2011 - 08 Real Estate Larchmont Chronicle

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L.A. RIVER

Some neighborhoods know how to throw a block party.

ReThinking city's future, and past, at A+D Museum.

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MUSEUMS

Dinosaur Hall brings the prehistoric back to life, for young and old. Page 8

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hancock park • windsor square • fremont place • larchmont village • wilshire center • park labrea • miracle mile

MAJESTIC MEDITERRANEAN $3,295,000

CHARMING COUNTRY ENGLISH $2,995,000

HIDDEN GEM IN WINDSOR SQ $2,925,000

PRIME LOCATION $2,349,000

Hancock Park. Remodeled Mediterranean has 6 beds + 4.5 baths + pool. Also for lease $13,000 per month.

Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

Hancock Park. Country English including 4 beds + 4 baths upstairs, full basement, guest house & pool.

Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

Hancock Park. Grand 1906 English Manor house on over ½ acre with pool & guest house. 7 beds/ 6.5 baths.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

Hancock Park. Classic Windsor Square Traditional. 4 beds/3 baths + bonus room up. Maid’s w/ bath down.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

HOME ON THE BROOK $1,895,000

BEAUTIFUL RENOVATION $1,849,900

OOZING WITH CHARM $1,799,000

WINDSOR SQUARE BEAUTY $1,589,000

Hancock Park. Home on the brook! 4 bd/3 + 5th bd or office. Remodeled kitchen, pool, huge grassy lot.

Sandy Boeck 323.860.4240

Hancock Park. 6beds/4baths/gourmet kitchen, bonus rms, landscape garden front and back.

Shar Penfold 323.860.4258

Hancock Park. 4 bed, 3 bath Traditional Windsor Sq home! Foyer, grand din, liv rm & so much more.

Diana Knox 323.640.5473

Hancock Park. Spacious Mediterranean w/4 beds/3.5 baths. New pool & spa in landscaped yard.

Mollie McGinty 323.460.7636

RESPECTFULLY RESTORED $1,518,000

Hancock Park. Stately Mediterranean in Brookside. 4 bd/3.5 ba.

Respectfully restored historic landmark.

Sandy Boeck 323.860.4240

MAGNIFICENT MEDITERRANEAN $1,490,000

Hancock Park. Dramatic 2-sty LR. New gourmet galley kit, 4bds/3bas.

Great Brookside location. Deep yard.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

GATED MEDITERRANEAN COMPOUND $1,399,000 Hancock Park. Best deal in Hancock Park! Eat-in gourmet kitchen.

4beds/4baths + full 1 bed gst hse.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

SOPHISTICATED SPANISH $1,389,000

Hancock Park. Sophisticated Spanish w/ updated kitchen & baths on a wonderful block. 3 beds + 2 baths.

Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

PUBLISHED IN ROOM TO INSPIRE $1,350,000

LOCATION! LOCATION! $1,199,000

STARTER OR DOWNSIZE HOME $925,000

ADORABLE TRADITIONAL $759,000

Hancock Park. Exquisite architectural 4+2.5 (incl either mds/office) condo in Faubourg St Denis bldg.

Diana Knox 323.640.5473

Hancock Park. 4+2 home close to Larchmont Village on a corner lot.

FLR, DR, den, office. Many upgrades.

Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

Great Hancock Park starter or downsize home! LR w/hi ceiling, fpl, view to front patio.

Sandy Boeck 323.860.4240

Hancock Park. 2 Bedrooms, 2 baths. Master suite w/ sitting room/ office leads to a beautiful back yard.

Maria C. Gomez Gri Crs Cips 323.460.7614

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New vintage market opens at Hollywood High Open Market Place is the new vintage market being held on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hollywood High School.

David Pilcer, market founder, said he wanted to create a high-end market for handmade goods, delicious food, live music, great people and an overall exciting and bustling destina-

‘HOTEL’ FOR visiting royalty was the hwme of the British Consul General in Hancock Park.

June Street home is host to Britain’s Duke and Duchess

The recent visit by Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to June St. in Hancock Park put the home of the British Consul General on the map.

The residence was built in 1928 for Erle Leaf, a wellknown contractor. Only one other couple, Madalyn and James Vai, owned the home from 1952 to 1957 when they sold it to Her Majesty’s Government.

Architect Wallace Neff designed the home, translating the best of Mediterranean style into comfortable livability. Neff designed many of the most elegant homes between Pasadena and Westwood. Among his clients were movie actors and producers: Cary Grant, Darryl Zanuck, Groucho and Harpo Marx, Douglas Fairbanks, King Vidor, as well as leading businessmen such as Ralph Chandler and Edward Doheny.

Neff was noted for paneling, moldings and other details.

Most of his homes were built at a time when artistry and superior workmanship could be achieved at a reasonable cost.

As with most artists, Neff had favorite trademarks he repeated from time to time.

Temple Emanuel hosts music festival Aug. 6 to Aug. 15 The Beverly Hills International Festival Sat., Aug 6 through Mon., Aug. 15 is hosted by Temple Emanuel, 8844 Burton Way, Beverly Hills.

Young musicians will have the opportunity to work with artists in daily classes, culminating in public performances. Featured faculty include Israel’s pianist Hagai Yodan, Susan Greenberg, flute, Cyrus Forough, violin and Lily Afshar, classical guitar.

The festival will include nine public concerts ranging from Jewish composers and popular Hollywood songs to world masterpieces. The concerts will start at 8 p.m. Each evening will be a different program.

The curving staircase with wrought iron balustrade resembles the design for one used in Picfair, the home he designed for Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers. The conical chimney is similar to the one in the home of H.P. Buttress in San Marino. The exterior stair recalls a similar one in the Beverly Hills home of screenwriter Frances Marion.

The entrance rotunda adds to the interesting layout of the house, concentrating all spaces and giving them privacy.

Authentic English pieces of furniture include fine examples of Charles II, Queen Anne and Sheraton design. The fine quality wool carpeting is made

by Brinton, an English firm.

Ronald Chang Architecture has done design work on several renovations, according to the firm’s website—they’ve replaced an old addition, added a pool house, and remodeled the kitchen. Consul-General Dame Barbara Hay and the British government host “several thousand guests” at the house every year.

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Home on the brook! 4 bd/3 + 5th bd or office. Remodeled kitchen, pool, huge grassy lot.

Walk the L.A. River Sun., Aug. 7 during Urban Hikes: Forgotten L.A., sponsored by the A+D Museum.

Poet Mike Sonksen leads the tour, which begins at 11 a.m. and runs about 60 to 90 minutes.

Tickets are $20. For information go to info@aplusd.org, or call 323-932-9393.

926 S. Longwood Ave. $1,518,000 Stately Mediterranean in Brookside: Great new 12% price reduction! 4 bd/3.5 ba. Respectfully restored historic landmark. Large backyard w/a child’s playhouse, guest quarters or office plus a bath

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Great hancock park starter or downsize home! Freshly painted.

Living room w/high ceiling, fireplace, view to front brick patio.

Formal dining room, pantry, kitchen w/6 burner Viking stove & subzero refrig./freezer. Grassy yard, 2 car-garage.

Dramatic Mid-Century Home! Multi-level, single owner property.

Open floor plan w/spacious living & dining rms. Floor to ceiling windows offer dramatic views. Great entertaining areas inc.

Cabana & pool levels.

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Windsor Square Beauty!

Admission is free, families are welcome, and picnicking is encouraged at the Independent Shakespeare Company’s performances of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” in Griffith Park.

Bring low lawn chairs, a picnic and blanket to view the production under the moon and stars in the natural amphitheater.

Shows are Thursdays through Sundays, Aug. 4 to 28, 7 p.m. Call 818-710-9326, independentshakespeare.com.

tion. Participating vendors will sell antique furniture, hand crafted trinkets, vintage fashion and handmade jewelry.

There are also food trucks on hand. Proceeds will support programs at Hollywood High School. Admission will be free until the grand opening on Sat., Sept. 10.

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Total of 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, formal dining room with hand crafted wood paneling, separate breakfast room plus family room with original built in bookcases and fireplace. Bright and cheerful kitchen with new appliances. Spacious park-like grounds in back ideal for entertaining and California living. Circa 1923 this home reflects the grace and elegance of fine craftsmanship while providing comfort and convenience for today’s most discriminating buyer. Exquisite!

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Brookside party had it all THE ANNUAL Brookside Block Party in July had hula dancers and fire throwers. There was a pie-eating and a watermelon eating contest, bounce houses, pony rides, a petting zoo, a tarot card reader, a potluck, barbecue and a dessert contest.

A live band, and a silent auction rounded out the recent summer celebration.

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Summer nights sizzle with salsa dancing at Autry The evening air may be cool, but not the beats or the dance moves during Sizzling Summer Nights at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park.

The Thursday evening series brings mambo, charanga and Afro-Cuban bands to the Autry Plaza; a salsa instructor is on

hand to offer complimentary tips to move your hips. Two dance floors accommodate both adults and kids.

Susie Hansen Latin Band takes the stage on Aug. 11; Chino Espinoza sizzles on Aug. 18. Closing out the month is Oscar Hernandez

and the L.A. Salsa All Stars on Aug. 25.

A taco and drink bar opens at 6 p.m., the museum and Autry Store stay open until 8 p.m., bands play until 9 p.m.

For more information, go to theautry.org or call 323-2212164.

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Movie stars and early history helped shape San Fernando Valley “San Fernando Valley,” a new pictorial book, predates Mission San Fernando’s founding as an outpost of New Spain in 1797.

Published by Arcadia Publishing, the paperback includes 200 images and text by author Marc Wanamaker.

Divided into nine chapters the book covers the early subdivision of the Ranchos, development, motion picture studios and movie stars.

The railroad connection to Los Angeles in 1874 heralded the Valley’s growth which was further helped by the opening of the L.A. Aqueduct in 1913. The Red Car trolley through Cahuenga Pass was constructed by 1913, and the Van Nuys Airport opened in 1928. Another one in Burbank soon followed, and by the 1950s, freeways crisscrossed the region.

This vast expanse between

NEW BOOK tells the history of the Valley.

the San Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains was developed into farming and citrus orchards. Isaac Newton Van Nuys formed a partnership with Isaac Lankershim in 1869, which lead to an extensive wheat ranch and flour milling operation.

As early as 1900 real estate

developers began subdividing “the Valley,” and by 1940 new cities were formed. Van Nuys, Burbank and Studio City, to name a few, were models of suburbia.

The new Broadway department store at Roscoe and Van Nuys boulevards opened in 1955 with honorary mayorand-actor Walter Brennan officiating. Twenty years earlier the site was orange and walnut groves.

The north, east, south, west and central valleys are represented with communities such as Tujunga and Sunland.

A motel at the latter was the setting where Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert stayed overnight during a rainstorm in the 1934 film “It Happened One Night.”

In Burbank, Lockheed Aircraft employed 24,000 people at its factory in 1941. During World War II, their numbers

would grow to 94,000.

In Toluca Lake, a group of investors purchased 125 acres and subdivided the area. The first home on the exclusive residential development next to a country club, lake and park belonged to aviator Amelia Earhart. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope would move there in the 1930s.

The final chapter is devoted to film sets and movie stars.

The airport scene in “Casa-

blanca” was shot at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport, later renamed Van Nuys Airport. Silent film star Rudolph Valentino is shown in “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” at the San Fernando Mission.

Cowboy Roy Rogers waves from his Chatsworth home, while Liberace stands at the keyboard tile décor of his piano-shaped pool at his Sherman Oaks home. The book retails for $21.99.

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USC grant aids children’s smiles on Skid Row

August 2011

New director at Zimmer heads camps, programs

Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children—the Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry—awarded the USC Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry one of its five Access to Care Grants recently at its annual session in New York.

“This grant will help us to offer oral hygiene kits, instruction and dental treatment to homeless children living in shelters and transitional housing,” said Carol Parker, project manager at the USC School of Dentistry.

An estimated 6,000 children and their families will be aided by the plan by participating in several Skid Row events during the year; it will also help provide oral hygiene kits at the annual Skid Row “Back to School Give Away” in October.

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Julee Brooks has been named director of the Zimmer Children’s Museum. In her new post she leads exhibits, guest services and educational offerings. She replaces Esther Shapiro, who had been director for nine years.

Brooks also oversees new programs, including Camp Zimmer for Summer 2011 for pre-K through second graders, weekly classes for ages 1-8, and public programs free with regular admission.

“Julee’s experience in arts education and her work serving young children, families and educators makes her a great fit for the museum,” said Esther Netter, president and CEO at the Zimmer.

Brooks served six years as director of education at Nashville Children’s Theatre, ranked by TIME magazine as

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A native of Central Kentucky, Brooks is an alum of Centre College and holds an MFA in Children’s Theatre from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

“I love what the Zimmer offers the families of Los Angeles, and I am grateful to be a part of this wonderful organization,” said Brooks.

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Tour City Hall, Union Station with ‘Downtown at Sunset’ Explore new offerings of the historic core of Los Angeles during the annual summer series of “Downtown at Sunset” walking tours.

Union Station and City Hall are featured in this Los Angeles Conservancy series—it is the only time of the year the Conservancy tours City Hall.

Tours will take place on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 p.m. and last approximately 1-3/4 hours.

The City Hall tour explores the history and architecture of Los Angeles’ great 1928 civic building August 10 and 24.

The Union Station tour on Aug. 17 offers an in-depth look at this iconic L.A. landmark, the last great railway station built in America.

Tours are $5 for Los Angeles Conservancy members and children 12 and under; $10 for

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the general public; reservations are required. Tickets are available at laconservancy.org.

In addition, the Conservancy offers walking tours throughout the year. For more information visit laconservancy. org or call 213-623-2489.

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Playa Vista. 2 Bed/2.5 bath + den with beautiful views of the bluff and LMU. James R Hutchison 323.460.7637

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Westwood. 2 Story 1+1 loft style condo in a well maintained complex. Move in condition.

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Hancock Park. 5+3.5, grand staircase, hi ceilings, orig moldings, frpl & hwd flrs. Patio,yard.

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MUSEUM ROW

L.A. future, past; Burton, Sci-fi fest in Hancock Park; Friendship Day A+D MUSEUM—"ReThink/ LA: Perspectives on a Future City" includes photographs, interactive installations and personal narratives that point to the city's past, present and 50 years into the post-oil

future. Ends Sun., Sept. 4.

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In celebration of A+D’s 10th anniversary, visit free the 10th of every month in 2011.

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MUSEUM OF ART—Love takes on a grave twist in "Corpse Bride" Aug. 5. The animated "James & the Giant Peach" follows Aug. 12. "Alice in Wonderland" is Aug. 26.

The Tim Burton films screen Fridays at 8 p.m. outdoors in the Dorothy Collins Brown Ampitheater in Hancock Park.

Free. Visit the website for a full listing of events.

•"Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts" span the 8th through 19th centuries, and includes more than 240 works of art. Ends Sept. 5.

• "Tim Burton" retrospective of the film director's works includes 700 drawings, paintings, photographs, movingimage works, storyboards, puppets and costumes. Ends Halloween, Oct. 31.

• "The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin," (16851768). Ends Aug. 14.

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PAGE MUSEUM AT THE LA BREA TAR PITS—Free vintage movies are offered Saturdays in Hancock Park at the museum. Bring a picnic and a blanket. Discussion by science

RETHINKING L.A. at the A+D Musuem includes a collage of the L.A. River, "Under Pressure/Los Angeles Hydroways."

experts is at 8:30 p.m.; movies screen at 9 p.m. "The Valley of Gwangi," is Aug. 6; speaker is Luis Chiappe. "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" Aug. 20; speaker: John Long.

"One Million Years B.C." Aug. 27; speaker: John Harris.

Observe on-site excavation of Ice Age fossils from Project 23, daily, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Tours daily at 1 p.m. of the Pleistocene Garden, tar pits, and Project 23, and at 2:15 p.m. inside the Page Museum.

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• "Scooters: Size Doesn't Always Matter" features 90 of the two-wheeled vehicles.

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Rossmore-Beverly building lost nine floors in Depression: Army to the rescue

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hulk of the Beverly-Rossmore sat rotting across from the Wilshire Country Club, a sad and mute testament of the nation’s grim economic times and a notable eyesore in the upscale community.

In the summer of 1937, dame fortune appeared to smile at long last upon the forlorn skeleton of the BeverlyRossmore with the announcement that financing to the tune of $810,000 had been arranged to bring the long moribund project to completion.

Design changes A lot had changed in public tastes since construction halted in 1931, and the blueprints for Maltzman’s nowdated design were chucked in the trash and a new design by the highly-regarded Gilbert Stanley Underwood was commissioned, along with a whole new name. No longer would (Please turn to page 9)

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In Hancock Park the section of Rossmore Ave. between Beverly Blvd. and Melrose Ave. is known as the Apartment Corridor. Presiding most elegantly and most dramatically over this district is W. Douglas Lee’s magnificent 1929 El Royale at 450 N. Rossmore Ave., the grande dame of the corridor.

And, but a few doors down, is the equally magnificent Country Club Manor (1927) at 316 N. Rossmore Ave., designed by Leland A. Bryant.

Good-hearted girl Found between these two glamorous and majestic building is the somewhat innocuous little 410 N. Rossmore Ave., a plain but good-hearted girl of an apartment house that cannot compete aesthetically with its stylish neighbors. But like the plain but good-hearted girl, one should not judge on appearances alone.

Hidden beneath its bland institutional exterior lies a surprisingly dramatic and even bizarre history of how it came to be built by the most unlikely of sources.

While 410 N. Rossmore Ave. was officially completed in 1944, she is, in fact, much older than she at first looks, actually dating back to 1930.

In that year, it was announced that a great new apartment structure, to be known as the Beverly–Rossmore, was to be built at the cost of more than $1 million for developer Harry Feigenbaum. Upon its completion, the Beverly-Rossmore would take its place as one of the great apartment house structures of the west.

Max Maltzman, fresh off his success in designing the nearby Ravenswood Apartments at 570 N. Rossmore (1930), was engaged by Feigenbaum to design the structure, which was to rise to the maximum legally allowable height of 13 stories.

For the Beverly-Rossmore, Maltzman turned away from the sleek art deco of the Ravenswood and pulled out all the stops for the French Gothic, creating a dramatic and mammoth edifice.

Construction begins, ends Construction on the massive apartment bloc began in November of 1930. In the summer of 1931, with four floors completed and nearly a half-million dollars spent, the project’s financing collapsed and construction ground to a halt. It was said it was just a temporary glitch, but it wasn’t.

The financing that dried up stayed that way, and for years the mammoth uncompleted

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Dinosaur Hall exhibits appeal to both children and adults

By Sondi Toll Sepenuk In the scope of life, there are relatively few things that appeal to both an adult and a four-year-old child with identical amounts of awe and wonderment. Pixar movies, flying in an airplane, puppies…

Add one more item to that list. It’s the landmark, brandspanking new Dinosaur Hall at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. I was lucky enough to preview this amazing new exhibit with my son Angus, and I can’t get it out of my head.

The 14,000-square-foot permanent exhibition is the world’s only showcase to feature the growth series of the T. rex from ages 2 to 17 (the young adult skeleton is lovingly referred to as “Thomas” by the museum staff, named after the discoverer’s brother).

The hall also features a Triceratops, a Stegosaurus, more than 300 fossils and 20 complete mounts of dinosaurs and sea creatures—and I’m just getting started.

To look at the size and scale of those massive prehistoric skeletons towering over Angus, my four-year-old, was enough to take my breath away. My son was completely entranced. Throughout our

GETTING A GOOD look at some prehistoric skeletons is Angus Sepenuk.

tour, he clung to the tiny toy Brachiosaurus skeleton in his hand, and continued to gaze back-and-forth from the giants looming over him to

the diminutive piece of molded plastic in his grasp—the marvel purely evident on his face as it all sank in.

The spacious, light-filled gal-

leries are a far cry from museums of old. Gone are the days of dark, dimly lit skeletons that required a follow-up trip to the optometrist. “In” are giant walls of windows, second-story viewing areas, skylights, and tons of giant murals and interactive, informational, handson learning stations that will increase your knowledge and amazement of the Age of Dinosaurs tenfold. There are no glass barriers and 85 percent of the exhibit’s fossils are the real deal.

One of Angus’s favorite areas (besides the fossilized dinosaur poop, of course) was a sound station that allows visitors to hear a dinosaur’s actual “voice.” After choosing a button to push, a loud, bellowing sound came piping through the speaker. How did the scientists figure that out?

By pumping air through the skeleton’s nasal cavity and “voila”—you’ve got the dinosaur’s voice, 65 million years later. Incredible.

Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute and lead curator of the Dinosaur Hall, helped design the space over the past decade to “encourage visitors to ask the questions that the scientists ask.”

Those questions include,

“What is a dinosaur? What was their world like? How did they live, grow and behave?

And finally, what happened to them?” Chiappe points out that scientists “ask more questions than we can answer… there is still a lot to learn and we hope to inspire a new generation of scientists.”

From the look of pure astonishment, wonder and curiosity on my son’s face, this exhibit is going to be a smashing success. I think they’ve found their first future scientist, and I couldn’t be happier.

Sci-fi, horror movies outdoors at Page Museum Bring your picnic blanket and cozy up to watch vintage sci-fi and horror flicks at the La Brea Tar Pits on Saturdays in August on the Hancock Park Lawn, 5801 Wilshire Blvd. A discussion by science experts begins at 7:30 p.m.

Free movies screen at 8 p.m. A fame-hungry cowboy captures a dinosaur in “The Valley of Gwangi” on Aug. 6. “Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” is Aug. 20. Rachel Welch plays a beautiful cavewoman in “One Million Years B.C.” Aug. 27.

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ROSSMORE-BEVERLY (Continued from page 7) the building be known by the antiquated and dull “BeverlyRossmore.” Now it would be known by the sexy new name of the “Rossmore-Beverly.”

Housing shortage It would take a world war to finally cause the completion of the long abandoned apartment house. The swelling ranks of the military were constantly on the move and between the soldiers and others returning to war production work, there came to pass a great housing shortage, particularly in Southern California.

This problem became so acute that the Army stepped in and began looking for a way to help ease the crisis.

Popping up on their radar was the gigantic unfinished apartment house at 410 N. Rossmore Ave. Seeing four stories already structurally completed, the Army Corps of Engineers believed they could quickly rework the site with just what was already finished and have the building open in double time.

The order of the day for the Army was, of course, speed not aesthetic beauty, with their design on a far more modest scale than either Maltzman’s or Underwood’s. But by chop-

ping the grand double height public rooms into two separate floors, the Army was still able to create 78 spacious apartments in less than half the floor height of either previous design. And while the simple, somewhat deco exterior may have looked vaguely like a hospital, the Army Corps of Engineers managed to do something no one else had ever been able to do before, and that was to actually complete 410 N. Rossmore Ave. Today, 410 N. Rossmore Ave. leads a quiet, dignified exis-

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Hop aboard the Queen Mary for Art Deco festival Cruise through the Art Deco Festival aboard the Queen Mary for a long weekend getaway from Fri., Sept 2 to Mon., Sept. 5.

The weekend will feature tours of the former ocean liner, lectures, the Art Deco Bazaar, a grand ball and a tea dance.

The event is sponsored by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles.

Also on the Art Deco Society’s calendar is its monthly cocktail event at the Basement Tavern at the Victorian House on Fri., Aug. 12 in Santa Monica, 2907 Main St. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., cocktails and Happy Hour specialty pizzas will be served at the believed ghostly Victorian house. For more information, go to www.adsla.org.

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cacti, herbal body kits at Arboretum The Huntington offers music, Concerts, Music from Broadway and introduction to permaculture body care products at home Hollywood, cacti and succu- class taught on Sat., Aug. 27 with Caitlin Bergman on whimsy, tropical flowers lents, yoga in the garden and from 10 a.m. to noon. Stu- Sun., Aug. 28 from 4 to 7 p.m. creating body care products at home are all featured at the L.A. County Arboretum & Botanic Gardens at 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia.

Maestro Vener and the Cal Phil Orchestra play the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein, featuring the Cal Phil Chorale and Maestra Marya Basaraba on Sat., Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Come at 5:30 p.m. for live jazz and dining before the performance.

Yoga in the garden continues on Thursdays, Aug. 11, 18 and 25 at 10:45 a.m. with instructor Candyce Columbus. Begin with a warm up stroll before the hour-long class. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat or towel.

Pre-registration preferred.

The Inter-City Cactus Show and Sale, sponsored by the Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Gabrial Valley Cactus and Succulent Societies takes place on Sat., Aug. 13 and Sun., Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Show includes seminars on native habitat and drought resistant gardens.

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Yoga, film, jazz concerts and cocktails at Descanso Gardens this month

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“We are excited to make tomato week an annual event,” sad owner Sean Bates. “Our Tomato Week menu is crafted to showcase the very freshest tastes tomatoes bring, paired with other in-season flavors to complement them perfectly.”

Among menu items—from appetizers to desserts—are a tomato-fig tart, tomato and prosciutto sandwich, Artic Char with tomato gratinade and grilled pork tenderloin with a tomato peach compote.

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Bring your family and a picnic to see the movie “UP!” on Fri., Aug. 12 at 7 p.m.

Meet at Nature’s Table with your list of gardening questions for Mike Brown’s garden chats on Saturdays from 9:30 to 10 a.m.

Jay R. Ewing continues his series on watercolor painting in nature on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon.

Gardeners can join Amanda Everett as she discusses proper plant selection based

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Come back to stretch and lengthen tight muscles at Pilates classes on Wednesdays at 8 a.m., also in the Rose Pavilion.

When you’re ready to relax at the end of the day, have a snack and a cocktail at Patina’s Camellia Lounge on Tuesdays through Thursdays from 3 to 8 p.m.

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Start your week out right with a refreshing yoga class, which meets Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8:30 a.m. and Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 5 p.m.

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Hummingbird mamas scour gardens for nesting materials and food every branch there is a ready supply of nectar for mama rufous and aromatherapy to calm her fussy baby birds.

All morning she is flying to the nest carrying things in her long skinny beak. I sit quietly on the porch and unobtrusively observe the process. While she’s away looking for building materials, I sneak a peek at the nest. It is one-third formed: a tiny, plush woven bowl.

I run in the house and station myself with my camera at an open window situated less than four feet away from the nest! While I watch and snap pictures she returns. Her beak, looking like a long sharp darning needle makes figure eight maneuvers pushing and pulling a gossamer thread.

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PERCHED on Michelia champaca blooms is a hummingbird nest made of grasses, scraps of mulch, feathers and flower petals.

Holding it together are silky threads from spider webs.

the bottom of the nest, making it soft and cushiony for the eggs.

I hurry to download the photos, and zoom in on the images to get a closer look. I can see the details of the nest: wispy native grasses, scraps of mulch, cottony butterfly weed seeds, downy feathers and white feverfew petals. Holding the nest together, and tacking it onto the branch are silky threads stolen from spider webs. The tensile strength and elasticity of spider silk

makes it a wonder of nature and the perfect material for an expandable nest.

A hummingbird nest must adapt from egg incubator for the mama, to crib for the new-

borns, and finally to a “bigbird-bed” for two (there are typically two eggs laid). By the time the babies fly off, the nest will have stretched and flattened out, but with a bit of renovation, will be sturdy enough to be re-used again next year!

Every bit of building material in this nest can be traced to my garden! It appears there’s a veritable “Home Depot” for nesting birds in my front and back yards. There are water and nesting materials right there on the garden “shelves;” native penstemons and California fuschias, provide the healthy version of a snack bar—all of it free of charge.

I can’t wait to see my first grandbaby hummers! I only wish I could find a way to bottle this feeling I have every time I look at the nest; it’s my very own brand of “Joy!” View gardens designed by Mayita Dinos at mayitadinos. com.

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Good news, bad news in training my new rescue dog

By Susan Isaacs This month’s plan was to give you a glowing progress report on my rescue dog, Layla, who has lived with me for three months now.

Well, half the report is glowing at any rate!

Some highlights: She lets me sleep till 8 a.m.; never begs at the table (just watches me intently!); lets me work at the computer for hours straight without pawing at me for attention; lies calmly in her crate on the back seat during car rides; goes to bed when I tell her to; loves being brushed; and is a model for other dogs at the dog park because she plays nicely and is considerate of the shyer and

smaller pooches.

Layla had become quite a well-behaved apartment dweller. So before leaving for just a couple of hours, I would close off the bathroom and bedroom, and she was perfectly happy confined to the living room with a stuffed Kong toy to chew, watching squirrels through the window and plotting their demise.

Then she contracted kennel cough, which is highly contagious to other dogs. All the activities that kept her and me on an even keel—fun nose work class, agility, daycare, the dog park and sniffing encounters with neighborhood dogs—came to a screeching stop.

Big mistake, leaving her alone during her “isolation” period. I got what I deserved: an apartment strewn with

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cracked CDs, eviscerated sofa pillows…and more.

Fortunately, she didn’t swallow any of the debris she’d left in her wake. All by herself she had found more “creative” ways to release all that pentup energy. Back to the crate she went…

Then what?

We took longer walks.

Instead of eating from a bowl, I made her “work” for her meals by pawing and nosing a treatdispensing toy to release the kibble slowly. We played hide and seek around the apartment. I hid treats in more and more challenging locations and let her use her amazing sense of smell to find them.

If your dog needs a “job” at home, try some of these tips to channel her energy. Tired dog equals good dog!

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‘Uncle’ releases bully; Dun was zealous collector

When we beg for mercy, why do we cry “uncle?” wonders John Moore.

In pre-gang boy’s games, a tormentor would release his victim in return for being called “Uncle,” i.e. in return for being granted a title of respect, thus establishing the pecking order of the moment. This practice goes back to ancient Roman times where boys used the expression patrue, mi patruissimo (uncle, my best of uncles) to force a Roman bully to let them up. Over the years, like most things it was shortened to just “Uncle!” *** Why, when we press a person for an outstanding debt, do we “dun” them? ponders Jackie Preston.

During the reign of Henry VII (1485-1509), there was a notorious bailiff (a public administrative officer of the king) in the shire of Lincoln named Joe Dun. He was so active and dexterous in ferreting out and confiscating bad debts owed to the Crown that his name became the generic term for vigorous collection. *** Why is a friend a “pal?” queries Tom Tatum.

This term comes from the Lat-

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This word, which describes a careful, cautious or hesitating way of movement, is over 400 years old in English and has absolutely nothing to do with the hot, spicy red root used in cooking and medicine.

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