October 29, 2005
Last Week's Headlines
Agency Homes In on L.A. Hotel
Downtown L.A. - "In an effort to keep one of downtown Los Angeles' biggest residential hotels as affordable housing amid the explosion of high-end condo development, the city is considering issuing $55 million in tax-exempt bonds to developers who want to renovate the Alexandria Hotel..."
The soul of a city: Skirball's 'Sacred Spaces' exhibit illuminates houses of worship
Los Angeles - "The new show at Skirball Cultural Center devoted to Robert Berger's photos of L.A.'s historic religious sanctuaries shows that always-growing L.A. does indeed have a preserved architectural heritage. It also offers concrete evidence of an urban soul..."
Towers of Power
Watts - "Simon Rodia's masterwork is inseparable from its site on a dead-end street in Watts. Which is another good reason to stop ignoring it..."
The once and future ranch
Los Angeles - "Postwar Los Angeles, with its forward-looking community of architects and developers, took the ranch to its apogee, and Hollywood, with its powerful image-making ability, helped spread the word..."
'Spooky' stone cenotaph used to scare pupils
Simi Valley - "The Hirschi Monument is one of the the most unusual artifacts at the Simi Valley Historic Park, where it has been used in the past by members of a local theater group as a focus of their Halloween ghost tour..."
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