"Eagle Rock: Where land use and
planning is a contact sport"
THE EAGLE ROCK
ASSOCIATION
-- e.letter --
October 18, 2001
In this issue:
1. WALGREENS IN EAGLE ROCK? -- LET THE
DEVELOPER KNOW WHAT YOU THINK -- OCTOBER 30
2. TOP HOLLYWOOD DIRECTORS TO DISCUSS IMPACT OF
TERRORISM ON MOVIES, TV AT OCCIDENTAL POLICY FORUM -- OCTOBER 22
3. COUNCIL MEMBER NICK PACHECO -- EXTENDED
OFFICE HOURS -- OCTOBER 22
4. EAGLE
ROCK'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY -- MARK YOUR CALENDARS -- OCTOBER 27
5. EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL HAS A LOT TO BE PROUD
OF!
6. NEWS FROM GALLERY FIGUEROA -- CALL FOR
ENTRIES -- EXHIBIT DECEMBER 9 TO JANUARY 13
7. CAREERS IN EDUCATION AT GLENDALE COLLEGE --
NOVEMBER 1
8. SUSTAINABILITY "GREEN" BUILDING
PUBLIC FORUMS
9. JOIN TERA'S HOME TOUR COMMITTEE! NEXT MEETING -- NOVEMBER 14
10. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
11. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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1. WALGREENS IN EAGLE ROCK? -- LET THE
DEVELOPER KNOW WHAT YOU THINK -- OCTOBER 30
The
One-Day Paint & Body Shop is located in the historic building originally
built in the 1940s as the flagship store for the Shopping Bag Grocery
chain. It appears that the FCD Realty
& Development, LLC, plans to demolish this historic building and locate a
new Walgreens Drug Store and potentially other stores (maybe Starbucks) in the
same location. It is unfortunate that
the building has been denied Cultural Monument status. The development company
is holding a community meeting to discuss the project.
TERA's
concerns regarding this project are as follows:
Diversity
of merchants: It is to the benefit of
existing merchants as well as residents to have an appropriate mix and
diversity of merchants in a community.
Eagle Rock currently is well served by many other pharmacies and sundry
stores such as Sav-On, Rite Aid, Albertson's, Vons, local merchants Hiana,
Eagle Rock Drug, ABM Pharmacy and the proposed Sav-on at the La Loma triangle
(next to McDonalds). Notice that there
likely would not be more pharmacy/sundry business in Eagle Rock just because a
new Walgreens opens. The net result
could be to diminish the revenue at existing competitors and to remove the
property from consideration by other types of merchants not well represented in
Eagle Rock. It potentially increases
the chance that profits at one or more of the existing merchants, who have
already made a commitment to Eagle Rock, will no longer be profitable, and we
could be faced with another empty storefront.
Historic
Property: The old Shopping Bag building
represents an important part of Eagle Rock's commercial history. It is likely that the developer will simply
demolish the building and erect a typical structure for Walgreens (usually a
cinder block rectangle). TERA feels
that it is to the benefit of this community (from both historic and visual
perspectives) to encourage the integration of the Streamline Moderne
architectural aspects of this structure into whatever new development takes
place.
TERA enthusiastically supports the redevelopment of
this property. We hope, however, that it will be done with a sense of what is
best for existing merchants, the new merchant(s), and the residents of Eagle
Rock.
The
meeting will take place Tuesday, October 30, 2001, at 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
at the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center (across the street from the site in
question), 2225 Colorado Boulevard, here in Eagle Rock. Please attend and let your thoughts and
opinions be known. A lively discussion
is always healthy.
For
information, please call the Eagle Rock/Highland Park field office of Council
member Nick Pacheco at (323) 254-5295.
If
you can't attend, please let Council member Pacheco know how you feel at npacheco@council.lacity.
org, and please copy Michael Southard, chair of TERA's Historic Preservation
Committee, EVEN IF YOU HAVE WRITTEN
HIM ALREADY ABOUT THIS MATTER (directly
or through me), at lavalodge@earthlink.net.
Please write Michael even if you do attend the meeting.
Please
invite your friends and neighbors.
Sign-language interpreters, assistive devices, or other auxiliary aids
provided upon request. Call TDD (323)
982-0872.
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2. TOP HOLLYWOOD DIRECTORS TO DISCUSS IMPACT
OF TERRORISM ON MOVIES, TV AT OCCIDENTAL POLICY FORUM -- OCTOBER 22
Some
of Hollywood's top directors and writers will discuss the impact of last
month's terrorist attacks on the entertainment industry on Monday, Oct. 22 in
the debut of the Occidental College Policy Forum.
The
distinguished panel includes Academy Award winning director and producer Sydney
Pollack (Out of Africa, Tootsie, Presumed Innocent); Aaron Sorkin, creator of
the critically acclaimed television series "The West Wing";
producer-director Edward Zwick (The Siege, Traffic, "Once and
Again"); writer-director Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Big, Dave); and
writer-director Kevin Sullivan (How Stella Got Her Groove Back).
Occidental
Senior Fellow Matt Miller, a syndicated columnist and host of KCRW's
"Left, Right & Center," will host the 4:30 p.m. discussion in
Occidental's Keck Theater. The event is free and open to the public with
seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. A question-and-answer
session will follow the panel discussion.
"This
is an important early chance for some of the nation's cultural leaders to help
us all grapple with the meaning of September 11," says Miller.
Sydney
Pollack's 18 films have received 46 Academy Award nominations, including four
for Best Picture. His 1985 film Out of Africa won seven Oscars, including best
picture and best director for Pollack. As a producer and director, his other
films include Tootsie, Presumed Innocent, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Searching
for Bobby Fischer, Sense and Sensibility, and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Aaron
Sorkin's acclaimed series "The West Wing" swept last year's Emmy
Awards, setting a new record for the most Emmys - nine - in a single season,
including best drama series. The series garnered wide attention last month with
a specially written episode exploring issues surrounding the roots of terrorism
and the U.S. response.
Director
and producer Edward Zwick's films include The Siege, with Denzel Washington as
an FBI agent dealing with a terrorist attack on New York, and the Academy
Award-winning films Traffic and Glory. His television series include the
acclaimed "Once and Again," "My So-Called Life," and the
Emmy Award-winning "thirtysomething."
Writer
of the Oscar-nominated screenplays for Big and Dave, Gary Ross made his
directorial debut in 1998 with Pleasantville, the feature he wrote and produced
that critic Roger Ebert called "one of the year's best and most original
films."
Actor-writer-director Kevin Sullivan made his
feature directing debut with How Stella Got Her Groove Back, the 1998 film that
swept the NAACP Image Awards, including being named outstanding motion picture.
Writer, producer and director of the ABC series "Knightwatch," he won
six CableACE awards in 1996 and 1997 for his directorial work on HBO's
"Soul of the Game" and "America's Dream."
The
Occidental Policy Forum was created to give senior fellows the means to convene
leading cultural, political and economic figures to address vital public
issues. The position of senior fellow at Occidental was created through an
innovative grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust to support solution-oriented
public journalism.
Maps and directions to the Occidental campus can be
found online at http://www.oxy.edu/oxy/welcome/directions/index.html>. A
full transcript of the program will be posted on the Occidental website.
For
more information, please contact Jim Tranquada at (323) 259-2990 or jtranq@oxy.edu.
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3. COUNCIL MEMBER NICK PACHECO -- EXTENDED
OFFICE HOURS -- OCTOBER 22
Council
member Nick Pacheco invites you to visit him during his extended office hours
at the Eagle Rock/Highland Park field office, located in the Eagle Rock City
Hall, 2035 Colorado Boulevard, in Eagle Rock, on Monday, October 22, from 4:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. No appointment is
necessary. For more information, please
call (323) 254-5295.
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4. EAGLE ROCK'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY -- MARK
YOUR CALENDARS -- OCTOBER 27
Join
the celebration on Saturday, October 27, at one of Eagle Rock's architectural
treasures, the Women's 20th Century Club, at the corner of Colorado Boulevard
and Hermosa Avenue. A gala celebration
will be held in this 1914 craftsman masterpiece. The evening begins with a jazz combo and a cocktail reception at
6:30 p.m. Following dinner, big band
dancing will be featured. Proceeds of
the event will be used toward the restoration of this extraordinary historic
structure. Tickets for open seating are
$50 each. For reserved tables of six or
eight people, tickets are $60 each and wine is included with dinner. For further information regarding tickets,
please call (323) 257-2652 or e.mail jcatdamon@aol.com.
The
celebration continues Sunday, October 28,
with a Family Festival from 11:30 to 5:00. The festival, which will feature arts and crafts, food, rides for
children, and entertainment, will be held at Merton and Caspar Streets (the
location of the weekly Farmers Market).
Bring the whole family and join with the community and celebrate the history
of our vibrant town!
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5. EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL HAS A LOT TO BE
PROUD OF!
Contact: Stephen Williams
October
15, 2001
Eleven students at Eagle Rock High School have been
named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional
achievement on the college-level AP Exams.
Only about 13 percent of the more than 840,000 students in 13,680
schools who took AP Exams in May 2001 performed at a sufficiently high level to
merit such recognition.
Students
take AP Exams in May after completing challenging college-level courses at
their high schools. The College Board
recognizes several levels of achievement based on the number of year-long
courses and exams (or their equivalent semester0long courses and exams).
At
Eagle Rock High School one student qualified for the National AP Scholar Award
by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on all AP Exams taken, and grades of
4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.
This student is Lea Hildebrandt, currently a senior.
Two
students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an
average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher
on five or more of these exams. These
students are Lea Hildebrandt and Evan Rushton (currently a freshman at
Caltech).
Nine
students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP
Examinations with grades of 3 or higher.
The AP Scholars are: Mylene
Flojo, Alicia Frescas, James Gutierrez, Danielle Jovanelly, Christine Lazo,
Diane Louie, John Pan, George Siu, and Erika Villaruel. These students all graduated from ERHS in
June, 2001.
__________________________
Stephen
Williams
College
Counselor
Eagle
Rock High School
1750
Yosemite Drive
Los
Angeles, CA 90041
323/254-6891
ex 159
fax: 323/255-3398
http://the-rock.lausd.k12.ca.us/College/homepage.html
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6. NEWS FROM GALLERY FIGUEROA -- CALL FOR
ENTRIES -- EXHIBIT DECEMBER 9 TO JANUARY 13
Attention,
artists! Gallery Figueroa seeks submissions for "Peace by Piece: A Response
to World Events." Exhibition dates are Dec. 9, 2001 to Jan. 13, 2002.
The
tragedy of Sept. 11 unleashed not only a terrifying chain of world events, but
also a tremendous amount of personal emotion. Anger, grief, fear, patriotism --
many of us are still trying to sort it all out. "Peace by Piece" is
about our individual efforts to make sense of the chaos.
Peace
by Piece is also about freedom — freedom to express our beliefs and deepest
convictions that no innocent blood should be spilled in the name of revenge.
Let justice take the form of rational decisions and wisdom. Let tolerance for
our fellow Americans — regardless of religion or ethnicity -- be the banner
that we waive. Let peace prevail.
To
submit work for consideration for "Peace by Piece," please download
guidelines from our web site at www.galleryfigueroa.com. For more information,
call (323) 258-5939.
Gallery
Figueroa is located at 6122 N. Figueroa St. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Fridays,
Saturdays, and Sundays, or by appointment. Currently on display are oil
paintings and monoprints by Los Angeles artist Lori Markman. Please join us for
a closing reception and discussion with the artist at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27.
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7. CAREERS IN EDUCATION AT GLENDALE COLLEGE
-- NOVEMBER 1
Glendale
College is hosting an evening for HS seniors and their parents regarding
Careers in Education. The evening
includes speakers and information about special Teacher Reading Development
Partnerships with Glendale College, CSULA, CSUN and much more.
Learn
about a program that pays for your college if you plan to teach.
Free
and open to all HS seniors (and even juniors who are thinking ahead!)
Thursday,
November 1st
6-8
p.m.
Refreshments
will be served
Glendale
College
JW
Smith Student Center, room 212A
Please
call for parking information. (818)
240-1000 ext 5534 (Tracy or Katie).
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8. SUSTAINABILITY "GREEN" BUILDING
PUBLIC FORUMS
NOTE
THE ADDITION OF A FORUM ON SAT OCT 20 AT HARBOR COLLEGE. SEE BELOW.
OTHER FORUMS REMAIN AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
Those
who wish to speak can just show up and sign up there. No need to sign up in advance.
Please come and support sustainability for our colleges!
Sustainability
"Green" Building Public Forums
The
Los Angeles Community College District Proposition A Bond program team will be
conducting 3 Sustainability "Green" Building Public Forums. The goal
of the forums is to hear comments on the bond program master design criteria
for sustainability and greening.
The forum sessions will convene at the following
places and times:
Thursday, October 18, 2001, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Radisson Downtown Hotel, 3540
S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles
(213) 748-4141
Saturday, October 20, 2001, 1
p.m. to 3 p.m.
Los Angeles Harbor College,
1111 Figueroa pL.
Wilmington
These
public forums will provide an opportunity for interested members of the general
public to discuss the District's approach to this subject including the LEEDS
certification process, potential payback, and long term benefits.
If
you should have any questions, please contract Mr. Randall Duncan, Program
Director, DMJM/JGM by telephone at 213 - 593 8462, or via FAX at 213 593 8621,
or via e-mail at randall.duncan@dmjmhn.com.
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9. JOIN TERA'S HOME TOUR COMMITTEE! NEXT MEETING -- NOVEMBER 14
You
have no excuse not to plan for this and join us, since there's plenty of
time. This is your chance to get
involved! Come and be a part of TERA's
next Home Tour Committee meeting on Wednesday, November 14, to be held at the
home of Maedale Gongora, 1250 Hill Drive, at the intersection of Las Flores
Avenue and Hill. We're a good group, we
have fun, and we serve one (among many) of the most important purposes for our
community, which is bringing positive attention to the great town that we
are. For more information, please call
Home Tour Committee chair Tracy King at (626) 844-2256 or by e.mail at tracyking5@cs.com.
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10. LETTERS AND E.MAILS
"Hi
-- my name is Christopher. I am truly
excited about the activities and improvements that Eagle Rock is making. If yoga [Yoginis on Eagle Rock Boulevard]
made it this far, who knows what will move in next? EAGLE ROCK IS ROCKING!!!
I
hope we can get more funding to make mass improvements."
--
Christopher Lee, Eagle Rock resident
"Thanks
for publishing a great e-letter. There
is a lot of good info on Eagle Rock on a weekly basis available from your
e-letter on the TERA website.
Keep
up the great work in promoting all the great virtues of Eagle Rock! I grew up in the Mount Washington/Eagle Rock
area and it is great to see how this community is growing and expanding over
the past few years.
Thanks
--"
--
Mike Fong, former area resident and TERA e.letter fan
"Thanks
-- I'm really enjoying your newsletter. I will take the announcement of the
walk-through [9/19] to my neighbor whom I told of the [Shopping Bag] building
just yesterday. Maybe she can make
it."
--
Anita Bartlett, TERA e.letter fan
"Just
in case I haven't shown or told you lately, I think you're a gift to the community. We've been through a lot of family stuff the
last few years. It's comforting to know
that there are the guardians of the community that can stand watch when we are
not able to participate. You are one of
those guardians. David and I know we're
very lucky to have you and people as committed as you are, working to make life
better for all of us."
--
Helen Gustavson, Eagle Rock resident and loyal TERA member
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11. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The
ultimate measure of a [woman] man is not where [she] he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where [she] he stands at times of challenge and
controversy."
--
Martin Luther King
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Joanne
Turner <artburn@earthlink.net>
President, The Eagle Rock Association (TERA)