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City council sends Holiday Bowl dispute to planning committee after developer agrees to 60-day hold
Summary
After a heated public hearing, the Los Angeles City Council voted to send the question of designating the Holiday Bowl as a cultural resource to the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee and secured a 60-day developer agreement not to seek demolition permits while parties negotiate preservation and redevelopment options.
The Los Angeles City Council on Sept. 12 sent the dispute over the Holiday Bowl on Crenshaw Boulevard to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee after receiving an agreement from the property owner to refrain from pulling demolition permits for 60 days.
Council Member Mark Holden, who chaired the committee hearing, urged the council to preserve the Holiday Bowl for one year while preservationists seek a buyer or funding to restore the building. "My recommendation to the council ... is that the bowl be reserved for the period of a year," Holden said, adding that the structure has local historic and social value.
The council heard competing presentations from preservation advocates and the property owner’s representatives. Jay Orrin of the Cultural Affairs Department told the council the Holiday Bowl, built in 1957, "is a good example of increasingly rare Googie style modern architecture" and that the Cultural Heritage Commission found the site "a…
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