Columnist · July 30, 2026
By Brian Curran Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone community groups and preservationists presented a unanimous rebuff of a new draft of Objective Design Standards upon their release in late […]
Columnist · June 25, 2026
The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted unanimously June 18 to take Park La Brea under consideration for Historic Cultural Monument designation. The nomination was submitted by local preservationist James […]
John Welborne · February 29, 2024
‘Bait and switch’ housing is not 100 percent affordable Why are so many local residents up in arms about a proposed seven-story apartment building on a narrow lot at 507 […]
John Welborne · December 1, 2022
Mayor-elect Karen Bass, in response to a question at her November 17 press conference held at the historic Ebell of Los Angeles, said she still was overwhelmed by her recent […]
Columnist · January 1, 2020
With the announcement of Weiss / Manfredi as chief architects of the reimagining of the La Brea Tar Pits Museum, a clear and welcome pattern has emerged. In each step […]
Columnist · December 4, 2019
Few names in the recent memory of our neighborhood have fallen further into ignominy than that of Reuven Gradon, who through mendacious flattery and lies purchased the Tudor gem of […]
