Modern Times

Here's a chance to check out some of L.A.'s modern architecture in one fell swoop... including, yes, the old McDonald's restaurant in Downey. From the L.A. Conservancy:

ModCom 20th Anniversary Tour - "20/20/20"
20 years, 20 sites, 20 bucks (member price)
September 18-19, 2004

The weekend of September 18-19, join the Modern Committee on a 20th anniversary tour celebrating the 'greatest hits' of L.A. Modern architecture preserved in the past two decades. This two-day, self-driven tour includes such diverse monuments to Modernism as:

:: The Charles and Ray Eames Home and Studio in Pacific Palisades

:: The Gregory Ain Mar Vista tract, the city's newest historic district and the first composed solely of postwar Modern homes

:: The beautifully restored Pann's restaurant in Inglewood

:: The gleaming, quintessential auto showroom, Casa de Cadillac in Sherman Oaks

:: Richard Neutra's former home, VDL Research House II, in Silver Lake

:: R.M. Schindler's Elliot House in Los Feliz

:: The world's oldest McDonalds restaurant (in Downey)

:: A.C. Martin's striking Municipal Services Building in Glendale (co-presented with the Glendale Historical Society)

:: A trip down memory lane with the Museum of Neon Art, a longtime partner with ModCom in preserving important vintage signage

:: The 1958 former Union Oil headquarters in downtown L.A.

Tickets are $20 for Los Angeles Conservancy members and $30 for non-members. To order, download the form below or request one by calling the Los Angeles Conservancy Ticket Hotline at (213) 430.4219

(Thanks to Lisa for the head's up!)