Society for the Preservation of Downtown Los Angeles
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| Abbreviation | SP-DTLA |
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| Formation | 2015 |
| Type | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
| Purpose | Supporting sustainable commercial and residential development in historic downtown Los Angeles |
| Headquarters | Downtown Los Angeles, California |
Director | Alex Hertzberg |
| Website | www |
Society for the Preservation of Downtown Los Angeles, also known as SP-DTLA, is a 501(c)(3) organization that advocates what it characterizes as responsible and respectful development around and among Downtown Los Angeles' historic structures. SP-DTLA supports development with a positive impact on the designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Downtown Los Angeles, especially those in the Historic Core.[1][2]
SP-DTLA supports viewshed protection[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and a "zone of respect" around preserved buildings.[11][12][13][14][15]
SP-DTLA's particular focus is on the seven by four block area (3rd to Olympic Streets and Hill to Main Streets), which includes the Broadway Theater District.
Current Causes
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SP-DTLA is best known for its opposition to the Alexan South Broadway project in proximity to the 1930 Eastern Columbia Building and its landmark clock.[16][17] The group is also opposing two other downtown projects which they argue have a height and mass out of scale with the character of the adjacent historic buildings.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Curbed Los Angeles. New Downtown LA Tower Would Block Views of Historic Eastern Columbia Clock
- ^ Los Angeles Times. Saving the View
- ^ [1] National Trust for Historic Preservation - APPROACHES TO VIEWSHED PROTECTI0N AROUND THE COUNTRY
- ^ Seattle designated individual sites, buildings, vehicles, vessels, and street clocks as landmarks subject to protection by city ordinance
- ^ Protecting views makes sense from every angle
- ^ Sacramento City Code 17.216.860 C-3 zone—Capitol view protection requirements
- ^ Capitol View Corridors
- ^ Historic Overlay Districts
- ^ Historic Overlay District Design Guidelines
- ^ PRINCETON TOWNSHIP HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND AMENDMENTS
- ^ SENSE OF PLACE: DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS pg. 29
- ^ A 'Zone Of Respect' For City Hall
- ^ Height Master Plan For Washington, DC Case Study Research pgs. 15 & 18
- ^ Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources
- ^ Los Angeles County Historic Preservation
- ^ Alice Walton, "Newsletter", Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2015.
- ^ "New Downtown LA Tower Would Block Views of Historic Eastern Columbia Clock", Curbed Los Angeles, September 30, 2015.
- ^ Hillel Aron, "Will Three Proposed Skyscrapers Harm the Character of DTLA's Historic Core?", LA Weekly, June 1, 2016.