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We are a member-based nonprofit that works to save historic buildings and educate the community about preservation. County's array of historic resources.

We are a member-based nonprofit that works to save historic buildings and educate the community about L.A.

09/04/2026

Happy 245th Birthday, Los Angeles! 🎂

The City of Los Angeles’s birthday is celebrated on September 4 in recognition of its founding on September 4, 1781 as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula.

From the birthplace—and the heart—of the city on Olvera Street, to the early neighborhoods of Angelino Heights and Lincoln Heights, explore L.A.’s origins and evolution with L.A. Conservancy tour guides Steven McCall and Nicole Thompson and Map Librarian at Los Angeles Public Library, Peter Hauge, in this Spectrum News 1 SoCal piece by Anna Albaryan.

🎥: Spectrum News 1 SoCal/Jorge Zaragoza-Chavez

09/03/2026

The Summer Issue of LAndmark is here! ☀️

On the cover: We’re celebrating 100 years of the Los Angeles Central Library, together with the Los Angeles Public Library and The Library Foundation of Los Angeles leaders helping guide its next century, and sharing ways you can join in on the festivities 🎉

Inside this issue, you can also find:
• A walkable itinerary for a day trip to Claremont with a ride on the Metrolink! 🚆
• News on the imminent return of Hollywood's Cinerama Dome and the grand reopening of Leimert Park's Vision Theatre ✨
• An update on Sturges House, Barry Building, and the current state of in Los Angeles

All members of the Los Angeles Conservancy receive a digital or print subscription to our quarterly magazine , and access to our past publications!

Not a member? Join now and support the Conservancy's work:
https://engage.laconservancy.org/smmembership

📸: Cover photo by Dalton Fisher.

08/30/2026

Love good food, great company, and a shared passion for the enduring legacy of Los Angeles?

Join fellow members of our Pillar Society—the Conservancy's planned giving group—for meaningful connections that help ensure L.A.'s legacy thrives for generations to come! It's easy to join and members enjoy exclusive benefits, including a special annual appreciation event at unique historic sites across Los Angeles 🏛️🌇

August is and now is the perfect time to consider making your mark on L.A.'s future! ✨ Learn more about the Conservancy's Pillar Society here: https://bit.ly/4yf4dna

08/28/2026

Boo! 👻 LAST...REMAINS, our special Halloween edition of Last Remaining Seats, is BACK for its second year! Join the Los Angeles Conservancy on Saturday, October 17 for two frightful classics at the over-100-year-old Million Dollar Theatre.

🔍 Our matinee screening of CLUE (1985) is sure to bring the laughs and gasps with its all-star cast, including Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, and Eileen Brennan. How will this whodunnit end...?

🪓 In the evening, experience Stanley Kubrick's masterwork of psychological horror on the big screen with THE SHINING (1980), starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, this horror classic has been a pop-culture touchstone for more than forty years.

Tickets are on sale NOW! 🎟 Grab your spot here: https://bit.ly/LastRemains2026

Costumes encouraged and spooky memories guaranteed!

A note on Tim Curry: With his legendary performance as Wadsworth, Tim Curry made CLUE a classic. We remember his incredible talent and celebrate the joy he brought to audiences around the world 🕊️

🎨: Last...Remains artwork by Ellen Surrey.
📸: Clue © Paramount Pictures/Photofest. The Shining © Warner Bros./Photofest.

08/26/2026

It's International Dog Day, and Los Angeles is paws-itively the best place for our furry friends! The Conservancy's pups have been hard at work sniffing out historic and cultural sites across the county in honor of this special day 🐾 Please enjoy this roundup of beloved L.A. landmarks from our best bark-eting assistants!

🐶: 1. Roxy celebrates the return of the iconic Cinerama Dome in Hollywood 🌟
2. Mackie admires Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece and Aline Barnsdall's legacy at Hollyhock House 🌸
3. Atlas explores the Modern homes of the Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract Historic Preservation Overlay Zone 🌴
4. Nougat takes a trip to Pasadena City Hall, a 1927 Beaux Arts building and past Preservation Award recipient 🏛️
5. Mars hikes the trails at historic Griffith Park 🌳
6. Mid-Century Modern pup Shelby soaks up the sun in Ladera Heights ☀️
7. Django enjoys sweeping views of historic downtown and the Griffith Observatory 🌇
8. Hudson tours the Ford Place Historic District in Pasadena 🏡
9. And of course, Roxy is all smiles at her namesake, the Roxy Theatre ✨

08/21/2026

What a night for Leimert Park and South Los Angeles! The historic 1932 Vision Theatre is officially back, and its Art Deco marquee and sign are shining once again as a beacon for creativity, community, and Black cultural heritage.

Last night’s celebration was electric and full of music, joy, pride, and a packed house welcoming this historic landmark into its next act. For nearly a century, the Vision has stood at the heart of Leimert Park. Now, beautifully rehabilitated and ready for new generations, it will once again be a home for performances, storytelling, gathering, and artistic expression.

This is preservation at its most powerful, as it’s not simply about reopening a historic building, but celebrating the living culture, imagination, and leadership that make Leimert Park and all of South L.A. special.

Cheers to every community member, artist, advocate, preservationist, public partner, and supporter who helped make this moment possible, especially the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) who led the effort!

📸: Photos and video by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy.

City of Los Angeles, WACO Theater Center, Mayor Karen Bass, CD10 Updates, LA Commons, Leimert Park Village

08/19/2026

Applications are now open for the 2027 Preservation Awards! 🌟

Do you know of an outstanding preservation project in Los Angeles that you'd love to see recognized? Tag them below or share this post!

The L.A. Conservancy's Preservation Awards honor exceptional achievements in historic preservation in Los Angeles County. From construction projects, interpretive and educational programs, grassroots preservation efforts, cultural landscapes, and more, check out the link for project eligibility and to apply.
🔗: https://bit.ly/4cQ06p3

08/18/2026

✨ Announcing the Los Angeles Conservancy's 2026 Benefit - A Revered Residence: Exploring Paul Revere Williams's Magnificent Paley House ✨

Join us at an extraordinary and rarely seen historic residence: the Jay Paley House in Holmby Hills, completed in 1936. As Los Angeles celebrates the legacy of its most prolific architect, Paul Revere Williams, this year’s Benefit offers a rare opportunity to experience perhaps his most exceptional masterpiece firsthand.

Enjoy an evening of cocktails, tours, and dinner al fresco on the estate's expansive historic grounds. Guests will get an intimate look at the home’s special design details, including one of Los Angeles’ most iconic swimming pools: the sunbeam-tiled Zodiac Pool 🌞

Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are now open 💫 Join us for this unforgettable evening: https://bit.ly/4hH9dfk

Proceeds from the benefit support the Los Angeles Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to recognizing, preserving, and revitalizing culturally and architecturally significant historic places in L.A. County. Thank you!

08/17/2026

We're thrilled to share that the Los Angeles Conservancy has been named the Best Tours in L.A. and a Reader Recommended Best Nonprofit by the readers of L.A. Downtown News for their Best of Downtown Los Angeles issue! 🌟

Today is , and we're so grateful to everyone who supports and uplifts the Conservancy's preservation advocacy and education work. Whether through membership, joining us on a walking tour or at a historic theatre, amplifying an advocacy alert, or simply following along with our work, we're so glad you're here.

Ready to see what makes our tours a favorite? Join us on a weekend walking tour and experience downtown with the Los Angeles Conservancy! Tours start at only $18 for members and $25 for the general public.
🔗: https://bit.ly/49zpCy2

📸: Los Angeles Public Library on our Historic Downtown Walking Tour. Photo by Dalton Fisher.

08/13/2026

Bridget “Biddy” Mason was a nurse, midwife, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and real estate investor who became one of the first Black landowners in Los Angeles and helped shape downtown L.A. On this , explore the life and legacy of this trailblazing Angeleno as Biddy’s 208th birthday approaches this weekend.

Biddy was born into slavery on August 15, 1818. Little is known about her early life, but as a young adult she became part of Robert Smith’s household and, in 1847, was forced to travel mostly on foot from Mississippi to Utah with her three daughters and the Smith household, before continuing to San Bernardino, California in 1851. Because California had entered the Union as a free state in 1850, Smith’s continued enslavement of Mason and her family was unlawful.

After spending five years enslaved in California illegally, Biddy won her freedom in a landmark 1856 ruling and settled in Los Angeles. She found work as a nurse and midwife, delivering hundreds of babies throughout her career. Biddy saved her earnings for a decade and purchased her first property in 1866—a nearly one-acre site in what is now downtown L.A. on Spring Street between Third and Fourth Street—where she built her homestead.

Biddy continued purchasing property all over L.A. and as the city grew, her property value grew. A steadfast philanthropist, Biddy used her newfound wealth to support the unhoused, orphaned, and incarcerated, earning her the nicknames “Auntie Mason” and “Grandma Mason”. In 1872, she helped found the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in the living room of her Spring Street home. The oldest African American congregation in Los Angeles, the church is now located in a Late Modern-style building in West Adams designed by Paul R. Williams.

In 1891, Biddy passed away at 72 as a free woman who built a lasting legacy in Los Angeles. Biddy Mason Memorial Park now stands at the site of her Spring Street home and features a timeline of Biddy’s life, ending with the inscription: “Los Angeles mourns and reveres Grandma Mason.”

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