Archive for March, 2017
AELLA pop-up, MAC and other Boulevard news
Larchmont Blvd. is getting more fashionable by the day as several new brick-and-mortar shops are readying for their grand openings. Trina Turk and Mr. Turk are aiming to open mid-March at 212 / 214 N. Larchmont Blvd. “It all depends on our contractor and materials arriving on time, so that’s a target, not a firm […]
City planner talks historic preservation with residents
Local residents filled the Windsor Room of the Wilshire Country Club Feb. 11 to hear Los Angeles principal city planner Ken Bernstein talk on a range of issues from historic preservation to city planning. Taking the podium, Bernstein was quick to point out that Los Angeles is a city with a rich architectural heritage that […]
All roads lead to the neighborhood, and the Blvd.: part II
In September 1940, a certain writer made note in her journal about a self-invited dinner guest: “[H]e is an unusually pushing and callous person… It is partly his boundless vitality and partly his thirty years of being an impresario… He is tall and fattish and wears affected clothes… [his] heavy suede shoes had exaggerated square […]
Real Estate Sales*
Real Estate Sales* Single-family homes 165 S. Hudson Ave. 435 S. Plymouth Blvd. 555 S. Muirfield Rd. 251 S. Windsor Blvd. 250 S. Plymouth Blvd. 637 S. Lucerne Blvd. 359 S. Sycamore Ave. 175 N. Hudson Ave. 541 N. Cahuenga Blvd. 267 S. Windsor Blvd. 822 Keniston Ave. 127 N. St. Andrews Pl. 359 S. […]
Lift a pint of green ale on St. Patrick’s Day
For those who wish to lift a pint for Erin go Bragh, there are several classic Irish pubs around the Miracle Mile to try. For more than 80 years, crowds have flocked to Tom Bergin’s for St. Patrick’s Day. Owner Derek Schreck tents the parking lot so up to 1,000 people can attend at a […]
31-year career officer is new head of Wilshire Police Division
Wilshire Division Capt. Anthony Oddo is impressed with the mostly positive attitude he has found among the officers of the LAPD Wilshire Division and the residents who live here. “I love it,” he said in his new office and command center on Venice Blvd. Capt. Oddo comes to Wilshire from a command post at the […]
