Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zone Explained

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.

List of HPOZs

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
52nd Place	Southeast Los Angeles	South Los Angeles	2015	https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/52nd-place
	South Los Angeles	South Los Angeles	2000	https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/adams-normandie
	Silver Lake - Echo Park	East Los Angeles	1983	https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/angelino-heights
Balboa Highlands	Granada Hills - Knollwood	North Valley	2010	https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/balboa-highlands
Banning Park	Wilmington - Harbor City	Harbor	2001	https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/banning-park
	Wilshire	Central	1998	https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/carthay-circle
	Wilshire	Central	2017	https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/carthay-square
	Wilshire	Central	2010	https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/country-club-park
El Sereno - Berkshire	Northeast Los Angeles	East Los Angeles	2017	https://planning.lacity.org/preservation-design/overlays/el-sereno-berkshire
Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract
Hollywood Grove
Oxford Square
Pico - Union
Sunset Square
University Park
Van Nuys				2005
Vinegar Hill
Windsor Village

See also

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References

Citations

External links

• City of Los Angeles: Historic Preservation Overlay Zones
• Los Angeles Conservancy: City of Los Angeles Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZ)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Historic Districts (HPOZs) . Los Angeles Planning Division . City of Los Angeles . 27 January 2021.