Tag: Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society
Historic homes, local school’s 100th, First Century and more
Lots of activity was going on around the town in November, all just a precursor to the busy December holiday season. Our neighborhoods’ venerable Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society presented its annual home tour on Nov. 2, this year titled “The Merry Homes of Windsor Blvd.” Member volunteers registered guests and distributed a handsome […]
Windsor homes on tour Nov. 2 with WSHPHS
Visit the Merry Homes of Windsor Boulevard on Sat., Nov. 2, from noon to 4 p.m. with the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society. Three homes built 100 years ago and not previously shown on the WSHPHS’s annual home tour will be featured. At press time, it was announced that a fourth home has been added […]
Third Street Elementary turns 100!
Block party, time capsule are planned by students, parents, faculty and alumni Hancock Park’s Third Street Elementary School celebrates its centennial this year, and volunteer parents and staff have been hard at work planning events and digging through archives to mark this milestone in meaningful ways. Block party A centennial block party, free and open to […]
August art, history, baseball, music, birthdays, politics and more
Although a lot of people were away in August, there was a heck of a lot going on here in town involving locals in the arts and social scenes. Political, too. Beginning on Aug. 1, there was a gorgeous downtown art opening for the exhibit, “Resonance: Paintings and Prints by Gayle Garner Roski and Ruth […]
Landmark Awards feature a love match and a high-end jeweler
It’s Landmark Awards season again! The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society will present on Sat., Aug. 3 its annual Landmark Awards for historic properties — residential and commercial — which are of architectural or historic significance in the community or in the boundaries of historic Rancho LaBrea. This year the awards went to two […]
Living room gatherings end and begin the years 2023 and 2024
The traditional worlds of neighborliness are coming back in focus, post-COVID-19, as neighbors once again are gathering in the living rooms of the community — two of which are on Irving Boulevard in Windsor Square. A last celebration of the holiday season took place at the home of Suz and Peter Landay on Dec. 28. […]
