{"id":52614,"date":"2025-08-01T13:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/52614\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:36:17","slug":"saved-from-the-wrecking-ball-existing-homes-across-la-are-relocated-onto-altadena-lots-destroyed-by-wildfires-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/52614\/","title":{"rendered":"Saved from the wrecking ball, existing homes across LA are relocated onto Altadena lots destroyed by wildfires | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles-based firm Omgivning<\/a> has announced a new initiative to relocate historic homes across Altadena<\/a>, supporting families impacted by the recent Eaton Canyon and Palisades wildfires<\/a>. Titled the Historic House Relocation Project, the effort aims to offer a faster, more affordable, and more sustainable alternative to conventional rebuilding methods<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Taft Avenue house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/a>Taft Avenue house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/p>\n

The project brings together a coalition of preservationists, engineers, and civic organizations, including the Los Angeles Conservancy, Santa Monica Conservancy, and Council District 13. The initiative\u2019s three core missions are to assist displaced families<\/a>, preserve valuable architectural heritage, and divert structurally sound houses<\/a> from landfill.<\/p>\n

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Taft Avenue house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/a>Taft Avenue house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/p>\n

The first home to be moved under the program is a 1911 Craftsman-style house located at 1853 Taft Avenue in Hollywood. Formerly slated for demolition to make way for an affordable housing development, the 2,400-square-foot structure will now be relocated to 55 Mountain View Street in Altadena, the site of a previous home lost in the fires. The relocation involves cutting the home into five sections and navigating a carefully planned 26-mile route across the city to avoid\u00a0bridges, underpasses, railroad tracks, freeways, powerlines, and other obstacles.<\/p>\n

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Taft Avenue house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/a>Taft Avenue house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/p>\n

A second house, a 1910 Craftsman-style residence currently at 2919 Saint George Street in Los Feliz, will follow. The 3,600-square-foot home has a unique history, having previously been moved in 1948 by its former owner to escape demolition for the 101 Freeway. The house will soon be relocated to 1008 E. Poppyfields Drive in Altadena.<\/p>\n

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Saint George Street house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/a>Saint George Street house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/p>\n

The team estimates that the cost of relocation is approximately half that of a standard rebuild. Approximately 80 homes have been identified for potential relocation under the scheme, with 50 families on the waiting list to receive a home.<\/p>\n

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Saint George Street house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/a>Saint George Street house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/p>\n

\u201cRelocating houses used to be much more common in Los Angeles, but it\u2019s rarely done nowadays,\u201d said Morgan Sykes Jaybush, Creative Director at Omgivning. \u201cIt\u2019s the most sustainable way to rebuild, by not throwing an entire house into the landfill. It\u2019s also a great way to bring some historic character back to these neighborhoods which have suffered so much loss. And in addition to being a quicker solution, it\u2019s a more affordable option; we estimate that these moves are half to two thirds of the cost of a new build.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Saint George Street house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/a>Saint George Street house. Image credit: Gary Leonard, courtesy of Omgivning<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping we can find a way to continue this effort beyond these first few houses, saving more houses from the wrecking ball and helping more people find a different \u2013 and potentially quicker and less expensive \u2013 way to rebuild,\u201d Jaybush added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles-based firm Omgivning has announced a new initiative to relocate historic homes across Altadena, supporting families impacted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-52614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}