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L.A.’s Historic Preservation Casualties
Norms Restaurant on LaCienega Boulevard has stood as an increasingly rare example of space-age Googie architecture since 1956. But maybe no more. Last week, L.A.’s Department of Building and Safety gave the diner’s owners permission to raze it.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readNorms Restaurant on LaCienega Boulevard has stood as an increasingly rare example of space-age Googie architecture since 1956. But maybe no more. Last week, L.A.’s Department of Building and Safety gave the diner’s owners permission to raze it. This same week, we found out that sci-fi author Ray Bradbury’s home in Cheviot Hills, where he lived for more than 50 years, has been knocked down by new owner and celebrity architect Thom Mayne. Why isn’t L.A. more stringent about preserving its iconic buildings?
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- 41:55Paying for Your Restaurant Reservations
The full episode
2 of 5A Very White Oscars, French Speech Laws, and the Business of Pot- 0:00Oscar’s Diversity Problem
- 9:17L.A.’s Historic Preservation CasualtiesYou’re reading this
- 16:55French Comedian Arrested for Facebook Post (And Other Web News)
- 26:28“Ganjapreneurs” and the Case to Reclassify Pot
- 41:55Paying for Your Restaurant Reservations