In response to the commission’s vote, Councilwoman Traci Park, who represents the 11th District, encompassing the coastal and West Los Angeles neighborhoods, including the location of Monroe&…
BRENTWOOD, CA – JULY 26: An aerial view of the house where actress Marilyn Monroe died is seen on July 26, 2002 in Brentwood, California. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Monroe’s death. The actress, famous for such films as “The Seven Year Itch” and “Some Like It Hot,” was found dead on August 5, 1962 in her Brentwood, California home of a drug overdose.
During the meeting, attorney George Mihlsten, representing the property owner, Glory of the Snow LLC, argued the home should not fall under the city’s landmark ordinance, citing that the home had been empty and bare, and not worthy of being a monument.Additionally, they argued the home was not in the public right of way. Sahure also noted that Monroe’s home would increase tour bus traffic and disrupt peace in the neighborhood.
Adrian Scott Fine from the Los Angeles Conservancy was in attendance, supporting Monroe’s home being made a city landmark. “It is the only place in the world that grounds Marilyn’s myth into history, and the U.S. and world’s history,” Le Roux wrote in his email. “It is the only physical reminder that remains of the life and death of an extraordinary human being. ‘Marilyn’ has become part of our — the U.S. and the world’s — collective unconscious.”
“The property is zoned as a single-residential and has been there for nearly 95 years, having been originally built in 1929. It is a beautiful example of the Spanish Mission style homes which were so common in Los Angeles at the time it was built,” Deevey said in his email.
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