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For Kids & Teachers
The sites and stories of Wilshire Boulevard delight kids of all ages. Wilshire also offers a range of teaching opportunities, from local history to math. See below for downloadable resources including a super-fun Kids’ Guide, lesson plans developed for LAUSD teachers in 2005, a guide to religious spaces on Wilshire, and a five-part Reading Room series […] -
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Fairfax High School
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Senate Bill 743
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Preserving Wilshire's History
Wilshire Boulevard is lined with irreplaceable historic structures that embody the rich history of the boulevard, of Los Angeles, and of our culture. The Los Angeles Conservancy has worked hard, along with many others, to preserve and revitalize such Wilshire landmarks as the former May Company, the Bullock’s Wilshire building, the Wiltern Theatre, and the Town […] -
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles has established itself as a preservation leader on several fronts. The city’s historic preservation ordinance, adopted in 1962, is one of the earliest in the nation for a major city. Los Angeles established an Office of Historic Resources in 2006 to coordinate the city’s historic preservation activities and support its Cultural Heritage Commission. […] -
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Los Angeles County
Following three years of planning and effort, the County of Los Angeles adopted its first ever historic preservation ordinance, which went into effect on October 1, 2015. The ordinance becomes the central fixture of the County’s nascent historic preservation program, which includes the Mills Act property tax abatement program. The ordinance spans a vast area including […] -
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Santa Fe Springs Civic Center
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San Fernando
San Fernando has made regular and steady progress in implementing several elements of a strong historic preservation program. Beginning in 2002, the city conducted a citywide windshield survey of historic resources, which is currently in the process of being updated. In 2005, San Fernando adopted a Historic Preservation Element as part of its General Plan, which […] -
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Baldwin Park
Baldwin Park established its historic preservation program in 1988 with the adoption of a historic preservation ordinance. The ordinance allows for the designation of both individual landmarks and historic districts, though the City has not been active in the use of the ordinance. The City has only designated one landmark in the past, the former […] -
History of Garden Apartments
Garden apartments originated from urban planning and landscape concepts first adapted from the British in the nineteenth century. Urban planners Clarence S. Stein and Henry Wright spearheaded the Garden City Movement in the United States in the early twentieth century, envisioning orchestrated environments that included buildings of low density, human scale, and acres of shared […] -
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Bradbury
Bradbury, which is one of three municipalities in Los Angeles County that are gated communities, established a historic preservation program in 2012. The creation of the program evolved from a combination of goals, one of which was the City’s desire to improve its grade in the Conservancy’s Preservation Report Card. The City originally looked at a […] -
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