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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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Cinerama Dome
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Place
Lakeside Car Wash
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Historic Post Offices
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community
El Segundo
El Segundo established a historic preservation ordinance in 1993, which allows for the designation of individual landmarks. The ordinance does not establish the ability to designate historic districts, and the designation of individual landmarks requires owner consent. However, the City has not been active in the use of its historic preservation ordinance, and has not […] -
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Anthony Quinn Library
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community
Huntington Park
Huntington Park has a rich history and many significant resources. The city adopted a historic preservation ordinance in 2006, Huntington Park’s centennial, after carefully studying effective ordinances in other cities. One of the ordinance’s most notable provisions is the ability to designate significant public or semi-public interior spaces and signage, in addition to landmarks and […] -
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Irwindale
Irwindale established a historic preservation ordinance in 2009, which allows for the designation of individual landmarks. The ordinance does not establish the ability to designate historic landmarks, and the designation of individual landmarks requires owner consent. Irwindale has not yet conducted a citywide survey of historic resources. The “Cultural & Historic Resources” section in the City’s […] -
CA Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit
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Feature
I Remember
I remember the Miramar Fairmont Hotel, one block away from the ocean. This is a landmark, a lovely old hotel on the site of the former Miramar House, and the old fig tree from the 1880s is still there and Senator Jones’ famous photographs. My husband and I had our wedding reception at the Miramar […] -
The Heritage Project
A new three-week summer intensive for high school students -
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Montebello
Montebello does not currently have a historic preservation ordinance. A limited survey of structures on Whittier Boulevard was completed in 1989 in response to a proposed street widening project, though the City has not conducted any citywide survey of historic resources.