The Santa Monica Conservancy is excited to announce MOSAIC: City Expressed, an episode of the ongoing Santa Monica Mosaic livestream series. This event will explore the vibrant arts communities that have shaped Santa Monica’s creative spirit and social conscience. Date: Sunday, September … more
SANTA MONICA, CA – The Santa Monica Conservancy is proud to announce its participation in Doors Open California, a statewide exhibition of California’s premier historic landmarks and sites of design and architecture. See other participating locations. As part of its … more
Image: The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Source: State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO) This Friday, August 2nd, the State Historical Resources Commission will vote on the Conservancy’s nomination to add the Civic Auditorium to the National Register of Historic Places! We urge you to support this … more
A host of new programs and outreach efforts celebrate the Conservancy’s headquarters at the Shotgun House just off Main Street in Ocean Park as a center for neighborhood history and authentic experience of place. SANTA MONICA, Calif.– July 2, 2024 … more
Historian, author and West LA native Ronald Drabkin reveals some of Douglas Aircraft and the historic Associated Telephone Building’s WWII era secrets in the following article, adapted from a chapter in his new work of spy nonfiction, Beverly Hills Spy: … more