For starters, save this place. Maintain it and save it from development: Esotouric's Monastery of the Angels Advocacy Campaign.
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| Image snicked from the monastery's website. |
According to the Esotouric article (and given how Los Angeles destroys its history, I have no reason to believing otherwise) the historic monastery is being marketed as a teardown to developers. Although the idea of a historic Catholic monastery in the Hollywood Hills seems odd, it's been there for years and the land - up in the hills just off Gower, north of Franklin Avenue and the 101 Freeway - is no doubt incredibly valuable. And since developers and politicians only care about money and not the rapidly disappearing beauty that was once Los Angeles - I have a terrible feeling that no matter how hard Esotouric, LA Conservancy, or anyone else fights for the monastery - deep-pocketed developers are going to have their way and the monastery will be demolished for a modern development (ugh).
No kidding - I would live there. Not destroy it.
The whole state, county, and city are so corrupt that even if I was filthy rich (I'm talking Bill Gates/Mark Zuckerberg/Jeff Bezos/Steven Spielberg/Nancy Pelosi/insert name of any other filthy rich person here combined) and wanted to save this place, I'm pretty sure that because I would be using my riches to preserve important Los Angeles history and not line the pockets of local politicians and big shots, I would still lose this place to developers. I'd be ruled against by crooked, bought pols (aren't they all).
I will support this fight, but I don't have a good feeling about this. Decent people who don't want places like this bulldozed aren't in control, in fact we really have no say at all.
Also, it closed on Christmas Eve. COLD.
God bless the Monastery of the Angels.
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