Archive for July, 2021
It’s a tale of two summers as residents head out of town: For some, it’s a better summer than before
The summer of 2020 was dismal for many families in our Larchmont enclave. COVID numbers weren’t at their worst, but that didn’t make up for the fact that vacation plans were squashed, and camps were half-operational. The dog days, as they say, dragged on. Next, we entered an apocalyptic autumn, with ash filling the sky […]
This year’s Women of Larchmont are On the Boulevard
During the past 55 years, the Larchmont Chronicle has featured many prominent women in our annual Women of Larchmont issue, and we are happy to add to that group this year. The Larchmont Boulevard shopping district is celebrating its 100th anniversary this October. Created in 1921 to provide neighborhood shopping opportunities to residents of the […]
Britain has a new Consul General in Hancock Park
British Consul General Emily Cloke is the latest representative from her country to call the 1928 Wallace Neff house in Hancock Park home. “I feel privileged to live in a house that has been a symbol of the U.K.-U.S. relationship,” Cloke said of the June Street property purchased by the British Government in 1957. In […]
Hot topic: keeping cool by greening our communities
It’s not easy being green, but the hot topic was addressed by the nonprofit Westside Urban Forum (WUF) at a panel discussion on July 21 — “Private Trees, Public Benefit: Fortifying L.A.’s Disappearing Tree Canopy.” Panelists effectively made the case for keeping cool by greening our communities. WUF regularly invites land use professionals to consider […]