215 SOUTH WILTON PLACE, as the historic home looked when sold on March 1, 2021.
There is a disturbance in the atmosphere of the leafy community of Wilton Place. A house has been brutally vandalized.
Tragically, it is a familiar story: 215 S. Wilton Pl., a treasured historic home, built in 1907 and designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1992, and also within the Wilton Place National Historic District, was sold by its devoted owner to a new buyer who, the seller and her real estate agent believed, also loved the home and only planned to add a bathroom and renovate the kitchen.
Well, the reality turned out to be something different, as concerned neighbors in early April began to see demolition activity removing hardwood floors, mahogany details etc. Further investigation revealed that the majority of the historic interior had been brought down to the 100-year-old studs, causing an irreparable loss of historic fabric, a monument plundered.
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PROJECT LEADER CONSULTANT, LOS ANGELES AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORIC PLACES PROJECT
Issue Date: April 26, 2021
Getty Conservation Institute (“GCI”) and the City of Los Angeles, led by Los Angeles City Planning’s Office of Historic Resources (“OHR”), are partnering in the new Los Angeles African American Historic Places project (“LAAAHP”). GCI and OHR are seeking Expressions of Interest (“EOI”) from qualified individuals to perform consulting services (“Services”) to develop, manage, and implement the work of the LAAAHP as the designated Project Leader.
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The GCI, a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, with a mission to advance conservation practice internationally through research, training and education, and dissemination. GCI has conducted international field projects in Asia, Africa, North and South America, and Europe, as well as in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States.
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 percent of landmarks are linked to Black history.
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 Conservation Institute.
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