To identify, protect and preserve the historic, architectural, and cultural resources of West Hollywood

Category: Meetings

2019 Historic Preservation Annual Event July 8 – NEW DATE!

Please join the City of West Hollywood and its Historic Preservation Commission to celebrate the restoration of the recently landmarked Formosa Cafe.

The Formosa Cafe was established in 1940 and features the last of the Pacific Electric 800-series streetcars and has a legendary Hollywood history. The building and trolley became a designated cultural resource in March, and after an extensive renovation, will reopen its storied doors this summer.

Date: July 8, 2019 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: The Formosa Cafe
7156 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, California 90046

R.S.V.P. by July 3, 2019
Mike Peterson, Historic Preservation Intern
mpeterson@weho.org

323-848-6373

Upcoming Preservation Meetings

1. West Hollywood Historic Preservation Commission Meeting

Date: Monday, July 23, 2018, 7:00 PM

Location: Plummer Park Community Center, Rooms 5&6

7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood

The HPC is recommending that a nomination be prepared for local cultural resource designation for the historic Formosa Café and is considering the approval of a Mills Act (tax credit) contract for the Patio del Moro apartment building.

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Historic Preservation Commission to Consider Local Status for Paul Revere Williams’ Building on the Sunset Strip

West Hollywood Historic Preservation Commission Meeting

Subject: Berman/Kohner Building at 9165-9169 Sunset Boulevard

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Plummer Park Community Center, Rooms 1 & 2

7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood

At its meeting on March 28, 2018, the West Hollywood Historic Preservation Commission will consider Berman/Kohner Building at 9165-1969 Sunset Blvd.for local cultural resource status.

This strikingly designed building served as the Sunset Strip offices for furrier Louis Berman and high-powered Hollywood talent agent Paul Kohner. The building was identified in the city’s recent survey of commercial properties as being potentially eligible for the trifecta of local, state, and national historic status. Gaining local historic status generally affords a building the greatest level of protection since land use rules tend to be very locally based.

The building was designed in the mid-1930s by Paul R. Williams, one of the most significant — and prolific — architects who worked in Los Angeles in the 20th century. His commercial projects included numerous landmarks, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Arrowhead Springs Hotel, Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood and the building at Doheny Drive and Beverly Blvd. that housed Chasen’s Restaurant, among many others.

Williams also designed the residences of actors Frank Sinatra, Barbara Stanwyck, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, ZaSu Pitts, Luise Ranier, Lon Chaney and others, as well as the Sunset Plaza Apartments (1220 Sunset Plaza Dr.), which were demolished in the 1980s despite having been listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The West Hollywood Preservation Alliance will be speaking in support of this designation and encourages all those interested to attend.

For more information, CLICK HERE [PDF].

Historic Factory/Studio One Building Up for Hearing on March 1

The West Hollywood Planning Commission is holding an important preservation-related hearing which you’re encouraged to attend:

WHAT: Public Hearing on Robertson Lane Project, Including The Factory/Studio One Restoration

WHEN: Thursday, March 1, 2018 @ 06:30 PM

WHERE: West Hollywood Park Public Meeting Room – Council Chambers
625 N. San Vicente Boulevard, West Hollywood, California

The West Hollywood Preservation Alliance will be presenting supportive testimony. Here is the Alliance’s statement:

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