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Park La Brea: historic development has been a local landmark for more than 80 years

Helene Seifer · January 2, 2025

Every neighborhood has its share of quirky residents and bizarre occurrences that make for interesting gossip, but not many can claim a loping Roman charioteer, a ghostly apparition and a parade of elephants. Park La Brea can. Over its 80-year history, almost anything could happen and usually did. The charioteer was Charlton Heston, who, while […]

Election 2022 is underway

Wyatt · October 27, 2022

Local residents have begun voting in local, state and federal elections, in response to solicited and unsolicited ballots mailed by the Registrar – Recorder for Los Angeles County. The deadline to return ballots is Tues., Nov. 8. If you are a registered voter and have not received your large (approximately 9-1/2 inches wide by 5 […]

Local forums abound as June 7 election deadline looms

Wyatt · June 2, 2022

As the primary campaigns for City of Los Angeles elected offices — Mayor, City Attorney, Controller and local Council Districts 5 and 13 (plus County Supervisorial District 3) — begin to wrap up prior to the June 7 deadline to return ballots, the Larchmont Chronicle readership area has been full of candidate panels and debates. […]

Annual Meeting of the Park La Brea Residents

Chronicle Staff · January 12, 2021

Annual meeting of the Park La Brea residents at 5 p.m. via Zoom. For more information, visit plbra.org.

Park La Brea: vibrant dwellings at heart of Miracle Mile

Rachel Olivier · February 28, 2019

At the heart of the Miracle Mile on 155 acres of land, from Third to Sixth streets and from Fairfax to Cochran avenues, sits Park La Brea, a collection of 4,248 apartment units in buildings that have been part of Los Angeles history for more than 70 years. The complex is at the center of […]

Town & Country is on PLBRA agenda

Suzan Filipek · January 3, 2019

Representatives of Town & Country — who originally proposed a 26-story residential tower on Third St. east of Fairfax Ave. — will be keynote speakers at the Park La Brea Residents Association (PLBRA) annual meeting. Developer Tom Warren, executive managing director for the Holland Partner Group, and property owner John Nahas, of Regency Centers, are expected […]

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