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Society for the Preservation of Downtown Los Angeles
AbbreviationSP-DTLA
Formation2015
Type501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
PurposeSupporting sustainable commercial and residential development in historic downtown Los Angeles
HeadquartersDowntown Los Angeles, California
Director
Alex Hertzberg
Websitewww.sp-dtla.org

Society for the Preservation of Downtown Los Angeles, also known as SP-DTLA, is a 501(c)(3) organization that advocates what it characterizes as responsible and respectful development around and among Downtown Los Angeles' historic structures. SP-DTLA supports development with a positive impact on the designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Downtown Los Angeles, especially those in the Historic Core.[1][2]

SP-DTLA supports viewshed protection[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and a "zone of respect" around preserved buildings.[11][12][13][14][15]

SP-DTLA's particular focus is on the seven by four block area (3rd to Olympic Streets and Hill to Main Streets), which includes the Broadway Theater District.

Current Causes

LA Eastern Columbia Building

SP-DTLA is best known for its opposition to the Alexan South Broadway project in proximity to the 1930 Eastern Columbia Building and its landmark clock.[16][17] The group is also opposing two other downtown projects which they argue have a height and mass out of scale with the character of the adjacent historic buildings.[18]

References

  1. ^ Curbed Los Angeles. New Downtown LA Tower Would Block Views of Historic Eastern Columbia Clock
  2. ^ Los Angeles Times. Saving the View
  3. ^ [1] National Trust for Historic Preservation - APPROACHES TO VIEWSHED PROTECTI0N AROUND THE COUNTRY
  4. ^ Seattle designated individual sites, buildings, vehicles, vessels, and street clocks as landmarks subject to protection by city ordinance
  5. ^ Protecting views makes sense from every angle
  6. ^ Sacramento City Code 17.216.860 C-3 zone—Capitol view protection requirements
  7. ^ Capitol View Corridors
  8. ^ Historic Overlay Districts
  9. ^ Historic Overlay District Design Guidelines
  10. ^ PRINCETON TOWNSHIP HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND AMENDMENTS
  11. ^ SENSE OF PLACE: DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS pg. 29
  12. ^ A 'Zone Of Respect' For City Hall
  13. ^ Height Master Plan For Washington, DC Case Study Research pgs. 15 & 18
  14. ^ Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources
  15. ^ Los Angeles County Historic Preservation
  16. ^ Alice Walton, "Newsletter", Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2015.
  17. ^ "New Downtown LA Tower Would Block Views of Historic Eastern Columbia Clock", Curbed Los Angeles, September 30, 2015.
  18. ^ Hillel Aron, "Will Three Proposed Skyscrapers Harm the Character of DTLA's Historic Core?", LA Weekly, June 1, 2016.

External links

Western U.S. historical societies
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