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LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY PRESERVATION AWARDS |
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Congratulations to the recipients of our 2012 Preservation Awards! We presented the awards at our 31st Annual Preservation Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. About the Awards Program Since 1982, the Los Angeles Conservancy has honored outstanding achievement in historic preservation with our annual Preservation Awards.
Award recipients range widely, from sensitive restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse projects, to groundbreaking advocacy and education efforts by individuals and groups. Submissions are from throughout Los Angeles County and illustrate the value and power of historic preservation. Past project awards recipients include Bubeshko Apartments, City of Huntington Park Historic Preservation Ordinance, Japanese Pioneer Memorial Restoration and Rehabilitation, Griffith Observatory, The Poster Neutra, Pann’s Coffee Shop, and Point Fermin Lighthouse, among many others. Preservation Award applications are available in December and due in late January. To be eligible for a project award, projects must have been completed by December 31 of the previous year and be located in L.A. County. Construction projects may be commercial, residential, or institutional. Historic landscape projects, as well as contributions to preservation education or program development, are also encouraged.
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(former) St. Vibiana's Cathedral Built in 1876, the former Cathedral of St. Vibiana is one of Los Angeles' few remaining 19th-century structures. Its Baroque-inspired Italian façade contrasted with the handsome 83-foot bell tower at the rear of the property. The cathedral was the subject of a major preservation battle in the mid-1990s, when the Archdiocese of Los Angeles began to illegally demolish the building, starting with the bell tower. The Conservancy pursued two successful lawsuits to stop the demolition, ultimately finding a buyer for the property when the Archdiocese abandoned it to build a new cathedral nearby. Developer Tom Gilmore bought the property and has carefully adapted it for use as a vibrant performance and event venue. Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #17 Photo by Julius Shulman. Copyright J. Paul Getty Trust/Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at The Getty Research Institute. |
