Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can Transform America's CitiesKen Bernstein, a Principal City Planner for the City of Los Angeles and a national advocate for historic preservation shares how Los Angeles has led the nation in historic preservation and how other cities can do the same with his Los Angeles Times bestseller. Los Angeles has an image as the "City of the Future" a city always at the cutting edge of change but also as a "throwaway metropolis" that cares little about its history or architectural legacy.