{"id":37724,"date":"2023-10-03T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37724"},"modified":"2023-10-03T16:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:11:02","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-the-battle-to-save-marilyn-monroes-last-home-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37724","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (global) doorstep\u2019: The Battle to Save Marilyn Monroe\u2019s Last Home in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/11\/Marilyn.Monroe.House.v2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37725 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cursum_Perficio_Brentwood_LA_JG_Klein_CC-300x138.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a>The Los Angeles City Council has saved the actress\u2019s Brentwood home from demolition \u2014 temporarily, sixty years after her death there from an overdose.<\/h3>\n<h6 data-wpview-marker=\"https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F1%2F11%2FMarilyn.Monroe.House.v2.jpg\"><em>image for illustration of &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/11\/Marilyn.Monroe.House.v2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cursum Perficio<\/a>&#8216; by JG Klein, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 The four-bedroom Spanish colonial-style house was tucked off a quiet street\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>When Marilyn Monroe moved to Brentwood in 1962, the Los Angeles neighborhood provided the perfect seclusion for the world\u2019s most famous woman.<\/p>\n<p>The four-bedroom Spanish colonial-style house was tucked off a quiet street, with a kidney-shaped pool and towering palm trees. The house was known as \u201cCursum Perficio,\u201d which in Latin loosely translates to \u201cI end the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Six months after she moved in, Ms. Monroe died of a drug overdose in her bedroom. She was 36&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Friday to begin a process that would designate the home as a historic and cultural monument, saving it from demolition.<\/p>\n<p>The passage immediately triggered a temporary stay on a demolition permit&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The house, at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive, is not visible from the street\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1929, the 2,900-square-foot hacienda was the first and only residence Ms. Monroe owned on her own\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The council will have 90 days to take action.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/13\/us\/marilyn-monroe-house-saved-los-angeles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[or search for &#8216;The Battle to Save Marilyn Monroe\u2019s Last Home in Los Angeles&#8217;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles City Council has saved the actress\u2019s Brentwood home from demolition \u2014 temporarily, sixty years after her death there from an overdose. image for illustration of &#8216;Cursum Perficio&#8216; by JG Klein, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37726,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37724\/revisions\/37726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}