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.
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.
The current HPOZs in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Planning Division, Historic Preservation department, [1] include:
Zone Name | Community Plan Area | Area Planning Commission | Adopted | Reference |
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52nd Place [lower-alpha 1] | Southeast Los Angeles | South Los Angeles | 2015 | |
Adams-Normandie | South Los Angeles | South Los Angeles | 2000 | |
Angelino Heights | Silver Lake - Echo Park | East Los Angeles | 1983 | |
Balboa Highlands | Granada Hills - Knollwood | North Valley | 2010 | |
Banning Park | Wilmington - Harbor City | Harbor | 2001 | |
Carthay Circle | Wilshire | Central | 1998 | |
Carthay Square | Wilshire | Central | 2017 | |
Country Club Park | Wilshire | Central | 2010 | |
El Sereno - Berkshire | Northeast Los Angeles | East Los Angeles | 2017 | |
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 | 2010 | |||
Spaulding Square | ||||
Stonehurst | ||||
Sunset Square | ||||
University Park | ||||
Van Nuys | 2005 | |||
Vinegar Hill | ||||
West Adams Terrace | ||||
Western Heights | ||||
Whitley Heights | ||||
Wilshire Park | ||||
Windsor Square | ||||
Windsor Village |
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