December 18, 2005
Preservation Headlines
Reservoirs Banned as Tap Water Source
Los Angeles - "New federal water quality rules announced Thursday are forcing Los Angeles to take its historic network of reservoirs out of use, ultimately costing the city water department billions of dollars and changing the way it stores and distributes water..."
So Who Sold Out Hollywood?
Hollywood - "Hollywood Chamber of Commerce officials are figuratively wringing their hands after the original Hollywood sign they virtually gave away a quarter of a century ago has now sold for almost half a million dollars..."
In Burbank, where there's no shortage of horse sense
Burbank - "David Burbank apparently valued real estate as much as oral hygiene; in 1867 the dentist purchased land in the area that now bears his name..."
Built before the flapper, and still looking dapper
San Marino - "From the street, this San Marino house looks much like it did when it was built in 1917 for Tristan and Elsie Coffin..."
Monument to Ridge Route
Castaic - "'The Ridge Route is the first highway California built over the mountain barrier you see behind me,' said Harrison Scott, president of the Ridge Route Preservation Organization. 'In 1915, they said it was impossible, but state engineers went to Europe to study how they did mountain roads and said it was feasible..."
Founding Day celebrated
Lompoc - "A small crowd gathered inside the white-washed adobe walls of the La Purisima Mission Thursday afternoon to celebrate the building's 218-year history and pray inside the old church..."
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