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Friends, family, former students salute centenarian
“Life has been good to me,” said Jack Levin as he reflected on the 100 years he recently celebrated at a party at his home with 140 friends and relative and neighbors. Nephews, nieces, grand nephews and nieces, neighbors, friends and eight visitors from Japan joined in the festivities to mark the milestone birthday. Levin […]
Eateries host diners at ‘Taste of Larchmont’
With sounds of Broadway show tunes ringing through the night, supporters of Hope-Net sampled food at Larchmont Blvd. restaurants and bakeries. The 23rd annual “Taste of Larchmont” on Aug. 24 used a Broadway theme to accompany diners as they visited many of the 16 restaurants offering samples of their cuisine.
Award-winner on Mansfield was purchased from a cat
The two-story Italian Revival-style building at 216 S. Mansfield Ave. is one of the winners of the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society Landmark Awards. Dave Goldstein, owner, received the award at the Society’s annual meeting in July. Goldstein purchased the building in 1991 from the estate of Mrs. Gimbel’s cat. Proceeds from the trustee’s sale […]
Brookside residents updated on crime, Park Mile zoning
Fourth District Councilman David Ryu complimented the 30 residents who turned out for the summer meeting for their citizen involvement. Ryu and his chief of staff Sarah Dusseault attended the July 16 evening meeting of Brookside Homeowners Association at the Lebanese-American Foundation center. Owen Smith, Association president, introduced the guest speakers including Wilshire LAPD senior […]
‘It was cool,’ says student who interviewed Joe Biden
Although they don’t agree on which baseball team should be in the World Series, they both like dogs. Lucas Fuhrer discovered this while interviewing Vice President Joe Biden who was in Los Angeles speaking about raising the minimum wage. Lucas, son of Christian and Christy Fuhrer of Ridgewood Place, will be a seventh grader next […]
History of Griffith-Banderas estate
Updated June 18 at 12:30 p.m. The Larchmont Chronicle searched its archives for a history of the just-sold home of Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith on Muirfield Road. The recent sale for $15.9 million is a record-breaker for the Hancock Park area. The 15,000 square foot residence commissioned in 1925 by Isidor Eisner sits on […]
