West Hollywood Preservation Alliance (WHPA)

10/04/2026

07/17/2026

Dialog Cafe was heavily damaged by the water main break on Sunset Boulevard. The building was designed by renowned California architect Rudolph Schindler for William Lingenbrink in 1937 under the aegis of Architectural Group for Industry and Commerce (AGIC) -one of Schindler’s few commercial structures.

06/16/2026

Lorcan O'Herlihy has passed away. ​Lorcan's body of work had a vigorous, classy quality. His condos next to the Schindler House are the best in the area, and he worked with the preservation community to reduce the height to protect the historic asset to the north. His condos next door to Gelson's in West Hollywood are also dynamic, even though they resulted in the destruction of a Kemper Nomland MCM masterwork.
His works always looked as good as the schematics.
The unrealized Walgreens development at Crescent Heights and Santa Monica Boulevards would have been a great addition to the area.

We hope LOHA can continue his legacy.

04/29/2026

Pioneering LA apartment building gets new life

08/09/2025

El Mirador, S Charles Lee, architect. After an eleven year restoration, now leasing. Fully air-conditioned.

02/20/2025

Dr Jones Dog & Cat hospital- a streamline moderne masterpiece- destroyed for naught! Lytton Savings on Sunset destroyed for naught. Truly tragic.

Entitlements for the previously approved Melrose Triangle project have expired, and there is no new project that has been proposed by the owner for the site

01/13/2025

A favorite Pacific Palisades treasue gone. Bridges House on Sunset.

11/20/2024

As part of renovating its NYC flagship, Louis Vuitton has wrapped its construction in a "luggage" facade and relocated to a shop with OMA-designed sculptures

10/11/2024

Nestled along a sloping block in a park-like setting just south of the Sunset Strip stand the four distinctive Carolwood Condominium buildings at 1033 Carol Drive in West Hollywood. Conveying a mod…