Jeffrey Brown:
First, of course, come the individual lives, livelihoods and homes, an enormous devastation measured in thousands of very specific losses.
But the story of a community, a city, a region is also told through its cultural, historical and architectural heritage. And here too the recent Los Angeles fires have been devastating.
Adrian Scott Fine is president and CEO of the Los Angeles Conservancy.
Adrian Scott Fine, President and CEO, Los Angeles Conservancy: Los Angeles says many things, and certainly that is the case for the Palisades and Altadena. It’s not one thing. It’s layers of history. You have to work for it a little harder to understand its story, its heritage, and why it’s important.
But it’s here, and I think, again, now we’re understanding just how important it was and also so much we have lost.
