Los Angeles Conservancy (Venue Partner)
Event locations vary - see descriptions
Office: 523 West Sixth Street, Suite 826
213-623-2489
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Eckbo landscape; The Cultural Landscape Foundation
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Wednesday Mar 24, 2010 (7:30pm)
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$5 - 20
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The Los Angeles Conservancy is partnering with The Cultural Landscape Foundation to host a panel discussion on the history and preservation of 1960s cultural landscapes. L.A. boasts a wealth of exceptional landscape architecture from the 1960s, including master works by such famed designers as Thomas Church and Garrett Eckbo. These works of art express our regional identity, particularly in sunny Southern California.
Special guests: Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, is the founder and president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, a nonprofit that seeks to increase the public's awareness of U.S. landscapes. Mr. Birnbaum has authored and edited numerous works, including Preserving Modern Landscape Architecture. Alan Hess is a preeminent authority on the mid-twentieth-century architectural history of Southern California. As a practicing architect and historian, Mr. Hess documents the emerging suburban metropolises of the West. His many books include Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture.
This event is part of the Conservancy and Modern Committee program, "The Sixties Turn 50."
The event will be held at the 1967 Proud Bird Restaurant in Westchester, a site on the Conservancy's 2009 It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod City tour.
