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Events: Celebrating the Sixties in Los Angeles

From September 2009 through August 2010, the Conservancy and our Modern Committee celebrated historic 1960s Los Angeles with a range of events and educational programming. You can learn more about key events below.

Thank you to all of the organizations who partnered with us on this journey through the Age of Aquarius!

 

 

PAST CONSERVANCY EVENTS:

    
 Sixties Panel Discussion Sept 2009 DWP Chris Green Mod City Tour 2010 LUnderhill   Home Sixties Home tour for events page 2010 LUnderhill
September 30, 2009
The Sixties Turn 50 Kickoff Panel
We kicked off our nine-month program at the Department of Water and Power Building with an expert panel discussion.
Photo by Chris Green

 November 8, 2009
It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod City
This special tour explored 1960s buildings and sites in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.
Photo by Larry Underhill		 April 18, 2010
Home Sixties Home
One-time-only tour exploring unique 1960s residences in the Brentwood area.
Photo by Larry Underhill
La Laguna picnic 2010 Don Solosan  Annual Mtg 2010 The Onion L Underhill
May 1, 2010
May Day Monster Mash Picnic
Kids and adults alike enjoyed the whimsical La
Laguna de San Gabriel at a fun picnic with games, lunch, and Coolhaus ice cream sandwiches.
Photo by Don Solosan

June 19, 2010
2010 Annual Meeting
We celebrated the 1960s and a great year in preservation at "The Onion" in North Hills, a Top 60 of the '60s Ecclesiastical winner. Thom Miller presented our year in review.
Photo by Larry Underhill
PAST PARTNER EVENTS:    
October            10 Downtown's Modern Skyline Tour as part of DOCOMOMO's National Tour Day
  16 Partner Event: L.A. premiere of Julius Shulman documentary, Visual Acoustics, at the Nuart Theatre - Q&A with the filmmaker and the L.A. Conservancy
November 12 Partner Event: Screening of The Wild Bunch (1969) at the Million Dollar Theatre
  19 Partner Event: Road to Freedom - Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 at the Skirball Cultural Center
March 24 Discussion: History and Preservation of 1960s Cultural Landscapes at The Proud Bird Restaurant
  26 Partner Event: Get Mondo Mod – Take a trip to the Sunset Strip when it was hip!
  31 Partner Event: Center Theatre Group Presents The Subject Was Roses at the 1967 Mark Taper Forum
April 7

Partner Event: Cartopias - Southern California Car Culture, Hot Rods and the Space Age
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Sixties Residential Architecture Exploration With Jan Horn