Tag: Brookside
Garden tour of Brookside waterway on April 26
View seven gardens along the Brookside stream on Sun., April 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. Open to the public, the event is sponsored by the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society. Several houses will also be open, said co-chairmen Patricia Rye and Sandy Boeck. The tour begins at 8th St. and Longwood Ave., and follows […]
CIM airs plans for new homes at Farmers property
Brookside residents heard plans for the future of the Farmers Insurance 10-acre property from Clyde Wood and Johannes Van Tilburg, representing the CIM group, new owners of the property. The plans include converting the offices of the nine-story former headquarters building into 54 luxury condominiums, and erecting 65 single family homes and duplexes on the […]
Tour landmarks of Sycamore Square
Sycamore Square often flies under the local radar, much less famous than its adjacent communities of Miracle Mile, Hancock Park and Brookside. A one-hour tour on Sun., Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. will introduce walkers to the neighborhood, which is bordered by Wilshire Blvd., Highland Ave., Olympic Blvd. and La Brea. The recent demolition of […]
Lebanese-American group opens new center in Park Mile
It took 13 years of searching before the Lebanese American Foundation finally found a home for its community center. “Just last year we discovered the former Broadway Federal Savings bank building at 4800 Wilshire Blvd. was available,” said Judge James Kaddo, S. Larchmont Blvd., one of the Foundation founders. Kaddo said LAF wanted a secular […]
Letters on the Park Mile Specific Plan
From April 26-28, 2014, nearly fifty neighbors took the time to write to the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council about preserving the Park Mile Specific Plan that governs land use north and south of Wilshire Boulevard between Wilton Place and Highland Avenue. With SUBJECT lines like “No Park Mile Plan Variance!”, “Park Mile Plan / No […]
Block parties, fairs among neighborhood traditions
The longer a neighborhood exists, the more likely it is to form traditions that last for years, even decades. Some traditions fizzle out, but others are so popular that not only do they stick around; they thrive and continue to grow. In the Larchmont community, we have an abundance of neighborhood traditions that are alive […]
