LC Real Estate 09 2018 by Larchmont Chronicle

HOME GROUND

SKYSCRAPERS

Columnist Paula Panich explores artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s early vistas.

GARDENS

Learn about the evolution of Bunker Hill in honor of National Skyscraper Day. Page 6

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Ice cream was enjoyed by all at new garden at Wilshire library.

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Real Estate / Entertainment Libraries, Museums Home & Garden

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Hancock Park | $2,889,000 Brookside Beauty. 4beds+office+4.5bas. Dynamite exterior rec room w/bath adjacent to pool.

Hancock Park | $1,900,000 Country English charmer w/ 2,764 sq ft living space, 4bds, 3bas, den & gardens (assessor).

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Hancock Park | $1,299,000 Windsor Village HPOZ. Updated 3bedroom + 2bath. Fabulous cook's kitchen & open floor plan.

Hancock Park | $1,187,000 Glorious golf course view in 2 bedroom 2.5 bath condo. Large balcony + 24hr security.

Hollywood Hills East | $829,000 Charming one bedroom home in desirable Hollywood Heights. Gated & private w/outdoor patios

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Neighborhoods Conference at Lincoln High

HISTORIC Ebell Club will open its doors to the public later this month with an open house.

Learn of Ebell Club’s activities at Open House The doors of the historic Ebell of Los Angeles will be open to the public on Sun., Sept. 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. at 743 S. Lucerne Blvd. Visitors can enjoy champagne and refreshments while learning about the 124-yearold women’s club. Ebell members will describe the many club activities offered. Among

CAFAM gala

Save the date: Craft Affair, the 2018 annual fundraising gala, is Sat., Oct. 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, 5814 Wilshire Blvd. Cocktails, food, music, a silent auction and art for sale will be featured at the event.

them are a chorale, a writers’ group, book club, art exhibits, bridge games, costume shows, concerts and bi-monthly luncheons. The club boasts a heritage of service and philanthropic programs as well. These include providing $200,000 in scholarships to several dozen college students and donating $100,000 to 10 non-profit agencies serving women and children each year. The three-story building, designed by architect John Austin, was built in 1927. It has been the setting for many movies, television shows, weddings and special events. For more information, contact Meredyth Deighton at 323-931-1277.

Historic preservation, affordable housing and the housing crisis will be on the agenda at the Los Angeles Historic Neighborhoods Conference Sat., Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lincoln High School in Lincoln Heights. Designed by Albert C. Martin in the Moderne style, Abraham Lincoln High School was completed in 1937. The school garnered national attention for the role it, along with four other Los Angeles high schools, played in the East L.A. Chicano student walkouts in 1968. The city Office of Historic Resources, in partnership with the Los Angeles Conservancy, will host the biennial event. Other topics to be covered include preserving multi-family housing, engaging youth in preservation and protecting legacy businesses. The 2018 Historic Preservation Overlay Zone Awards will be given at the event, recognizing exemplary work in rehabilitation, new construction and community engagement within the city’s 35 HPOZs. Register by Sept. 28 for the $20 rate. Contact Rosalind Sagara at rsagara@ laconversancy.org.

HOMES on Lucerne Boulevard date back to the early 1900s.

‘Legacies of Lucerne’ to open on Society home tour Six houses on South Lucerne Boulevard will be open during the Windsor Square - Hancock Park Historical Society Home Tour on Sun., Oct. 14 from 1 to 5 p.m. Entertainment, antique cars, food, refreshments and a silent auction will be offered at the event, “Legacies of Lucerne.” The homes, in Windsor Square between Fourth and Sixth streets, date back to the early 1900s, said Richard Battaglia, Society chairman. Architectural styles include Neo-classical and Mediterranean. Docents will guide visitors through the houses and gar-

dens and describe their history. Committee members include Laura Cohen, Patty Lombard, Suz Landay, Juanita Kempe, Beate McDermott, Carol Wertheim and Jane Gilman. Admission to the fundraiser is $75; members $65. Students pay $25. Children under 12 are free. For reservations, go to wshphs.org. Everyone is welcome to join the Historical Society. Membership costs are $35 for an individual, and $50 for a couple. Events include a membership tea in the beginning of the year and holiday activities in December.

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Designation deadline nears for pre-eminent Los Angeles building We use the term “iconic” a great deal. It usually means something that stands out, a “cut above,” something almost everyone recognizes. Landmarks are often iconic by virtue of their style of architecture, a quality that allows instant recognition. City Hall. Walt Disney Concert Hall. The Chinese Theater. The historic preservation movement in Los Angeles is almost six decades old. We adopted our cultural heritage ordinance in 1962. Since then, we’ve placed approximately 1,100 sites on our list of landmarks. The ordinance, recently updated, states three criteria that a site or building must exemplify in order to be considered for landmark status. Based on national criteria formulated by the National Park Service, properties should meet one of three criteria: (1) be identified with important events of national, state, or local history or exemplify significant contributions to the broad cultural, economic or social history of the nation, state, city or community; or (2) be associated with the lives of historic personages important to national, state, city, or local history; or (3) embody the distinctive characteristics of a

style, type, period, or method of construction; or represent a notable work of a master designer, builder, or architect whose individual genius influenced his or her age.

a history of architecture in Los Angeles, with examples

from three major periods of development spanning four

161 N. VISTA ST.

McAvoy on Preservation

4 Bedrooms 3 Baths 3,162 Sq. Ft. www.161NorthVista.com

Christy McAvoy It is only necessary to meet one criterion to qualify for listing as a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument but, of course, rarely are things that black and white. The Cultural Heritage Commission of the City of Los Angeles weighs all of the arguments for designation against these three criteria, and the Commission often opines that a property displays the attributes of one very strongly, while also acknowledging the merits of a secondary context (usually the importance of a person and his or her contributions to Los Angeles). September 20 deadline The Commission will consider a property that exemplifies not one or two — but all three — criteria on Thurs, Sept. 20. The site contains

decades of the 20th century. (Please turn to page 8)

1245 S. LUCERNE

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The Big Sky and Deep Canyon of Georgia O’Keeffe’s imagination (Canyon, Tex.) — The open road still calls late this summer, and the wheels of my Volvo keep turning, almost on their own. All this Western space and sky still soak up the curiosity, dreams, and meandering mind of a solo traveler far from her home ground. One recent morning I set out for a hike in the Sandia Mountains, about a 30-minute drive from Albuquerque, and instead set the parking brake in the town of Canyon, Texas, 20 miles south of Amarillo and 300 miles off-course. Palo Duro Canyon, second in size in the U.S. only to Arizona’s Grand Canyon, is in easy reach (12 miles) of Canyon, population 14,000. You can drive around and through the state park, where the breathtaking canyon is about a mile wide, but to my taste, overdeveloped for the ease of campers and gawkers. But the visitor center at the rim still

holds its 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps architectural integrity and charm.

Home Ground by

Paula Panich

O’Keeffe in Canyon Canyon, the town, though, holds a shy secret — it’s where Georgia O’Keeffe taught art at a local college, from 1916-1918. She boarded in a house about a block from the Hudspeth House, the bed and breakfast where I stayed. O’Keeffe reportedly took her meals here, in the dining room where 21st-century guests take their coffee and quiche. She was entranced by Palo Duro Canyon, and by the town. She wrote to her friend

PALO DURO CANYON State Park, Canyon, Texas

Photo by Paula Panich

Anita Pollitzer in September, 1916: “ . . . [I] sat on the fence for a long time — looking — just looking at the lightning — you see there was nothing but sky and flat prairie land — land that seems more like the ocean than anything else I know.” Her love for the West

would endure. Those two years in Canyon remained in her heart and mind’s eye. O’Keeffe began spending summers in New Mexico in 1929, and she returned to her home in New York for the winter, a schedule she continued until 1949,

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when she moved to New Mexico permanently. The luminous abstract watercolor paintings O’Keeffe produced in Canyon in 1916, 1917 and 1918 remained among her favorite works throughout her long life. (She died at 98, in 1986, in Santa Fe.) They were never sold, and they are on view from time to time in the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. She was then, in 1916, one of a handful of American artists who were working in abstraction; it was her great contribution to American modernism. O’Keeffe and Los Angeles As celebrated as Georgia O’Keeffe is throughout the country and the world, her voice, so to speak, is muted in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, however, hosted a major O’Keeffe show in 1989, and LACMA owns her 1931 “Horse’s Skull with Pink Rose,” donated to the museum in 1994 by the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation. Part of this low profile locally is due to history. When O’Keeffe burst onto the American art scene (she was born in 1887) in New York in 1917 with her first one-woman show, Los Angeles was not yet poised to join in on the scintillating conversation on modernism passing between New York and Europe. According to the Norton Simon Museum website, O’Keeffe did come to Los Angeles to collaborate with the master printers of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in late November 1963. John F. Kennedy was assassinated soon after her arrival, and a distraught O’Keeffe quickly returned to her home in Abiquiú, New Mexico. Palo Duro Canyon is a rewarding trip, if you like to dream the dreams of artists and writers. By the way, the canyon was carved from the high plains by a now-modest waterway with an irresistible name: Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River.

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE oil on canvas painting from 1931: “Horse’s Skull with Pink Rose” at LACMA (not currently on public view). Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation

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Coming soon to Hancock Park. LAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most coveted neighborhood. Tradition re-imagined. 12 high-end modern town homes. Designed locally by Venice Beach-based multidisciplinary design and architecture studio Electric Bowery. Construction has commenced. Information about reserving one of the 12 homes will be forthcoming. For further information, contact the developer:

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Historic skyscrapers on downtown walking tours

Take a Modern Skyline Tour on National Skyscraper Day Mon., Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. with the Los Angeles Conservancy. See close up how a Victorian neighborhood became a financial center and learn

‘The Browns’ told at Library Aloud series

“The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation” will be discussed by author and Pulitzer Prizewinner Miriam Pawel at the Aloud series at the downtown Central Library, Mon., Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

about the evolution of Bunker Hill while visiting some of the city’s newest landmarks. The one and one-half hour tour covers 10 blocks. Cost is $15 for the general public and $10 for Conservancy members and youths under 17. Register at laconservancy.org. On the regular walking tours, hop aboard Angels Flight (a funicular built in 1901 and the world’s shortest railway), visit the Central Library, and see the Bradbury Building on the Historic Downtown Walking Tour on Saturdays at 10 a.m., and now Wednesdays at 11 a.m., through Sept. 29.

What lies beyond the gate?

NATIONAL SKYSCRAPER Day is September 3.

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Raising funds in Fremont Place for more urban green space Approximately 150 people gathered at a private residence in Fremont Place Aug. 9 for the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust (LANLT) Garden Party. Councilman David Ryu introduced LANLT’s executive director Tamika Butler and spoke of the importance of parks, especially to the 4th District, which is home to Griffith Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the United States. Guests enjoyed a night full of music, catered gourmet hors d’oeuvre and silent and live auctions. The event drew Angelenos from all over the city. For more information, visit lantl.org. Founded in 2002 to address Los Angeles’ park inequities, the LANLT, a nonprofit orga-

LAND TRUST executive director Tamika Butler, deputy director Planning and Development Agency Alina Bokde and co-founder Misty Sanford.

nization, focuses on communities that have little to no access to green space. Since 2002, the Land Trust has added nearly 13 acres of accessible green space by helping create 27 urban parks and community gardens.

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Pacific Union presents its 21st Southern California office next month in the heart of Hancock Park at 156 North Larchmont Boulevard. The vision of Bret Parsons, a topproducing real estate professional, lecturer, and author of acclaimed architecture books, the extraordinarily designed environment, housed in the Keystone Building, originally built in the 1920s, will be home to a team of real estate professionals who embrace marketing a wide-array of properties including architecturally significant estates across Greater Wilshire/Hancock Park and beyond. More of a community outpost than a traditional office, the space embraces the public and incorporates: • Indoor/outdoor meeting space for civic-minded gatherings at no charge • Top-tier technology including a demonstration “safe room” • Resource center referring architects, designers, contractors, landscapers, and other professionals

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(Continued from page 3) It is the work of three separate well-known architects. It was built by three generations of a prominent family. And, if that were not enough, the employees who worked at this site were often the first to tell the story and begin to establish the history of the place in which they lived. Three major architectural achievements by three “master

builders.” Three titans of industry, movers and shakers of their era. Thousands of employees whose perceptions won prizes in their fields for their excellence. Millions of Angelenos who used their product for decades. The significance of this property is indisputable, but that does not stop powerful interests from trying to direct the conversation as to which parts are more significant than others. Better architecture? One person’s achievements over

another’s? The fact is that, in this case, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The ability to tell the whole story lies in the ability to see all the components as reflections of a family’s achievements in building what is one of the city’s premier institutions, with each successive generation building on the achievements of the others. By now you may have realized what the property is. There has been no lack of pub-

458 June Street • $4,595,000

543 Wilcox Avenue

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licity. The “Los Angeles Times” newspaper, under a new owner, has decamped to El Segundo. The historic physical premises, uncoupled from the newspaper business a few years ago by a former owner, were sold to a Canadian developer. Creating Los Angeles The role of the Chandler family (Harry, Norman, Dorothy, Otis, the latter three at times residents of Windsor Square and Hancock Park) in creating Los Angeles, both figuratively and literally, lies embedded in the Times Mirror complex at First and Spring streets. I cannot think of another site that embodies different eras of Los Angeles development in quite the same way. Which Chandler was most influential? Which era of the newspaper? Which architect? I contend that the amalgamation of power and influence embodied in this site cannot — and should not — be dissipated by favoring one era or participant over another. The site was devel-

Larchmont Chronicle oped and used throughout the 20th century in response to the needs of the newspaper and its owners. You can read the architectural trends of Los Angeles in its juxtaposition of styles. A “historic jumble” and “an architectural time machine” as “Times” reporter Carolina Miranda called it in July, although I don’t think “jumble” quite gives the various components their due. If impacted, speak up If there ever was a site to preserve intact, this is one. If it had an impact on your life, as it did on mine, speak up. Did you read the newspaper? Work there? Follow a particular columnist? Know the Chandlers or William Pereira? Please let your thoughts be known to the Cultural Heritage Commission and City Council before September 20. It would be a shame to truncate so important a story. Note that the Commission contact is via Melissa Jones, Office of Historic Resources: melissa.jones@lacity.org.

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Offered for $2,100,000 Completely renovated Spanish in Windsor Square, with no detail left unturned.

Offered for $3,299,999 Gorgeous 1920s Spanish on a huge lot in Windsor Square. Amazing original details. Dramatic entertaining spaces. Incredible grounds feature a pool/spa and 2-bedroom guest house. 211northvanness.com

and great access to a spacious backyard. 246northbeachwood.com

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CHOP SUEY was one of the restaurants covered by Huell Howser.

HUELL HOWSER visits the Chronicle offices December 2007. From left to right are Howser, Jane Gilman and Laura Eversz. Pam Rudy is seated. Nancy MacCoon is at far right.

KCET public television station will air some fan-favorite food-themed episodes from “Visiting with Huell Howser” beginning Sun., Sept. 2 in honor of the 25th anniversary of Howser’s beloved program. Some of the episodes include visiting Pink’s Hot Dogs, Talleyrand and Porto’s Bakery. KCET will kick off the celebration with several giveaways at the “Los Angeles Times’” Taste event at Paramount Studios’ backlot Fri., Aug. 31 through Sun., Sept. 2, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Local boy A Tennessee transplant,

Howser, who died in Palm Springs in 2013, began his career in Los Angeles working for Hancock Park resident (and then KCBS general manager) Jamie Bennett as a feature reporter at the station. Later, Howser was the producer and narrator of KCET’s “California Gold” and “Videolog.” Besides living in Palm Springs and Joshua Tree, he also resided around the corner from the Chronicle at the El Royale on Rossmore Avenue. In his 2013 obituary, publisher Jane Gilman wrote about how his booming voice often signaled his arrival at the pa-

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per’s offices. From May 2007 to April 2008, Howser wrote a column in the Larchmont Chronicle, titled “Larchmont Gold,” covering businesses on the boulevard such as Larchmont Hardware, the Larchmont Barbershop and Chevalier’s Books. Locals that he visited for his TV show included Brothers Collateral, Larchmont Cleaners and Village Pizzeria. Most of Howser’s programs and records were donated to Chapman College in Orange, where there is now an exhibit of the “California Gold” series and other Huell Howser mate-

LARCHMONT HARDWARE was featured in Howser’s Dec. 2007 Larchmont Chronicle column.

rials that is free and open to the public. Archives are also available online. Last year, Howser was the top-

Featured Listing for the Month of September by

ic of the memoir “Louie, Take a Look at This! My Time with Huell Howser,” by cameraman Luis Fuerte and David Duron.

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245 S. Irving Blvd., L.A. CA 90004 | Listed at $3,400,000 | SOLD in its 1st day open house | Represented Buyer & Seller

4Br/5Ba, pool & guest unit. Beautifully landscaped front & back yard. Located in 3rd Street School District. Appx. 3,872 sft. 10,239 lot

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3819 W. 54th St. | $799,000

Spanish style home located on a beautiful tree lined street in Windsor Village. 4 Br+2 Ba, over sized living rm with high barrel ceilings, hardwood flrs, one car garage.

Cash Buyers Only. Fixer, commercial zoned building represents as 3 unit plus full basement use as a 1 unit. Appx. 3,117 sq.ft., 3,600 lot. LCC2YY zoned. 5 parking.

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Aggressive bidding with a distributional 4 High Card Point hand Here’s your hand, sitting East, second seat, north/south vulnerable: ♠3 ♥ Q987542 ♦ ♣ Q9863

Only 4 High Card Points (HCP), but 7-5-1-0 distribution! If we have a fit we can make beautiful music because then it’s only a 5 loser hand! North, my right-hand opponent (RHO), dealt and opened 1S. At favorable vulnerability (they were vulnerable and we were not) I bid 2S, Michaels, to partially describe my hand as at least 5-5 in hearts and a minor. If my partner can’t support hearts and wants to know what minor I have, she asks by bidding no trump. There’s no way I could describe a hand with a singleton and a void in one bid, but my partner knew

Bridge Matters by

Grand Slam that I had at least 5 hearts and an unnamed 5 card minor. The bidding continued with my left hand opponent (LHO), south, raising to 3S. My partner passed and my RHO raised to 4S. I wasn’t going to go down without a fight so I bid 5H. Now my partner should know I had a strangely distributional hand and probably 6-7 hearts. LHO bid 5S and my partner doubled. I can’t do anything but trust her, so I passed. However, when I saw my partner’s hand, I nearly passed out! Here is the four hand layout:

North ♠ AKT642 ♥ J6 ♦ KJ954 ♣ West East ♠ 95 ♠3 ♥ AKT3 ♥ Q987542 ♦ Q3 ♦ ♣ AKT54 ♣ Q9863 South ♠ QJ87 ♥ ♦ AT8762 ♣ J72

We have a massive two-suit fit and 6 hearts is a cold laydown (of course 7 spades or diamonds is also cold for NS). What was the thinking of my partner, who is a fairly experienced player with potential? She knows we have a terrific hearts fit. She has the best hand at the table, yet she didn’t open her mouth to

bid or support me. Then she doubles! She must know that her AK of hearts is worthless on defense. Of course with her sitting there silent I can’t go on above 5S. I have to trust her and sit for the double. We didn’t take a trick. She actually had two choices here. One is to immediately bid game in hearts. But the other is to bid no trump to ask for my minor. If it’s clubs, which it was, with the AK plus length in both of my suits she could jump to 6H or at least explore for it. If she gives me a support bid for hearts, I’m not going to stop competing short of 6H (after all, I bid 5H without a peep from my partner). I asked North, who opened the bidding, if he would have bid 6S over our 6H bid and he said that he would not have. South agreed, saying he had done all he could with his 8 HCP

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‘Scream,’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ among screenings at Hollywood Forever Scare yourself silly, dance to a disco beat, and fight the blue meanies at movies showing this month at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. See the Wes Craven horror comedy “Scream” (1996) Sat., Sept. 8, starring Neve Camp-

bell, Drew Barrymore, Courteney Cox and David Arquette. Bring your disco shoes and wear your best 1970s dance togs to see John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” (1977) Sat., Sept. 15. Take a trip across the sea in a yellow submarine and fight

the blue meanies while watching John, Paul, Ringo and George in the animated classic “Yellow Submarine” (1968). This year, the film celebrates its 50th anniversary. Celebrate psychedelic fashion, and pose in the photobooth. There will be a DJ spinning

before and after the films; beer and wine will be available, but guests can bring their own refreshments. Blankets, pillows and low chairs are suggested, as well as a tarp for under-

neath the blankets. Tickets start at $12. Doors open and music begins at 6:15 p.m. Movies start at 8 p.m. Visit cinespia.org for more information.

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Have a scary time following Halloween character Michael Myers through a series of new mazes at Universal Studios, 100 Universal City Plaza, beginning Fri., Sept. 14. Based on the fourth installment of the Halloween films, “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” visitors go through a maze that chases Myers as he escapes the sanitarium and stalks his next victim. For more information, visit halloweenhorrornights.com.

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Complex relationships; dissection of a life; Pooh’s naiveté

The Wife (8/10): What starts out as a relatively benign story of an elderly Jewish man, Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce), winning the 1992 Nobel Prize for literature and his relationship with his WASPish wife, Joan (Oscar-quality Glenn Close), and children, morphs into something quite different. While it is definitely a story about a woman’s idea of her identity and liberation, it’s also a story of complex relationships among all the characters. The acting is superb, highlighted by Christian Slater playing an unctuous wannabe biographer. Hal (8/10): Hal Ashby was an individualistic, one-of-a-kind maverick who produced some memorable films in the 1970s, like “Harold and Maude” and “Being There.” He was fortunate to have found his niche then, because when the ’80s rolled around there was no place for a guy like him, and his work suffered drastically before he passed on in 1988 due to pancreatic cancer. In this documentary, director Amy Scott traces his career from his start as a film editor through his Oscar for editing director Norman Jewison’s classic “In the Heat of the

Night” to his foray as a director himself. Told with archival films and interviews with many of his actors like Jane Fonda, Bridges brothers Jeff and Beau, Louis Gossett, Jr., and Rosanna Arquette, along with Judd Apatow, David O. Russell, and Alexander Payne, his life is pretty well dissected with his strengths and weaknesses. This is a highly engrossing tale of the Hollywood of 40 years ago. Christopher Robin (7/10): Seven-year-olds will undoubtedly eat this up. Since I don’t like fantasy like this, especially one that completely rewrites history (I know, the books had the real Christopher in them, but this is different since it shows him as a grown man still believing in stuffed animals who can walk and talk and think), I squirmed through its heartwarming bathos. Last year’s “Goodbye Christopher Robin” was a far more worth-

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The latest in a series of books co-authored by local Realtor Bret Parsons, “Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940: Roland E. Coate,” will be published this month by Tailwater Press. The book, co-authored by Marc Appleton and Steve Vaught, includes 35 projects designed by Coate as well as several vintage images. Coate, an Indiana native, designed the Fudger House at 211 Muirfield Road, later purchased by Howard Hughes. Previously published in the team’s planned 12-volume series were “Colcord Home” and “Gordon B. Kaufmann.” Parsons is the associate manager of the new Pacific Union International office opening this month upstairs at 156 N. Larchmont Blvd. K

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Tony Medley while movie for adults. That said, the charm of the movie lies in Pooh’s naiveté and innocence. Seeing things in black and white, he states what he sees and believes in such Alice in Wonderland purity that the truths he utters are captivating and almost worth sitting through it. If only it were 30 minutes shorter. BlacKkKlansman (3/10): While director Spike Lee would like for this to be an admirable tale of courage, what it really is, is akin to the Keystone Kops meeting The Three Stooges. Instead of trying to create heroes, Lee would have been

better advised to make it what it really is, a screwball comedy of incompetent policemen taking on a bunch of racist boobs. Lee adds a contrived ending to the story because, without making that up, what these guys did was meaningless. The Spy Who Dumped Me (3/10): Rarely will you see a movie with a more unappealing character as that presented by Kate McKinnon. Her performance is like a grain of sand in your eye; and she’s in almost every scene! The question is: who is at fault? Is it terrible directing (Susanna Fogel), a horrible script (Fogel & David Iserson), or McKinnon herself? Or all three (my vote)? Maybe we shouldn’t blame poor Kate alone. She gave it her all. Lucille Ball couldn’t have done much with this material, but she probably would have been wise enough not to try it. Mile 22 (1/10): What they

in all seriousness and unmitigated hubris call a plot is just a flimsy excuse for imbecilic, unrealistic fights, gun battles and car chases. But that’s not the worst part of this movie, because, even though there is really no coherent tale to tell, it doesn’t end. And that’s a really depressing thought, because they are clearly setting the audience up for a sequel, God forbid. Director Peter Berg seems to think that the best way to create tension is to have lots of extreme close-ups and rapid-fire dialogue. Fast dialogue works with Shakespeare, because the lines are smart and clever. Believe me when I say that screenwriter Lea Carpenter is no Bard of Avon. The only redeeming value of the film is the presence of charismatic John Malkovich in the cast. Even in a stinker like this, his presence brightens up the screen.

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A case of mistaken racial identity with non-stop laughs play, “Face Value,” that chronicled the controversy of hiring Roger Pryce, a Caucasian actor, to play the Asian pimp in “Miss Saigon” on Broadway. “Face Value” was a flop. In “Yellow Face,” Hwang’s alter ego DHH (Jeffrey Sun) hires Marcus G. Dahlman, eventually known as Marcus Gee (Roman Moretti), as an Asian American in “Face Val-

ue.” But the actor is Caucasian. A case of mistaken racial identity. It’s a casting choice DHH will come to regret. Believing Marcus is Asian, the complexities of the deception soon lead DHH to government intrigue and investigation when finally revealed. DHH’s deception ultimately settles on saying Marcus is a Jew from Siberia. The titular term, yellow face, refers to a white actor going on stage with disguising make-up in order to portray an Asian. Yul Brynner in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I” is an example — one that Marcus Gee follows. This is a superb cast, each actor playing a variety of roles with delineating clarity: Alfonso Faustino, wonderful as HYH (Henry Y. Hwang, the alter ego of DHH’s father) plus an array of other roles including actor B.D. Wong; Lisagaye Tomlinson as actress Jane Krakowski and more; John Pendergast as the announcer and a wonderfully intrusive journalist; Jennifer Vo Le as Leah plus. Dennis Nollette doubles as Cameron MacIntosh as well as Senator Fred Thompson and others. Director Robert Zimmerman has kept the setting simple, chairs arranged in a staged-reading semicircle, and minimal props. Zimmerman found the comedic pace and timed the laughs perfectly. And they are non-stop. Mr. Hwang never disappoints. His plays are always insightful and very en-

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tertaining. Through Wed., Sept. 26. Beverly Hills Playhouse, 254 S. Robertson Blvd. bhplayhouse.com. 4 Stars • • • Rosh Hashanah eve in 1967, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, is the setting for Jews, Christians and Screwing Stalin written by husband and wife team Mark Lonow and Jo Anne Astrow. Lonow is co-owner of the famous Improv Comedy Club. The action takes place in the Grazonsky family rooming house. It is a brilliantly detailed two-level scenic design by Joel Daavid. The Grazonsky family has gathered for the holiday, some dead, as in patriarch Murray (John Pleshette) who views and comments on the proceedings from a Paradise that in-

cludes Maureen O’Hara. There is Grandson Joey (Hunter Milano) who has brought his pregnant Christian girlfriend Caitlin (Sammi-Jack Martincak) to meet his relatives. Then there’s David Grazonsky (Travis York), son of the patriarch and father to Joey, struggling with alcohol addiction. And finally, there’s Minka Grazonsky, otherwise known as Bubbe (Cathy Ladman) who was a radical communist, hence the titular reference to Stalin, and whose more personal relationship with the dictator is hinted at. Add a collection of roomers: busybody Lillie Feinstein (Laura Julian), aging Mister Goldman (Marty Ross) and Miss Koppelson (Sally Schaub). The evening is heavy on shtick, and the physical comedy tries too hard and is, at times, illogical. There are some laughs. The play wanders through two acts finally coming to a somewhat acceptable conclusion. Through Sun., Sept. 23. Matrix Theatre, 7657 Melrose Ave. 323-960-4412. Plays411. com/Matzoballs. 3 Stars

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Soulful Southern food in DTLA; Silver Lake-style Italian Tucked into a triangular brick building downtown, Preux & Proper is a two-story charmer, with the bar “Preux” down, “Proper” dining up, excellent cocktails, Southern-inspired food, and live jazz on Thursdays. This kind of cooking is really fun to eat: a mountain of cornmeal-crusted catfish, juicy chicken fried pork belly, grilled corn with pork cracklin’s. As an inveterate octopus fan, I couldn’t resist their $29 charred version with anchovy remoulade and fingerling potatoes. Very tender tentacles, the octopus had been sous vide before grilling. My friend, who had never tried a multi-armed sea creature before, bravely nibbled a bite and promptly became a convert. Also exceptional, the $27 squash blossom chile relleno exploded with flavors and textures from the melty Humboldt Fog cheese, succotash, and pumpkin seed mole. Spicy roasted carrots tasted ordinary compared to other dishes, but the leftovers heated up better than the initial taste the night

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Helene Seifer before. The $21 Crab hushpuppies could have used more crab in the batter, but dipping into bourbon barrel-aged green hot sauce boosted the experience. This is definitely food to dig into with friends and chase with an old fashioned. I just wish it weren’t so pricey. Next time I’ll try Preux’s less expensive happy hour menu, with $11 options such as a crawfish roll and oyster po’ boy. Preux & Proper, 840 S. Spring St., 213-896-0090. • • • Whenever I dine in Silver Lake I’m aware of the fact that I’m not rocking ripped $300 jeans while conversing with a young would-be actor-screenwriter in a man-bun. Yet I love the atmosphere and feel at home even if there might

as well be an accusatory spotlight shining on my table. This time I crossed into hipsterville to try one of the neighborhood’s oldest destination restaurants, Alimento. The small Italian storefront is on a trendy stretch of Silver Lake Boulevard, which also features the LAMILL coffee shop, L&E Oyster Bar and the Yolk children’s boutique. Executive Chef Zach Pollack’s modern chic eatery was on GQ’s “25 most outstanding restaurants of 2015” list, and Alimento remains as popular today as it was upon opening to accolades.

A rightly acclaimed dish is the $13 chicken liver crostone. The pâté is smoothed from edge to edge on half the serving plate. Dollops of stone fruit mostarda, toasted artisanal bread slices and a small mound of finishing salt complete the edible design. Incredibly creamy, earthy in taste, this is a must-share starter. Pollack is known for his pastas, so we tried two: the $18 radiatori with braised pork tomato sauce and the $17 tortellini in brodo. The plump ruffled radiatori were perfectly al dente, perfectly sauced, and richly satisfy-

ing. The tortellini are an Italian version of Chinese soup dumplings. Resting on a cheesy base, the “brodo” was hidden inside the pasta pockets. I’d rather have the Asian version, as these were surprisingly heavy-handed and under-seasoned. The recommended chopped salad was loaded with pepperoncini, chickpeas, anchovies and salami for $16, and it added a healthy crunch to our meal. Alimento, 1710 Silver Lake Blvd., 323-928-2888. Contact Helene at onthemenu@larchmontchronicle.com

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Part One, “Ladies of the Cat and Fiddle,” was published in August’s Larchmont Chronicle. By Rachel Olivier As Part One of this story ended last month, co-founder Paula Gardner was eight-andone-half months pregnant with twins as she and her musician husband Kim opened The Cat and Fiddle in 1982. Thirty-six years later, Paula and those twin girls, Ashlee and Camille, join oldest daughter Eva in running their friendly family pub at 742 N. Highland Avenue. And it’s often a party atmosphere at the pub. Last month, the full moon was high in the sky when The Cat and Fiddle had its first

“Full Moon Party.” According to Ashlee Gardner, the pub will have more such events. The promise of all-night happy hour specials and a psychic tarot reader on tap added magic and fun to the bustling Friday evening crowd. “The party was all Paula,” said Ashlee, referring to her mom. Friends and I who attended the event reminisced about the restaurant’s former space on Sunset Boulevard and compared it to the new space on Highland. Although The Cat had originally opened in what the owners describe as a “small nook” in Laurel Canyon, the pub, by 1985, had outgrown that space (Please turn to page 16)

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Eventually, they grew into jobs at the restaurant, such as helping make salads in the kitchen, greeting customers, waiting tables and bartending. Eva, a bassist like her father, began playing at age 13 and had some of her first gigs at The Cat. Working at The Cat Everyone in the family contributes to running the pub. Paula brings an old-school sensibility and practicality to supervising the restaurant. She also likes to make sure she keeps the right tone for what a British public house should be — with a California twist. Eva was on tour in Australia with Pink this summer, her 11th year touring with the musician. (She also plays for such artists as Cher, Gwen Stefani and Moby). But she bartends at The Cat whenever she is in town. In fact, she says, “One night, I was slinging drinks at (Please turn to page 19)

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principles can work for you, too. Published by Happily Ever After Press, the book includes illustrations by the author. “Larchmont is indeed my childhood home, so it’s a real honor to come back there and do this reading at Chevalier’s,” Danielle told us.

Victoria Harwood ButlerSloss’ new novel, “The Seamstress of Ourfa,” is the first in a trilogy that takes the reader on an exotic journey from the end of the 19th century and the Ottoman empire to the modern age. The Wilton Place resident will sign copies of her new book Thurs., Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd. Among the book’s richly drawn characters is Khoutan, a child bride and the novelist’s great-great grandmother. The book opens with a family reunion in Cyprus in 1968, where we meet a young girl who shares the novelist’s name. “That’s me as a child,” Victoria said in an interview earlier this year. Published by Armida Books, she calls the 298-page tome “fictoir,” a blend of fiction and memoir.

Speak French at ‘Saving Nature’ talk at Wilshire library Fremont library Environmental journalist Susan Zakin, author of “Coyotes and Town Dogs,” will speak on “Saving Nature in Trump’s America” at the Wilshire branch library, 149 N. St. Andrews Pl., Sat., Sept. 8 at 2 p.m.

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Looking for your inner unicorn? Look no further than author Danielle Vincent and her book, “You-nicorn: 30 days to find your inner unicorn and live the life you love.” Vincent, who grew up on Gower Street, will be signing copies of her 272-page book at Chevalier’s Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., on Sun., Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. She will be in discussion with Beth Mcilvaine, poet, self-discovery expert and biostatistician. After finding success but not happiness in the corporate world — at the Oprah Winfrey Network — Vincent reluctantly gave the spiritual techniques she learned from Oprah and Deepak Chopra, Ted Talks speakers and others a try. The results were life-changing, (she now lives on a fiveacre farm, has a thriving business, and lives the life of her dreams) and, she says, these

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Pasadena Pops and the Taste of Arcadia will be at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, this month. Pasadena Pops’ “Broadway Goes to the Movies” features scores from “The Music Man,” “My Fair Lady,” “Funny Girl” and more Sat., Sept. 8, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Sample food and beverages from more than 30 restaurants at Taste of Arcadia, Mon., Sept. 24, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Must be 21 years and older to attend. For more information, visit arboretum.org.

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Volunteers and library patrons celebrated the recently revitalized garden at Wilshire branch library, 149 N. St. Andrews Pl., with a garden party and ice cream social last month. The party was a thank-you from Friends of the Wilshire Library to volunteers who helped refurbish the garden. Among attendees were Miles and Anna Paley, son and daughter of Caroline Tracy, advertising sales associate at the Larchmont Chronicle and her husband, Will Paley. A donation from the Windsor Square — Hancock Park Historical Society made the refurbishment possible.

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(Continued from page 16) the bar when one of our customers said he thought he’d seen me on TV at the Billboard Awards with Cher.” She laughed and told him, “As a matter of fact, I was!” Ashlee, who has a music management and production company with husband Justin Raisen, is involved in the marketing and the accounting side of The Cat. Justin frequently pitches in, as well. Camille, who started out in kinesiology and nutrition and worked as a physical trainer, eventually made her way back into the restaurant business by way of Sofitel, David Burke Group and Patina. Now she specializes in human resources and training. She and her husband, Ben Camper (director of strategic branding at 24-Hour Fitness), also are consultants for the corporate side of things at The Cat. Full circle and new traditions Many of the employees have been with the restaurant 10 to 25 years. Chef Eduardo Silva started out as a grill cook at The Cat in the ’90s. He eventually began his own catering company and worked under Wolfgang Puck before returning to The Cat. Silva has updated the menu while keeping to the British staples of fish and chips and savory pies. The pub now has mushy peas as a side dish, as well as vegan corn chowder. Currently, every item on the menu, except the French bread, puff pastry and sliced bread, is made at the restaurant.

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When The Cat reopened in 2017, the family’s lives came eerily full circle. Preceding the opening in June, Ashlee gave birth to son James in April. And then Camille gave birth to son Caden in October. This year, a full year after the reopening, Ashlee gave birth to her daughter June. And so a new generation was born into life at The Cat. In the meantime, old customers — referred to by the family as the “lads” and “lasses” — have found the pub again, but new customers also have discovered the restaurant. “It’s nice to see someone new come in and say, ‘this is a cool vibe’,” says Ashlee. Special events Paula says that they enjoy creatively presenting special events and having musical acts. For St. Patrick’s Day, they installed a tent in the rear parking lot, for example. For the World Cup and the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (“the girls” went to Immaculate Heart at about the same time as Markle), The Cat was open

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Please help, asks Maureen O’Hara. Don’t worry, you and I are in no danger of your husband taking my job. “Tintinnabulation” (the tinkling sound of a bell or bells) is from the Latin tintinnabulum (a bell), which is further derived from tinnire (to jingle). Professor Know-It-All is the nom de plume of Bill Bentley, who invites readers to try and stump him. Send your questions to willbent@prodigy.net

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What’s the origin of “ignoramus”? asks Ted Stratton. “Ignoramus” was the name of a character in George Ruggle’s 1615 play of the same name. It was derived from the Latin ignorare — someone who “does not know.” • • • My know-it-all husband (no offense intended) says that the word “tintinnabulation” used in Poe’s poem “The Bells” was invented by the author, but I say he’s wrong.

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What’s the origin of the word “handicap”? ponders Peter Holm. This word, of course, refers to both advantage and disadvantage, and it comes from the ancient game of “hand i’ the cap,” which is mentioned in “Piers Plowman” (a popular medieval tale). The game involved blind wagering on the drawing of betting slips from a hat. Remove the hat and you have present day

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