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The California Department of Parks and Recreation has published a study based on the public’s need to become more aware of California’s cultural diversity and its tangible manifestations on the land. Five Views: An Ethnic Sites Survey for California (1988) can serve as a best practice example guide for cultural and heritage monuments that celebrate [...]

The Central Avenue Jazz Park across the street from the Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles, and a tile mural created by community youths in the Park, commemorate the Golden Age of Jazz in Los Angeles. The Park and tile mural are a best practice example of a cultural, historical, or artistic resource that celebrates [...]

The children of the Anahuak Youth Association planted trees and kicked off the 2008 soccer season on April 19 to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of the Rio de Los Angeles State Park at Taylor Yard as part of the greening of the Los Angeles River. Anahuak and The City Project worked with [...]

The Biddy Mason Wall is a best practice example of the kind of cultural, historical, and artistic monument that Los Angeles should celebrate.

Born a slave in Mississippi in 1818, Biddy Mason walked behind her owner’s wagon, first to Utah then to Los Angeles. A federal judge freed her in 1856, before the United States Supreme [...]

Great Wall of Los Angeles

The Great Wall of Los Angeles exemplifies a cultural, historical, and artistic monument that celebrates diversity and democracy.

The Great Wall is one of the city’s great landmarks and one of the country’s most respected monuments to multicultural harmony. The Great Wall depicts the history of people of color and other ethnic [...]

Manzanar is a best practice example of a cultural, historical, or artistic monument that reflects diversity, democracy, and freedom.

The mission statement at Manzanar states :
Manzanar National Historic Site preserves the stories and resources of Manzanar for this and future generations. We will facilitate a park experience that weaves the stories of the various occupations of [...]

Cultural, historical and artistic monuments should reflect the diversity of a place and its people. People of color and women have been vital to the creation of Los Angeles throughout the history of the City and the area.
Yet with almost 900 official cultural and historical landmarks in the City of Los Angeles as of January [...]

Cultural, historical and artistic monuments should reflect the diversity of a place and its people. People of color and women have been vital to the creation of Los Angeles throughout the history of the City and the area. Yet with almost 900 official cultural and historical monuments in the City of Los Angeles, only about [...]