Paramount Ranch - crews start construction

Nearly a century of beloved film and cultural history, the famous Paramount Ranch western town might not be coming back exactly as it was, but it will aim to preserve the past and strengthen the structures for the future.

"We're doing something called rehabilitation," said David Szymanski, park superintendent at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in a recent interview with NPR. "We're not trying to recreate the 1920s or the 1940s, but one of the best ways to preserve a historic place is to continue doing what was done there historically…”

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