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The J. Paul Getty Trust is embarking on a major program to aid the conservation of architectural landmarks worldwide but with a "special" emphasis in Los Angeles.
The program marks a dramatic expansion of the trust's grant program beyond the research and conservation of the fine arts and the humanities into the more substantive and community-sensitive issue of landmark preservation.
No dollar figure was placed on the program, which will consist of matching grants that could total up to $320,000 for individual projects. It will be operated under the Getty Grant Program, which draws its funds from an annual percentage of the trust's approximately $3-billion endowment.
The program also is a recognition by the Getty of the art of architecture and its historical and cultural importance, including that of projects developed in this century. To date, the trust's efforts have been focused on pre-20th-Century art.
"The unique character of a community is given visual expression in its most notable buildings," said John Sanday, who will head the fledgling program for the trust. "Through our architectural conservations grants, we hope to make a lasting contribution to the preservation of the cultural heritage...