Archive for April, 2018
Good design can help solve homelessness: Award-winning LEED project sets example
Los Angeles City Council members voted unanimously last month to accelerate the city’s efforts to create more supportive housing for Angelenos in need. The Permanent Supportive Housing Ordinance, passed on April 11, shortens the approval timeline for many supportive housing developments from five years to less than one by streamlining the planning process and removing […]
Downtown Women’s Center celebrates its 40th; Russell marks 15th year at the site
Celebrating its 40th year, the Downtown Women’s Center (DWC), at 442 S. San Pedro St., is poised to move beyond Skid Row to greater Los Angeles County to meet the growing need for its services and woman-centered approach to ending homelessness. “Women’s homelessness has steadily increased in Los Angeles, particularly outside of the traditional downtown […]
Meet two LPGA players with local connections
During the HUGEL-JTBC LA Open, which brought some of the world’s best players in women’s golf to the Wilshire Country Club, several players had connections to the local community. Between rounds, the Chronicle talked to two of those players about what it means to compete at a historic course in their own backyard. Emily Tubert […]
Charlotte Lipson properties for sale; Boulevard in jeopardy?
Small-town Larchmont Boulevard as we’ve known it for years and years may be in jeopardy. The estate of the late Charlotte La Bonte Lipson is selling the late landlord’s building at 124 to 148 N. Larchmont, home to a dozen-plus shops, including Chevalier’s Books, Landis Stationery, salons and boutiques. The asking price is $23 million, […]
Local gardens: Garden Conservancy is on tour May 6
The 2018 Garden Conservancy “Los Angeles Open Day” tour returns to Hancock Park and Windsor Square and adds Fremont Place to its itinerary on Sun., May 6. The tour will cover seven gardens in the neighborhood, including Marlborough School and an Italianate villa in Windsor Square. The Arden garden, last seen on the tour in […]
Nominations accepted for drought-tolerant garden tour
Gardens in Brookside, Sycamore Square, Wilshire Park and possibly Fremont Place will be on the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council Drought-Tolerant Garden Tour Sat., June 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. commencing at Los Angeles High Library Memorial Park, 4625 W. Olympic Blvd. (in front of Memorial Branch Library). Attendees of the second annual event […]
