Tag: Larchmont Chronicle
2019 Chronicle sealed for posterity, or 99 years on
The April 2019 issue of the Larchmont Chronicle has been sealed for posterity or at least another 99 years, give or take. Alysoun Higgins hid the copy inside the walls of her 1911 Craftsman home in the Wilton Historic District. She was inspired by two nearly-100-year-old newspapers she discovered when remodeling her master bathroom — […]
Former Chronicle student reporter: then and now
These days, Tom Brandlin of Park La Brea serves as a not-for-profit consultant at the Soldiers Project in North Hollywood and other agencies, as well as deacon at St. Basil’s Parish on Wilshire Blvd. Then In 1965, he was a high school sophomore at St. John Vianney High School (in the process of being renamed […]
Former Chronicle site to house modern publishing building
After four decades of housing the Larchmont Chronicle, the property at 540 N. Larchmont Blvd. will become the new home of a modern-style building under construction. And it will stay in the publishing business. Flood Magazine and Anthemic Agency will be housed in the 3,000-square foot, two-story building, said owner Alan Sartirana. He is temporarily […]
GOING, GOING, GONE…
Larchmont Chronicle’s former office, for 40 years, was a bungalow at 542 1/2 N. Larchmont Blvd. The building, top, was demolished last month, center and bottom photos. The property’s new owner, Alan Sartirana, is CEO and founder of Anthemic Agency and Flood Magazine. The 54-year old Chronicle moved to 606 N. Larchmont Blvd. in September […]
Larchmont Chronicle moves up the street
The Larchmont Chronicle is on the move. “We are in our new headquarters on the ground floor of the Leimert building at 606 N. Larchmont Blvd.,” said publisher John H. Welborne. It is the fourth move for the 52-year-old community newspaper that began in the den of Dawne Goodwin’s home on Poinsettia Place. In 1963, […]
Original owner of Chevalier’s Books interviewed 30 years ago
After 75 years of business, people in the Larchmont area know and love their neighborhood bookstore, Chevalier’s Books. In 1984, the Larchmont Chronicle carried an article about the store’s founder, Joe Chevalier, as the store celebrated its 45th anniversary. As the store now celebrates 75 years, here’s a look back at that article, written […]
