The historic Norms on La Cienega Boulevard is not going to be become a fast-food rooster joint, in keeping with the constructing’s proprietor.
Elevating Cane’s, the restaurant chain that owns the enduring Googie-style diner, had deliberate to transform the Norms location into certainly one of its chicken-strips areas when Norms’ lease lapsed on the finish of 2026. However after neighborhood outcry concerning the choice, the corporate has reversed course.
“Now we have heard the neighborhood’s issues, and we’re in discussions with Norms about the way forward for the location,” mentioned Dale Goss, the senior vice chairman of actual property for Elevating Cane’s, in a quick assertion.
The corporate canceled its presentation to the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Fee final week, the place it had deliberate to stipulate its purpose of transitioning the house right into a Elevating Cane’s.
It isn’t clear what the chain plans to do with the house.
A rendering reveals what a redo of Norms may need seemed like.
(Elevating Cane’s)
Elevating Cane’s had gone as far as to develop a rendering of what the house would appear like if it had been transformed. The well-known sawtooth neon Norms signal would have mentioned Cane’s as an alternative.
Norms has been a delegated historic monument since 2015, which implies any plan to vary the constructing’s operate must be introduced to the Cultural Heritage Fee.
“The neighborhood spoke out eloquently about what Norms means to them, on-line and within the media and with our cellphone calls and emails looking for a gathering with Elevating Cane’s proprietor Todd Graves, and all of us obtained our message throughout,” wrote Kim Cooper and Richard Schave on their weblog Esotouric’s Secret Los Angeles, which broke the information of Elevating Cane’s plans.
Norms La Cienega was designed by Louis Armet and Eldon Davis within the Googie type in 1957.
Googie is a futuristic architectural type that began in Southern California and featured sharp geometric shapes, sweeping curves and vibrant, typically neon, lights. The type was typically used on gasoline stations and low retailers. Different SoCal examples embody the Theme Constructing at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport and the Anaheim Conference Middle.
