Suzan Filipek · October 24, 2024
By the Oct. 15 deadline, there were six appeals filed of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission’s recent approval of a major real estate development project proposed at the former CBS TV studio at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. “The process has been opaque and poorly managed. The project is out of scale and out […]
Helene Seifer · October 24, 2024
The 300 block of North Sierra Bonita Avenue was abuzz on Sun., Oct. 13. Neighbors were chatting over free donuts; children were holding giant lollipops in one hand and balloon animals in the other; and dozens of dogs, big and small, were present. Giant balloon bouquets welcomed everyone to the Save Beverly Fairfax annual block […]
Suzan Filipek · June 27, 2024
Nine appeals were filed last month against a City of Los Angeles decision approving portions of a proposed expansion and modernization plan for the former CBS Television City at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. The 1.9 million square-foot TVC 2050 Project is too big, too tall and too dense, according to one appellant, the Miracle […]
Billy Taylor · September 2, 2021
The Fairfax Theatre was recently nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, but because the owner objects to the designation, the battle to preserve the 1929 theater continues. The California State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC) voted unanimously July 30 to nominate the Fairfax Theatre to the National Register following a presentation by Steven Luftman. […]
Wyatt · August 29, 2019
A festive gathering of local residents took place Aug. 11 to watch Fifth District City Councilman Paul Koretz ceremoniously unveil one of the new street signs marking the inclusion — on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Register of Historic Places — of the “Beverly Fairfax Historic District.” The designation last year marked the […]
