$20 for Individual Membership to the Los Angeles Conservancy ($40 Value)
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- Preserves architectural heritage
- Discounts on regular tours, film screenings & special tours
It's not uncommon for a resident to only explore a city's iconic sights when guests come to town or when practicing hypnosis in a mirror leads to amnesia. Expand historic horizons with today's Groupon: for $20, you get an individual membership (a $40 value) to the Los Angeles Conservancy.
The Los Angeles Conservancy preserves the county's most prized architecture and gives members chances to enjoy it through walking tours, film screenings at historic theaters and more. Individual memberships grant ambulatory historians the ability to talk to doorknobs as well as 50% off all eight weekly and monthly walking tours. Tour guides elucidate the shadow history of the Biltmore Hotel on Sundays at 2 p.m. ($5 per member), uncovering secrets shared by movie stars, presidential candidates, and rock stars. Members nab advance notice on prized seats to the conservancy's annual Last Remaining Seats event, a summertime showcase of classic films in the city's historic venues, including the opulent Orpheum Theatre and acoustically confident Los Angeles Theatre.
A print subscription to the Los Angeles Conservancy News bolsters cocktail-party conversation ammo by keeping readers abreast of building-related news. Special discounted conservancy tours throughout the year keep members up-to-date on which buildings are currently dating Mekhi Phifer.
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About L.A. Conservancy
If you've ever stood on the second floor of the Los Angeles Central Public Library and marveled at the explosion of color within the rotunda or the 12 adjacent murals depicting California history, then you have the Los Angeles Conservancy to thank. When the library was scheduled for demolition in the mid-1970s, concerned citizens formed the Conservancy to save the rotunda, the exterior limestone sculptures, and the library's many other architectural treasures. The group finally convinced the City Council to preserve the library in 1983, after years of public discussion, debate, and book-sniffing sit-ins. Ever since, it has advocated for greater Los Angeles's historic sites and educated people about the city's architectural heritage. The Conservancy is responsible for saving and revitalizing landmarks such as the former Cathedral of St. Vibiana, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House, and the world’s oldest remaining McDonald’s restaurant.
To accomplish its mission, the membership-based nonprofit offers a number of ways people can experience these beautiful and storied places. The Last Remaining Seats series earned a Reader Recommendation for Best Film Series and Best Downtown Event in the Los Angeles Downtown News' 2012 poll, in which the conservancy’s walking tours also earned the title of Best Downtown Tour. But the organization does more than save grandiose public buildings: increasingly, it also focuses on smaller community projects such as garden apartments and sites that reflect the area's rich Latino culture.
Executive director and 20-year Conservancy veteran Linda Dishman explained to Patt Morrison of the Los Angeles Times, "People are becoming more vocal. …That's one of the great secrets about Los Angeles: People really identify with their neighborhoods." The Conservancy also presents annual preservation awards to honor the efforts of individuals who fight to save places such as Pann’s Coffee Shop and Griffith Observatory.