After the embers settled in Southern California, photographers like Tag Christof traversed ruined, macabre Los Angeles neighborhoods in search of what was left. Much of the imagery we saw after the fires were empty lots where a house used to be, charred trees, orange dystopian skies, and freestanding chimneys. How should the lives and places lost during the fires which recently swept Southern California be memorialized? Palisades Fire Memorial, Concept Rendering (© Milton Lau, Evan Hall/CourtesyHouse Museum) Project Chimney, a new initiative by House Museum, as the name suggests, seeks to relocate several historically significant chimneys designed by Richard Neutra, Paul R. Williams, and Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr., and others in the Pacific Palisades burn zone. It marks one of many reconstruction developments underway today meant to help heal a broken city. Los Angeles Conservancy, the Pacific Palisades Preservation Coalition, and Studio 1323 are all institutional supporters. More than 55 historically significant chimneys have been tagged for relocation, some of which date back to 1922, when the Palisades was founded as a community. These chimneys range from midcentury modern, to Spanish colonial revival to coastal New England styles. Some chimneys come from houses where notable figures resided, like that of Reverend Dr. Charles Scott, an important pastor; and actor Anthony Hopkins. House Museum envisions these chimneys coming together in a new location to create what it calls the Palisades Fire Memorial. The chimneys will be arranged in a circle, like Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, and also recall also Chris Burden’s Urban Light at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Richard Neutra, Kesler House, 2025. (© Evan Curtis Charles Hall/CourtesyHouse Museum) Already, four chimneys have been committed by owners to the memorial, including one by Eric Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright’s son who died in 2023. “Like elders in the community, the monolithic structures will gather people together and tell the tales of bygone residences and family histories,” House Museum said in a statement. Evan Curtis Charles Hall, House Museum director, added the memorial is “crucial for resisting cultural erasure and honoring over 100 years of design and cultural development.” Palisades residents can submit chimney candidates directly to House Museum for consideration to be included.