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It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod City 1960s Tour

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Los Angeles Conservancy says:

Join the Los Angeles Conservancy and its Modern Committee on a "magical history tour" of landmarks from the 1960s. This one-time-only tour offers a rare chance to visit sixties gems in the South Bay area, including the iconic LAX Theme Building -- with access to its observation deck for the first time since 2001!

Other sites include the amazing and completely original St. Jerome Catholic Church; the IBM Aerospace Headquarters Building (now Otis College of Art and Design), designed to resemble a 1960s computer punch card; The Proud Bird Restaurant, an aviation-themed “destination restaurant,” which was a popular fad in SoCal during the ‘60s; Imperial Terminal Flight Path Learning Center & Museum, where you can check out sixties airline fashions and board a DC-3 aircraft; and TRW Space Park, a 110-acre aerospace technologies campus rarely open to the public.

The tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 8. At check in, you'll receive a booklet detailing the tour route and other sixties sites to see along the way. Official tour stops will feature a docent-led tour of the site.

Tickets are $25 for L.A. Conservancy members, $30 for the general public, and $10 for kids 12 and under. We hope you’ll join us for this exciting tour and “Mad Men”-esque experience!

“It’s a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod City” is part of The Sixties Turn 50, a nine-month program exploring the opportunities and challenges of preserving the ‘60s architectural heritage of Greater Los Angeles. While relatively young, our sixties resources are coming of age, and they need protection before it’s too late!

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The 1960s are turning 50, and to celebrate, the LA Conservancy and Modern Committee are rolling out a nine-month order of events honoring LA-based architecture produced during the Swinging Sixties. As part of the program, the Conservancy hosts a one-time, self-driving tour of design in the South Bay, It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod City. Pit stops include iconic landmarks such as the IBM Aerospace Headquarters Building, the aviation-themed Proud Bird Restaurant, the West Imperial Terminal Flight Path Learning Center & Museum, and the LAX Theme Building, which opens its observation deck to the public for the first time in eight years.

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