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    Design and Architecture

    Goodbye to Another LA Landmark

    Going, going, gone: another gem from LA’s commercial modern heyday: the Friars Club in Beverly Hills. LA Conservancy, which has lead the charge to preserve 1960s Modern architecture, sent the following release:  Demolition…

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    By Frances Anderton • Jan 27, 2011 • 1 min read

    Going, going, gone: another gem from LA’s commercial modern heyday: the Friars Club in Beverly Hills. LA Conservancy, which has lead the charge to preserve 1960s Modern architecture, sent the following release: Demolition…

    Going, going, gone: another gem from LA’s commercial modern heyday: the Friars Club in Beverly Hills. LA Conservancy, which has lead the charge to preserve 1960s Modern architecture, sent the following release:

    Demolition is under way at the 1961 Friars Club building at 9900 Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, signifying the continued erosion of Greater L.A.’s legacy of 1960s architecture and underscoring the need for stronger local preservation protections.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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