Los Angeles Times leaves its historic downtown home
- 1
The Los Angeles Times is leaving its historic home in downtown L.A. as it transitions to new ownership under Dr.
- 2
City commission will consider bid to declare Los Angeles Times buildings historic-cultural monuments
A bid to gain protected status for three Los Angeles Times buildings moved forward Thursday when the Cultural Heritage Commission agreed to consider an application to make them historic-cultural monuments.
- 3
A building in Los Angeles can be granted monument status if it is “associated with the lives of historic personages important to national, state, city or local history” or if it “embodies the distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period” or “represents a notable work of a master designer.”
- 4
After nearly a century, The Times is moving out of its storied complex in downtown Los Angeles for sleek new digs in El Segundo.
- 5
To me, the Los Angeles Times building has always looked like a gigantic tombstone.
- 6
Preservationists hope to secure city monument status for three historic Los Angeles Times buildings, which could hinder a plan to redevelop the downtown block where they stand.
- 7
- 8
The new home of the Los Angeles Times will be at 2300 E. Imperial Highway in El Segundo.
