Milestones in the Community
- In 1977, the recent past begins to become a preservation issue, eventually the Society for Commercial Archeology (SCA) primarily based in Boston shows the way to document recent past landmarks.
http://sca-roadside.org/content/timeline - In January 1977, David Gebhard and Robert Winter write A Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles & Southern California. The book is later amended with editions in 1985, 1994 and 2003 that includes the ever increasing list of Modern architecture landmarks.
1977 Edition
1985 Edition
1994 Edition
2003 Edition - In 1981, SCA hosts a session at the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual meeting in New York, The Future of the Recent Past, along with a tour in Miami’s Art Deco District.
- In 1981 The Museum of Neon Art (MONA) is founded to save historic kinetic neon signs in Los Angeles.
Tangents
Some of the other groups and/or individuals inspired by or whose work either piggybacked on the efforts of ModCom or worked in tandem in order to educate the general public about MCM Preservation include:
- Alan Hess www.alanhess.net
- American Institute of Architects Los Angeles www.aialosangeles.org/
- Art Deco Society www.adsla.org
- DaCamera Society has included concerts in MidMod landmarks by Ray Kappe, John Lautner and others. http://dacamera.org/
- Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy savewright.org or www.hollyhockhouse.net
- Great Autos www.greatautos.org
- MAK Center for Art and Architecture www.makcenter.org
- PS ModCom www.psmodcom.org
- Recent Past Preservation Network www.recentpast.org
- SHAG www.shag.com
