Archive for June, 2018
Summer fun: Walk among the stars, stay close to home
What to do with visitors this summer when you want a fun outing that’s close to home? Why not check out the daily tours at nearby Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Ave.? As a place in history and our community, Paramount is the home of movies from “The Godfather” and its sequels to the “Star Trek” […]
Notable sales on Boulevard; violin shop closes doors
In recent weeks, there were two notable sales transactions either underway or completed on Larchmont Boulevard, as well as leasing activity that continues apace. Perhaps most important, as reported in the June Larchmont Chronicle, was the prospective sale of the historic Lipson Building to the A.F. Gil- more Co., owner of the Original Farmers Market […]
Houses allowed more square footage, front garages under Koretz
Two houses under construction at 300 and 339 S. Citrus Ave. are not what La Brea Hancock residents had in mind when envisioning the outcome of a new anti-McMansion law passed in March 2017. One house whose construction got underway last month, at 300 S. Citrus, is really big — between 3,000 and 4,000 square […]