{"id":1574,"date":"2014-10-27T17:48:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T00:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2014-10-27T17:48:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T00:48:34","slug":"l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2014\/10\/27\/l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Conservancy Offers Rare Glimpse into Historic Garden Apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2014\/10\/27\/l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments\/2014weheartgardenapts_laconservancy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1580\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1580\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2014\/10\/27\/l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments\/2014weheartgardenapts_laconservancy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014WeHeartGardenApts_LAConservancy.jpg?fit=304%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"304,203\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2014WeHeartGardenApts_LAConservancy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014WeHeartGardenApts_LAConservancy.jpg?fit=304%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014WeHeartGardenApts_LAConservancy.jpg?resize=304%2C203&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2014WeHeartGardenApts_LAConservancy\" width=\"304\" height=\"203\" data-wp-pid=\"1580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014WeHeartGardenApts_LAConservancy.jpg?w=304&amp;ssl=1 304w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014WeHeartGardenApts_LAConservancy.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014WeHeartGardenApts_LAConservancy.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe \u201cmansionization\u201d of Los Angeles and other southland communities has frustrated and angered many residents over the years, as new, large homes replace smaller ones on modest lots, blocking light and views and towering over their neighbors. There was a time in the not too distant past, however, when L.A. saw a completely different type of development \u2013 the garden apartment \u2013 characterized by expansive open spaces and low density.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Nearly 40 of those \u201cvillages in the city\u201d were built between the late 1930s and mid-1950s, and early next month the Los Angeles Conservancy will provide rare public access to three historic garden apartment communities: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/node\/894\" target=\"_blank\">Village Green in Baldwin Hills<\/a> (1941), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/node\/717\" target=\"_blank\">Chase Knolls in Sherman Oaks<\/a> (1948), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/node\/742\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln Place in Venice<\/a> (1951).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1584\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2014\/10\/27\/l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments\/villagegreen_arg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1584\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1584\" data-attachment-id=\"1584\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2014\/10\/27\/l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments\/villagegreen_arg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/VillageGreen_ARG.jpg?fit=490%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"490,368\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VillageGreen_ARG\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/VillageGreen_ARG.jpg?fit=490%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1584 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/VillageGreen_ARG.jpg?resize=490%2C368&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VillageGreen_ARG\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" data-wp-pid=\"1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/VillageGreen_ARG.jpg?w=490&amp;ssl=1 490w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/VillageGreen_ARG.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Village Green. Photo courtesy Architectural Resources Group via the LA Conservancy web site.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1582\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2014\/10\/27\/l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments\/lincolnplace_aimco\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1582\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1582\" data-attachment-id=\"1582\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2014\/10\/27\/l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments\/lincolnplace_aimco\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/LincolnPlace_AIMCO.jpg?fit=490%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"490,327\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LincolnPlace_AIMCO\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/LincolnPlace_AIMCO.jpg?fit=490%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1582 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/LincolnPlace_AIMCO.jpg?resize=490%2C327&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"LincolnPlace_AIMCO\" width=\"490\" height=\"327\" data-wp-pid=\"1582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/LincolnPlace_AIMCO.jpg?w=490&amp;ssl=1 490w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/LincolnPlace_AIMCO.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/LincolnPlace_AIMCO.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lincoln Place. Photo courtesy AIMCO.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1583\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2014\/10\/27\/l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments\/chaseknolls_korgroup\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1583\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1583\" data-attachment-id=\"1583\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2014\/10\/27\/l-a-conservancy-offers-rare-glimpse-into-historic-garden-apartments\/chaseknolls_korgroup\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChaseKnolls_KORGroup.jpg?fit=490%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"490,368\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChaseKnolls_KORGroup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChaseKnolls_KORGroup.jpg?fit=490%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1583 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChaseKnolls_KORGroup.jpg?resize=490%2C368&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ChaseKnolls_KORGroup\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" data-wp-pid=\"1583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChaseKnolls_KORGroup.jpg?w=490&amp;ssl=1 490w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChaseKnolls_KORGroup.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chase Knolls. Photo courtesy the Kor Group.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the Los Angeles Conservancy states on its website, the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/gardentour\" target=\"_blank\">We Heart Garden Apartments!<\/a>&#8221; event\u00a0is your chance to see first hand how thousands of people live a \u201cunique and endangered way of life in development-prone L.A.\u201d Participants will also learn about the L.A. Conservancy\u2019s efforts to preserve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/node\/543\" target=\"_blank\">Wyvernwood in Boyle Heights<\/a> (1939), L.A.\u2019s first large-scale garden apartment community, which is currently threatened with demolition. Proceeds from the tour support the L.A. Conservancy\u2019s efforts to preserve these and other historic places throughout Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DETAILS<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What: <\/strong>\u201cWe Heart Garden Apartments!\u201d \u2013 A one-day tour of three \u201cvillages in the city\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>When: <\/strong>Saturday, November 1 from 10 a.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>The opening session will take place at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebellla.org\/theatre\" target=\"_blank\">Wilshire Ebell Theatre<\/a>, which is centrally located between the tour sites\u00a0and located at 4401 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005. After you purchase your tickets, you\u2019ll receive an email confirmation with more details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets: <\/strong>Available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/gardentour\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>. The cost for this event is $35 general public, $25 L.A. Conservancy members and tour site residents, $15 students, $10 kids 12 and under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cmansionization\u201d of Los Angeles and other southland communities has frustrated and angered many residents over the years, as new, large homes replace smaller ones on modest lots, blocking light and views and towering over their neighbors. 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