Larchmont Chronicle
MAY 2014
vol. 51, no. 5 • delivered to the 76,439 readers in hancock park • windsor square • fremont place • park labrea • larchmont village • Miracle Mile
SECTION THREE
Design for Living
Ten palm trees will be installed in the Highland Ave. median between Melrose Ave. and Wilshire Blvd. The project is sponsored by the Hancock Park Homeowners Association to replace trees that have died or been terminally damaged. The Washingtonian fan palms are eight feet tall and
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earn what it's like to live in a modern home and hear from the architects about where they got their inspiration at a Modern Home Tour Sat., May 3. (Turn to page 4)
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ind out what's trending in our neighborhood in home design. (Turn to page 8)
SECTION ONE SPINNING studio heads to City Hall. 5 THIRD STREET to turn 90.
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PICKETT Fences marks 20th. 8 GREEK celebration. Opa!
Highland Avenue receives replacement palm trees
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BUD RICE returns on D-Day. 16
SECTION TWO Real Estate Home & Garden
UNION STATION 75th gala. 2
City gives okay for alcohol for LC on Melrose Appeal pending The city approved an alcohol license for a restaurant planned on the ground floor of The LC on Melrose, a four-story building under construction at 5665 Melrose Ave. The corner restaurant with frontage on Melrose and El Centro Ave., will include 155 indoor seats and 50 outside on a buffered patio. Developer California Landmark received the conditional use permit for the full-line of alcohol from associate zoning administrator Lourdes Green in a 19-page report released last month. A list of 43 conditions were included. Among them were hours not to exceed 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight Friday and Saturday. See LC on Melrose, p 13
will grow three feet a year, said Sabine Hoppner of Water’s Edge who is coordinating the project with Jeff Mayer of Jeff Mayer Landscape Design. Cindy Chvatal, president of the homeowners group, said “We are using our membership dues and donations to fund neighborhood projects like the Highland median, planting parkway trees, treetrimming and stump removal. “The city stopped providing these services years ago, and we feel it’s important to maintain the beauty of our neighborhood.” She extended thanks to everyone who contributed. The first replacement trees were installed south of Second St.; the remaining 10 trees will be planted between Melrose Ave. and Second St. In 1928, Highland residents and the city arranged for planting of palm trees and construction of the median strip. It was financed by the residents. The trees and medians were recognized as an Historic-Cultural Monument in 1972.
Salute to grads
Annual section tosses our hats to this year’s graduates. Advertising deadline is Mon., May 12. To reserve space in this issue, call Pam Rudy, 323-462-2241 x 11.
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THE TRADITIONAL Brookside Easter Egg Hunt at the home of Sandy and Bill Boeck attracted neighborhood kids. Organizers of the hunt and games included Vivian Gueler, Gina Riberi, Gina Rudnick, Sondi Sepenuk and Alison Swan Teitel.
WORKERS BEGIN planting project led by Jeff Mayer (near right) and Sabine Hoppner.
Greater Wilshire Group hears of Park Mile limits CIM Group seeks to build hotel on Wilshire site By Jane Gilman Concerns about the possibility of a hotel being built on the Farmers Insurance property drew a large audience to the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council Land Use Committee meeting in April. John Welborne, committee member, spoke on the restrictions in the Park Mile Specific Plan that limits development to residential uses. He is one of the creators of the zoning in 1987, designed to protect Wilshire Blvd. and adjacent property between Crenshaw Blvd. and Highland Ave. from becoming another Westwood corridor of high rises. The CIM Group, who is in escrow on the 10 acres owned by Farmers Insurance, is proposing to build a hotel on the property and would seek an exemption. The plan allows for residential and office buildings in the plan area which are in keeping with the neighborhoods on both sides of Wilshire. It is designed to protect the low density, single-family residential nature of the area, and to promote development which is compatible with adjoining residential neighborhoods.
Several new people have joined the 21-member board of the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council following the March 30 election. They are Dorian Shapiro, Julie Stromberg, Joseph Hoffman and John Winther. Two-hundred nine people participated in the election and voted for 15 area representatives and six special interest delegates.
On the Boulevard Glimpses by Jane Anniversaries are in the news in Larchmont Village— Le Petit Greek has been here 25 years, and Pickett Fences is marking its 20th. *** Congratulations to Flicka and Bluebird who are among website LA Racked’s 18 “best children’s shops.” *** Current and former members of Boy Scout Troop 10 will join the 100th anniversary celebration at St. James Church on Sat., May 3, according to scoutmaster Thomas Fenady. See BLVD., p 11
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