Carthay Square, HPOZs and the Effort to Preserve a Neighborhood

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The residents of Carthay Square want to turn their neighborhood into a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). Gideon Brower reports on a process that hits some bumps in the road: the uglier history of pretty homes, and budget cuts that stall years of work and do not stop development.

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Marilouise Morgan bought her house in 1959.
“Just look around and see what’s happening east of us, where residences went in favor of large apartment buildings.”(The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)

The residents of Carthay Square want to turn their neighborhood into a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). Gideon Brower reports on a process that hit some bumps in the road: the uglier history of pretty homes, and budget cuts that stall years of the community’s work and do not stop new development. Listen to his story here.