Requiem for a Landmark
How can our schools teach children respect for the past if they have none themselves?
L.A. Unified’s decision to raze the KEHE radio building is another harmful, destructive act by an ignorant bureaucracy--and adds another significant landmark to L.A.’s long obituary of demolished architecture (“Failing a Landmark,” July 15, by Nicolai Ouroussoff.)
There are many successful Moderne schools in Los Angeles still in use, so why not build a school that complements the existing structure?
A creative architect would be able to incorporate KEHE into the new school, while giving this landmark a much-needed renovation.
I almost never vote for policy that raises taxes, unless it benefits education. This latest outrage by L.A. Unified may change my mind.
GREGORY D. STANTON
Los Angeles
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