The 1929/30 E. Clem Wilson building has been submitted to the City of Los Angeles for consideration as an Historic Cultural Monument. We are now in phase one of this quest. You can send an email to the Cultural Heritage Commission to express your support of this nomination.
The 1929 Mountain States Life/Yucca Tower building has been submitted to the City of Los Angeles for consideration as an Historic Cultural Monument. We are now in the phase of this quest, where the Planning and Land Use Management Committee has to vote. The case for building will be heard on Tuesday, May 21 at a 2:00 PM meeting that is in person, however, you can write a comment BEFORE the meeting and you can listen to the meeting.
The 1929 historic Hoffman Candy Company and 1931 Silberberg buildings are BOTH scheduled for consideration as Historic Cultural Monuments at the same meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee. This is the third phase in the process to preserve these buildings and public opinion counts! The case for the buildings will be heard on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at a virtual (Zoom) meeting that begins at 2:00 pm PT. Please click for information on how to write a letter or speak at the hearing to support preservation
The 1929 historic Hoffman Candy Company building has been submitted to the Cultural Heritage Commission for consideration as an Historic Cultural Monument. The case for building will be heard on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at a virtual (Zoom) meeting that begins at 10:00 AM. Please support us by calling in or sending an email to the Commission.
This lecture is back by popular demand for preservation month! Take a look at one of Los Angeles’ most mourned lost Art Deco treasures. Historian Nathan Marsak casts a spotlight on the black and gold Richfield Oil Company Building, located at 555 South Flower Street, from its construction in 1928/29 to its demolition in 1968/69.
As part of our preservation month activities, we will visit the legendary 1935 Wurdeman & Becket architected Streamline Moderne Pan Pacific auditorium on Beverly Boulevard. It opened to great fanfare on May 18, 1935 and reigned as the premiere Los Angeles exposition venue for 35 years. From ice skating exhibitions to Elvis concerts, car shows and speeches by future U.S. presidents, there was always something exciting going on at the Pan Pacific - until, the Los Angeles Convention Center entered the picture in 1972. Our speaker, architect, preservation architect and co-founder of Hollywood Heritage, Fran Offenhauser will share her personal story of trying to save the building.
The 1929 historic Hoffman Candy Company building has been submitted to the Cultural Heritage Commission for consideration as an Historic Cultural Monument. The case for building will be heard on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at a virtual (Zoom) meeting that begins at 10:00 AM. Please support us by calling in or sending an email to the Commission.
Friday, July 30, 2021 at 9:00 AM PT, the Fairfax Theatre will be presented to the California State Commission, the group that determines National Register of Historic Places designation. Board Member Steve Luftman will facilitate the presentation. (This is a different designation than the local Los Angeles Cultural Historic Monument status we are seeking simultaneously.)
Immerse in some local history with Steve Luftman, the author of the Historic Cultural Heritage and the National Register of Historic Places nominations for the Fairfax Theatre. His illuminating and impactful presentation about the theater’s importance to the Jewish community as they settled in the Beverly Fairfax area in the 1930s, actually changed the Cultural Heritage Commission's mind about the theatre's worthiness for landmark designation.
Take a peek at the hidden gems in the Paramount Pictures Jewelry Archive & re-discover some Art Deco treasures with Paramount archivist Jaci Rohr.
As part of our preservation month activities, we will visit the legendary 1935 Wurdeman & Becket architected Streamline Moderne Pan Pacific auditorium on Beverly Boulevard. It opened to great fanfare on May 18, 1935 and reigned as the premiere Los Angeles exposition venue for 35 years. From ice skating exhibitions to Elvis concerts, car shows and speeches by future U.S. presidents, there was always something exciting going on at the Pan Pacific - until, the Los Angeles Convention Center entered the picture in 1972. Our speaker, architect, preservation architect and co-founder of Hollywood Heritage, Fran Offenhauser will share her personal story of trying to save the building.
Join us virtually to kick off preservation month with a toast to Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architectural style in various Los Angeles neighborhoods! The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles has invited some of the most dedicated 1920s and 30s local architecture Instagrammers to present a selection of gems they’ve discovered in their exploration of the city. Because admiring mouth-watering Art Deco architecture infused with Los Angeles cultural history can make you thirsty, we’ve challenged a local bartender to create and demonstrate a few cocktails that pay homage to Los Angeles Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture
May is historic preservation month!
To celebrate, the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles presents “31 Days of Deco,” a May 1 – 31 photo challenge to turn Instagram, Twitter and Facebook ART DECO, calling attention to breadth of this magnificent style of architecture in the Southland.
We launch May preservation month a week early with a look at one of Los Angeles’ most mourned lost Art Deco treasures. During his Bunker Hill talk last Fall, we invited Nathan Marsak to return to the virtual stage to cast a spotlight on the black and gold Richfield Oil Company Building, located at 555 South Flower Street, from its construction in 1928/29 to its demolition in 1968/69.
April 2021 has been declared “World Art Deco Month” by Art Deco International. The organization will host a diverse menu of online events and, where practical, in-person events - all designed to showcase the many aspects of the Art Deco style in architecture, design and entertainment. Expand for information about the global offerings.
The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles needs you to SPEAK up and impress upon the City, that the Sontag Drug Building should become a Cultural Heritage Monument.
What do we need you to do? Attend an online Cultural Heritage Commission meeting on February 4th at 10 AM to hear a presentation on the architectural and historical significance of this 1936 Streamline Moderne gem in Mid-Wilshire.
THE OVIATT BUILDING documentary is the untold story of downtown Los Angeles' first Art Deco jewel: the 1928 Oviatt Building and its opulent penthouse. Though many of you know the Oviatt Building for the vintage Clcada Nightclub, this Art Deco gem began life as a fine men’s clothing store and living quarters for owner James Oviatt. Available for a limited time! Viewing ends March 6.
