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The designation grants properties a level of pro tection against demolition and has become more pop ular among homeowners, Bernstein said. Owners be come eligible for preservation incentives such as the Mills Act Historical Property Con tract Program, which can provide property tax relief. Preservation also fos ters more sustainable development and promotes repurposing of existing build ings while also combating climate change by recycling materials to reduce carbon emissions, city officials said.
City marks 60th year of preserving its many treasures
center from being built on the adobe site. Also saved early on by the new ordinance — the first of its kind in a major urban center — was Angels Flight Railway, the 118-year-old funicular on Bun ker Hill Closerdowntown.tohome,the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, The Wil By Suzan Filipek
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The list of monuments rang es from modernist homes to Japanese florist shops and the cemetery of a pioneering Mex ican family from California’s Rancho period.
city arranged to plant the palm trees along Highland be tween Wilshire Boulevard and Melrose Avenue and construct a median strip. The residents financed the project and, many years later, in 1972, the site was recognized as an His toric-Cultural Monument.
STAINED GLASS window panels at Memorial Branch Library commemorate Los Angeles High School alumni who died in World War I. Photo by Deborah Matthews TREES ON HIGHLAND were designated a Historic-Cultural Monument in 1972. Photo by Nona Sue Friedman tern theater and La Casa de las Cam panas, a treasured Spanish Colonial Revival home on N. June Street, were all deemed historic. The Ebell of Los Angeles was desig nated in 1982, and the El Royale Apart ments on North Rossmore Avenue in 1986. The list also includes the Original Farmers Market and the El Rey Theatre.
“With influences from immigrant, migrant and in digenous communities, Los Angeles is an incredibly cul turally rich city,’’ said Director of Planning Vince Bertoni. “Future Angelenos will be able to appreciate the efforts of previous generations as a result of our steadfast com mitment to understanding the passion and enthusiasm upon which this great city wasLearnbuilt.”more about the Leo nis Adobe and other city historical sites at tinyurl. com/4t3fykaz.
The SchoolLostheTheywasdios1930signedBrooksidealwindowsstained-glassatMemoriBranchLibraryinweredeandbuiltinbyJudsonStuwhenthelibraryconstructed.wereagifttolibraryfromtheAngelesHighstudentbody in honor of classmates who died in World War I. While buildings make up the majority of sites saved by the ordinance, open spac es, including Griffith Park, and trees, such as those on Highland, have also been des ignated.In1928, residents and the
There have been many des ignation winners since the Los Angeles Cultural Heri tage Ordinance was passed 60 years ago last month. The Memorial Branch Li brary and its World War I-era stained glass windows and the tall majestic palms along Highland Avenue are among them.The elegant 1921 Ambassa dor Hotel did not survive the wrecking ball. But, while los ing the hotel — where Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot in 1968 — and its Cocoanut Grove nightclub was a set back, thankfully many other places have been saved, Ken Bernstein said on the eve of theAsanniversary.principal city planner, Bernstein heads the city’s Office of Historic Resources, while the Cultural Heritage Commission board designates the city’s Historic-Cultural Monuments (HCMs), which, as of last count, numbered 1,264.Among the first places to be deemed historic under the pioneering ordinance was the Leonis Adobe built in 1844 in what is now Calabasas. The ordinance was ap proved following a grassroots campaign to stop a shopping
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Recently released recom mendations for proposed changes to Mills Act contracts have sparked opposition throughout the preservation community and beneficiaries of Los Angeles’ premier eco nomic incentive program for historic preservation. A recent review of the Mills Act Program by the City of Los Angeles resulted in a series of recommendations, including the controversial proposal of non-renewal of current Mills Act contracts more than 10 years old. If such a change were enact ed it would financially affect many members of our his toric communities in Greater Wilshire who are provided with a generous tax abatement in exchange for the preserva tion and maintenance of their historicEnabledproperties.bystate legislation in 1972 and established in Los Angeles in 1996, the program has been an enormous suc cess. Single and multifamily residential as well as commer cial properties qualify if they are designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) or a contributor to an Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). A Mills Act con tract is an annually-renewing 10-year contract between a property owner and the city, transferrable to a new owner upon the sale of a property. Contract holders save over $20 million in property tax es annually, a savings that many use to reinvest through the necessary upkeep and maintenance of their historic properties.OnJuly 19, the Cultural Heritage Commission (CHC) heard the first report on the city’s assessment of the Mills Act Program, conducted by (Please turn to THIS HOUSE in the Wilton Historic District was preserved through the Mills Act. by Brian Curran
Robert Chattel and Associates. According to the assessment’s Executive Summary, this review examined staffing, pro gram revenue streams, and “the allocation of property tax savings among existing contracts to inform a more eq uitable distribution of program participation across the city.”
Proposed changes to the Mills Act spark opposition
Growth, equity challenges They found that although the program had been a suc cess, its growth had surpassed the capacity of city planning to administer it effectively. Also, changing city priorities such as issues of equity and housing affordability pre sented further challenges to ensure that properties in areas with “high barriers to opportunity” could also ben efit from the program.
While there has been a great deal of support for the report’s addressing of the equity issue through suggested strategic outreach targeting high pri ority areas and prioritizing at least half of new applications to those areas(including the greater inclusion of affordable multi-family housing), other recommendations focusing Kids back in school?
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Pasta to plants: Is mac and cheese the meal of choice for your kids? Is spaghetti your “go to” dinner? Don’t throw the used pasta water down the drain. Instead, place a pot under the colander to capture the water and then use that water for your outside plants. Depending upon how often your family eats pasta, you could save several gallons of holes making it dangerous to drive,Asphaltaren’t?”slurry, as Coun cilman Mitch O’Farrell’s office explained, is similar to a topcoat of nail polish. This scheduled maintenance, which is dictated by the Bureau of Street Services, is done every five to seven years to keep the roadways in good driving condition and extend the road’s life. Although res idents of each street need to move their car off the street for one day, it’s a minor inconvenience for necessary upkeep. O’Farrell’s office has received many thank yous for thisRework.surfacing, a different and more involved procedure than slurry, is what is needed on Third Street and Bever ly Boulevard. Resurfacing deals with curbs, gutters, the crown of the street — which is the shape of the road sur face — and grading the street afterwards. It also requires coordinating between many utilities such as gas, cable, phone and private construc tion projects. O’Farrell’s office is responding to numerous requests to remove the lumps, bumps and pot holes on Third and Beverly and hopes to get these thoroughfares sched uled for resurfacing soon. Other street modifications that O’Farrell’s office has pushed through include a more clearly defined cross walk at the intersection of Larchmont Boulevard and Council Street just in time for school. And a few months ago, at Van Ness Avenue and Third Street, a pedestri an activated crosswalk was installed.Councilman O’Farrell is a member of the Public Works Committee for the Los Angeles City Council and is involved in public works proj ects throughout his district.
Street improvements abound in the Larchmont area
Drink up, bathe… but please save the
IMPROVED CROSSWALK with new striping is being installed at Larchmont Boulevard looking west down Clinton Street.
Photo by Nona Sue Friedman
By Nona Sue Friedman As many in the neighbor hood have noticed, some streets are being repaved, or more officially, getting “asphalt slurry seal appli cation.” If you live in the Hancock Park, Windsor Square or Larchmont Vil lage area and haven’t gotten a notice from the city about this project, you soon will. Seeing work done on streets in good shape has prompt ed many to ask, “Why are these streets getting atten tion while other streets, like Beverly Boulevard and Third Street with crater-sized pot
Let’s face it. Drought con ditions are probably the new normal here in Los Angeles. Let’s learn to live with it, shall we?Here are five easy water-sav ing tips that everyone in your household (kids, too!) can start doing today to conserve water: The water can wait: While taking your morning show er and washing your hands throughout the day, turn off the water while you soap up. You could save up to 10 gal lons of water each time you shower and almost six gallons of water a day when washing your hands. Bathe with a bucket: While the water is heating up in the shower, place a bucket under the spigot or shower head to catch the water before getting into the shower. Once you’re in the shower, place a second bucket at your feet to catch the excess water. If you’re able to fill two buckets, you could collect 10 gallons every time a family member showers!
On Preservation (Continued from page 3) on the program’s financial sustainability were not as well received. The greatest oppo sition came to the proposed revision of contract terms to be limited to 20 years for new contracts and the non-renew al of existing contracts older than 10 years old. More than 100 members of the public called in to the CHC’s July meeting and an even greater number to the Aug. 8 evening presentation, the vast majority of comments focusing on opposition to this particular recommendation.
Condo owners in historic downtown and Hollywood buildings were particularly represented in opposing the suggestion for non-renewal. According to Ken Ber nstein of the Office of Historic Resources, this is only the beginning of the process to refine the Mills Act Program. Feedback contin ues to be gathered for a draft ordinance to be crafted — a step which will occur before Neighborhood Councils will have time to weigh in. In the meantime, for those who own Mills Act properties and wish to review the 2022 Mills Act Assessment Report as well as provide comments, go to tinyurl.com/2h5kn88w to find links, contact details and a feedback form.
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TURN OFF THE WATER while washing hands and save gal lons.
‘The river is a good way to tell the story of Los Angeles’ Keith Park, cur rent president of CGLHS, says he, too, didn’t think much of the river as he swiftly crossed it on a freeway or saw it in a movie. “I have a much more nuanced opinion of it,” he says, “and that is what I hope others will gain from the confer ence.”The Sixth Street Viaduct guar antees that now everyone knows that Los Angeles has a river; the beautiful Viaduct has the magnetic draw of the Holly woodAnd,sign.asthe New York Times has reported, “the bridge eventually will overlook a 12-acre riverbed park that will help anchor a long-term restoration of the famously concrete-covered Los Angeles River.”The Los Angeles River will reclaim its place then, as a shining element in the land scape of the city. (See cglhs.org for informa tion about the organization and conference.)
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The California Garden and Landscape History Society (CGLHS), like most organi zations, had to postpone its annual conference for two years.But little did the CGLHS or ganizers know then that the conference, scheduled at last for Oct. 14, 15 and 16, would fall into the great celebra tory frenzy with the opening in July of the Sixth Street Viaduct. The bridge is a stun ning work of architecture, a “ribbon of light” linking the Downtown L.A. Arts Districts and East Los Angeles. That Sixth Street Viaduct reaches over the Los Angeles River; the CGLHS conference is called “The Past, Present, and Future of the Los Angeles River.” The three-day gather ing will be a mix of tours and lectures and lunches and din ners at historic locations on and off the Landscaperiverdesigner
The story of Los Angeles is indeed the story of the river Late in the summer of 1769, Juan Crespi, chronicler of the Portola Expedition, wrote that the explorers had come across the river at a “point somewhere near where the Pasadena Freeway approach es Downtown today,” writes historian William Deverell. “We encountered a very spacious valley,” Crespi wrote, “well grown with cot tonwoods and alders, among which ran a beautiful river… “This plain where the riv er runs is very extensive. It has good land for planting… grain and seeds, and is the most suitable site of all that we have seen for a mission, for it has all the requirements for a large settlement.” And so it came to pass, that large settlement. As Deverell writes, “The Los Angeles River has always been at the heart of whichever human settlement is in the basin: Gabrielino vil lage, Spanish outpost, Mexican pueblo, American city.” And it came to pass too that the river would flood all these settlements, un til 51 miles of concrete was poured, forming the most extensive flood control for a river its size in the world.
LOS ANGELES, LOOKING NORTH from Elysian Park, shows Los Angeles River and Mt. Washington, approximately 1900. photo: CL Pierce 00853, C.C. Pierce Collections of Photographs, The Huntington Paula Panich
Libby Simon, conference chair, says that one of the key issues to be raised with the conference is that, now, “neighborhoods are blending in with the river, instead of turning their backs to it.” Friends of the Los An geles River (FoLAR) and the Los Angeles Conservancy will be leading a tour of one of those river communities, the Frogtown neighborhood in the Elysian Valley. Judy Horton, well known to our neighborhoods as a sterling garden designer, is a past president of CGLHS. The organization was found ed in 1995; Judy joined the next year. (Disclosure: I am a member of CGLHS.) Her family moved to Los An geles in 1959. “For decades,” Horton says, “I didn’t know we had a river. Then I learned it had flooded badly and changed course; I began slowly to no tice the interesting bridges in and around Downtown. Now, for decades, I have read about and heard talk about the riv er, its future development and parks,” she said. “The river is potentially a good way to tell the story of Los Angeles.”
Photos by Alex Elliott
SOLD: The home at 931 S. Sierra Bonita Ave. in Miracle Mile HPOZ was sold for $2.5 million in July 2022. Condominiums 126 S. Irving Blvd. $4,225,000 613 S. Mansfield Ave. $3,715,000 4937 Elmwood Ave. $3,330,000 231 S. Citrus Ave. $3,219,204 328 S. Orange Dr $2,920,000 931 S. Sierra Bonita Ave. $2,500,000 127 N. Pointsettia Pl. $2,100,000 570 S. Irving Blvd. $2,076,500 914 S. Hudson Ave. $2,025,132 405 N. Fuller Ave. $1,825,000 404 S. Cloverdale Ave. $1,679,000 803 S. Cloverdale Ave. $1,674,000 937 Westchester Pl. $1,645,000 641 N. Fuller Ave. $1,600,000 4664 W. 6th St. $1,580,000 129 N. St. Andrews Pl. $1,415,000 4735 Elmwood Ave. $1,088,000 4460 Wilshire Blvd., #206 $1,250,000 631 Wilcox Ave., #2C $1,139,000 859 S. Lucerne Blvd., #309 $1,008,500 811 S. Lucerne Blvd., #402 $993,000 929 S. St. Andrews Pl., #203 $685,000 433 S. Manhattan Pl., #108 $620,000 358 S. Gramercy Pl., #104 $572,000 Real Estate Sales* Single-family homes *Sale prices for July 2022.
These new winners — #122-124 — join the previous landmark awards presented in the Society’s 46-year history. In 1978, the first year of the awards, The Gilmore Adobe was named a winner, along with the Ebell Club House & Theatre and the Lucille Mead Lamb Home, “La Casa de las Campanas,” which were also awarded that same year. Guest speaker was Cari Beauchamp, an award-win ning historian and documentary filmmaker. Built in 1852, the Gilmore Adobe is one of the oldest homes in Los Angeles. Today, it serves as administrative offices for the Original Farm ers Market, founded on the Gilmore site in July 1934. For more information on upcoming events and mem bership, visit wshphs.com.
bestowed at festive WSHPHS annual meeting
The Windsor Square-Han cock Park Historical Society (WSHPHS) held its 46th annual meeting on the his toric grounds of the Gilmore Adobe on Sun., July 31, from 1 to 5 Aboutp.m.100 members and guests were at the tradition al Historic Landmark Awards July 31 at the adobe, which is tucked behind The Grove. The Society enjoys a steady increase in membership in what is one of the city’s oldest historical societies, WSHPHS President Richard Battgalia told the crowd. Some 67 new member fam ilies have joined in the past year, added Marlene Zweig, co-vice president, mem bership, of the about-460 memberWinnersSociety.ofthis year’s tra ditional Historic Landmark Awards were: The Bridge House architect and owner Dan Brunn, 78 Fremont Place (owners Patty Lombard and Bill Simon) and Citizen News, 1545 Wilcox Ave., the former home of the Hollywood Citi zen News. The Art Deco gem was built in 1931.
NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE from 2022 to 2023, left to right: Communications Director Jolin Crofts, President Rich ard Battaglia; Marlene Zweig and Judy Zeller, vice presidents - membership; Bret Parsons and Joseph Guidera, vice presi dents - events; Brian Curran, vice president - Landmark Awards; Heather John Fogarty, secretary. Missing from the photo is Bar bara Coad, treasurer.
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GROUNDS of the historic Gilmore Adobe.
Left: IN HAWAII, on the North Pacif ic Ocean, on thier summer vacation, are Georgia Carrington, Reese Duff and Grace Carrington, all of Windsor Square.
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We invite you to take the with you on your next trip and to snap a photo. Send your picture to editorial@larchmontchronicle.com with your name and local neighborhood, and we might publish it in a future issue. Happy traveling!
Save water (Continued from page 4) water a week. Cooks can capture, too! How often do you wash fruits or steam or boil vegetables and don’t even think about capturing and reusing the ex cess water to give your plants a drink? Next time, fill a shal low bowl with water to wash your fruits and vegetables and save the water used to cook your veggies. Drink every drop: When you’re hot and tired, a big glass of cold water sure sounds great! But next time you get a drink of water, don’t let the tap run until the water’s cold. Instead, fill a reusable con tainer with water and place it in the refrigerator. Your cold drink of water will be waiting for you in the fridge! The above information is excerpted from the LA Sanitation & Environment website at lacitysan.org.
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Homeboy 5K is September 24 Registration is open for the Homeboy Industries 5K Run/Walk on Sat., Sept 24 in historic Downtown Los Ange les. The 13th annual event is the biggest fundraiser for the group, founded and headed by Father Greg Boyle (who grew up in Windsor Square). The run/walk begins out side Homeboy’s Chinatown headquarters and ends with a street celebration featur ing artists and vendors. Funds raised support Homeboy’s mission to provide train ing and support to former gang-involved and previously incarcerated people. Homeboy is the largest gang-intervention, rehabili tation and re-entry program in the world. To register visit tinyurl.com/bdftdxye
IN THE SIERRA. Laurie Brown and her grandson, Ren Stoppani Brown (right), camped at Lair of the Bear, a camp for alumni of UC Berkeley, this summer. The camp is in the Sierra between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe, near Pinecrest Lake. They have been going there together for almost a decade, they tell us.
Frederick Fisher and Part ners is designing the NHM Commons project, which in cludes indoor and outdoor gathering spaces. It is expected to open in Fall 2023, according to its website. No city funds are proposed for the project, which is owned by Los Angeles Coun ty.Plans call for adding rough ly 22,000 square feet of new construction, while reno vating approximately 53,000 square feet of the original 1920s“Forbuilding.morethan a decade we have been transforming the Museum’s spaces and grounds, but we have just be gun to reimagine who we are when it comes to community,” said Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga, President and Director of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County in a state ment on the project’s website. The project is part of a 25-year master plan for Exposition Park.
The Los Angeles City Coun cil voted last month to adopt a motion which will allow the Natural History Muse um to borrow up to $22.5 million to finance the design and construction of the NHM CommonsDescribedproject.asa new “front porch” to the museum, the project will include a new welcome center with natural lighting, retail space, a multi purpose theater, a café and a community plaza.
Holocaust Museum hosts gala Oct. 20
By Abigail Kestenbaum This fall, Holocaust Muse um LA will be holding training sessions for individ uals interested in becoming docents. Docents help to ensure that the Holocaust is never forgotten and edu cate people, often middle and high school students, on the genocide of the Jew ish people which took place during World War II. Training sessions will begin on Sept. 15 and will be held weekly on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All training sessions will be in person at the museum, which is located at 100 The Grove Drive. Participants must attend all 12 training sessions and complete written and oral tests following the training. Each month, docents are responsible for volunteering for a minimum of two threehour time slots. Volunteers will conduct 90-minute tours of the museum. Through the training ses sions, participants will learn about the Holocaust, the his tory of the museum and the museum’s exhibits. Volun teers will engage in museum tours, attend lectures and acquire teaching techniques. To apply to be a docent, visit holocaustmuseumla.org.
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MEMORIAL LIBRARY Kids Story time in the park: Drop in and listen to stories and sing songs in Memori al Park adjoining the library Wednesdays, Sept. 7, 14 and 21 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Reading to the rescue: Love dogs and want your kids to read more? This event on Wed., Sept. 14 from 4 to 5 p.m. lets your child read aloud to an adorable rescue dog. Adults Book club: Get together the first Friday of each month to discuss a selected book. "Ballad of Love and Glory" by Reyna Grande is Sept. 2 at 1 p.m. The book for October is "Cartographers: A Novel" by Peng Shepherd if you want to read ahead. Art class: Color, paint and glue every Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. All ages Chess Club: Every Friday, from 3 to 5 p.m., play chess or learn how.
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MUSEUM DOCENT teaches a group of visiting students. Craft Contemporary gala is Oct. 15 Craft Contemporary will honor artists Keiko Fukaza wa and Dennis Callwood and architect Joe Coriaty at the return of its in-person gala Sat., Oct. 15 from 6 to 9 p.m. The fundraising event will be held in the courtyard, 5841 Wilshire Blvd., and proceeds will support education pro grams and exhibitions. The gala will include food, an open bar, live DJ music and a silent auction. For tickets, visit temporary.org/gala-2022/craftcon
Book Sale: Find a good book to purchase every Tues day, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., and every Saturday from 4 to 5 p.m. All proceeds support the library.
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By Abigail Kestenbaum Holocaust Museum LA will hold its 14th annual banquet on Thurs., Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. All donations will go toward education, which will help to preserve the memories of survivors and combat hatred andBanquetantisemitism.honorees are Kelly Goldberg (grandchild of Holo caust survivors), Tom Teicholz (child of Holocaust survivors) and David (Holocaust survivor) and Sheryl Wiener. The banquet will be held at the Saban Theatre, located at 8440 Wilshire Blvd. For more information, visit holocaust museumla.org.
A rich celebration of the his tory of Black American film making opened last month at the Academy Museum of Motion pictures. “Regener ation: Black Cinema 18981971,” the museum’s second major temporary exhibition, tells the often-overlooked narrative across seven galler ies, drawing together new ly restored film
Berger and Combs also worked with an advisory group, including DuVernay and other professors, curators and film makers, to ensure a narrative informed by additional schol arship and “Regeneration”experience. extends further than the exhibition space. The Academy Museum developed an inaugural film series as well as education al programs to complement the exhibition. A curriculum guide and illustrated cata logue provide further teach ing about Black “Regeneration”cinema.will close at the Academy Museum on Sun., April 9. “I hope people come to see this exhibition and feel the joy and excitement that I felt throughout working on this exhibition and hopefully be inspired, for young filmmak ers or in terms of glamour and fashion,” Berger said. The Academy Museum is at 6067 Wilshire Blvd., acade mymuseum.org.
inniantorialCombsaatpresidentfivetheandworld’srediscoveredtumenever-before-shownexcerpts,cosdrawingsandoldandgemsfromthearchives.“Thisworkhadtohappen,”filmmakerAvaDuVernaysaidatanopeningpreviewoftheexhibition,whichtookplaceAug.21.“It’soverdue.It’simportant.It’scrucialwork.ThisexhibitionshowcasesthegenerationsofBlackartistsonwhoseshoulderswestand.”Co-curatorsDorisBergerRheaCombsdevelopedexhibitionoverthepastyears.Berger,theviceofcuratorialaffairstheAcademyMuseum,isresidentofHancockPark.isthedirectorofcuraaffairsattheSmithsoNationalPortraitGalleryWashington,D.C.“ThisexhibitiongivesyouaninsightintoafullerpictureofAmericancinema,”Berger DORIS BERGER and Rhea Combs were co-curators of “Regeneration.” MOVIE STILL of Fredi Washington with Duke Ellington and his band in “Black and Tan,” 1929. Larchmont Chronicle SEPTEMBER 2022 SECTION TWO 9 4460 Wilshire Blvd. #501 | For Lease $5,500/MO Featured Listings for the Month of September by June Ahn June Ahn International President ’s Elite Cell: 323.855.5558 www.juneahn.comjuneahn21@gmail.com|CalRE #01188513 Hancock Park 251 N. Larchmont Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90004 ©2022 Coldwell Banker. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker and the Coldwell Banker logos are trademarks of Coldwell Banker R eal Estate LLC. The Coldwell Banker® System is comprised of company owned offices which are owned by a subsidiary of Realogy Brokerage Group LLC and franchised offices which are independently owned and operated. The Coldwell Banker System fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. CalRE #00616212 The Wilshire Fremont South Facing 2 huge bedrooms & 2.5 bath condo w/separate office. Enter to a formal foyer that leads to an open great room consisting of an oversized living room w/fireplace, dining area, and wet bar. The kitchen has newer stainless steel appliances w/tons of stora ge. First showing September 10 & 11 2 5pm, Broker’s open Tuesday, September 13th 11 2pm.
Berger and Combs traveled across America, France and Germany to find films con sidered lost. Berger said the two hardest objects to recov er were the 1940s Mills Pan oram (a visual jukebox for three-minute musical films) that in the exhibition show cases exclusively Black talent, and the gown worn by actress Lena Horne in “Stormy Weather” (1943).
‘Regeneration’ exhibition opens at the Academy Museum said. “We have a lot of mov ies in there that maybe many people don’t know about that always existed and that show African American performers in all kinds of roles, not just supporting roles that were often the case in Hollywood.” Berger found inspiration for “Regeneration” in the archives of the Margaret Her rick Library in Beverly Hills, which serves as the main repository for the Academy Museum. She came across posters of the independent “race films” of the 1920s and 1930s, now on display in the exhibition, and was intrigued. She reached out to Combs, who was then working at the National Museum of African American History and Cul ture in Washington, D.C., about the potential of build ing out an exhibition. Film preservation and archival work were crucial to their telling of the story of Black American cinema.
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BIKING IN THE HEART of Hollywood are (left to right) Laura, Nathan and Mike Million of Wilton Drive.
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CHA Hollywood Presbyterian awarded for life-saving stroke care at CHA HPMC to consult di rectly with Keck Medicine of USC“Withneurologists.thelaunch of stroke telemedicine services, our caregivers can easily consult with physicians board-certi fied in stroke neurology and neurocritical care to offer timely treatment, eliminating the need to transfer critically ill stroke patients,” said Mar cel Loh, president and CEO, CHAAccordingHPMC. to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre vention, strokes are the fifth leading cause of death, and more than 795,000 people in the United States suffer a stroke each year. CHA HPMC also received the American Heart Associa tion’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes SM Honor Roll award. The Target program ensures pa tients with Type 2 diabetes receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke. bike, walk, rollerblade, skate board or scooter along the path. Cars are forbidden along theTheroute.next event, “Heart of LA,” takes place on Sun., Oct. 9. Streets from Echo Park to Boyle Heights will be closed. You can ride across the new Sixth Street bridge. Check out ciclavia.org for additional information.
LOCAL RESIDENT CYCLISTS (left to right) Leena, Alan, Farah and Emmanuelle Dunn of Windsor Square and Mike, Nathan and Laura Million of Wilton Drive.
Seeing the city from a dif ferent perspective is one of the many elements of CicLAvia that Windsor Square resident Leena Dunn enjoyed about the day. She and her family rode the car-free route end to end a couple of times, taking in the sites on Hollywood and Santa Monica boulevards. The Dunns participated in “Meet the Hollywoods” on Aug. 21. They cycled about 18 miles, starting the adven ture with breakfast at Le Pain Quotidien on Larchmont Boulevard. “It was amazing, energizing and one of the most fun events I’ve done in a long time,” is how Dunn summed up the day. Participants in CicLAvia can CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.
CHA Hollywood Presby terian Medical Center (CHA HPMC) was recently recog nized by the American Heart Association, receiving their Get With The Guidelines — Stroke Gold Plus award for proven dedication to ensuring stroke patients have access to life-saving care.
“We are also happy to an nounce that we have launched TeleStroke services to provide timely assessment of a stroke to our patients through a collabo ration with the USC TeleStroke and Neurological Emergency Program,” Inung Bae, hospital spokesman, told us. The program allows physi cians in the emergency room
World Heritage Site Hollyhock House reopens Theater and presentations by Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, Acting Gener al Manager for the Dept. of Cultural Affairs Daniel Tari ca, Hollyhock House Curator Abbey Chamberlain Brach and Tribal President for the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians Rudy Ortega Jr. “We’ve now weathered the storm of COVID-19, and I am thrilled to welcome people back to this iconic place,” said CouncilmanSelf-guidedO’Farrell.tours of the house are available Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at hollyhockhouse. org.
REOPENING of Hollyhock House was celebrated with a lawn party. Photo: Office of Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell
By Abigail Kestenbaum
INTERIOR of Hollyhock House is now open to the public for tours. Photo above and top: Joshua White/JWPictures HOLLYHOCK HOUSE is located in Barnsdall Art Park, also home to the Barnsdall Arts Center.
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The only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Los Ange les, Hollyhock House has reopened. The house has been closed since before the pandemic, during which time several renovations were made.The house was commis sioned by Aline Barnsdall and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Named for Barnsdall’s favorite flower, Hollyhock House was finished in 1921 and is located in Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd. In addition to the Hollyhock House, all Dept. of Cultural Affairs facilities at Barnsdall Art Park have also reopened. The facilities include the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, the Barnsdall Art Gallery The atre, the Barnsdall Art Center and the Barnsdall Junior Arts Center.Upon reopening, the Barns dall Arts Center and Junior Arts Center offered outdoor art workshops in August. Information about upcoming workshops will be posted to their Instagram page. The reopening of the house was commemorated on Aug. 20 at a lawn party, which included performances from the Bob Baker Marionette
Nonprofit organizations like First-In Fire Foundation can help connect you to your local fire station and direct you to resources that provide aid during disasters. If you have any questions, contact them at 323-933-8164 or go to firstinfirefoundation.org.
“9/11 is recalled and we remember the courageous firefighters who died in an unprecedented attack on our country. First-In Fire Founda tion will also be supporting Fall Prevention Awareness in Sep tember to help reduce falls in the home and other emergency responses, which are responsi ble for more than 80 percent of firefighter calls,” Cohen said. The Foundation will provide “Firehouse Emergency Pre paredness Freezers” as part of their “Firehouse Dinners” Program, also sponsored by the Greater Wilshire Neighbor hood Council, which will fund a new freezer for Fire Station 29 and another freezer, from a grant from the office of Council make it as difficult as possible for them to take your hardearnedSomepossessions.tipsgiveninclude: Be aware of your surroundings and trust your instincts in any location or situation. It’s hard to be aware of your surround ings if you are walking while wearing headphones. Try not to wear flashy or expensive jewelry. Don’t walk late at night, either alone or with friends. Criminals are looking for easy targets; don’t beSecurityone. camera placement is important. Try to angle cameras so they capture the person’s face, at businesses and at home. If you become the target, filing a police report is essential. Patrol cars are allocated depending on the amount of incidents that happen in an area. The easiest way to make a report is online at lapdonline.org.
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Aug. 21. Sarah Clossey showed her daughter how to park her bike in the bike rack near Bank of America but, September is filled with events recognizing the need for emergency prepared ness. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has designated September as Na tional Preparedness Month to help raise awareness in communities about the im portance of being prepared before an emergency strikes. Local champion of emer gency preparedness Lyn MacEwen Cohen, president, First-In Fire Foundation, is asking homeowners, families, community centers and busi nesses to use this opportunity to find ways or help others prepare for disasters and re duce risks to health and the environment.
The four-year-old girl, her mother Sarah Clossey and shoppingClossey spentgrandmother Jeanne-Marieheranafternoonandhavinglunch
By Casey Russell Riding bikes up to Larch mont street for an afternoon on the Boulevard is an expe rience that families in this area enjoy and treasure. For many young Larchmontians, these wheeled outings make them feel extra grown-up and proud.Sadly, one little girl, Tate Armstrong-Clossey, ended up with very different feelings after her very first bike trip to Larchmont Boulevard.
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‘Harden the Target’ to fight crime District 10, for Fire Station 68. The CD10 grant will fund the Foundation’s “Fill the Freezer” program, which will provide nutritious food for the fire fighters as well. Being prepared helps re duce the fear and anxiety that accompany disasters. Being prepared for a crisis can mean the difference between injury andCohensurvival.says, “We need to know who and where to seek help during an unexpected disaster. We need to connect with our local emergency re sponders.“Communities grow stron ger when local residents and small business groups join together to prepare for fam ily health crises, fires, heat waves, earthquakes, floods, civil unrest and terrorism. It is an opportunity to meet local firefighters and first responders and to work to gether for public safety and unexpected emergencies.”
The Wilshire Division of the Los Angeles Police Department held a recent vir tual “Hardening the Target” meeting to help people and businesses make committing a crime more difficult in the Melrose Avenue area. The meeting was held because there has been a recent uptick in crime in the area. Detectives and command ing officers from the division gave tips and answered ques tions from the community. For criminals, they said, crime is a lucrative business. This is their job, and business owners and residents want to
IN WINDSOR SQUARE, Tate Armstrong-Clossey proudly rides her first bike to Larch mont.
Unlocked, child’s first bike is stolen from the Boulevard
ELECTRICAL POLE fell after crash on West Third Street.
2. Inform yourself — learn about the potential dangers of driving and how to protect yourself and others in the car.
A two-vehicle traffic col lision took place on Aug. 3 between South Lucerne and Larchmont boulevards on Third Street at about 10:20 a.m.Both cars were damaged in the wreck, and one of the vehicles was turned upside down near the bench at the busThirdstop. Street was blocked off between Lucerne and Larchmont while LAPD offi cers surveyed the scene of the crash. One person was transported to the hospital, according to LAPD West Traf fic Division. Power outage An electrical pole fell down as a result of the crash, result ing in a power outage that affected around 200 people in the Larchmont area for a lit tle over an hour, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
1. Pay attention to speed — most accidents are a result of going too fast.
TWO-VEHICLE COLLISION took place between South Lucerne and Larchmont boulevards on West Third Street.
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3. Drive defensively — wait before hitting the gas when at a green light.
4. Pay attention to pedestri ans — watch for people cross ing without looking. Defensive Dept.techniquesdrivingfromofMotorVehicles: Check your mirrors fre quently and before braking; check the cross streets before entering intersections; check the signal lights and signs, keep your eyes “moving” (watching sides and middle of road), keep a “space cushion” around the vehicle and follow at a safe distance.
Additionally, a crash took place at the corner of Bev erly Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue on Aug. 15. No major injuries were reported, but both vehicles had sizable dents and one car had broken windows.Withan increase in colli sions following the pandemic, it is imperative, now more than ever, to drive cautiously and attentively. Over the past few weeks, the influx of crash es in the Larchmont area has served as a reminder to many residents to drive defensively and to watch out for reckless drivers and speeding cars. LAPD safe recommendations:driving
STREET WAS ROPED OFF following crash on Third Street. Photo by Rick Rhodes of St. Andrews
UNFORTUNATE midday collision at the intersection of North Van Ness Avenue and Beverly Boulevard on Aug. 15.
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BURGLARIES: A suspect smashed the rear window of a home on the 400 South block of Mansfield Avenue on Aug. 9 between 1:30 and 5 p.m. The suspect ransacked the home and left with the victim’s jewelry. Another daytime burglary occurred on Aug. 10 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at a home on the 600 South block of Arden Boulevard. The suspect entered the residence through a rear gate, smashed a back bedroom door and pillaged the home, stealing money, jewelry, a purse and a wallet.
BURGLARLIES FROM AUTO: A window of a blue Volkswagen Golf was shat tered on the 100 block of South La Brea Avenue. The suspect took a computer and (Please turn to page 15) Car flips and hits parked cars on Lucerne By Casey Russell A driver flipped their car and damaged two vehicles parked on Lucerne Boulevard during an accident Aug. 1. According to an LAPD Divi sion West Traffic report, the driver’s black Honda Accord hit a parked blue Audi A4, which was then pushed into a white Hyundai Santa Fe. The Audi was totaled, the Santa Fe was damaged and the driver’s car“Iflipped.wentout and saw that the car had been totaled. The car that hit it was on its side in the road,” Jeffrey Frost, own er of the Audi, said after the crash.Fortunately, though the cars sustained much damage, no one was injured.
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WRECKAGE in Windsor Village. Photo by Jeffrey Frost
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ROBBERY: A 65-year-old woman was approached by a Black male, 45, in the parking lot of Ralph’s at Third Street and La Brea Avenue at 4 a.m. on Aug. 5 The suspect approached the victim and demanded her car keys. In fear, she relin quished her keys to the suspect who drove off in her car.
WILSHIRE DIVISION AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: A 26-year-old white female was slapped on the buttocks by a transient male on Aug. 10 at 6:45 p.m. on the 700 block of South Orange Drive. The suspect, in his mid 20s, then placed the victim in a choke hold, threw her to the ground, punched her jaw and fled the scene.
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The accident took place on Lucerne Boulevard, between West 8th Street and Francis Avenue.TedSoqui, who heard the crash and helped get the pas senger out said, “It’s sad that people use Lucerne [Boule vard] as a shortcut… It’s one of the few streets that peo ple can get through without taking the main streets and getting pulled over. This isn’t the first time [incidents have happened on Lucerne].”
GRAND THEFT AUTO: A Hyundai Sonata was stolen from the street near the inter section of Wilshire Boulevard and Norton Avenue on Aug. 7 between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
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BURGLARIES: A Black male stole $117,000 in watch es and purses from a home on the 500 block of North Bron son Avenue. He forced open a rear door of the victim’s home on Aug. 1 at 2:15 p.m. A witness made eye contact with two Black males, about 25, inside a home on the 500 block of South Plymouth Bou levard on Aug. 8 at 3:30 p.m. The suspects looted the house and then fled south on Plym outh Boulevard. It is unknown what was taken from the home. The rear glass door of a home on the 200 block of Midday burglaries plague the area — be watchful!
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While formal toasts — to honor a person or commem orate an event — are usually reserved for special occasions, the impulse to toast is prev alent even in semi-casual settings, for instance when we wait for all members of a dinner party to receive their drinks to “cheers!” (or “kan pai!” or “¡salud!” depending on where in the world you are — the list of toasting ex pressions in different cultures is extensive and well worth a look) before imbibing. There are several popular theories about the provenance of both toasting and touching glasses in Western cultures — one of the more apocryphal being that by clinking glasses, drinking companions risked their beverages sloshing into one another, which proved that their drinks had not been poisoned and thereby demonstrated trustworthi ness. Another explanation is that the chime of glasses was an apotropaic that could drive away malevolent spirits. The true etiology of that synchronized first sip is a bit more abstract. While the cus tom of underscoring wishes of honor, goodwill or health with booze dates back so far that its origins are now lost to us, it is known that early celebrants would often pass a single shared drinking vessel from which all parties would drink. Today, the communal aspect of drinking is more symbolic — though we pour individual glasses, we com mence simultaneously in the spirit of those who came be foreSatisfyinglyus., the origin of the phrase “toast” does have to do with scorched bread. In the 17th century, it was not unusual to add charred spiced bread to wine to lessen bad odors or to soak up bitter or acidic sediments. William Shakespeare makes mention of this custom in his comedy
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“The Merry Wives of Windsor” when the hard-drinking Sir John Falstaff demands that Bardolph bring him sack, or white fortified wine: “Go, fetch me a quart of sack; put a toast in’t.” From here, the phrase “toast” (from the late Latin “tostare,” meaning “to roast”) became associated with the act of drinking as a means to celebrate or memorialize, and more specifically to describe the person in whose honor the drink was proposed. The “toast” of the drink, whoev er he or she was, was seen as figuratively “flavoring” the experience, as a piece of spiced toast might. So whether you’re a purist who raises a glass with noth ing less than 4 percent alcohol by volume, or a more forgiv ing merrymaker who finds it passable to toast with water, or even — gasp — an emp ty glass, enjoy your beverage with the added “flavoring” of knowing the story of this time-honored tradition.
Police Beat (Continued from page 14) bag between 7 and 9 p.m. on Aug. 11. A catalytic converter was stolen from a black Lexus 350 at 7:35 a.m. on the 300 block of South Citrus Avenue on Aug.The12.parking garage of a building on the 5000 block of Wilshire Boulevard was the scene of three car burglaries the night of Aug. 13. Cloth ing, electronics, prescription medication and sporting equipment were stolen.
Stolen bike (Continued from page 12) as they had left bikes before without having an issue, they didn’t lock the new bike. After having been away from the bike for 90 minutes and enjoying “a lovely meal at Great White, [we] walked back to find it was gone,” says Sarah Clossey. The discovery was made at around 3:30 p.m. and, understandably, Tate was veryThesad.mother says, “[It was the] cutest pink bike with green fenders with flowers on them and training wheels and a basket.” It breaks her heart that this was her daughter’s first experience bike riding to theTheyBoulevard.posted a “Lost Childs Bike” sign on the bike racks by the bank and plan to file a police report with hopes they will then have access to secu rity camera footage. The night of the incident, as Tate was being tucked in, she said, “Mommy, why would someone want to take my bike?” Sarah Clossey says, “My thoughts exactly.”
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