Tag: Wilshire Park Association
Haunted holidays came early for Wilshire Park neighbors
Halloween came early this year to Wilshire Park. In lieu of its annual Halloween Haunt, the neighborhood kicked off the season with an “in-your-own-front-yard” picnic and a scavenger hunt. And residents opened a ghoulish storefront, d’See’s, as in “deceased,” said Wilshire Park Association (WPA) board member Lorna Hennington. WPA Treasurer Roberta O’Donnell researched the history […]
Ghouls, ghosts, zombies to haunt Bronson
Wander among big bad wolves, zombies and ghosts, and frolic with headless brides at the 10th annual Wilshire Park Halloween Haunt on Bronson Avenue between 8th Street and Wilshire Boulevard, Sat., Oct. 26 from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Featured at the haunt will be a ghost train, fortune teller, face painting and bounce houses. There […]
Zombies, rides at Haunt in Wilshire Park
Wilshire Park Association is throwing a Halloween bash Sat., Oct. 27, from 4 to 8:30 p.m. on Bronson Avenue between Wilshire Boulevard and Eighth Street. “This is our ninth year, and the event has morphed from a simple front-yard get-together into our major social and fundraising event,” said co-chair Lorna Hennington. The Association is also […]
Robby O’Donnell and Wilshire Park home win HPOZ awards
Two Wilshire Park entries were among winners of the city’s 2014 Office of Historic Resources Historic Preservation Overlay Zone awards. Robby O’Donnell, Bronson Ave., the only person among the honorees, won for being instrumental in placing Boulevard Heights on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. “I’m sure she was selected because of her […]
Signage completes Boulevard Heights quest for historic status
A two-block stretch on Bronson Ave.—the Boulevard Heights Historic District—was honored with its very own sign. Four signs to be exact.The recent unveiling completes the neighborhood’s journey for historic status. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. “It is a great honor. Our own Robby O’Donnell worked for several years […]
