Archive for June, 2019
Michelin stars shine at area restaurants
Renowned dining guide Michelin released last month an inaugural statewide edition for California that awarded stars to 24 restaurants in Los Angeles, including several local favorites. Michael Cimarusti’s seafood-driven Providence is one of only six two-star recipients in Los Angeles. And among the city’s 18 one-star distinctions are Kali, Le Comptoir, Osteria Mozza and Trois […]
Metro celebrates digging halfway to La Cienega
Hundreds of people, including many families with children, turned up on the lawns of Hancock Park (the county park, not the subdivision) to celebrate the halfway point of construction for the first phase of the Purple Line subway extension from Western Avenue to La Cienega Blvd. Community leaders from Miracle Mile and Sycamore Square, as […]
Around the Town: Reserve Corps honored; all aboard USS Iowa; NGA appreciation
Who would give up his or her weekends for no pay after months of grueling training? Some might do it for the excitement and adventure, but for the brave Angelenos, the motivation is a sense of duty to assist in doing what each can for community safety. Such is the mission of the Los Angeles […]
Real Estate Sales for May
Single-family homes 206 S. Rimpau Blvd. 340 N. June St. 431 N. McCadden Pl.615 Seward St. 310 S. Irving Blvd.423 S. Orange Dr. 446 N. Mansfield Ave. 328 S. Citrus Ave. 4717 Wilshire Blvd. 916 S. Victoria Ave. 554 N. Arden Blvd. 616 N. Highland Ave. 4618 W. 6th St. 951 Keniston Ave. 943 S. […]
Summer fun and ‘mischief’
There are two themes for this July issue of the Larchmont Chronicle — “Summer Fun” and “Pets of Larchmont.” You can read about the former in this Section One and the latter in Section Two. There is another aspect to summer 2019 activities that is addressed in Section Two (our Real Estate section), and that […]
On Books and Places: John Ruskin continues to inspire and promote on his 200th birthday
Walk through Windsor Village, and you can’t help but notice the lovely revival house on Plymouth Blvd. and 8th St. For nearly a century that property (Historic Cultural Monument #639) was home to the Ruskin Art Club. Like The Ebell, the Ruskin was founded by women in Los Angeles who cared about numerous matters that […]
