{"id":31390,"date":"2013-07-25T16:37:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=31390"},"modified":"2018-10-04T15:42:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T22:42:23","slug":"howard2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=31390","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Peoples Temple May Become Historical Site"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a> Photos by Lela Howard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The former Peoples Temple church in Los Angeles \u2013 at 1336 South Alvarado Street, on the corner of Alvarado and Hoover \u2013 is still standing. It\u2019s now a Seventh-Day Adventist church, but the building looks the same on the outside. And the inside is a real <\/span>Peoples Temple time capsule. Even the chairs \u2013 the burgundy velvet wooden chairs \u2013 that Jim Jones and his \u201cassociate pastors\u201d used to sit on are still there.<\/p>\n

The apartment building next door \u2013 where many Temple members lived \u2013 is the same as well, although I believe it\u2019s no longer affiliated with any church. I remember the black iron gate and remembered exactly where the buses were parked the last time I saw my Aunt Pearl before she emigrated to Guyana. <\/p>\n

The structure is already a city historical landmark, as these documents<\/a> show, but I believe it should be a permanent fixture of Los Angeles culture, and the only way to truly guarantee that is to have it turned into a State Historical Site. That requires approval from the owners \u2013 in this case the Southern California Association of Seventh Day Adventists, which purchased the property January 31, 1978 for $378,000 \u2013 but they are hesitant, because \u201cit will bring the property value down.\u201d The current market value for the property is $148,264, with nearly $69,000 in assessed improved value.<\/p>\n

On the plus side, if California designates it a historical site, the state would also ensure the property receives the necessary improvements.<\/p>\n

I am in the process of working with the city to negotiate with the owners. Officials with the City Council have explained that the owners\u2019 reluctance could be overcome, but in lieu of a lengthy process, they have suggested passage of a \u201cresolution\u201d which would contain the address. This was agreeable with me, because all I want is recognition. The process is not complete, though, and I encourage any readers of this report who care to join me in my efforts to contact me.<\/p>\n

(Lela Howard is a regular contributor to <\/i>the jonestown report. Her other articles in this edition are An Invitation to \u201cSpeaking Their Names\u201d<\/a> and \u201cNo\u201d Is Not an Option<\/a>. Her complete collection of writings for the site may be found here<\/a>. She can be reached at lelavhoward@gmail.com<\/a>.)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The former Peoples Temple church in Los Angeles \u2013 at 1336 South Alvarado Street, on the corner of Alvarado and Hoover \u2013 is still standing. It\u2019s now a Seventh-Day Adventist church, but the building looks the same on the outside. And the inside is a real Peoples Temple time capsule. Even the chairs \u2013 the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":31478,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31390","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31390"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82333,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31390\/revisions\/82333"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}