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50 years ago the first major gay rights demonstration happened in Silver Lake

A police raid at the Black Cat Tavern led to protests outside the gay bar that predated the Stonewall riots by more than two years. The event will be commemorated Saturday.

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Art Deco-style Firestone building on La Brea might be reborn as microbrewery

The neighborhood association is opposed the plans because of the proposed 2 a.m. closing time, vagrants, and "possible aromas from the brewing operation."

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Longtime LA home of legendary Disney artist hits the market for $3.228M

The La Cañada Flintridge home was designed by architect Ted Criley, Jr., one the "forgotten modernists." The listing describes it as "a modern wood and glass celebration of slanting rooflines and asymmetrical layout.".

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For $1.65M, a condo in historic Spanish Revival courtyard complex

Located off the Sunset Strip, the Andalusia was built in 1926. The unit that has come up for sale is a beauty with a grand fireplace, arched entryways, and wood-beamed ceilings.

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Mapping LA's newest landmarks

Los Angeles is ringing in the new year with more than a handful of new local landmarks. Over the past few months, the city's Cultural Heritage Commission awarded the designation to seven structures, including the first LA home of Walt Disney.

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Taylor Swift wants to landmark her storied Beverly Hills estate

In 2015, the pop star payed $25 million cash for the six-bedroom Samuel Goldwyn estate, which sits just behind the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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The Formosa Cafe is closed, but the building remains protected

Formosa Cafe was an old celebrity haunt and a beloved Los Angeles institution. It closed suddenly in December, and it’s not certain what’s next for the space—but the building is landmarked.

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Gorgeous condos for sale in 1920s French Normandy-style complex in West Adams

The French Normandy Revival-style fourplex was designed in 1921 by Edward Butler Rust, architect of a number of period revival apartment buildings around Los Angeles, including Wilshire Boulevard’s lavish Los Altos.

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Quirky ‘London House’ nominated as a historic landmark

The strange building near Larchmont was a long-rumored hangout of Jack London. Its original owner appears to have been the author’s good friend, sculptor Finn Frolich.

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Hollywood building that once housed lavish supper club wins landmark status

The venue on Sunset Boulevard was built in 1938 as the Earl Carroll Theatre, designed by architect Gordon B. Kaufmann. It featured stage shows with "the most beautiful girls in the world."

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Landmark status for Jim Morrison’s last U.S. residence is ruined

The West Hollywood apartment building where the lead singer of The Doors is said to have lived with his girlfriend from 1969 and 1971 probably would have been a shoo-in for historic monument status.

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Renovated one-bedroom condo in the landmarked Village Green asks $399K

In a nationally recognized landmark building, this one-bedroom condo has been updated with marble here and quartz counters there, but still has its parquet floors, which have been restored.

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1 BR condo in Koreatown's historic French Chateau Apartments asking $599K

Charming period details, Mills Act tax breaks, and parking

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Adorable, historic bungalow in Highland Park asking $768K

This 1930s cottage laden with charming vintage details was designed by Paul Hartman, the architect behind Glendale’s Vogue Theater. As an added bonus, the home is a historic-cultural monument and qualifies for Mills Act tax benefits.

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Exclusive new details on Downtown LA's trendy Proper Hotel

We're leaning the hotel will count among its amenities basement bars and restaurants, a screening room, and a rooftop pool. We've also got a first look at the hotel in the midst of its transformation.

Trophy DTLA building trying to fetch $45M

A city landmark, the Fine Arts building on 7th Street between Flower and Figueroa features interior tilework by Ernest Batchelder. Right now, WeWork takes up six floors in the structure.

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Former LA hospital—once a lifeline for Japanese Americans—is up for landmark status

It wasn’t just minority patients who were discriminated against. Japanese American doctors had to fight a discriminatory law in the U.S. Supreme Court before opening the hospital in 1929.

Hollywood Palladium, at center of development battle, is officially a landmark

The Palladium opened in 1940. A developer has the OK from the city to restore the historic venue and construct a pair of residential towers with more than 700 apartments right next to it on Sunset Boulevard.

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11 historic photos of the Palladium as it moves toward becoming a city landmark

Born in 1940 as a music venue for Big Bands, it was, for some time, the epicenter of Hollywood nightlife. It went on to host political rallies, high school proms, rock ‘n’ roll bands, and awards shows.

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Schindler's Kallis-Sharlin House asking $2.85M

Integrated into its hillside lot in the Cahuenga Pass, the multi-level modern was built in 1946 for artist and Universal Studios art director Mischa Kallis, and features four bedrooms, three baths, original built-in furniture and panoramic views.

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DTLA's landmark Dutch Chocolate Shop building is for sale

The four-story building on 6th Street once held on its ground floor the Dutch Chocolate Shop, a city landmark decorated top to bottom with elaborate tiles crafted by renowned Pasadena artist Ernest Batchelder.

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Watch crews scrub graffiti off Angels Flight, DTLA's historic funicular

The defacement of the historic, tiny railway angered many Angelenos, as it should, and it appears that outrage led to quick action.

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Someone tagged Angels Flight, LA’s favorite tiny railway

It's a tragedy, says the head of the nonprofit that runs the funicular, which has been out-of-service for a few years now. Angels Flight Railway opened in 1901 and was once advertised as the shortest railway in the world.

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Regal Queen Anne Victorian in Angelino Heights asking $2.3M

Designed by Joseph Cather Newsom in 1889, the 4,092-square-foot landmark features incredible woodwork and wainscoting, high ceilings, multiple fireplaces, clawfoot tubs, and an expansive outdoor lounge.

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Maverick's Flat, historic club known as the 'Apollo of the West,' is for sale

The local landmark in the Leimert Park neighborhood opened in 1966 with a performance by the Temptations. The venerable music venue attracted people of all races and walks of life.

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Landmark modern by Gregory Ain asking $1.8M

One of the master architect's earliest solo projects, the Anselem A. Ernst House was built atop a hillside lot in the Los Feliz Oaks in 1937. The three-bedroom, two-bath home features walls of glass, a dual-level fireplace, and spectacular views.

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The colorful lighthouse keepers of Los Angeles

The Los Angeles County coast was a treacherous place until the first lighthouses were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s, bringing independent women, heartbroken widowers, drunks, and more to isolated blufftop posts.

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Historic Craftsman in Mt. Washington asking $1.9M

On a half-acre lot, the landmark home has five bedrooms, three baths, and stunning views. It was built by the architectural firm led by Mendel Meyer and Philip Holler, who later designed Sid Grauman's Egyptian and Chinese Theatres in Hollywood.

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View Park now on National Register of Historic Places

Known as "the black Beverly Hills," the unincorporated community in the hills west of Crenshaw Boulevard was once home to Ray Charles and Tina Turner.

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Walt Disney’s first LA home not a goner just yet

The city’s Director of Planning personally stepped in to stop its demolition by initiating a Historic-Cultural Monument application. The century-old Craftsman bungalow in Los Feliz is where Disney and his brother Roy launched their animation studio.

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Hollywood council rejects turning Villa Carlotta into a hotel

The historic property had 50 apartments under rent control. A developer is trying to turn it into a boutique hotel, but that would set a bad precedent, says the Hollywood United Neighborhood Council.

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Historic 1920s bungalow court in Venice

A polygamist’s dream, this compound contains eight recently updated cottages (we suppose it could also serve as an income property). Asking price for the bungalow court, located a few blocks northeast of Abbot Kinney, is $5.8 million.

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