStoryhood: celebrate L.A.’s unique neighborhoods by sharing photos of Jessica Hodgdon, Communications Coordinator Manuel A. Huerta, Community Outreach Coordinator the places and qualities that make each neighborhood special (learn more at Adrienne Kisson, Development Manager laconservancy.org/lastoryhood) Annie Laskey, Program Manager Liz Leshin, Director of Development • #LastRemainingSeats: official hashtag of our annual series of classic films in Tiffany Narváez, PR and Marketing Coordinator historic theatres (learn more at laconservancy.org/last-remaining-seats) Cindy Olnick, Director of Communications Jessica Ro, Membership Assistant • #TwitPicFri: every Friday, the Conservancy tweets photos of historic places across Katie Sanborn, Office Manager Bruce Scottow, Educational Outreach Coordinator Los Angeles County Marcello Vavala, Preservation Associate Don’t forget to follow the Conservancy – we’re @laconservancy on both Instagram Sarah Weber, Director of Education and Twitter. Major funding for the Los Angeles Conservancy’s programs is provided by the LaFetra Foundation.

2 los angeles conservancy news ISSUES Preservation Issues by Laura Dominguez, Adrian Scott Fine, Manuel A. Huerta, and Marcello Vavala For more information about these and other preservation issues, please visit laconservancy.org/important-issues.

Parker Center Efforts to designate Parker Center in Downtown L.A.’s Civic Center as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) were set back due to a timing and procedural error. At the Planning and Land Use Manage- ment (PLUM) Committee meeting on May 5, Councilmember José Huizar, whose district includes Parker Center, encouraged the Cul- tural Heritage Commission and Department of City Planning to resubmit the nomination. Downtown L.A.’s Parker Center, threatened with demolition despite its critical role in the history of policing and In addition, Councilmember Huizar Los Angeles. Photo by Hunter Kerhart. presented a motion directing City staff to study a new alternative for the Los Angeles building at 661 North Robertson Boulevard. Hills/Beverly Grove filed a lawsuit in May Street Civic Building Project, the proposed Constructed in 1929 as the manufactur- challenging the City of Los Angeles’ failure project that currently calls for Parker Center’s ing headquarters of the Mitchell Camera to comply with the California Environmental demolition. The new alternative would pre- Company, the building played an important Quality Act (CEQA). The lawsuit relates to serve Parker Center’s eight-story tower and role in the rise of the motion picture industry the City’s approval of a 31-unit condominium construct a new adjacent tower taller than the before World War II. Following a brief stint project without preparing an Environmental one analyzed in the project’s Environmental as an A-list nightclub, the building became Impact Report (EIR) to evaluate project im- Impact Report (EIR). The motion also in- a thriving discotheque in 1975. Known as pacts and consider preservation alternatives. structed staff to investigate the feasibility of Studio One, the glamorous dance club catered The project calls for the demolition of initiating an update to the Civic Center Master to West Hollywood’s LGBT community and three historic apartment buildings at 332-336 Plan, which was last updated in 1997. remained in operation until 1988. N. Oakhurst Drive, along the eastern border of The City’s Bureau of Engineering is The Conservancy submitted comments Beverly Hills. The buildings were identified currently pressing for the project that would on the project’s Notice of Preparation in Janu- as contributors to a National Register-eligible demolish and replace Parker Center, the ary, urging the City to identify The Factory potential historic district. Two of the buildings historic former headquarters of the LAPD. as a historic resource and consider a range of were designed by pioneering female architect The Cultural Heritage Commission initiated preservation alternatives in the draft Environ- Edith Northman. The lawsuit follows an ear- the HCM nomination in November 2014 and mental Impact Report (EIR). We and local lier appeal of the project’s approval, which voted unanimously in January 2015 to recom- activists are pressing for a sensitive design was supported by the Conservancy but denied mend the building’s designation to the City that allows for new development on the site by the City of Los Angeles. Council. The Conservancy is working closely while reusing the historic building in ways The properties are located in two juris- with all parties to press for an alternative that that meet the project objectives. dictions. A third of the site, including street retains and reuses Parker Center. As this newsletter went to press, the frontage and facades, is in the City of Beverly National Trust for Historic Preservation an- Hills, while the other two-thirds are within the The Factory nounced the inclusion of The Factory on its City of Los Angeles. The City of Los Angeles Faring Capital, the owner of the historic 2015 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered is serving as the lead agency for the proposed building locally known as The Factory, has Historic Places. project. The City of L.A. evaluated the project proposed redeveloping the site between through a Mitigated Negative Declaration Robertson Boulevard and La Peer Drive in (MND), maintaining that the structures are West Hollywood. The proposed mixed-use Oakhurst Drive Potential not historic. Yet substantial evidence identi- project would include a 251-room hotel, plus Historic District fies them as potential historic resources and obligates the City to prepare an EIR as man- restaurant and retail space. The proposal cur- The newly formed neighborhood advo- dated under CEQA. rently calls for the demolition of The Factory cacy group Concerned Citizens of Beverly

Jul | Aug 2015 3 WALKING TOUR 35TH #WALKDTLA Explore Historic Downtown at Sunset INSTAGRAM CONTESTS by Annie Laskey by Jessica Hodgdon Attention Instagram users: As part of the Conservancy’s year- long celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of our Walking Tour Program, we’re holding monthly Instagram contests on two of our favorite walking tours. Downtown Renaissance and Modern Skyline explore the “book- ends” of downtown’s history—its early beginnings and more recent past. You can take one or both tours every Saturday through September 2015. With so many tour offerings, you have plenty of opportunities to enter and win! The Conservancy is offering extended dates of our popular Modern by Moonlight tour this summer. To enter the contest: Photo by Douglas Hill. • Take the Downtown Renais- Summer is here, and with it, the Conser- host cocktails, dining, and spectacular night- sance and/or Modern Skyline vancy’s evening walking tours. This popular time views. As part of the ongoing celebration walking tours series features shorter versions of two regular of the thirty-fifth anniversary of our Walking • Post your photos on Instagram walking tours ( and Downtown Tour Program, we’re offering extended dates and tag them #walkDTLA & Renaissance), plus our crowd-pleasing night- for our Modern by Moonlight tour, with two #DowntownRen OR #walkDTLA time twist on our Modern Skyline tour called months’ worth of tours! & #ModernSkyline Modern by Moonlight. All tours are $5 for Conservancy mem- • Tag as many photos as you Art Deco is synonymous with the Jazz bers and youth 12 and under; $10 for the gen- like – there is no limit on entries Age. Rich materials, vibrant colors, and eral public; reservations are required. Space is Contest winners: classic geometric design are hallmarks of limited, so reserve now! Visit laconservancy. • Winning photos will be chosen this style. Los Angeles was booming during org/tours or call (213) 623-2489. by public vote on Facebook Deco’s heyday in the late 1920s and early • There will be one winner slect- 1930s, giving downtown a remarkable col- Summer Evening Tour Schedule ed per tour, per month, through lection of buildings from this period. Art Deco September Downtown Renaissance explores Wednesdays, August 5 and 19 • We’ll announce the winners Spring Street, known in the early twentieth 5:30 p.m. on Instagram, Facebook, and century as the Wall Street of the West. This 1-3/4 hours Twitter National Register Historic District boasts • Winners will receive a pair of dozens of elaborate Beaux-Arts and Art Deco Downtown Renaissance passes to attend another walk- buildings—including a number of landmarks Wednesdays, August 12 and 26 ing tour of their choice designed by the great John Parkinson. All 5:30 p.m. To see photos from our walk- but deserted by the 1970s, the area has seen 1-3/4 hours an exceptional revival as the epicenter of the ing tours, search #walkDTLA on Modern by Moonlight downtown residential loft-housing boom. Instagram, and be sure to follow Thursdays, July 9 – September 3 Modern by Moonlight shows the sky- the Conservancy @laconservancy! 7 p.m. scrapers and plazas of Bunker Hill in the soft Learn more at laconservancy. 2 hours org/tours/instagram. glow of the summer twilight. On those nights without a full moon, the lights in and around the Bunker Hill area more than make up for it. The tour ends at the BonaVista Lounge at the top of the 1978 Bonaventure Hotel for no-

4 los angeles conservancy news WALKING TOUR 35TH Tour Union Station with the Family VOLUNTEER PROFILE: Sundays in July LESLIE LAMBERT by Annie Laskey by Bruce Scottow As part of our thirty-fifth walking tour an- “It’s not just a story about the niversary celebration, we’ll offer a kid-centric buildings–it’s a story about the version of our popular Union Station tour people inside them.” each Sunday morning in July. This hour-long -Leslie Lambert tour tells the story of Union Station through With a long its beautiful shapes and colors, exploring the career in local design of the building and how it relates to Los urban redevel- Angeles history. And it costs only $3.50 for opment, Leslie anyone 17 or younger! Lambert is no Opened in 1939, Union Station was the stranger to our last great railroad station built in the U.S. Its ar- region’s built en- chitecture blends the romance of Los Angeles’ vironment. But Spanish and Mexican past with the geometric it was a Lower East Side tenement designs of the machine age. Brightly patterned tour in Manhattan that brought her tiles, smooth marble floors, grand arches, and Explore Union Station in July on this special family- to the Los Angeles Conservancy. friendly tour! Photo by Larry Underhill. fifty-foot-high painted ceilings make the build- The tenement tour’s docent spoke ing a treasure trove of color, texture, and shape. not only of the neighborhood build- Union Station turned out to be the last of its kind, as train travel began to lose popularity ings, but of families who lived, in the 1940s. After decades of decline, this marvelous building has come to life again as a worked, and played within them. commuter hub for trains, light rail, and buses. Once again, tens of thousands of people course “I want to do that,” thought Les- through the building every day. lie. “I want to give a tour like that.” The Union Station Youth and Family tour takes place every Sunday in July (July 5, 12, That was in 2012. Within a 19, and 26). It starts at 11 a.m. and lasts about an hour. Please note that the tour does not year, Leslie had joined the Con- include boarding a train. servancy’s docent training class, Space is limited; reservations are required. The tours cost only $3.50 for people 17 and quickly becoming one of our most younger, $5 for adult members of the Conservancy, and $10 for adult non-members. active Walking Tour docents. The We designed the Union Station Youth and Family tour for young guests; we suggest it for list of tours Leslie gives is growing, children ages 5 and up. Please register for this tour only if you bring young people between including Union Station and the the ages of 5 and 17. We offer tours of Union Station designed for adults every Saturday. Theatre and Commercial For reservations, visit laconservancy.org/tours or call (213) 623-2489. District. Regardless of the tour, you can be sure she weaves a quilt of “people stories” that travel well be- Explore with Google Field Trip yond the brick, concrete, and steel. Leslie retired in 2011 from the by Jessica Hodgdon former Community Redevelop- Have you ever walked by a historic place and wondered who designed it, when it was ment Agency of Los Angeles. She built, or something else about its history? Now, for hundreds of places throughout L.A. County, remains active in the community, you can learn straight from the Conservancy using Google’s Field Trip app. including participating in Santa More than 600 historic places from our website now appear in Google Field Trip. The app Monica Forward, an organization runs in the background on your phone, and it will automatically notify you when you’re near that promotes positive dialogue a point of interest. You can learn more about the interesting places you encounter, whether on the growth of the city in which you’re exploring a new part of town or your own neighborhood. she and her husband have lived for You can also use the app to see a map of nearby sites. Touching one of the icons on the map thirty-six years. brings up a “card” with information about the site. You can filter your map results by category She loves to travel, and she in- to see places related to History, Art & Museums, Architecture, and more. The Conservancy’s cludes her recent journey to Cuba, listings appear in the History category. organized by the Conservancy, as Google Field Trip is available for both Android and iOS, and you can customize your one of her most memorable trips. notifications by category and frequency. To download the app, visit fieldtripper.com or find it in the iTunes App Store or Google Play Store. Many thanks to Niantic Labs at Google for making this project possible.

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WORKSHOP GOOGIE continued from page 1 continued from page 1 scholarly research and analysis made the edented public outcry, reaching more than Pulido, a professor of American Stud- case for Googie as not kitsch or curiosity, 600,000 people on Facebook and generating ies and Ethnicity at the University of but good architecture that solved practical international press coverage. . Dr. Pulido is the co- problems and was inseparable from its time, The new owner maintains that they have author of A People’s Guide to Los Angeles place, and people. no plans to demolish the building. Yet they (2012), which documents more than one Despite decades of preservation advo- have not vacated their demolition permit, hundred historic and contemporary places cacy and the renaissance of Mid-Century despite nearly 3,000 signatures on the Conser- throughout the region that are essential to Modernism, important examples of Googie vancy’s online petition urging them to do so. telling the story of race, class, gender, and architecture are now few and far between, In March, City Councilmember Paul sexuality in Los Angeles. making it more crucial than ever to save what Koretz (whose district includes Norms La The lecture portion of the event will we still have. Cienega) held a press conference at the res- take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. In 2013, the Conservancy and our Mod- taurant. He was joined by Linda Dishman, Dr. Pulido’s talk will be free and open ern Committee successfully nominated Joh- the Conservancy’s executive director; Mad to the public and will end at 10:30 a.m. nie’s Coffee Shop (Armet & Davis, 1956) as a Men creator Matthew Weiner and actor James On Saturday, July 25, we will host local landmark (Historic-Cultural Monument, Darren, longtime Norms customers; Mike our first-ever Landmark THIS! workshop or HCM). The designation will help protect Colonna, president of Norms Restaurants; in West Hollywood in partnership with the beloved building at and Norms staff and regulars. It was a great the City of West Hollywood’s Historic and Fairfax Avenue as Metro proceeds with outpouring of support for Norms and the Preservation Commission and the West plans for a Wilshire/Fairfax station as part of community it has fostered for generations. Hollywood Preservation Alliance. The the Purple Line Subway Extension Project. In May 2015, the Los Angeles City training will focus on the nomination and Saving Norms Council voted unanimously to designate designation of a broad range of historic Norms as an HCM. During the meeting, places in the city. Additional information, The Norms restaurant chain dates back Councilmember Koretz praised the Googie including time and location, is available to 1949, when Norman Roybark opened the icon as “a home away from home for many on our website, and please note that space first location at Sunset and Vine. The business people” and the kind of place that is “not just is similarly limited. remained in the family for three generations culturally significant, but culturally uniting.” To register for either or both work- and was sold in late 2014. The Roybark We applaud Koretz’s continued leader- shops, or the free lecture with Dr. Laura family sold the restaurant business and the ship on this issue and support for preserving Pulido, please visit laconservancy.org/ property to two separate entities. According to this highly significant building. The Conser- upcoming-events. a statement from the family, “the new owners vancy has been meeting with the new property were carefully selected to protect the legacy owner and their architect to explore options of Norms.” for redeveloping the property while keeping As a proactive measure, in December Norms intact. We appreciate being part of the 2014, the Conservancy and our Modern process, but we still have a long way to go Committee nominated Norms La Cienega for to ensure the long-term preservation of this designation as an HCM. Perhaps the best re- beloved landmark. maining intact example of Googie coffee shop architecture, Norms was nominated for its How You Can Help association with the renowned architectural If you haven’t already, please visit the firm of Armet & Davis, its pioneering Googie Norms La Cienega issue page of our website design, and its enduring significance in Los at laconservancy.org, where you can sign Angeles’ postwar landscape. By requiring our online petition urging the new property Sanctuary of the Church of the Epiphany. This that the City’s Office of Historic Resources owner to vacate the active demolition permit. Lincoln Heights church was designated as a Historic-Cultural Monument in 2005. It will host review any plans for demolition or substantial You can also subscribe to the Conservancy’s both the free lecture by Dr. Laura Pulido and the alteration, local landmark designation offers Action Alert emails for the latest updates Landmark THIS! workshop on Saturday, July 18. Photo by Friar’s Balsam/Flickr. the strongest level of protection for historic and calls to action on Norms and other is- places in the City of Los Angeles. sues. Simply visit the Newsletter page on our On January 5, as the HCM nomination website or edit your website user account if was pending, the new owner of the Norms you have one. property (not the restaurant chain) applied With your help, we can protect this Goo- for, and received, a permit to demolish the gie icon and make preservation the norm in building. The Conservancy’s announcement Greater Los Angeles. of the demolition permit fueled an unprec-

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The Los Angeles Conservancy would like to acknowledge the THANK YOU TO OUR 2015 generous contributions of our new Supporting members, and the new and renewing members of our Sustaining, Benefactor, and PRESERVATION AWARD Cornerstone groups. LUNCHEON SPONSORS CORPORATE MARBLE Al Limon and Leslie White Federico Bustamante and On May 7, we held our annual CORNERSTONE Alicia and Peter McAndrews Sofi Koivula ($5,000 - $9,999) Paul Moore Kathy Checchi Preservation Awards Luncheon at Forest City West Cindy Olnick and Tom Davies Lynn and Carl Cooper the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. ZGF Architects LLP Drew Padgett Marjorie David and David Ewing Congratulations to all of our award Angelica Reyna Inga de Beyer and Tom Sheppard CORPORATE GRANITE Jean Rosenbluth Steve and Ashley Eberhard recipients, and thank you to our CORNERSTONE Walter and Donna Marie Sebring Constance Farrell sponsors! ($2,500 - $4,999) Thomas and Brenda Freiberg 213 Downtown LA Nightlife SUSTAINING Kathleen Gavin deasy/penner&partners ($250 - $499) Steve Glenn and Jake Hogge PRESENTING SPONSOR The Getty Conservation Institute Brad Baillie Betty Goldstein City National Bank Spectra Company Scott Benson Jason Gray Ken and Kathy Bernstein Trudi and Victor Green GRANITE CORNERSTONE Brian R. and Rubi Connell Barbara Grushow ICON TABLE SPONSORS ($2,500 - $4,999) Bruce Corwin and Lisa Guerriero and Armbruster Goldsmith & David Berman Metropolitan Theaters Andrew Thomas Barry and Irena Gernstein Joel and Arlene Covarrubias Betty Harwick Delvac LLP Ronald Lushing Ruth Eliel and William Cooney Jim and Ginny Heringer Faring Capital Suzanne Rheinstein Vicki Engard Rick and Amanda Jaffa Next Century Associates, LLC Susan Strauss Ronald and Ellen Farwell Maria and James Kerrigan Ed Trosper and David Raposa Richard C. Gilman Beth Knox PacMutual by Rising Kathleen Grzegorek Virginia and William Lincoln Realty Partners CORPORATE LIMESTONE Joanna and David Hemmerling Rosa Lowinger CORNERSTONE Eric Homan Eileen Lyon and Scott Profeta ($1,000 - $2,499) Gordon Johnson and Perry Maiorana MONUMENT TABLE SPONSORS The Academy of Motion Picture Barbara Schnell Michael McCusker and David Bohnett Foundation Arts and Sciences Kevin and Lora Jones Deirdre Morrison The Edison/Clifton’s Brookdale Bestor Architecture Paul Kellogg and Jim Andre Doris M. Miner and Dick Rieboldt Chattel, Inc. | Historic Barbara Kruger Randy and Jennifer Moon Gensler Preservation Consultants Sandra Kulli and Kevin and Patricia Moore ICO Development, LLC Gruen Associates Dundas Flaherty Margo Morales Johnson Fain Ruth Lavine Amy Olsson Latham & Watkins LLP Levin & Associates Architects Ruthann and Robert Lehrer Julie Payne and Steve Luckman NBCUniversal Montgomery Clark Advisors Judith Levitt and Walter Koenig Richard Quist and OUE Morley Builders Rob Moore Mary Ann Dressendorfer Nabih Youssef Associates David Mossler Azucena Roley Snyder Diamond Wiss, Janney, Elstner John Nisley Elise Ross USC Associates, Inc. Gail and Brian O’Neill Karen Russell Planaria Price and Murray Burns Jay and Carolyn Shipley LIMESTONE CORNERSTONE Greg Randall Richard Sigler LANDMARK TABLE SPONSORS ($1,000 - $2,499) Anne Reinhart Mary Alice Slattery and Aimco – Lincoln Place Mitchell Abbott Romana Rudnyk MacKenzie Cathi Marcoly Bernards Hope Anderson David Saffer Andre Teixeira and Mark Archer Meredith and William Savery Jason R. Rumph Historic Resources Group James and Delia Camp Kevin Simpson Steve Trutanich JPMorgan Chase Alice Carr and Nathaniel Grouille Laura and Karl Slovin Vanessa and Braunson Virjee Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Michael and Susan Henderson Sara Sluss and Marty Pawlocki Toby Horn and Harold Tomin Bob Timmerman Architecture, Inc. Diane Keaton Doug Tornquist Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Morynne Motley Tim Tweeten Architecture, Inc. & Stacy and Edward Paek Jim Walker Elliott Sernel Jan Wilson Morris Structural Focus Paul Swerdlove and Elgart Aster Mary Alice Wollam and Morley Builders Donald Weggeman Bob Brennan Allyne Winderman and Janie Woodburn Nabih Youssef Associates Glenn Wasserman Heidi Ziegler and Paramount Pictures Dennis Ertsman Seyfarth Shaw LLP BENEFACTOR ($500 - $999) SUPPORTING Izek Shomof Debi and Tad Akin ($100 - $249) Swinerton Builders Lili and Jon Bosse Nyreese and Ellis Arzu ZGF Architects LLP E. Michael Desilets and Sarah Barnard Susan Kroll Darren Bradley Virginia Fout and Daniel Brauer and Jim Drobka AND OUR MANY HERITAGE TABLE Mike Whetstone Vicki Brown SPONSORS! Anita Hirsh Craig Bullock

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Tours are $5 for Conservancy members and children twelve and under; $10 for the general public. Walk-ins accepted on Art Deco, Downtown Renaissance, Historic Downtown, and Modern Skyline. All others require reservations. For details and reservations, visit laconservancy.org. Questions? Call the ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Conservancy office at (213) 623-2489.

CONSERVANCY WALKING TOURS Angelino Heights First Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. Art Deco Every Saturday, 10 a.m. Biltmore Hotel Every Sunday, 2 p.m. Broadway Historic Theatre & Commercial District Every Saturday, 10 a.m. Downtown Renaissance Additional offerings: Every Saturday, 10 a.m., through September 26 Historic Downtown Every Saturday, 10 a.m. Modern Skyline Additional offerings: Every Saturday, 2 p.m., through September 26 Union Station Every Saturday, 10 a.m. For the latest information about issues and Youth, family, and group tours by arrangement; call (213) 623-2489 for information. events, visit laconservancy.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS Downtown Renaissance. Photo by Larry Underhill. Photo by Larry Downtown Renaissance. Courtesy City of L.A. Office of Historic Resources. of Historic City of L.A. Office Courtesy Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy. Adrian Scott Photo by SUMMER EVENING TOURS LANDMARK THIS! WORKSHOP Art Deco, Downtown COMING SOON Church of the Epiphany Renaissance, and Modern by Member September Saturday, July 18 Moonlight Learn how to nominate buildings or Our popular summer evening tour To thank you for being a member of sites as local landmarks at this inter- series is back! Join us as we ex- the Conservancy, we will have free active workshop by the Conservancy plore downtown on Wednesday and walking tour offers for members and the City of Los Angeles Office Thursday evenings throughout July throughout September. Look for of Historic Resources. See page 1 and August. See page 4 for details. details in the September/October for details. newsletter.