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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
A new article in the L.A. Weekly discusses:
L.A.'s 10 Most Iconic Buildings That Have Been Destroyed
http://www.laweekly.com/news/histori...n-down-8118824
Whenever lists of anything are published, I like to know what criteria is used
in assembling them. Most articles with lists don't ever say, but here are the ten:
Any comments?
Paul de Longpre Mansion
Hollywood Hotel
Garden of Allah
Pickfair
Ambassador Hotel
Marion Davies Beach House
The Brown Derby
Richfield Tower
Pan Pacific Auditorium
Gateway West Building
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If we're talking "iconic", why isn't Lugo House on this list? Literally hundreds of structures spring to mind, plus whole hills, neighborhoods, people, springs, waterways, streets and stairways etc., plus one very big tree.
I wouldn't include the Delongpre or Davies places and certainly not Gateway West. Probably not Pickfair either.
The really annoying thing about lists like this is that there's no acknowledgement that we lose the irreplaceable every day, that the damage is ongoing and very, very harmful.
However, I have a list of thousands I'd like to see demolished. Between eyesores and our 10K empty lots, I don't see why anything decent is under threat.