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GASP! The Fairfax Theatre husk has sold to the best possible buyer

A.F. Gilmore Company, the family office that developed and maintains the Original Farmer’s Market, has purchased the landmarked Fairfax Theatre facade and the land inside it for a very fair $7.2 Million.

https://atlasbrief.la/atlas-brief/7901-beverly-blvd

They recently bought the surface parking lot to the north, too. Gilmore understands heritage, good design and community-serving development, and we’re excited and hopeful to see what they have planned. This is very happy news for the Fairfax and for Art Deco in Los Angeles!

https://esotouric.substack.com/p/whokilledthefairfax

u/esotouric_tours — 12 days ago
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Motion carries, MacArthur Park fencing approved even though the "final" report is not final and trees and migratory birds are endangered by lack of safety measures. Will there be a CEQA lawsuit to protect heritage trees and wildlife or will the City do the right thing?

u/esotouric_tours — 14 days ago
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Was just driving down the street yesterday in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, as one does, and drove by this lovely Art Deco building at 2619 E 8th Street. What a nice surprise ! 📸:me/10/01/2026

u/The-Art-Deco-Dude — 13 days ago
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re: Warner Bros/PAramount

In all this debacle, no one has mentioned the historic legacy of these two studios. I am concerned that the "renaming" will physically affect the two sites — erasure of the water tower signage at WB and the iconic Paramount gate signage examples

Years ago, we lost swaths of historic backlots of 20th Century studios and MGM studios and no-one cared ( well, I did, but you know what I mean )

Warner Bros, Universal, Paramount, etc are pieces of the legacy of America and should be protected. For over 100 years, movies and music have been the greatest exports the United States ever had. The movies and music of WW2 were integral to the defeat of nazi Germany.

Are/can these studios be designated as national historic legacy sites to protect them in some way from erasure by over zealous billionaires? What about state and county designations?

Warner Bros alone, despite MGM's golden reputation, is historically the most significant movie studio of all

I could go on, but putting this out there because I am very worried

EDIT: Destruction is a real worry - Just recently, WB decimated is satellite lot THE RANCH and we lost a lot of iconic viable structures

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u/jhld — 12 days ago
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Staff from CD1, Rec and Parks and the Mayor's office are telling the RAP Commissioners about the MacArthur Park fence project. November 2026 start--with no complete plan, no tree protection, no bird safety plan. Very concerned!

u/esotouric_tours — 14 days ago