Linda Dishman

Los Angeles Conservancy

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Linda Dishman is president and CEO of the Los Angeles Conservancy.

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It looks like a big, white flying saucer that landed on its four legs, and if you’ve taken off or touched down at LAX in the past 50 years, chances are you’ve noticed it.

What would you like to see go inside LAX’s Theme Building?

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A corner of the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences in Silver Lake Photo by  David Hartwell  
 Pioneering architect Richard Neutra's VDL Studio and Residences in Silver Lake have been…

Neutra's Silver Lake house named a national historic landmark

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