/blog/tags/historic-preservation en /blog/article/stereotype-false-los-angeles-does-care-about-its-past-national-leader-historic <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p> In a recent <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/us/classic-or-ramshackle-old-homes-in-los-angeles-are-being-bulldozed-into-history.html?_r=0" target="_blank">article</a> in the <em>New York Times </em>on the mansionization that is taking place in some neighborhoods here, the journalist observed:</p> <p> "Los Angeles has always been known for its tear-it-down, build-it-up methods, to the concern of preservationists. The intensity of the current opposition [to mansionization] has challenged the notion that this is a city with little interest in preserving its past."</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/blog/tags/los-angeles-conservancy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Los Angeles Conservancy</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/blog/tags/historic-preservation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">historic preservation</a></div></div></div> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:47:27 +0000 Carolyn 371 at