Group calls for conserving 13 sites with links to Latino history

For decades, the Silver Platter bar has been a haven for Latino and LGBTQ people in the Los Angeles area, attracting a cross-border clientele looking for a place where they can fully be themselves. Now that haven is at imminent risk of demolition amid plans to develop the site. “This bar is historic,” owner Margarita Xatruch said about the space, which was built in the 1920s and has been open as a bar since 1963, as well as the subject of a documentary. “Everyone knows it, everyone knows they can come here to celebrate. And it’s very important so that we can continue the Latin legacy we have here,”