THE EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MIXED USE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES: CONFLICT OR MUTUAL ACCOMMODATION?

COLLOQUIUM IX:  “THE EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MIXED USE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES:  CONFLICT OR MUTUAL ACCOMMODATION?”  
Presented by the Los Angeles Region Planning History Group
Saturday, October 5, 2013Continental Breakfast and Registration:  9:00-9:30 a.m. Colloquium:  9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., including guided walking tour
Event is $50.00 and $35 for studentsLocation: Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)350 Merrick Street (between Alameda and Santa Fe, just north of E.4thSt.); free parking provided in lot adjacent
Description: Although Los Angeles is associated internationally with glitz and glamour, it has always been a working city, with a rich industrial heritage. Even today, Los Angeles County is the largest manufacturing center in the United States, accounting for over 365,000 jobs in 2012.  But many industrial properties are in transition, with recent market pressures for residential development and dramatic changes in the workplace creating new demand for flexible industrial space and green technology.  All of these changes are most visible on the ground in downtown Los Angeles, in the Arts District community and adjacent industrial lands along the Los Angeles River.            Join us for a look at Los Angeles’ industrial legacy and future planning policies for industrial land, as seen close-up, through the prism of one of the city’s most fascinating and rapidly-changing neighborhoods. The colloquium will include a presentation on Downtown’s industrial heritage, a walking tour of the Arts District, and a lively panel discussion on present and future policy challenges.  Ken Bernstein, Principal City Planner for Policy Planning and Historic Resources, Los Angeles Department of City Planning, will moderate the panel. 
Panelists and Tour Guides to Include:
Greg Fischer,  historian and principal of LA1781, Inc. a real estate research consulting firm,  and former Planning/Transportation Deputy, Councilmember Jan PerryAlan Bell, Deputy Director of Planning, City of Los Angeles, overseeing policies for industrial land and preparation of Los Angeles’ new zoning codeYuval Bar-Zemer, Principal, Linear City Development, developers of transformative projects in the Arts District Donald Spivack, former Deputy Administrator and Deputy Chief of Operations for the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA), where he oversaw policy for key downtown industrial lands
RESERVATIONS
Event Fee is $50; for students with valid student IDs, $35 Fee includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch
Seating is limited to 110 attendees; please confirm your attendance to: Alice Lepis, Secretary alepis@prodigy.net (preferred) or at 818.769.4179 on or before Noon, Wednesday, October 2, 2013
You may pay either of two ways:
1.    Pay Pal which is accessible through the LARPHG website: LARPHG.org
(or)
2.    Check payable to:  “Los Angeles Region Planning History Group”with completed registration form sent to:
Los Angeles Region Planning History GroupC/o Alice Lepis, Secretary11227 Acama StreetNorth Hollywood, CA 91602
Please include a copy of your student ID if you are registering as a student.
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