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A win-win case: SAMITAUR project in Culver city

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Solar, Giora (2012) A win-win case: SAMITAUR project in Culver city. In: ICOMOS 17th General Assembly, 2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02, Paris, France. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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Culver City is a city in Western Los Angeles County. It became a center for film studios which were at the time the main employers. The first studio was built by Thomas Ince in 1918, followed by Hal Roach and Metro Goldwin Mayer, in the 1920's. This article introduces the various causes of the decline of Culver City, as unemployment, poverty, tension, bad reputation, loss of inhabitants. on the other hand the article presents the evolution of this city by discussing the question of the restoration and conversion of old industrial buildings and its contribution to socio-economic development of Culver city.

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Solar, Giora
giorasolar3@gmail.com
Languages: English
Keywords: Old buildings; Industrial buildings; Architecture; Rehabilitation; Conservation; Restoration ; conversion; Properties; Economic aspects ; Social aspects; Culver
Subjects: C. ARCHITECTURE > 01. Generalities
D. URBANISM > 04. Rehabilitation
E. CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION > 01. Generalities
J. HERITAGE ECONOMICS > 05. Heritage and sustainable development
P. GEOGRAPHIC AREAS > 01. Americas
Name of monument, town, site, museum: City of Culver (Western Los Angeles County)
ICOMOS Special Collection: Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
ICOMOS Special Collection Volume: 2011, 17th
Depositing User: ICOMOS DocCentre
Date Deposited: 03 Jul 2012 13:02
Last Modified: 22 May 2023 15:13
URI: https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1109

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