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“Sunset Boulevard” screening at Paramount Studios hosted by Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society

Jane Gilman · October 3, 2013

Paramount Studios will screen “Sunset Boulevard” on Wed., Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. with a special appearance by Gloria Swanson’s granddaughter Brooke Anderson. Swanson stars in the 1950 movie along […]

Variety of services, only one coffee shop on Larchmont 50 years ago

Jane Gilman · October 3, 2013

TIME Magazine referred to Hancock Park as “a rundown section of Los Angeles” in an article about Muirfield Road resident Dan Blocker. The article appeared just a few years after […]

Larchmont Chronicle’s 50th Anniversary: We reveal how to start a community newspaper

Jane Gilman · October 3, 2013

Fifty years ago, newspapers in Los Angeles were flourishing. Readers had their choice of the “Los Angeles Times,” “Daily News,” “Herald-Examiner,” “Hollywood Citizen News” and the “Wilshire Press.” But Larchmont and […]

Docents lead tour of Heritage Square

Jane Gilman · August 28, 2013

Enjoy a docent-guided tour  of eight 19th and early 20th century structures at the Heritage Square Museum on Sat., Sept. 21 beginning at 12:30 p.m. A bus will take members […]

Work underway on three north Larchmont Boulevard medians

Jane Gilman · August 28, 2013

“It’s a great day for Larchmont,” said Councilman Tom LaBonge as he and neighborhood leaders dug the first shovelful of dirt to signify installation of new medians on the north […]

Women are key support staff at Wilshire Escrow Company

Jane Gilman · August 1, 2013

  Who are the women behind Wilshire Escrow?  Originally co-founded by Emma “Scotty” Shewfelt with her husband Roy almost 70 years ago, the female staff ranges from the receptionist to […]

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