Continuity of Place

This is a building on Main and Fifth in downtown Los Angeles. According to Brigham Yen the building is known as the Pershing Hotel and was built in 1889. The structure is being converted into affordable housing for the homeless and very low income population. The image above shows the structure with a construction fence around it before demolition of the guts if the building. The three images below show the facade braced while the new building is constructed behind it. While this method of facade preservation doesn't provide all the benefits of preserving the entire building, such as keeping the demolition of debris out of landfills, it helps maintain continuity of place in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.

 

 

Related:  Older buildings, continuity of place, and the human experience.

  

Historic designation

Above is a plaque in the Northside of Pittsburgh.

Below are hand written notices of the historic nature of a building in Oatman, Arizona. 

They both accomplish the same thing, but the hand written note seems so much more earnest and adamant that you know as much about the building as possible. There is a more formal (and very worn) sign indicating the building is on the National Register.