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Relive the opulent past in the Louis XVI Salon at the former Bullocks Wilshire this month.

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New Pavilion proposed at Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.

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Masters of American West opening at the Autry.

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At long last Griffith Par gets its o n e hibition

By Sondi Toll Sepenuk How well do you think you know Griffith Park? Well, did you know that there was once an airfield inside the park? Or how about a speakeasy for golfers during the Great Depression? You probably knew about the ostrich farm, right? And the prison farm? Or what about that small town, called Rodger Young Village, which housed over 6,000 people (military veterans and their families) for seven years after World War II? Do you know about its darker history? That thousands of Los Angeles citizens of Japanese ancestry were sent to a detention camp in Griffith Park after the bombing of Pearl Harbor? Or that a Memorial Day riot erupted at the Merry-go-Round in 1961 when an African-American youth, after having challenged the practice of reserving the Merry-go-Round for white families, was accused of boarding the ride without a ticket? You surely know that Griffith Park, clocking in at more than 4,200 acres, dwarfs Manhattan’s 840acre Central Park, right? 125th anniversary If you didn’t know these things, and even if you did, you’re in for a treat: As the park readies for its 125th anni-

HOLLYWOOD SIGN can be seen from the park.

Photo by Tom LaBonge

versary in 2021, The Autry Museum of the American West, which resides in Griffith Park, has decided to give the park its well-deserved due, creating a community-driven, permanent exhibition that explores the creation, history, nature, wildlife and usage of one of the world’s great city parks. “We were looking at ideas for our next exhibition,” says Carolyn Brucken, Senior Curator and Curator of Western Women’s History, “and we thought, ‘let’s look in our own backyard’ as a way to talk about California, its history and its people.” As that germ of an idea

grew, the scope of the project grew with it, leading to the current “Investigating Griffith Park” temporary exhibition. Community input “We realized that we needed the community’s input to create it,” says Brucken, “so we decided we should start a conversation about the history and meaning of Griffith Park, and we would build out by getting input from the hundreds of visitors who come to the museum every day.” The first phase of the exhibition, known as “Phase I: Discovery,” is up and running as we speak. Visitors to the muse-

um can currently walk through a temporary gallery, exploring pictures, objects and history, while also participating in discussions, archiving their own memories of the park, showcasing ideas, and partaking in hands-on activities in order to explore, test ideas and share thoughts with the museum as the staff investigates what makes Griffith Park a unique part of Los Angeles. “We are in the incubator phase,” says Sarah Wilson, Education Curator. “And this is very unusual for a museum to do this type of exhibition outreach. The process for creating and developing exhibitions usually happens underground and behind closed doors. “We want to make this input multigenerational,” continues Wilson. “We want to create a space for people to interact and to engage, whether they are two years old or 92 years old.” “Nine-year-olds have just as strong opinions as adults,” laughs Brucken. Donated in 1896 The park’s original 3,000 acres were donated to the city of Los Angeles by Griffith J. Griffith and Christina Griffith in 1896, on the condition that the land be used as a free public park. “It must be made a

place of recreation and rest for the masses, a resort for the rank and file, for the plain people,” directed Griffith for his donation. Today, Griffith Park includes a 1926 Spillman carousel, pony rides, multiple golf courses, several rare wild gray foxes, coyotes, deer, coast horned lizards, rattlesnakes, the Greek Theatre, Griffith Park Observatory, Travel Town trains, the Los Angeles Zoo, rare plant species, the Hollywood sign, a bachelor mountain lion known as P-22, and over 53 miles of hiking trails. Hiker LaBonge “I’ve hiked there every day for the last 41 years,” says former 4th District City Councilman Tom LaBonge, who grew up in the shadow of Griffith Park and wakes up each morning to catch the sunrise above the city. “If you look out from Mt. Hollywood, you can see four national forests: the Los Padres National Forest, the Angeles National Forest, the San Bernardino National Forest and the Cleveland National Forest.” During his many morning hikes, LaBonge has run into everyone from local friends to former Supreme Court Justice (Please turn to page 3)

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(Continued from page 2) Sandra Day O’Connor. Larry Guzin Another avid local hiker is Windsor Square Association President Larry Guzin, who chooses the evening hours to trek the park. “When I get to the top of Mt. Hollywood,” says Guzin, “I can see the wonderful canopy of trees that covers Larchmont, Windsor Square and Hancock Park.” Guzin, like LaBonge, also grew up with the park at his doorstep. “I ran cross country in high school through the park, earned Boy Scout merit badges in the park, and even used the park to train for nine treks through the Himalayas.” For the last decade, Guzin has led over 300 Sierra Club hikes throughout the park two times per week. “Griffith Park is hallowed

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ground,” says Guzin. “This is a town with many, many amusements, but for those of us who like to walk, we become devotees and hope other people will want to walk and take advantage of the wilderness in such a major metropolis.” Exhibit Phase I These are the stories and observations that curators Brucken and Wilson want to hear. The Autry’s Phase I includes Question and Answer boards such as “What is a Park to You?” and “What Do You Like To Do in Griffith Park?” The answers from anonymous visitors are as varied as “A reminder that we are nature,” to “A place my kids can play free and explore their abilities…” to “a place where my ancestors once walked. We are on native land.” Walking through Phase I, visitors will see information on the park’s history,

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both known and lost, wildlife, native plants, the Tongva Native Americans, and even the movie industry, where Griffith Park holds the honor of playing background in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1913 silent feature film “The Squaw Man,” which gave birth to Hollywood and the Southern California film industry. Phases II and III “‘A rock is a rock, a tree is a tree. Shoot it in Griffith Park,’ goes an old Hollywood industry saying,” reads one sign in the exhibition. The community’s answers to Phase I’s questions will lead to Phase II of the exhibition, which will involve “idea testing” based on the previous community input. The final phase, Phase III, the permanent exhibition, will open in connection with the 125th anniversary of Griffith Park in 2021-2022.

“This is an ongoing, living space,” says Brucken. “You can use Griffith Park to explore all of California history and politics.” As Ruben Martinez of the “Los Angeles Times” once not-

ed, “The history of Griffith Park is a faithful mirror for the history of the city.” While exploring the history of the park, the curators at the Autry also want to build (Please turn to page 4)

ANIMALS Section of Phase I showcases and provides informai i r a i a a r i i ri Park i c i a i a r i i c r

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Left: QUONSET HUTS were all-purpose, prefabricated buildings made of corrugated steel that were built in Rodger Young Village (1947-1954) for military veterans and their families after WWII. Each home was 80 feet x 20 feet. An unfurnished unit cost $34 per month. Open to all veterans, Rodger Young Village became one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in Los Angeles during this era.

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(Continued from page 3) up Griffith Park’s archives. “There is very little published about Griffith Park,” explains Brucken. “We want to encourage research and preserve everything for future scholars,

students and the community.” The future of the park weighs heavily on everyone’s minds. “Personally,” says Guzin, “I would like to emphasize keeping the park a wilderness — to discourage human intervention other than maintenance.”

Deasy Penner Podley’s 12th real estate office to open in former Lipson building

Another real estate brokerage office is opening on Larchmont Blvd. between First and Beverly. Hot on the heels of the new Compass Realty office, real estate firm Deasy Penner Podley is opening its 12th office at 132 N. Larchmont Blvd. The space is a former, and long-vacant, State Farm insurance office, just south of Vincent Hair Artistry. Emphasizing architectural, luxury and historic properties, the brokerage firm has a staff

of 300 sales professionals who cover the areas from Malibu to Palm Springs. In September, Deasy Penner acquired Pasadena-based Podley Properties. The combined firm is led by Mike Deasy, chairman, and George Penner, chief executive officer. The brokerage joins Coldwell Banker and Keller Williams, plus Compass, within this long block. Hancock Homes and Hollywoodland Realty are north of Beverly.

COLLAGE of birthday posters “left behind” have been gathr a .

LaBonge also encourages thoughtful planning on behalf of the park. “Public parks are very important and special,” says LaBonge. “Our parks will be used more and more in the future, and we need to join groups, like the Los Angeles Parks Foundation, to support our parks… [and] I’d like to

“IF YOU LOOK out from Mt. Hollywood, you can see four national forests,” says former City Councilman Tom LaBonge.

SIERRA CLUB leader Larry Guzin, front left, and a group of hikers take a break en route to Mt. Hollywood.

give a big 10-gallon ‘hats off’ to the Autry Museum for its inclusivity of outreach for this exhibition.” For more information on

Investigating Griffith Park or to submit your own ideas about the exhibition, visit the museum itself or go to theautry.org.

GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY with a view of the city skyline.

Photo by Tom LaBonge

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What God hath intended: jellies, jams

Pectin makes it all possible. Pectin is one of God’s best ideas, purveyed in fruity packages. No question: God intended us to have jellies and jams and marmalade. This is why I take my marmalade straight, by the spoonful. To that end, my friend and I, in Los Angeles, set out to make marmalade, inspired by a perfect bitter orange marmalade we had eaten in Mexico. Marmalade in our day carries its own definition, which is a conserve of oranges. But in Europe until the 18th century, the word marmalade, when used by itself, according to British food historian C. Anne Wilson, meant only one thing: a marmalade of

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Paula Panich quinces. The word for “quince,” in Portuguese, is marmelo. Homemade preserves were known in Roman times; Greek physicians were convinced of the efficacy of quince to aid digestion; Dioscordes recommended it for dysentery and complaints of the liver and kidneys. His recipe for kudonites, made with quince, pops up in Tudor and Stuart

recipes as “quidony of quinces.” Marmalade of quinces was prepared dry, and cut, as you would a pie. It was the result of the discovery that cooked fruit combined with sugar (honey) and acid (vinegar) would result in a solid, thick, leathery and delicious substance. You can buy the offspring of this idea in quince paste from Spain, membrillo, to be eaten with cheese. Now where was I? Yes, looking for a bridge to take us from quince to orange marmalade. Wilson’s “The Book of Marmalade” (1985, 1999) shows the way. (Please turn to page 15)

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Love letter to preservation and architecture in time for Valentine’s Day

In 1965, two eminent architectural historians, David Gebhard of UC Santa Barbara and Robert Winter of Occidental College, produced the local region’s first guide to significant architecture, “An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles.” It was “the 1960s,” and the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage ordinance was only three years old. People were just beginning to talk about how

to protect important buildings of past eras. Development was in full swing as the population of postwar Los Angeles continued to grow. The book, designed to fit in the glove compartment of your car, was published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (If you have one, it is a collector’s item now and very rare). The book divided Southern California into 14 areas, then

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the car culture. “It is the intention of the authors,” said its preface, “to give a broad cross-section of the variety of architecture to be found in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California. Our main interest is in those buildings that critics and architects have considered to be significant. But we have also tried to indicate the representative and the scandalous, as well as the beautiful.” “Gebhard and Winter,” as the tome is PUBLISHED DECEMBER 2018, “An Arknown to many, quick- chitectural Guidebook to Los Angeles,” ly became a revered by Robert Winter, David Gebhard and reference for archi- Robert Inman, Angel City Press, 6th editectural historians tion. and preservationists. The publication has seen six Dubbed “the Bible” for many editions (1965, 1977, 1985, years, a citation in the book 1994, 2003 and 2018) in more was one benchmark establish- than 50 years. Gebhard died ing a building’s significance in in 1996; Winter continued the absence of formal archi- to update and edit. For the tectural inventories and stud- 2018 edition, he chose as his ies (methods of identification collaborator one of his forthat did not come to promi- mer students at Occidental nence until a decade later). College and an author in his Winter disavowed the notion, own right, Robert Inman. In saying, “It’s by two guys; it’s this latest edition, there are their personal opinions; that’s more than 450 new entries for all.” But it wasn’t all, because structures built before 2003 of course, Professor Winter is and 200 new entries for strucone of the foremost experts on tures built after 2003, for a the built environment who we total of more than 2,300 sites. have, and at 94 he still knows Winter’s work comprises how to tell the story better a love letter to Los Angethan anyone. Every lecture les, perhaps one of the lonhe gave was witty and memo- gest running Valentines ever. rable, and his pithy comments Share the new guide with as a commissioner of both your loved ones. Happy Valthe Pasadena and Los Ange- entines Day, Bob (and Bob)! les cultural heritage commis- Your gift to us is enormous, sions are unforgettable. and we thank you.

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Tea and history at Bullocks Wilshire with WS-HPHS

Members and guests of the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society can visit Bullocks Wilshire, a former shopping mecca and now a law school, on Sun., Feb. 10 starting at 2 p.m. The event, at the Southwestern Law School, 3050 Wilshire Blvd., will be held in the former Louis XVI salon where, in the 1920s through the 1940s, the store’s patrons were shown the latest couturier designs, said Richard Bagttaglia, president of the WS-HPHS. “In the 1950s it became the fur salon where [allegedly] Judy Garland fell asleep in a dressing room with nothing on but a sable coat and an empty martini glass,” he added. Historian Steven Gee will speak on his book, “Los Angeles City Hall: An American Icon.” A native of England, Gee has also written books on Los Angeles architect John Parkinson and the Los Angeles Central Library. Myrna Gintel and Ellen Grosser are co-chairwomen. Committee members are Juanita Kempe, Marlene Zwieg, Connie Richey, Fluff McLean, Richard Battaglia, Beate Kessler McDermott,

LOUIS XVI salon is in the Bullocks Wilshire building.

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New Pavilion in park planned to help tell Holocaust story By Suzan Filipek Plans are underway to build a pavilion at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust on Grove Drive, south of the existing museum in Pan Pacific Park. The pavilion will expand the footprint of the existing museum. Together they “will help shape the future of not only this institution but of our greater community as a whole,” museum board member and architect Hagy Belzberg said in a six-minute video recently released by the museum. Belzberg designed the original 32,000-square-foot museum that opened in 2010, and has produced the initial drawings for the planned new pavilion. The new pavilion is aimed to help welcome an increase in visitors, many of whom are students. Last year, a record 62,000

adults and children, including 20,000 students, visited the site, a 20 percent increase from the year before. The facility is the oldest Holocaust survivor-founded museum in the United States. There, survivors of the World War II Holocaust meet with the students, give talks and tours, and tell first-hand of their experiences. “A switch goes off” for many of the students after they visit the site, said Beth Kean, museum executive director; many of the students are the same age as when the survivors experienced the Holocaust, she explained. The new pavilion will allow for more space for special events and temporary exhibits, and it will serve as a reflective space for students. “The goal of the museum is to commemorate, to educate and to inspire,” said president Paul Nussbaum.

NEW PAVILION proposed at Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. (Existing building upper right.)

Admission is always free, because the founders never wanted anyone to be turned away for lack of funds. “It’s all about living history. It’s not static and it’s not simply something that happened in the past and won’t ever hap-

VIEW FROM Grove Dr. of proposed Pavilion, overlooking Pan Pacific Park. Renderings by Belzberg Architects

pen again,” said Marlborough student Dorrit Corwin. “What makes our museum unique is that we teach the Holocaust through artifacts and oral testimonies,” said Kean. “Our founding survivors donated our first collection of artifacts” after settling in Los Angeles. They founded the museum in 1961, and, after several moves, the permanent home was built. Museum leaders believe that education is the best de-

fense against bigotry and intolerance. “While we cannot change the past we can make a difference for the future,” said board member Michele Gold. “In the rich tapestry that is Los Angeles, where we celebrate so many diverse cultures and backgrounds, it is crucial that we have the museum here,” said Councilman David Ryu. The timing of construction of the new pavilion is also in line with the recent renovation and update of Pan Pacific Park playing fields, Ryu said.

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you should explore for slam. When you are the overcaller and your partner makes a cue bid limit raise, if you have overcalled a hand that is not an opening hand, you just rebid your suit at the cheapest level, and that tells partner to pass. If, however, you have a legitimate opening hand, you should jump the bidding one step (bidding 3 Spades instead of 2) or, if you have another good 4-card suit, you may bid that to show game interest. If partner has just a minimum limit raise (10-12 HCP), she would pass your jump bid or bid your suit at the cheapest level if you have bid a new suit. This also works if your partner opens the bidding and your RHO overcalls: LHO Pass

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A bid of 2 Spades by you would show at least 3 Spades and 6-9 HCP. If you have a limit raise or better, you would bid 3 Clubs, the cue bid limit raise. If you have a weak hand with 4 or more trumps, you would jump to 3 Spades. Grand Slam is the nom de plume for an author of a bestselling book on bridge, an ACBL accredited director and a Silver Life Master.

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Museums around Southern California are participating in the annual “Free-for-All” day Sat., Feb. 2 and Sun., Feb. 3. Local sites offering free admission on Saturday include the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (pop-up via Los Angeles County Museum of Art), The Autry, Descanso Gardens, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Skirball Cultural Center and Zimmer Children’s Museum will have free admission on Sunday. The Broad, California Science Center, Craft Contemporary (formerly the Craft and Folk Art Museum), The Getty Center and Getty Villa, Hammer Museum and Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust will

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Masters of American West to open at Autry Museum exhibit Paintings and sculptures by 64 new and returning artists will be featured in the 22nd annual Masters of the American West Art Exhibition and Sale opening Sat., Feb. 9, at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way. A ticketed opening-day program includes presentations by artists and an awards “chuck wagon” luncheon. A cocktail reception and art sale follow. Tickets are $95 for members and $170 for nonmembers for

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Attracting birds to the garden Valentines, tea at Arboretum

Learn which native plants attract songbirds and hummingbirds to the garden at a workshop at the Theodore Payne Foundation, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley, Sat., Feb. 16, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.. Horticulturist and garden writer Lili Singer and landscaper Steve Gerischer will provide an illustrated lecture with handouts. Tickets are $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers. For more information, call 818-768-1802 or go to theodorepayne.org.

Bring the family for an educational walk and tea in honor of Valentine’s Day at Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens at 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia Sun., Feb. 10. The tea will begin with a walk to explore the herb garden and other fragrant edible

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Kids can create a Valentine’s Day craft sculpture at the Fairfax branch library, 161 S. Gardner St., Wed., Feb. 13 and Thurs., Feb. 14 at 4:30 p.m. The project includes sculpting a clay figure for a friend or family member on Wednesday, and then coming back to paint and finish it on Thursday, to take home. Kids learning to read can practice with a therapy dog for Valentine’s Day, Thurs., Feb. 14 at 4 p.m. For more information, call 323-933-8146.

Chinese New Year, camellias, bonsai at the Huntington

Celebrate Chinese New Year, visit a camellia show and see a variety of bonsai trees this month at Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino. See lion dancers, martial arts demonstrations and mask-changing performances at the lunar New Year celebration for the Year of the Pig Sat., Feb. 2 and Sun., Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shop for camellia plants and get tips on cultivation at the 47th annual camellia show cosponsored by the Southern California Camellia Society Sat., Feb. 9 from 1 to 5 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit a bonsai bazaar, see exhibits of miniature trees and demonstrations on care and cultivation at the annual Bonsai-a-thon Sat., Feb. 23 and Sun., Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information visit huntington.org.

Visitors can enjoy monthly evening visits at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada Flintridge, beginning Sat., Feb. 9. The debut evening, “Campfire Stories,” will have a shadow puppet theater, star talks on winter constellations, live music, craft activities and hot chocolate, s’mores and more available for purchase from Patina. Other dates for NightGarden include “Plant Power” on March 16, “LA Blooms” on April 6 and “Science Quest” on May 18. Tickets are $5 for members and $15 for nonmembers. Camellia shows See camellia exhibits and learn about the care and cultivation of the camellia, as well as its use in teas, at two camellia shows this month at Descanso Gardens. Visit descansogardens.org.

Road Scholar series at Fremont

Seniors who enjoy traveling can learn about the Road Scholar travel program opportunities at a lecture at the Fremont branch library, 6121 Melrose Ave., Sat., Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. Part of the not-for-profit Elderhostel, Inc., the programs offer educational travel experiences for groups, couples and solo travelers ages 60 and up. For more information, call 323-962-3521 or email the speaker, Jill Swaim, at jswaim1@aol.com.

Podcasts explained at Memorial library

Learn how to host, produce and create your own podcast at a workshop at the Memorial branch library, 4625 W. Olympic Blvd., Sat., Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. The workshop, through LA Made and conducted by cohosts Mala and Diosa, of Locatora Radio, will also explain how to build an Instagram presence and put together a website. For more information, call 213-228-7430.

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TIM MEINELSCHMIDT | 213.841.1317 | trmeinelschmidt@kw.com

4057 W 8TH ST LOS ANGELES CA 90005 4 Bed

6.5 Baths

918 N. LA JOLLA AVE LOS ANGELES CA 90046 3 Bed

3 Baths

2,200 Sqft

PRICE: TBD

SOLD

SOLD TIFFANY SUNG PARK | 213.248.5985 | tiffanypark@kw.com

ANNA LEE | 213.675.6407 | Annalee@kw.com

242 S RIMPAU LOS ANGELES CA 90004

285 S MUIRFIELD RD LOS ANGELES CA 90004

4 Bed

4 Baths

3,197 Sqft

Offered At $3,050,000

5 Bed

4 Baths

4,240 Sqft

Offered At $3,450,000

Congratulations! JOHN BARRENTINE ON BEING ELECTED TO BEVERLY HILLS / GREATER LOS ANGELES ASSOCIATION

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