Archive for April, 2018
A labor of love: Renovating a 1920s craftsman home
Designing your dream home is never easy or fast, but for one Windsor Square resident, the finish line is finally near. Christine Speer has been renovating her 1920s craftsman on Irving Boulevard since 2015, and now, with the last coat of paint dried and the windows covered, Speer tells the Chronicle that she is happy […]
Boulevard real estate office action
Business is bustling, as is usual in the real estate market this time of year. Larchmont is no exception, and it will soon count three big brokerages on the Boulevard. The newest, Pacific Union International, has yet to open (a summer debut is planned), but design plans are well underway on the expansive second floor at […]
Dog’s life saved, thanks to savvy neighbors and prosecutor
A pit bull mix survived being thrown down a ravine twice. Thanks to a neighbor’s video footage and a homegrown city prosecutor, the defendant is in jail. Deputy District Attorney Alexandra Campbell, who grew up in Hancock Park along with most of her family, received an incriminating video as evidence of the 21-year-old defendant’s deed. […]
Third Street second grader wins national art award
Second grader Pierra Rozen-Nowac, daughter of Zissy Rozen and James Nowac of Miracle Mile, has been awarded the California 2018 Reflections Art Program Award of Excellence. Pierra’s entry in the primary division (pre-K to second grade), a picture of children in silhouette, was reviewed at local, regional, state and national levels. The artwork won at […]
Merchants and neighbors generate support for small playground in Village
Larchmont Village merchants and shoppers always welcome more parking for the street. It has been this way since the Los Angeles Railway Company’s Yellow Car trolley “3 Line” stopped running up the Boulevard from Third Street to Melrose Avenue in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The contemporary desire for additional parking notwithstanding, there usually […]
