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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LOS ANGELES
Places linked to African American heritage in Los Angeles will be identified in an effort to preserve them, the Getty arts organization and the city announced Tuesday.
The three-year Los Angeles African American Historic Places Project will work with local communities and cultural institutions to identify places that best represent the African American experience in the city, the collaborators said in a statement.
Just over 3% of the city’s 1,200 designated local landmarks are linked to African American heritage despite extensive efforts to record LA’s historic places, they said.
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“Historic preservation is about the acknowledgment and elevation of places and stories,” said Tim Whalen, the institute’s director. “The point of this work is to make sure that the stories and places of African Americans in Los Angeles are more present and complete than previously.”