Larchmont Chronicle
vol. 52, no. 7
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IN THIS ISSUE Senior Outlook Larchmont chronicLe
JuLY 2015
July 2015
Bungalow civil case dismissed Five-year limit had passed
THE BARITONE AND THE DIVA at home on Lucerne.
A cANcER survivor.
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mARkING a milestone. 12
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BRIDGE anyone?
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Special section. 11-19
PRESERVATION comes to Brookside. 5
CARNIVAL at St. Brendan.
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The city won a civil lawsuit brought on by the Larchmont Bungalow when L.A. Superior Court Judge Stephanie Bowick dismissed the case on June 1. It was dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning the case cannot be refiled. The Bungalow failed to bring the matter to trial within five years as required by city code, said Rob Wilcox, director, community engagement and outreach office for the L.A. City Attorney. Judge Bowick also ordered the Bungalow to pay the city’s court costs. After Bungalow owner Albert Mizrahi opened the eatery as a licensed take-out in 2009 with tables and chairs, the city pulled his certificate of occupancy. In 2010 the city attorney’s office filed three criminal counts against him: failing to comply with orders from a city agency, providing false information and continuing to operate without a certificate of occupancy. See Bungalow, p 6
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ONE OF MANY artist’s renderings to be unveiled at the July 8 meeting. This one shows the existing Farmers tower on Wilshire and Rimpau, with proposed new residences in the foreground.
Update on Farmers project at Ebell Developer to address neighborhood concerns at July 8 meeting The public is invited to see revised plans for the new residential development proposed for the former Farmers Insurance property along Wilshire Blvd. between Rimpau and Muirfield. The site includes the existing seven-story tower and two large parking lots. The meeting is at The Ebell, 743 S. Lucerne, on Wed., July 8, at 8 p.m. Density being reduced The new plans reduce the number of units by 25 percent – from 119 units to 89 or fewer. CIM Group, the property’s owner, is presenting its
Houses razed on Arden for Marlborough pool and field $24 million project By Billy Taylor Demolition of five houses on Arden Blvd. north of Third St. was completed last month
as Marlborough School begins the final phase of its growth and development project. Razing of the houses was See Arden, p 24
MARLBOROUGH houses on Arden were 90 percent demolished in just over an hour on June 22.
revised plans at the invitation of the Brookside Homeowners Association and Hancock Park Homeowners Association. According to Shaul Kuba, CIM co-founder and principal, the developers have been working diligently to address views expressed by Brookside residents at a January meeting and subsequently redesigned much of the proposed new development, which includes about 50 new residential units in the existing tower, plus 35 new homes on the parking lots between the tower and Muirfield. These units will include 15 single-family homes
and nine triplex homes, each with its own two-car garage (plus 11 town homes immediately adjacent to the tower). Opportunities to downsize Although the new homes and condos will range in size from about 1,500 to 3,600 square feet, these units are considerably smaller than many nearby homes in Hancock Park and elsewhere in Greater Wilshire, Kuba noted. “We believe that our new homes and condominiums also will appeal to seniors who own extremely large houses See Update on Farmers, p 28
Homes on Wilton to be torn down for apartments Modern style, traffic among concerns By Suzan Filipek A modern-looking apartment building is in the works to replace nine bungalows on the 500 block of N. Wilton Pl. Developer Frost/Chaddock seeks to build 88 apartments in four wings after demolishing the 1920s homes that line the western side of the block, between Clinton St. and Maplewood Ave. The new building’s “four residential wings” will be connected by bridges and covered walkways, and flanked by open green space and courtyards, said JakeLaJoie, director of acquisitions for Frost/Chaddock. Architect John G. Reed’s
exterior design features floorto-ceiling windows, large balconies, painted stucco and corrugated metal. The property has three, 15-foot front yards—on Clinton, Wilton and Maplewood— See Homes on Wilton, p 4
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