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Power to the People: Top 60 of the '60s

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Whiskey a g-g- cultural site winner Top 60
La Laguna serpent, Dean Cheng



All the votes are in and we have the complete (and unofficial) list of Los Angeles' favorite buildings and sites from the 1960s. The Top 60 are listed in seven categories: civic/institutional, commercial/retail, residential, industrial/manufacturing, cultural sites, and cultural landscapes.

Since we just completed the final round of voting for cultural sites and cultural landscapes, the winners are...The Whiskey a Go-Go on Sunset Boulevard (cultural site) and La Laguna de San Gabriel (cultural landscape), a whimsical playground where we held our May Day Monster Mash Picnic.

Thank you to the hundreds of people who participated in the poll--we had more than 2,000 votes submitted! It was interesting for us to see what buildings and sites Angelenos--and people beyond--loved the most.

Now, check out the complete Top 60 slideshow and Google map and the graph ranking the top five cultural sites and the top five cultural landscapes.

Photos (t-b): Whiskey a Go-Go courtesy of you-are-here.com and La Laguna de San Gabriel by Dean Cheng.

KEY		  
Cultural Sites Yellow
Cultural Landscapes Yellow with dot
Civic/Institutional Blue
Commercial/Retail Red
Ecclesiastical Green
Residential Not listed due to privacy reasons
Industrial Fuchsia

Cultural Sites results graph Top 60

Cultural landscapes results graph Top 60

 

 
Top 60 of the '60s            
Civic/Institutional Commercial/Retail Ecclesiastical Residential Industrial Cultural Sites Cultural Landscapes
LAX Theme Building

Union 76 Gas Station

Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society -
"The Onion"  

Kramer House

 Friend Paper Building (currently The Sofa Company)

The Whisky a Go-Go

   		 La Laguna de San Gabriel
L.A. Department of Water and Power Building Cinerama Dome St. Basil Catholic Church Stahl House (Case Study House #22) IBM Aerospace Headquarters (currently Otis College of Art and Design) The Black Cat (currently Le Barcito) Heritage Square Museum
L.A. County Music Center Century Plaza Hotel Glendale First United Methodist Church The Chemosphere (Leonard J. Malin Residence) Vincent Thomas Bridge Lincoln High School Hollywood Walk of Fame
L.A. County Museum of Art, Ahmanson Gallery The Donut Hole Founder's Church of Religious Science The Bird of Paradise House (Bowler Residence) Lawry's California Center (currently Los Angeles River Center & Gardens) Leonis Adobe Avenue of the Stars
Norton Simon Museum Driftyland Dairy-Port (Driftwood Drive-thru Dairy) Chapel of the Jesus Ethic Eshelman-Bemis House  Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Communications Center Venice West Cafe Los Arboles "Rocketship" Park
Ambassador College Dodger Stadium St. Jerome Catholic Church Hillside Residence Space Flight Operations Facility    
Lokrantz Special Education Center Perpetual Savings Building Sinai Temple VDL (Van der Leeuw) Research House II THUMS Oil Platforms    
L.A. County Hall of Records Hanna-Barbera Building Knollwood United Methodist Church Kappe Residence TRW Space Park Campus (currently Northrop Grumman)    
Robert L. Frost Memorial Auditorium at Culver City High School The Forum St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Balboa Highlands Eichler Tract Santa Monica Freeway    

Glendale Municipal Services Building

Top O' Topanga

 Knox Presbyterian Church Strick House Scientific Data Systems (currently Xerox Building)