Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone

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The Historic Preservation Overlay Zone of the City of Los Angeles in California has been hailed by historic preservation advocates for its pioneering program, which designates not just buildings but entire neighborhoods or districts as worthy of historic preservation.

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Most of these districts are areas dominated by Victorian and Craftsman single-family houses, but some are predominantly Mission Revival or Spanish Colonial Revival, and one (the Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract) is a mid-century modern area.

List of HPOZs

The current HPOZs in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Planning Division, Historic Preservation department, [1] include:

Zone NameCommunity Plan AreaArea Planning CommissionAdoptedReference
52nd Place [lower-alpha 1] Southeast Los AngelesSouth Los Angeles2015
Adams-Normandie South Los AngelesSouth Los Angeles2000
Angelino Heights Silver Lake - Echo ParkEast Los Angeles1983
Balboa HighlandsGranada Hills - KnollwoodNorth Valley2010
Banning ParkWilmington - Harbor CityHarbor2001
Carthay Circle WilshireCentral1998
Carthay Square WilshireCentral2017
Country Club Park WilshireCentral2010
El Sereno - BerkshireNortheast Los AngelesEast Los Angeles2017
Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract
Hancock Park
Harvard Heights
Highland Park - Garvanza
Hollywood Grove
Jefferson Park
Lafayette Square
Lincoln Heights
Melrose Hill
Miracle Mile
Miracle Mile North
Oxford Square
Pico - Union
South Carthay
Spaulding Square
Stonehurst
Sunset Square
University Park
Van Nuys
Vinegar Hill
West Adams Terrace
Western Heights
Whitley Heights
Wilshire Park
Windsor Square
Windsor Village

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Notes

  1. Neighborhood listed with the National Register of Historic Places (2009)

Citations

  1. "Local Historic Districts (HPOZs)". Los Angeles Planning Division. City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 27 January 2021.