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February 9th 2010

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Photos of WAHA's 2009 Living History Tour

Harold K. Smith as bank guard William Henry Shores Our annual Living History Tour at the historic Angelus Rosedale Cemetery took place this year on September 26. Every year, WAHA selects different individuals buried at the cemetery to portray.
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Planning Commission votes to Protect Monument Interiors

By Jim Robinson, President

WAHA members should be very proud of the role they played in persuading the Planning Commission to continue protecting monument interiors through the city's Cultural Heritage Ordinance.

WAHA E-News 9-14-2009

A Victory (For Now) on Historic Interiors, WAHA Living History Tour, Newcomers Dessert, and more!
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Happy 100th!

Judd Hirsh (left) discusses options with Numb3rs co-creator Nick Falacci at Gray Residence.

Many West Adams preservationists celebrate their home's centennial with a party. But for Ed Trosper and David Raposa, their home's 100th anniversary year was ushered in with another milestone event. In late March, CBS filmed the 100th episode of the TV series Numb3rs at the Trosper/Raposa home, known officially in preservation circles as the Gray Residence, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 600.

Eminent restoration architect Martin Eli Weil, a longtime West Adams resident and a charter member of West Adams Heritage Association, passed away at his Harvard Heights home in late February.

An expert in historic design, materials and colors, Weil specialized in restoration projects of landmark historic homes -- such as the recently completed MacGowan Mansion on Adams Boulevard -- and other significant historic properties, primarily in Southern California. Weil was renown in historic preservation circles, not just for his involvement with a series of famed projects -- from restorations of Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House and Storer Residence to the El Capitan Theatre, the Ebell Theater, Pasadena City Hall, the Griffith Park Observatory, and the John Russell Pope-designed Henry and Arabella Huntington mausoleum in the gardens of the Huntington Library in San Marino, to name a few -- but also for his unflagging support for numerous West Adams neighbors in their efforts to correctly identify original colors and appropriate materials for the restorations of their own historic homes.