With us tonight is mike presidency dio of the center for arts and culture. Prior to joining fort mason he was an nonprofit sf heritage in opened up the directors efficacy of the los angeles conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We asked mike to moderate tonights program because his preservation work in los angeles is the subject of tonights talk in here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us mike. Mike. Welcome and theyll hand the microphone over to you. Thank you so much frances. Such a pleasure to be here tonight with my two longtime friends and colleagues Ken Bernstein and Stephen Schafer to talk about their stunning new book preserving los angeles how preserving historical cities can transform americas cities published by angel city press. Dare i say this book is a monumentalda achievement in the preservation field. Ken has devoted his career h to enhancing the heritage of los angeles and when i joined in 2006 i had big shoes to fill. Ken had just lef
The presidency, h. W. Brands looked at gerald ford in the context of the 19700s when he served as House Minority leader, Vice President and then president. Exploring the american story, watch with American History tv the saturdays on cspan2. And find a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online anytime a cspan. Org history. Us tonight is mike buehler. He will introduce our speakers momentarily. Mike is president and ceo of Fort Mason Center for arts and and culture and a longtime Historic Preservationist. Prior to joining fort mason, he led stress historic nonprofit ss heritage. The he has worked at the los angeles conservancy and regional attorney for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We asked mike to moderate tonights program because of his preservation work in both los angeles, the subject of tonights talk, and here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us, mike. Welcome, and im goingin to hand the mic over to you. Thank you so much, francis. Its such a ple
Buildings in los angeles. And why cant donny and marie ost monday stop laughing. That is welcome back to extra. Johnny depp is known for playing outr outrageous characters. Just as over the top as he is, the collection of art deco penthouses he put on the market is just as wild. Pirates of the caribbean was pretty good to johnny deposition and inspired him to buy an island. Nothing compares to his five of a Kind Real Estate coup. He started taking over the top floor of the historic Eastern Columbia Building in downtown l. A. Its one of the most a architectur architecturally significant buildings in l. A. Its iconic. It is all art deco but like classic. It is one of the headlinest examples. Maybe in the whole u. S. And by 2008 up five penthouses were depps. It is easy to see why he was calling it home. As colorful as the array of eclectic characters he has played. Was he in charge of the decorating . Definitely had an influence. An amazing artist, actor, and Creative Genius and his pers