Columnist · January 2, 2025
The historic apartments of Greater Wilshire are having a moment. Fresh off last month’s declaration of the Clinton Manor Apartments as a Historic-Cultural Monument comes another HCM nomination for the […]
Suzan Filipek · August 29, 2024
Romi Cortier has been tending to flowers and eyeing park benches near and far in his quest to make Larchmont even more beautiful. It’s a special neighborhood, and its main […]
Columnist · August 29, 2024
In January of this year, I wrote an article entitled “Citrus Square’s Time Has Come,” arguing that Greater Wilshire’s largest-remaining Survey LA-identified historic district needed to be officially designated. That […]
Columnist · July 25, 2024
It’s Landmark Awards season again! The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society will present on Sat., Aug. 3 its annual Landmark Awards for historic properties — residential and commercial — […]
Columnist · January 25, 2024
As regular readers of my column can attest, I have covered the history and the travails of Citrus Square many times. For neighborhood preservationists, it is “the one that got […]
Columnist · December 28, 2023
I am happy to say that 2023 was a good year for preservation with lots of activity and few major losses. There was an increased focus on the preservation of […]