Great Hall-Long Hall -1984 - Los Angeles Gay History (sitios de interés)

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The grounds the buildings are strong examples of Spanish Colonial revival architecture and because they were built by the Work Projects Administration (WPA), the Depression-era government-funded department that constructed many highways, parks and public buildings across the nation.

The Great Hall-Long Hall buildings were where organizational meetings were held in 1984 to incorporate the city.

It was also the place where the Los Angeles chapter of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) was formed and met weekly for 10 years from 1987-1996. ACT UP is an international advocacy group instrumental in pushing the United States government to act on the AIDS crisis and find effective treatment medication in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Longtime ACT UP member Kevin Farrell took the day off from work to attend the meeting. Great Hall was the “perfect location” for the group’s meetings as West Hollywood was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Farrell said.

“The building has earned a critical place in West Hollywood history and in LGBT history,” he said.

To make the designation official, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places in Washington D.C. must approve the addition of Great Hall-Long Hall to the list of approximately 80,000 places nationwide.

http://www.wehoville.com/2013/05/01/great-hall-long-hall-buildings-approved-to-national-register-of-historic-places/

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