Tag Archives: Southwest Museum

No Way to Run a City: Underhanded Approval of Autry Museum Expansion Creates Uproar

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Southwest Museum Coalition has sent out an urgent request for supporters to call and email key City Council members to take jurisdiction over the Recreation and Parks Commission’s approval of renovations and expansion of the Autry Museum … Continue reading →

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Help Preserve the Historic Southwest Museum with a Click of Your Mouse

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

With a simple click of your mouse, you can help supporters of the Southwest Museum win a $25,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help restore the building to public use.. The Southwest, LA’s oldest museum, has … Continue reading →

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Huizar’s Prenuptial Deal: Binding Agreement to Keep Both Autry, Southwest as Living Museums

Posted on June 30, 2009 by

In a dramatic last-minute shift, Councilman Jose Huizar proposed a “prenuptial agreement” that would require the Autry National Center to renovate the Southwest Museum in Mt. Washington and operate it as a living museum as part of its lease agreement … Continue reading →

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Autry vs. Southwest Shootout: Symbol of LA’s Cultural and Political Poverty

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

Editor’s Note: If you support retaining the Southwest Museum as a a living museum, you can help by going to the Friends of the Southwest Museum’s website  and joining their email and fax campaign. Of all the dozens of city … Continue reading →

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Save the Southwest Museum — will the City Council listen to the pleas of the community

Posted on September 10, 2008 by

Several community activists turned out today for public comment before the City Council to make the case that the Autry National Museum has reneged on its commitment to keep the Southwest Museum functioning as a living museum. The Southwest is … Continue reading →

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The Saving L.A. Project (SLAP) mobilizes on key issues that protect community interests and taxpayer dollars

Posted on September 8, 2008 by

Lucille Saunders discusses LaBrea-Willoughby Coalition’s infrastructure lawsuit d Editor’s Note: The Saving L.A. Project will hold another Town Hall meeting on Saturday Oct. 4 at the Charo Community Development Center at 4301 E. Valley Blvd. in the El Sereno neighborhood. … Continue reading →

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A city without shame: Lobbyists aren’t the problem — corrupt city officials are

Posted on September 1, 2008 by

Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a continuing series on how City Hall is robbing the Mt. Washington-Highland Park neighborhood of its greatest treasure, the Southwest Museum. This theft will only be stopped if community groups across the … Continue reading →

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