Tag: Fremont Place
Visit private gardens, raise funds for islands, see local trees
Everything is coming up roses, wisteria and a bountiful array of other colorful flowers when A Secret Garden Tour comes to our neighborhoods on Sat., June 3, from 1 to 5 p.m. Five to six private gardens — the number is still being sorted out — will be on the tour and fundraiser in Windsor […]
The ‘Places’ — Wilton, Gramercy, St. Andrew’s and Manhattan
As we continue our study of Greater Wilshire’s potential historic districts, let us head east to look at two surviving pockets of our community’s earliest developments that survive along that noble sounding thoroughfare of St. Andrew’s Place. The Gramercy Place-St. Andrew’s Place Residential Historic District (between 2nd and 3rd streets) and the smaller St. Andrew’s […]
Society serves afternoon tea
Residents sampled finger foods and refreshments on fine china at the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society’s annual Afternoon Tea on Feb. 27. Some 100 guests enjoyed the warm, spring-like afternoon in the backyard of Patty Lombard and Bill Simon’s home in Fremont Place. City Councilmen Paul Koretz and Mitch O’Farrell — whose redrawn districts each […]
Larchmont stars in a tale of love, chaos and community
Larchmont Boulevard, Fremont Place and the surrounding neighborhoods feature prominently in a new memoir by Heather Haldeman, “Kids & Cocktails Don’t Mix.” The mother of three grew up in Fremont Place in the 1960s and ’70s, when women dressed for their men and connived to attain what they wanted. With her indomitable mother, Marilyn Knight […]
Upgrades at Buzz publisher’s Fremont Place home make it more accessible for all
When Larchmont Buzz co-publisher Patty Lombard’s parents, Anne and Rocci Lombard, came to live with her at her Fremont Place home a few years ago, her family began an extensive renovation to make their space more accessible and easier to navigate for elderly adults. The results were so successful, they’re featured in a June 15 story […]
Cosmetic surgery on your lawn can pay off big time
Artificial turf is like cosmetic surgery for your lawn. You get it hoping it will look great but if it goes wrong, it can look just awful. Whether under the knife or under the spade, you can spot a bad job a mile away. A stroll through the plastic faces and puffy lips of Beverly […]
