Larchmont Chronicle
VOL. 57, NO. 8
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IN THIS ISSUE
Project Angel Food delivers meals and a human touch
Revised Plan for Windsor Square Community initiated
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EBELL Chorale sings with heart. 12
BINGO for a cause. 18
By John Welborne The City Planning Commission (CPC) on July 11 adopted an amended Preservation Plan for the Windsor Square Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ), replacing a plan last revised in 2007. Windsor Square HPOZ Board leaders requested an update to the plan more than five years ago. In response to neighbor testimony at the CPC hearing, the commission rejected some planning department staff-drafted provisions and accepted recommendations of residents and others relating to setbacks, fences, walls, and hedges, as well as existing, original concrete streets. After the meeting, local resident Priscilla Wright, who attended, warned that the CPC-adopted amendment to protect the concrete streets “will be watered down somewhat by planning [staff] so we still need to be vigilant.” See the department’s report on the plan at: tinyurl.com/ y4epncgr.
Get ready for Back to School
BROOKSIDE block party’s 40th year. 2-3 For Information on Advertising Rates, Please Call Pam Rudy 323-462-2241, x 11 Mailing permit:
Our annual Back to School section in September will highlight students, faculty and schools! Advertising deadline is Mon., Aug. 12. For more information, contact Pam Rudy, 323462-2241, ext. 11.
AUGUST 2019
12-millionth served
PATRIOTIC PARADE was part of the fun at Lillian Way Block Party. More photos and story, Sec. 2, page 2
Spend ‘Day at the Beach’ at Taste of Larchmont Aug. 26 Event proceeds support HopeNet food pantries
By Rachel Olivier Take an evening stroll along the boulevard in Larchmont Village and enjoy sampling cuisine from more than 20 restaurants at HopeNet’s annual “Taste of Larchmont” fundraiser Mon., Aug. 26. The event, themed “A Day at the Beach” this year, will also feature food, desserts and beverages at the pavilion area set up in the public parking lot at 209 N. Larchmont Blvd., between Burger Lounge and Bellacures. There will also be live music and a raffle for several prizes offered by local businesses. History Begun in 1993, the event started as the collaboration of residents and business owners in the neighborhood, including Larchmont Chronicle founders Jane Gilman and
Dawne Goodwin, to help HopeNet’s food pantries. The origin of the event was sparked by a need to deal with people asking for food and money along the boulevard, Gilman said. The year 1993 was the See Taste of Larchmont, p 3
By Rachel Olivier Project Angel Food volunteers cooked and packaged the nonprofit’s 12-millionth meal last month. Celebrating its 30th year, the organization, begun in 1989 by Marianne Williamson and other volunteers to provide meals to people with HIV/AIDS, has grown since its inception. When it first opened, the grass-roots organization, even now powered by 80 percent volunteers, operated out of the kitchen at the former Crescent Heights United Methodist Church at Fairfax and Fountain avenues. Brad Bessey, formerly of “Entertainment Tonight,” who currently volunteers with Project Angel Food in celebrity outreach, said that, when he was volunteering in the kitchen back then, the menu was typically “what do we have that we can cook or See Project Angel Food, p 7
Get counted, be represented Begun in 1790, new version uses modern methods
By Sidney Gubernick The next decennial United States Census, the 24th since it started in 1790, will be underway this coming March. The two best-known functions of the census are the allocation of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, which determines how communities are represented in Congress, and redistricting,
with the goal of evenly allocating population for election districts. The census also guides how the government distributes more than $675 billion in See Census, p 29
Women who golfed: a look back at Club’s early years Wilshire Country Club turns 100
By Sidney Gubernick This is the first in a three-part series on the Wilshire Country Club turning 100 this year. A gala celebration for members will take place in September. This first part in the series, in the spirit of our Women of Larchmont issue, looks at the history of women within the club. The year is 1919. World War I has ended, women have won their right to vote, and the country has declared war on alcohol. And a small group of Los Angeles businessmen has gathered on the oil fields in what is now the Hancock Park community, with a vision: They
WILSHIRE LADIES who participted in 1992 Southern California Golf Association
See Wilshire Country Club, p 30 team-play matches.
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