The New Anita May Rosenstein Campus Adds Beds for Homeless Youth, Affordable Housing for Seniors, and Multi-Generational Services in Hollywood
(Santa Monica, CA – May 24, 2018) — KFA is pleased to announce the topping-off of the highly anticipated Los Angeles LGBT Center’s new Anita May Rosenstein Campus , located at 1118 N. McCadden Place in Hollywood, CA
Opening early next year, the revolutionary new campus will serve as the new administrative headquarters for the Center, and include 98 units of affordable housing for seniors, 100 beds for homeless youth, new senior and youth centers, 26 units of permanent supportive housing for young people, and ground floor retail space.
Since 1969 the Los Angeles LGBT Center has cared for, championed, and celebrated LGBT individuals and families in Los Angeles and beyond. The Center provides services for more LGBT people than any other organization in the world, in much-needed health, social services, housing, culture and education, and leadership and advocacy. The Center enjoys strong support from the community and from elected leaders; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles City Councilmember David Ryu have expressed great enthusiasm about the Anita May Rosenstein Campus, which will play an important role in combating the area’s homeless crisis.
KFA, In collaboration with the New York design firm Leong Leong, has served as executive architect for the project. The Anita May Rosenstein Campus will expand the Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza, directly across the street. The Village is the Center’s arts, cultural and educational facility with two theatres, two gallery spaces, community meeting space, offices for AIDS/LifeCycle, and administrative offices.
“The Anita May Rosenstein Campus is a very important project, both for the LGBT Center and the City of Los Angeles,” said KFA Senior Associate Jesse Ottinger, AIA. “It has been very exciting to watch the Center’s new campus rising during construction, and KFA is proud to help provide vitally needed affordable housing and services for an underserved community,” he added.
The design reinforces the mosaic of services and programs that will be offered at the campus. The program components are knit together through a series of interior and exterior courtyards and plazas, taking full advantage of the outdoor environment of Southern California. The bold glass forms unfold at the corner, creating an open and confident architecture that will be a symbol of pride for not only the LGBT community but for the greater community of Los Angeles.
“Nearly a decade ago, we began to dream of a project unlike any other — a beautiful multi-generational campus with new and expanded social services, together with affordable housing for seniors and youth,” Center CEO Lorri L. Jean said in a statement to the press. “More than that, we dreamed of uniting it with The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, our arts, cultural and educational facility. Combined, the two locations will offer more integrated services for LGBT people than any other place in the world.”
The new campus will also free up much-needed space at the current McDonald/Wright building, which will be entirely dedicated to medical and mental health care, addiction recovery services, HIV/STD testing and treatment, and more.
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