Archive for July, 2015

Homes on Wilton to be torn down for apartments

Homes on Wilton to be torn down for apartments

| July 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

A modern-looking apartment building is in the works to replace nine bungalows on the 500 block of N. Wilton Pl. Developer Frost/Chaddock seeks to build 88 apartments in four wings after demolishing the 1920s homes that line the western side of the block, between Clinton St. and Maplewood Ave. The new building’s “four residential wings” […]

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Breathe, stretch, move in viniyoga

Breathe, stretch, move in viniyoga

| July 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

Think you can’t do yoga? Take a deep breathe, stretch and think again in Fred Miller’s viniyoga classes at Yogaworks Larchmont. The yoga style—named after a Sanskrit term—is “more challenging for the mind than the body,” explains Miller. “It takes a few weeks to master this… Come along and have fun,” he tells a group […]

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Lower floors add theaters, wine cellars to area homes

Lower floors add theaters, wine cellars to area homes

| July 2, 2015 | 1 Comment

When Robert Quigg had a chance luncheon in Larchmont Village a few years back, he was smitten by the street’s charms. He brought his wife to the area to take a look, and the couple soon bid Beverly Hills goodbye and bought an Italian Renaissance-style home at 434 S. Windsor Blvd. “It’s a fantastic neighborhood,” […]

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Houses razed on Arden for Marlborough pool and field

Houses razed on Arden for Marlborough pool and field

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Demolition of five houses on Arden Blvd. north of Third St. was completed last month as Marlborough School begins the final phase of its growth and development project. Razing of the houses was part of the $24 million Arden Project to improve the private, all-girls school in Hancock Park. The expansion will add a new […]

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Couple share opera, music, laughs some 50-plus years

Couple share opera, music, laughs some 50-plus years

| July 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

Irina was a young pianist when she fell in love with opera and a dashing fellow USC student, who, as it so happened, also fell in love with her. It was the Puccini opera ‘Manon Lescaut’ where I fell hopelessly in love with the soprano lead…” said Jim Gibbons. The baritone and his future wife […]

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Real Estate Sales for May 2015

Real Estate Sales for May 2015

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Real Estate Sales* Single family homes 141 N. June St. 543 Wilcox Ave. 349 S. Mansfield Ave. 146 S. Van Ness Ave. 300 N. June St. 311 S. Irving Blvd. 801 S. Muirfield Rd. 262 S. Arden Blvd. 122 S. Norton Ave. 956 S. Longwood Ave. 917 S. Tremaine Ave. 342 N Citrus Ave. 749 […]

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