Archive for January, 2020
Real Estate Sales for November
Single-family homes 208 S. Plymouth Blvd. 717 N. Las Palmas Ave. 201 N. Van Ness Ave. 542 N. Las Palmas Ave. 112 S. Plymouth Blvd. 418 N. Mansfield Ave. 177 N. Citrus Ave. 230 N. Ridgwood Pl. 639 Lillian Way 228 N. St. Andrews Pl. 202 N. Beachwood Dr. 603 S. Highland Ave. 522 N. […]
Letters to the Editor
‘Historic Citrus Ave. home quickly demolished’ Considering the blatantly illegal steps that were taken to demolish 361 N. Citrus — actions that were specifically designed to cover up and deceive — I challenge even the most hardened “property libertarian” to find any justification whatsoever in the owners’ actions. While they certainly had the “right” to […]
Book shares collected tales of longtime neighborhood deli
In 1931, Benjamin, Joseph and Ruben Canter came to Los Angeles and opened Canter Bros. Delicatessen on what is now Cesar Chavez Boulevard in Boyle Heights, which was then home to a large Jewish population. Over time, however, the neighborhood changed. About 20 years later, the delicatessen migrated to Fairfax Avenue, which was quickly becoming […]
40 million people, one river, and a cell phone… down Rio Colorado
Besuited and bow-tied, men from seven Western states met on Nov. 9, 1922 at Bishop’s Lodge in Santa Fe, N.M., to forge an agreement for the allocation of water from the 1,450-mile-long Colorado River — the lifeblood of the arid West. The Colorado River Compact divides the river basin into two — the Upper (Colorado, […]
Cox, preschool co-founder, Los Angeles native
Penny Cox (born Agnes Ducharme Robillard), co-founder of The Plymouth School, died Dec. 1. She was 87. Penny was born in Los Angeles on Oct. 5, 1932, and she grew up in South Los Angeles on 99th Street. When her family moved to the San Fernando Valley in the 1940s, Penny stayed behind in the […]
Construction is poised to start for LACMA’s Geffen Galleries
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is thriving, or at least the part of it that is open, while preparations are being made for its new David Geffen Galleries. While the buildings slated for demolition on the museum’s east campus are closed to the public, the west side of the campus is busy […]
