California Theater
Your article (Sept. 5) on the demolition of the California Theater quotes me as saying, “It should come down.” I did not say that and did not imply that. For two years my organization, the Los Angeles Conservancy, has led the fight to prevent the demolition of that theater. We stopped the demolition in the autumn of 1988. We worked for more than a year in seeking tenants for the building. Though we lost this particular fight, we remain unalterably opposed to the destruction of historic buildings of such significance, and would never advocate the demolition of the California Theater.
JAY ROUNDS, Executive Director
Los Angeles Conservancy
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