Archive for September, 2015
Windsor Square HPOZ woefully needs updating
Blame it on an outdated Preservation Plan. Some 10 years ago when the 1,110-home enclave of Windsor Square was in the process of becoming an historic zone, a “vocal minority” was against it. To appease the property-rights critics, the Preservation Plan—a blueprint for the area’s Historic Preservation Overlay Zone—was crafted with a broad interpretation. “Now […]
Project may be over the top, but it’s permitted
A nearly 4,000-square foot home is being built at 310 N. Lucerne, replacing a single-story Spanish bungalow in Larchmont Village. It’s all above board, as the lot is 7,000-square feet, and under the city’s Baseline Mansionization Ordinance (BMO), you can build about half of the size of the property lot, or, as in this case, […]
Wilton Place Craftsman wins Historical Society award
The following information was written by Carol Henning with research by Fluff McLean. The three-story Craftsman house at 200 S. Wilton Place has won the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society landmark award for 2015. The house was built on S. Westlake Ave. near MacArthur Park in 1904 and moved to its present site in 1920. […]
Residents seek flashing lights to cut accidents
Members of the Ridgewood-Wilton Neighborhood Association (RWNA) plan to meet with Councilmember David Ryu, engineers with the city Dept. of Transportation, plus representatives from the city attorney’s office, the police department and other city agencies to find a way to restore a traffic system that worked successfully in the past. The group is requesting the […]
Mile’s road to historic status moves forward; meeting Sept.19
Miracle Mile qualifies to be protected under a city historic ordinance given its wealth of Period Revival-style homes, according to a three-month survey recently completed by the Architectural Resources Group. The survey is part of the city-required process to become a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone. Community meeting City representatives will be at a community meeting […]
Landscape architect helps owners bid grass goodbye in Arden garden
By John Welborne More and more front-yard re-landscaping projects are underway in our neighborhoods. In Windsor Square, in just a single block of Arden Blvd., three houses in a row have new, non-lawn front yards. One of the front yards used to consist almost entirely of grass (with the exception of some random Agapanthus and […]
