Larchmont Chronicle
VOL. 60, NO. 5
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IN THIS ISSUE
MAY 2022
Rossmore water main replacement underway n Improves water quality
DESIGN FOR LIVING 2-9 to 2-15
CELEBRATING spring at the White House. 3
SHINING A LIGHT far, far away. 2-11
By Wendy Werris In the middle of last month, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) announced and commenced a major construction project to replace the mainline water pipe under Rossmore Avenue between Third Street and Melrose Avenue. The construction will impact street traffic in the area for several months. The goal is to provide a reliable supply of better quality water. The existing pipes were placed in 1921. Project much needed Longtime Rossmore resident John DeSimio says, “I, for one, am overjoyed that this much-needed and delayed project has come to fruition. The technician who services my water filtration system said that the water in this neighborhood is responsible for clogging the filters, requiring replacement at a faster rate See Rossmore, p 8
Giorgio taken for help by County dept. n Larchmont denizen GARDENS will be open on tour. 2-12 For Information on Advertising Rates, Please Call Pam Rudy 323-462-2241, x 11 Mailing permit:
By Helene Seifer On the afternoon of April 20, a Deputy Public Conservator of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Mental Health approached Giorgio on Larchmont Boulevard where he stood, as usual on Wednesday afternoons, with his shopping cart. Giorgio was taken by the County for help, and we can only hope that he gets the services he needs. Privacy concerns limit the sharing of specific information concerning his whereabouts and treatment.
GRAD SALUTE! Our annual section honoring local graduates will be in the June issue of the Larchmont Chronicle. Advertising deadline is Mon., May 16. For more information contact Pam Rudy, 323-4622241, ext. 11.
LARCHMONT VILLAGE corner, at First Street, is featured in Jeff Wall photograph, “Parent child.”
Artist Jeff Wall memorializes Boulevard n Large photograph of Larchmont and First to come permanently to LACMA By Helene Seifer Given how often we shop and dine on Larchmont Boulevard, it might be considered the center of our own small universe. Who would have thought that the corner of First and Larchmont, the Bank of America corner, would become “Parent child,” an image captured by Jeff Wall, a widely collected photographer, and shown around the world? Even more newsworthy, the large (7 foot by 9 foot) color photograph from 2018 will one day become part of the perma-
nent collection of our neighboring Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Jeff Wall, the 75-year-old Vancouver artist, lives part time in Los Angeles. As reported in the March 9, 2015 “ArtCenter News,” Wall was drawn to the southland by the film industry’s special effects houses. He describes his photographs as “cinematographic” for the slice of life, or movie frame, aspect of his work. “Parent child,” 2018, was staged, as are all of Wall’s recent works. The photograph
reconstructs an event that a friend of Wall’s experienced on Larchmont Boulevard. In a video interview recorded in 2019 when the work first was exhibited in Gagosian gallery’s New York location, Wall explains, “A friend of mine sent me a photograph of himself and his little daughter taken by someone else and said to me, ‘This looks like one of your pictures.’ And I thought, ‘Yes, it does look like one of my pictures,’ and it looks like a picture I’d like to make, beSee Artist, p 7
Nasa Hataoka wins LPGA tournament n At Wilshire Country Club By Jim Kalin The last time Wilshire Country Club allowed spectators to attend the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) tournament was three years ago, in 2019. The impact of COVID-19 was very much felt: the tournament was cancelled in 2020. In 2021, it returned but was closed to everyone but the press. Not this year. The LPGA’s Dio Implant LA Open returned full-force to Wilshire Country Club April 20-24. It was the event’s fourth year, and it featured 144 of the best professional NASA HATAOKA of Japan displays winner’s trolady golfers, including LPGA-at-Wilshire phy received after her 15-under-par LPGA victory at See LPGA, p 8 Wilshire Country Club on Sunday, April 24.
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