Save the Derby

The last of the original Brown Derby restaurants is scheduled for the wrecking ball. Help save it by signing the petition.

And while your at it, check out Los Angeles Time Machines for some of the living history of LA that hasn't been destroyed by developers.

And, if you're interested in the history of LA, check out the 1947 Project, a "day-by-day blog of the year's most lurid misdeeds, complete with photos and directions to the locations where they occurred and wry commentary on the spot's current architectural and preservation status (or, more often, lack thereof)."