Marilyn Monroeβs Los Angeles home named a historic cultural monument
City council ends a year-long battle to save the βiconicβ Spanish colonial property from developers
Marilyn Monroeβs Brentwood, Los Angeles, home has been saved from destruction after a year-long battle to save the property from developers. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles city council unanimously voted to designate the movie starβs Spanish colonial home a historic cultural monument.
βWe have an opportunity to do something today that shouldβve been done 60 years ago. Thereβs no other person or place in the city of Los Angeles as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her Brentwood home,β councilmember Traci Park told the assembly.
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