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TOUR OF PALMS
BY L.A. CONSERVANCY OFFICIAL
Preservation advocate is impressed with our community's architectural gems
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Jay Platt poses in front of the Globe A-1 mosaic on Venice Blvd. west of Exposition Blvd. on June 15, 2006.
The staffer of the Los Angeles Conservancy preservation group was accompanied in a tour of our historic sites by editor George Garrigues of The Palms-Village Sun and Jonathan Weiss, a local historian active in the Cheviot Hills Homeowners Assn.
Click here for more about the mosaic.
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This group of houses at Palms and Clarington impressed with their unusual nature (above and below).
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Architectural details caught the eye of the Conservancy's preservation advocate
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Photo by Jonathan Weiss
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Platt was favorably impressed by this modern structure on Venice Blvd., the Brotman Physicians Building. It doesn't have to be ancient to have architectural signficance: there is an active Modern Committee working within the L.A. Conservancy
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He looked at the former King's Daughters home for the aged on Regent Street, which has been a Montessori School since at least 1976
Jonathan Weiss discovered this Web site for the modern King's Daughters. It is still a religious, philanthropic and educational organization.
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THESE TWO 1924 BUILDINGS BELOW ARE AN EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY MULTI-USE STRUCTURE, WITH APARTMENTS ABOVE THE SHOPS ON THE CORNER STILL BEING OCCUPIED
It's possible the two buildings at National and Motor, constructed in 1924, could be landmarked for their historic nature, Platt said.
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