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First public meeting set for Altadena’s groundbreaking historic survey
A home in Altadena’s Historic Highlands neighborhood.
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You can have a role in recording Altadena’s history. The Los Angeles Conservancy, which is leading the first complete survey of the area’s history, has announced its inaugural community meeting.
The details: It’s happening at the CORE hub in Altadena, on Feb. 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. At the meeting, residents will learn about how the historic survey works and ways to get involved. The project is designed for people and community organizations to participate.
What does the survey do? It’ll fully document Altadena’s historic places for the first time, like old buildings or a place with a special history, and go beyond that by recording what they call “intangible heritage” — community traditions, oral histories and cultural practices.
Why it matters: Historic resource surveys are foundational to preservation. They are detailed documents that influence land use planning and essentially lay out the case for why certain areas should be protected with landmark status.
Go deeper: Altadena’s historic sites have never been fully documented. The LA Conservancy is fixing that
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