Page 10 - Ken Bernstein News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

When L.A. impersonates Europe: We rank 21 local places Christopher Reynolds © Provided by The LA Times (Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) How wanderlusty are we getting in Southern California, while debate flares over Europe's readiness for American tourists? Well, I’m sitting at home trying to decide which continental stand-in made me happier, a croque monsieur in Los Feliz or a gondola ride in Long Beach. I think I'd have to go with the Venetian-style vessels that Gondola Getaway operates on the canals around Naples Island. To slowly drift under a bridge...

NEW BOOK: published in April. At a wonderful late-April book launch event attended by 497 people via Zoom, author Ken Bernstein and photographer Stephen Shafer discussed their new book, “Preserving Los Angeles,” with award-winning local author and National Trust for Historic Preservation trustee Lisa See. Bernstein is a principal city planner in the City Planning Department, and he directs the city’s Office of Historic Resources. Previously, he was the director of preservation issues for the Los Angeles Conservancy. I had the privilege of reviewing an advance copy of the book, and it tr...

Print How many times have those of us who seek out and appreciate Los Angeles history bemoaned the loss or threatened loss of those places that help us feel and connect with its past? The big buildings on our main streets where important things happened. The small bungalows on our side streets where long-ago families set down roots and grew. The favorite gathering spots that have anchored our neighborhoods for year after year after year. The wildness, whimsy and variety of our signs, structures and settings that make our city so textured and full of surprises despite its undeserved reputati...

By Cherranda Smith Apr 8, 2021 On Tuesday (April 6), the city of Los Angeles and the Getty Conservation Institute announced their plan to preserve Black history in the city. The African American Historic Places Project will be a three-year program to locate and formally preserve landmarks significant to Black history and culture.  Los Angeles Times said that the project will work out of the city’s Office of Historic Resources within the Department of City Planning. The initiative’s goal is to have a more accurate reflection of LA’s history and heritage. Right now, only about three per...

Getty and City of LA Collaborate on African American Historic Places Project The city today announced that it’s joined forces with the Getty Conservation Institute to launch the African American Historic Places Project. Citing the fact that only THREE percent of LA’s recognized landmarks are connected to black history, the goal of the project is address that disparity ...and work with local communities over the next three years to identify and preserve spots throughout the city that represent that heritage.  Guests: Susan Macdonald, head of the Buildings and Sites Department at the Getty...