Diane Keaton Fights McMansion Takeover Through LA Conservancy
Written by Vegetarian Star on November 9th, 2010 in Actresses, Animal Issues, Environment-Eco-Green.
Diane Keaton makes time for community activism in between raising children and reciting lines on screen. These are just as equally important as her acting, as she told MSNBC her outside interests were included as goals for her future career.
“I’m on the board of the Los Angeles Conservancy. I care about buildings and I care about restoring buildings and I care about protecting buildings from being torn down. I’m an animal advocate. I’m on the board of the Helen Woodward Animal Center, which is down in San Diego, a leading proponent of the no-kill situation for dogs and pets and people, adopt a dog, you know.”
The Los Angeles Conservancy has worked to defend some of the historic areas as LA designated through HPOZ, or Historic Preservation Overlay Zones. At times, some residents have fought HPOZ, stating it hurts their ability to make a building more eco-friendly, but according to the Conservancy, just the opposite is true.
“We’ve all seen how drastic alterations, teardowns, and McMansions can destroy a historic neighborhood’s unique character.”
“Since 1979, the City of Los Angeles’ HPOZ ordinance has offered people a way to manage—not prevent—change in these neighborhoods in a way that balances private property rights with the protection of the qualities that attracted residents in the first place. Los Angeles has twenty-three HPOZs, with more than a dozen more in the works.”
“Many historic homes also have built-in conservation features, from cross-ventilation to insulating building materials such as lath and plaster, clay tile, and slate roofs. And it’s entirely feasible to increase energy efficiency in historic homes without replacing original doors or windows.”
Plus, some environmentally friendly adaptations, such as solar panels, are completely allowable under HPOZ, making LA’s historic designation system a good combination of both preservation and progress.
Photo: PR Photos
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