Mission Statement
The Los Angeles Region Planning History Group will actively utilize planning history in the Los Angeles region, including its individual cities, to guide those who are creating its future. The Group will promote the understanding and study of its history through programs and activities, the collection and preservation of major plans, oral and written histories and related documents in planning and related disciplines.
Latest News & Events
- COLLOQUIUM VI: “LOS ANGELES: INVENTED SPACES OR AUTHENTIC PLACES?”
Presented by the Los Angeles Region Planning History Group in cooperation with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West Huntington Library and Gardens, Friends’ Hall Saturday, July 9, 2011 Coffee & Pastries: 9:30 a.m. Colloquiu...
- COLLOQUIUM V: “TRANSPORTATION PLANNING – FOLLOW THE MONEY!”
Saturday, June 19, 2010 LARPHG Board member Allyn Rifkin, former Chief of the Bureau of Land Use and Transportation Management, City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation, moderated Colloquium V. Panelists: Genevieve Giuliano, Dire...
- COLLOQUIUM IV: “LEARNING FROM LOS ANGELES: L.A. ZONING TURNS 100”
Saturday, March 27, 2010 LARPHG Board member Ken Bernstein, Director of the City of Los Angeles Planning Department’s Office of Historic Resources, moderated Colloquium IV. Panelists: Greg Hise, PhD., historian of American cities, Universi...
- COLLOQUIUM III: "BABY BOOMER SUBURBIA: YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW"
Saturday, May 30, 2009 LARPHG President Marsha Rood, Principal of Urban Reinventions, moderated Colloquium III. Presenters: Dowell Myers, Professor of Urban Planning and Demography; School of Policy, Planning and Development, Universit...
- COLLOQUIUM II: “BEYOND THE BULLDOZER: SURVEYLA - FINDING L.A.’S HISTORY TO PLAN OUR FUTURE CITY”
Saturday, November 22, 2008 LARPHG Board member David Sloane, PhD, Professor, Urban Planning & Development and History; Director, Master of Planning Program, USC, moderated Colloquium II. Panelists: Ken Bernstein, Manager, Office of ...