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SEPTEMBER 2011
vol. 48, no. 9 • delivered to the 76,439 readers in hancock park • windsor square • fremont place • park labrea • larchmont village • Miracle Mile
10th anniversary of 9/11 commemorated in Mile
SECTION ONE Back To School
Victims honored, gospel choir, parade
Larchmont chronicLe • 2011
The public is invited to several ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 this month. They include a gospel choir, tree memorial and a parade. At the Page Museum A prelude to the actual date will be held on the lawn of the Page Museum, 5801 Wilshire Blvd., on Fri., Sept. 9 beginning at 9 a.m. The theme of the ceremony is “The Spirit of Los Angeles” and will include attendance by civic, cultural, community and governmental leaders, first responders and military personnel. Trees that have been planted as part of a “United We Plant” memorial to victims of the attack on the New York World Trade Center will be rededicated at the event. In the Miracle Mile, more than 200 memorial trees have
On the Inside ... New center
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Summer intern
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Music, arts program 16
College bound
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BACK TO SCHOOL 13 - 28 BUNGALOW moves to mediation. 3 ROARING 20s Taste of Larchmont. 6 SIDEWALK sales. 7 DOGS' DAY at Pan Pacific Park. 9 TRIATHLON coming to town. 12 SERVICES for High Holy Days. 32 PARTIES with international flair. 34 "VIVIEN" is stunning theater. 36
SECTION TWO Real Estate Home & Garden
SUMMER travels took youth near and far. Ariella Bauer visited Santa Monica Beach. Olivia Brancato, right, toured Chicago. See more photos on pages 20, 21.
Majority of residents oppose stop signs Signals proposed at Rossmore, Highland avenues are part of a Bicycle Master Plan Traffic on Rossmore and Highland avenues is already backed up. Additional signals will slow the traffic even further, causing angry drivers and more cut-through vehicles on our streets.
This is the opinion of one of the 125 residents of Hancock Park who answered a survey on proposed traffic lights at 4th Street and Highland and Rossmore avenues. The survey by the Hancock
Park Homeowners Association resulted in 54 opposed to the stop signs, 15 in favor and 56 homeowners who would like to explore other alternatives to signals. The plan to add traffic signals and add right turn only See MAJORITY, p. 5
Windsor Square block captains to convene Sept. 14 Safety on agenda
SAVE the Sycamores.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Los Angeles. 2 WILSHIRE POLICE open house. 5 WEST ADAMS Living History Tour. 6 HOUSE of the future.
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“Enhancing Our Security and Safety” is the topic of the Windsor Square Association’s block captain meeting on Wed., Sept. 14 beginning with a reception at 6:30 p.m. at a private home. Wendy Savage, block captain chairman, said the better we know each other’s issues, the better we can provide assistance and support. Senior lead officers from Olympic and Wilshire Divisions, LAPD, will attend. “Our area-wide block captain meeting last year was so successful we want to repeat the event,” Savage added.
REVIEWING THE AGENDA for the block captains’ meeting are, from left, Wendy Savage, Michael Genewick and June Bilgore.
been planted, including groves in Hancock County Park and Park La Brea in honor of police and firefighters who lost their lives in the attack. City fire Chief Brian Cunningham will attend the Page event, as well as high-ranking police officials. Local boy scouts will participate. Students from Cathedral Chapel School will sing patriotic songs. Brad Burlingame will be on hand for the ceremony that honors the victims of 9/11, including his late brother, Capt. Charles Burlingame, pilot of Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon. The event is sponsored by the Page, Miracle Mile Civic See 10th anniversary, p. 33
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On the Boulevard Glimpses by Jane Earthquakes on the east coast, hurricanes in the Carolinas while we enjoy balmy sun-filled days in Larchmont. We need to count our blessings and empathize with our eastern friends. *** We chatted with Peggy and Perry Hirsch at Louise’s Trattoria. They recently returned from two weeks in London at the Savoy Hotel. As members of the Bentley Drivers Club, the pair attended the club’s 75th anniversary celebration. *** We met Laura Christa while she was enjoying the vegan fare at Café Gratitude, and learned that her daughter Lucy, a junior at Northwest See BLVD., p. 33
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