MyHistoricLA.org is a program of SurveyLA, the citywide Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey project (www.surveyla.org). MyHistoricLA.org is a public participation tool that allows you to contribute information about important historic resources in your community. This information is used by professional survey teams as they systematically conduct field surveys over a multi-year period.

MyHistoricLA.org allows a diverse audience of participants to discuss and suggest historic resources. Anyone interested in suggesting historic resources can simply jump online from work, home, school, or wherever they have Internet access to join in the MyHistoricLA.org discussion.

"MyHistoricLA.org is a creative tool to bring new constituencies into a citywide conversation about historic preservation," said Linda Dishman, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Conservancy. "It will spark an engaging on-line dialogue about places that matter to Angelenos -- and help identify and protect some of Los Angeles' hidden gems."

MyHistoricLA.org is currently engaging in the following conversations…

· Can you tell us about a place in North Hollywood that makes it special?

· Can you identify and tell us about a club house or meeting hall that played an important role in Los Angeles history?

· Do you know the location and story of any buildings, structures, or landscapes associated with the agricultural history of North Hollywood or the San Fernando Valley?

· What Los Angeles/North Hollywood neighborhood do you think is the best example of Post WWII residential development and suburbanization?

MyHistoricLA.org will explore new topics of conversation every four to eight weeks.

SurveyLA is Los Angeles' first-ever effort to identify, inventory and document historic resources in the city. While Los Angeles has over 1,000 local landmarks and 29 historic districts, only 15 percent of the city had ever been surveyed, leaving important resources at risk. When complete, SurveyLA will provide valuable information to city officials, homeowners, neighborhood associations, developers and preservation groups.

SurveyLA is made possible through a multi-year matching grant from the Getty Foundation, with ongoing technical and advisory support from the Getty Conservation Institute. MyHistoricLA.org and the project’s public participation program is also made possible by a grant from the California Office of Historic Preservation.

The project’s field surveys of historic resources are now well underway, with survey work now complete in the City’s Hollywood, Sunland-Tujunga and West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Community Plan Areas and nearly complete in Palms-Mar Vista, West Los Angeles, Central City North, San Pedro, Wilmington-Harbor City, and Harbor Gateway. These preliminary survey results will be released during the first half of 2012. The MyHistoricLA outreach activities will help shape the next phase of field surveys, which will focus heavily on communities in the San Fernando Valley and the Westside.

“We’re excited to be sparking this new citywide conversation about significant places and neighborhoods in Los Angeles,” said Ken Bernstein, Manager of the City of Los Angeles’ Office of Historic Resources. “And the public input will have a real impact: every site identified by the public through this forum will be flagged and thoroughly evaluated in our citywide survey.”

Sign up at MyHistoricLA.org and join the discussion!