The Preservation Diaries: Can Los Angeles Teach Gotham About City Planning and Historic Preservation? By Susan Kathryn Hefti. Originally Published by The Clyde Fitch Report 1/6/2010
Susan Kathryn Hefti's column, The Preservation Diaries , was originally published by the online magazine, The Clyde Fitch Report , which covered the nexus between culture & politics, particularly in NYC. Ms. Hefti's column was also frequently reprinted by Historic Districts Council and several other venerable NYC historic preservation organizations. Her article entitled, Can Los Angeles Teach Gotham About City Planning and Historic Preservation? was originally published by The Clyde Fitch Report on January 6, 2010. Below is an archival reprint of Can Los Angeles Teach Gotham About City Planning and Historic Preservation? by Susan Kathryn Hefti: The French artist and engineer, Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant, must have thought he had died and gone to heaven. President George Washington had asked his fellow revolutionary soldier to design the nation’s capital city on what was a near-empty canvas: the land designated by the fledgling U.S. Congress was still relat...