Dear Friend of Pershing Square,

On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 1:30pm, the Cultural Affairs Commission will host a telephonic meeting to discuss several pending Architectural Submission action items, including Item B, PERSHING SQUARE MODERNIZATION.

If approved, this would begin the process of spending an estimated $24 Million to do a small portion of the "winning" Agence Ter design from the opaque Pershing Square Renew design competition hosted by disgraced Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar.

Even though he is under RICO indictment, Huizar's logo actually appears on the renderings submitted to the Commissioners!

This project is not what the citizens of Los Angeles want, and it is not even what the judges in Huizar's design competition voted for. The city should not waste millions of dollars on doing something so half-baked at Pershing Square. The park and Los Angeles deserve better.

Please call in (instructions below) and tell the Commissioners to vote no on Item B, PERSHING SQUARE MODERNIZATION. Here is a suggestion of what you might say, and feel free to personalize this message.

"Commissioners, my name is [my name] and I am a resident of [my neighborhood]. I'm asking that you please not approve Item B, Pershing Square Modernization. The non-transparent design competition that resulted in this item was spearheaded by Councilman Jose Huizar, ignoring more than 2300 Angelenos who signed the petition asking that John Parkinson's 1910 design be restored. Huizar has since been indicted under Federal racketeering charges and removed from office. Don't squander millions on a Pershing Square redesign that the public doesn't want, and that doesn't even include the historic monuments that have been in the park for generations. Please do the right thing and vote no. Pershing Square deserves better." 

TO CALL: Dial 1 (669) 900-6833 and enter Meeting ID 939-6621-5269 for listening to the meeting and making public comments

TO SEE THE AGENDA: Click the PDF link here

TO SEE THE DESIGN PROPOSAL: Click here

For more information about the historic park, the restoration campaign and what comes next, please visit: https://restorepershingsquare.blogspot.com

yours for Los Angeles,
Kim Cooper & Richard Schave
The Pershing Square Restoration Society