Commission will consider historic preservation status of L.A. Times complex

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted unanimously Friday to consider giving historic-cultural monument status tothe downtown Times Mirror Square complex.
The application includes a 1970s addition that a developer has marked for demolition to make way for a pair of residential towers, and the vote comesas the Los Angeles Times newspaper is in the final stages of vacating the complex.
Before the vote, Commission President Richard Barron str