For too many years, Alhambrans have silently watched as their neighborhoods have slowly been stripped of their character and destroyed by developers, uneducated homeowners, dishonest politicians and foreign investors. With no planning or design guidelines in place, the word, seemingly, was that our neighborhoods were ripe for every ill-conceived project imaginable. Big-box McMansions, characterless high-density units in single-family streets, and steady encroachment of massive commercial development into quiet neighborhood streets became the norm.

And Alhambra's citizens had had enough.

A group calling itself the Alhambra Preservation Group — was formed dedicated to preserving, protecting and maintaining the character, aesthetics, and architectural heritage of our city. Within the APG, a sub-group known as the Planning & Steering Committee, attends meetings and monitors the activities of the Alhambra City Council, Design Review Board and Planning Commission.

What is our purpose and our goals?

• To encourage intelligent and conscientious property renovation, and appropriate add-ons

• Upgrade neighborhoods

• Retain single-family homes and neighborhoods

• Increase interest and appreciation of pre-1940's homes

• Discourage the 'stuccoing' of wood bungalows

• Encourage the preservation of open/green space

• Promote home-owner education

• Establish Alhambra as an innovative, upward moving community bent on intelligent preservation

• Build a rapport with the City of Alhambra

Thank you for your interest and stay tuned for more information and a completed web site (we are after all, entirely volunteer based!) If you would like to help us in our recruiting efforts, you can download a flyer here, then print out and distribute it among the community. You can also contact the Alhambra Preservation Group by calling (626) 755-3467. We will return your call shortly.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the limited time of our staff members, we DO NOT conduct personlized research or fact-finding on inquiries about people, homes or historal information. You can email us with your question and we'll respond to the best of our existing knowledge, but we cannot expend time outside of our normal day-to-day functions.