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Adams-Normandie Map. The HPOZ was originally named West Adams-Normandie HPOZ. [1] According to the HPOZ Preservation Plan, "At the beginning of the 20th century the West Adams–Normandie area was one of Los Angeles’ most prestigious communities."
The Historic Preservation Overlay Zone of the City of Los Angeles in California has been hailed by historic preservation advocates for its pioneering program, which designates not just buildings but entire neighborhoods or districts as worthy of historic preservation.
Historic West Adams, more commonly known as West Adams, [1] is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California. The area is known for its large number of historic buildings, structures and notable houses and mansions. It contains several Historic Preservation Overlay Zones as well as designated historic districts.
West Adams is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Los Angeles, with most of its buildings erected between 1880 and 1925, including the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. West Adams was developed by railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington and wealthy industrialist Hulett C. Merritt of Pasadena.
The South L.A. intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues was the epicenter of the 1992 civil unrest.
Jefferson Park is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of the City of Los Angeles, California.Located within the West Adams district, [1] there are fourteen Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the neighborhood, and in 1987, the 1923 Spanish Colonial Revival Jefferson Branch Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Founded in 1983, the West Adams Heritage Association (WAHA) is an historic preservation organization in Los Angeles, California. It is a tax-exempt non-profit organization [ 1 ] that is focused on the preservation of the West Adams section of the city.
West Adams Heights lies within the southern portion of the Harvard Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). [1] [10] [11] At the HPOZ public hearing, several speakers suggested an expansion of the proposed Harvard Heights HPOZ boundaries to the south so that the entire West Adams Heights Tract could be included. The survey stated that ...