January 30, 2006
Preservation Headlines
Pacific Center in Downtown L.A. Is Sold for $65 Million
Downtown L.A. - "Pacific Center, a downtown Los Angeles office complex overlooking Pershing Square that dates to 1908, has been purchased for $65 million by a Denver real estate investor, the broker representing the seller said Friday..."
After 55 Years, Gas Logo Disappears From Downtown Building
Downtown L.A. - "Now, after more than 55 years, the ride has come to an end for one famous Downtown Los Angeles sphere. Long visible from its painted perch on the side of the Petroleum Securities Building on Olympic Boulevard, the once quirky part of the local skyline has disappeared..."
Thinking Inside the Big Box
Downtown L.A. - "The debate over so-called "big box" retail establishments has raged across the country in recent years. While the sprawling complexes, often a Wal-Mart, Costco or Target, have been welcomed in some revitalizing communities that see the stores as an economic engine, other neighborhoods have lashed out against the establishments, raising concerns about traffic congestion, competition for smaller merchants and fair treatment for employees..."
Going into great detail in Angelino Heights
Angelino Heights - "This classy old Victorian — done up in eight colors with its ornate gingerbread porches — has earned its "painted lady" status in Angelino Heights, an early Los Angeles suburb established when city boundaries stopped one mile west of downtown..."
RFK assassination site snarled in preservation dispute
Los Angeles - "If all goes as planned, carefully wrapped pieces of the hotel pantry where Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated will be packed into two steel containers and put into storage this week in a fenced-in, garbage-strewn lot within sight of a strip club billboard..."
Village locals say it's a slice of the sweet life
Valley Village - "If Hollywood had to create a set for postwar Suburbia USA, it would be Valley Village. Since then, the community has grown in sophistication, but it has not lost its family-friendly edge..."
16-Story Condo Tower to Be Built in San Pedro
San Pedro - "San Pedro, long known as the blue-collar waterfront of Los Angeles, is set to get its first high-rise condominium building as the city's housing boom sweeps into another historic neighborhood..."
L.A. THEN AND NOW: After Oil Boomtown's Bust, Nature Added Its Blows
Mentryville - "Decades before there were automobiles, there was Mentryville: California's first oil boomtown, not far from Los Angeles. Its first gusher kept producing for 114 years..."
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