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LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY Pre ser vation Report Card | 2008
translated into a “grade” for each jurisdiction.This report includes a sum-
mary of the results, followed by tables with supporting data.
Top left: The modernist Barry Building (1951)
in Brentwood was declared Los Angeles Historic-
Cultural Monument No. 887 in 2007. Resources from
the postwar era are increasingly being designated
as local landmarks, and several cities are taking steps
to ensure that their local surveys are updated to reflect
the significance of their mid-century architecture.
Photo by Robert Cleveland.
Top right: This residential street in Jefferson Park,
Los Angeles, is part of a neighborhood district
proposed for historic district (HPOZ) designation.
Photo from Conservancy archives.
Bottom right: Oasis Apartments (1965), West Covina.
This Polynesian-themed apartment complex represents
a distinctive resource type common in the postwar era.
Photo by John Eng.
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