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ROCK ASSOCIATION
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TERA
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member of TERA?
Now more than ever, please support your residents association --
more than 1,000 members strong, and growing every day!
And don’t forget to encourage interested friends and neighbors to join TERA
so that they, too, may enjoy the many benefits of membership, including a
complimentary subscription to the TERA e.letter.
This week:
An obituary for the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan… and a
request to Councilman Villaraigosa (Item#1)
The Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour is just around the corner
(Item #3)
Don’t miss TERA’s State of the Town event September 21st
(Item #4)
Table
of Contents:
1.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE -- THE CBSP IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE ERSP!!
2. COME CELEBRATE LOS ANGELES’S 223rd
BIRTHDAY!
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM TERA’S HOME TOUR
COMMITTEE
4. DON’T
MISS TERA’S ANNUAL STATE OF THE TOWN MEETING -- SEND
US YOUR QUESTIONS!
5. PUT
YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO WORK IN EAGLE ROCK! ERNC BUDGET FORUM SEPTEMBER 14
6. EAGLE
ROCK’S TALENTS REACH THE BEACH!
7. EXPLORE
THE JEWELS OF NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES – LOCAL JEWLERS OPEN PANDORA’S BOX
8. OCCIDENTAL
CHEMISRY PROFESSOR WINS AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AWARD
9. OCCIDENTAL
COLLEGE CREATES ONLINE ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE
10. CONGRATULATIONS TO
'WOMEN IN BUSINESS' WINNERS!
11. REVISITING THE RED CAR WITH THE FRIENDS OF ATWATER
VILLAGE — SEPTEMBER 10
12. CALL
FOR TALENT: UPTOWN GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE CABARET 2004
13. LOS
ANGELES CONSERVANCY MODERN COMMITTEE CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH
COUNTYWIDE MODERNISM TOUR SEPTEMBER 18-19, 2004
14. WOMEN’S
20TH CENTURY CLUB SEEKS VENDORS FOR HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR
15. WE’VE
GOT MAIL
16. THE LAST
WORD – JONATHAN SWIFT
1. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – THE
CBSP IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE ERSP!
The following statement is my opinion and mine alone. Read on.
Hilary
When my
husband, Gerard, and I moved here in 1993, we were told that the commercial
district we were nearly adjacent to was governed by the newly adopted Colorado
Boulevard Specific Plan (CBSP), which meant that we could be assured that new
development along this boulevard would be vastly improved and harmonize with
the residential community. 11 years later, the blocks on Colorado
adjacent to my house look almost exactly the same, with changes of paint,
lighting or planting. Some would say this proves the CBSP “worked.”
Rather than the rampant mini-malling (mauling, really) of many of Eagle Rock’s
commercial corners, the CBSP put the brakes on such sweeping development
changes. Eagle Rock is beginning to see a thriving commercial sector,
resonating our trolley car past with some clever and truly inspired adaptive
reuse of historic commercial buildings. To all of those who toiled for
years to bring the CBSP to fruition, I thank you, for preventing the
over-commercialization of the late 1980’s from ruining our town for good. And
this is why TERA continues our fight for proper enforcement of a plan that was
intended to keep out the hucksters, and regain Eagle Rock’s previous luster.
But now I am
convinced that the CBSP, as written, must be immediately replaced with a new
CBSP. Walgreens, Rantz, and other cases have shown that, while the CBSP as
currently written is punishing those who want to open a small business (but
cannot afford to get Specific Plan Exceptions for hours of operation or cannot
provide sufficient parking on site to meet City and CBSP standards) those
developers who couldn’t care less about Eagle Rock are given tremendous
opportunity to manipulate the words of the CBSP to their gain and our
loss. Coupled with opportunities for overly broad interpretations by the
Planning and Building and Safety Departments, the CBSP requires far too much
effort on behalf of our community, only to be left with so little.
I applaud
Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa for furiously working to enforce the provision
pertaining to Rich Development, adopted in January of 2003 by the full City
Council, that Walgreens should not receive a Certificate of Occupancy until the
buildings along Colorado and Eagle Rock Boulevards were completed to the
satisfaction of Building and Safety. Councilman Villaraigosa had put
Building and Safety on alert that he expected the other buildings to be fully
completed before Walgreen’s opened. And yet, without notifying the
Council office, Walgreens held a soft grand opening on Monday. Building
and Safety issued the Certificate of Occupancy without ever checking with the
Council office.
And so, if the
CBSP and related provisions can be undone this easily, I am done with the
CBSP.
Instead, I
request that Councilman Villaraigosa initiate two important efforts by Council
motion:
1.
Completely revise the
current CBSP and metamorphosize it into an Eagle Rock Specific Plan (ERSP)
which would::
a.
Remove the prohibition of
operating hours past 9 pm, and instead put more police patrols on the Boulevards.
This would help businesses thrive in the college-town, night-owl world we live
in. And more police patrols might actually prevent the graffiti and
burglaries that are poisoning our business district;
b.
Offer parking alternatives
that allow buildings to be built “to the street” to encourage more pedestrian
activity, while supporting off-site parking lots and safer crosswalks, so that
we can walk more at night and park a reasonable distance away;
c.
Encourage and reward
businesses of all types that revitalize their properties. I like the auto
uses on the Boulevards. But we need to streamline permits to encourage
better signage and screening. California Z Cars is a perfect example of
auto uses we can all be proud of;
d.
Strengthen the character
of Eagle Rock as a historic, college town. Recapture Route 66 though good
design of shops, diners, auto uses, gas stations and the like, so that we can
continue the small town feel of our wonderful community;
e.
Supports beautification of
the Boulevards;
f.
Encourage more residential
uses along the Boulevards. Colorado Terrace and other projects could
provide necessary housing while subsidizing truly local retail efforts; and
g.
Extend the boundaries of
the Specific Plan to include all of Colorado, Eagle Rock, York and Figueroa
Boulevards in Eagle Rock, so that our plan can be a unifying vision for all of
Eagle Rock.
2.
Initiate the study to
create Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZ’s) in Eagle Rock
TERA’s Land
Use Committee is mapping the commercial buildings that are suitable for
historic designation. Please streamline these efforts, so that more
adaptive reuse of historic structures can take place. And lets work
together to apply for grants that will fund more façade improvements,
plantings, and preservation efforts that will invest in the Northeast Los
Angeles we all deserve.
I believe that
these two major initiatives can be both good for the business and the
residential communities of Eagle Rock. I look forward to working long
hours on these new CBSP and HPOZ efforts. But I won’t work another minute
on the folly of our current CBSP. Thank you for fighting for us,
Councilman Villaraigosa, and for the numerous ways in which the CBSP helped
Eagle Rock retain its character. But its time for a new, more inclusive,
more visionary and definitely more enforceable Eagle Rock character to emerge
from the rubble of the Old Shopping Bag Building.
As
President of TERA I am going to urge my fellow Board members to join with me in
calling for a new and enforceable Eagle Rock Specific Plan that will have the
power to set the standards we all wanted the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan
to enforce.
Long
live the EAGLE ROCK SPECIFIC PLAN!
A RECAP OF
THE WALGREENS SIGN APPEAL BY TERA LAND USE COMMITTEE CHAIR MICHAEL THARP
It
was Michael Tharp’s report on TERA’s appeal to the East Area Planning
Commission that has made me feel the existing Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan
must be replaced. Here is his very informative report.
On
Wednesday, August 25 the East Area Planning Commission heard appeals from the
Director of the Department of City Planning Department’s determination that a
Walgreen’s sign on the arcade managed and operated by Starbuck’s was an on-site
sign. The appeals, contending the sign was an off-site sign expressly
prohibited by the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan, were filed by TERA and
Frank Parrello, an Eagle Rock resident and TERA member.
At the East Area Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Department Staff
took the same position attributed to the City’s Department of Building and
Safety, that the site was under one ownership, with one development plan and
was therefore one site, and that the Walgreens sign was therefore on the
premises and an “on-site sign”. The Appellants contended that the sign
was an off-site sign, expressly prohibited by the Colorado Boulevard Specific
Plan. The Specific Plan defines “premises” as a building or portion
thereof used as a single business. The City’s municipal code states that
a sign which displays any message directing attention to a business, product,
service, profession, commodity, activity, event, person, institution or any
other commercial message, which is generally conducted, sold, manufactured,
produced, offered or occurs elsewhere than on the premises where the sign is
located is an off-site sign. Simply put, the appellants argued that since
the Walgreens sign was proposed to be located on a building in which Walgreens
did not conduct business and had been presented to the community by the
developer as being under the management and control of Starbucks, it was by
definition an off-site sign.
Council Deputy Krista Kline, from Council Member Villaraigosa’s office,
appeared before the Commission and spoke in support of the appeals, which TERA
greatly appreciates. In spite of the clarity of the language involved and
the Councilmember’s support of the appellants, the Commissioners voted 2 to 1
to deny the appeals. Since there were only 3 members of the 5 member
commission present, any vote would have to be unanimous in order for an action
to carry. Since the action did not pass by a majority of the commissioners,
the Director’s Determination stands and the Walgreens sign will be allowed as
an on-site sign on the arcade portion of the building fronting Colorado
Boulevard.
TERA filed its appeal to the Director’s determination allowing the sign because
TERA believes that sign violates the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan.
TERA has, and will continue to take action to ensure enforcement of the
Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan. There is no further appeal from the
Area Planning Commission’s determination that the sign is an “on-site sign” in
spite of clear language to the contrary in the Specific Plan. The TERA
Board is disappointed in the failure of the Area Planning Commission to grant
its appeal, but is even more disappointed in the commissioner who asked the question,
“What’s the harm (in allowing the sign)?”
The harm lies in not giving careful consideration to whether or not to support
the Specific Plan. The harm lies in making a decision that continues the
erosion of the Specific Plan. The harm lies in not supporting a community
that is supporting good planning principles and practices, as set forth in that
Specific Plan. TERA hopes that as this Area Planning Commission becomes
more experienced and in tune with the needs and sensitivities of Northeast Los
Angeles, it will more clearly see what the harm is in ignoring the clear
language and mandates of a Specific Plan with strong community support.
TERA will continue to support the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan and will
continue to support the preservation of that which is worth saving in our
community. TERA will continue to support those community leaders, public and
private, who support that which is best for our community. TERA thanks
Council Member Villaraigosa and Krista Kline for their support on this issue.
MEMBERSHIP CARDS ARE IN THE MAIL!
Seriously. Thank
you for your patience. And thank all of the businesses who now and who
will soon recognize these cards!
-- Hilary
Norton Orozco, TERA President
2.
COME CELEBRATE LOS ANGELES’ 223rd BIRTHDAY!
Dear Eagle Rock Stakeholders,
I
am writing to personally invite you to what I expect will be the best birthday celebration
of the year! The City of Los Angeles is turning 223 years old on Saturday, September 4th.
Mayor
James Hahn and Councilman Villaraigosa join with the El Pueblo Historic
Monument Authority Commission and the Olvera Street Community to celebrate the
City's birthday. The Civic Ceremony will commence on Saturday, Sept. 4th
at 9:30 am, followed by a celebration with birthday cake, free food and
talented live performances.
Please
join us for this historic event and bring your family and your neighbors.
We are asking everyone to come along and join in a special ceremony to help
blow out the birthday candles.
If
you have any questions on the event or the Historic Walk from San Gabriel,
please call us at (213) 625-5045 or (213) 485-9769. I look forward to
seeing you there!
Thank you,
Dalila Sotelo, Commissioner
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic
Monument
3.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM
TERA’S HOME TOUR COMMITTEE – HOME TOUR OCTOBER
24, 2004
Join Us for TERA's Fifth Annual
Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour 2004
Sunday, October 24, 2004
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The tour begins at the historic GLAD
(Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness) Building
2235 Norwalk Avenue, Eagle Rock
Also -- Neutra's Clubhouse: 50 Years Modern Lecture -- Exhibit --
Auction Eagle Rock Playground Clubhouse
Marking 50 years of this fabulous Richard Neutra-designed building
Julius Shulman, famed architectural photographer (tentative) Dion
Neutra, architect and son of Richard Neutra Barbara Lamprecht, Neutra author
Home Tour Tickets Sold Throughout Eagle Rock!
Lecture tickets available online, by mail, or at the door
Tickets
$17 in advance
$15 for TERA members in advance
$20 at the door
$20 for lecture
Ticket sale locations:
Auntie Em's,
The Coffee Table,
Eagle Rock Juice Exchange,
Online at: www.TERA90041.org
By mail: TERA, P. O. Box 41453, Eagle
Wanted: A Beautiful Home and Garden
TERA's Home Tour Committee needs a site to host this year's Eclectic
Eagle Rock Home Tour After-Party, which has always been a welcome perk to
our volunteers and always a great success! Because of extenuating
circumstances, our previously planned location is no longer available. We
would love it if you Eagle Rockers, who have a space which could accommodate
our wonderful yearly event, would offer your home for the after
party. Please send your offer of home or garden to Joanne Turner,
President Emeritus, at artburn@earthlink.net.
Thanks!
And don't forget
the Home Tour's request for volunteers!
Would you like to….
· Meet active and interesting
people in your community?
· Perform your civic duties?
· Brag about your beautiful and
diverse neighborhood?
· Attend a great party with
your new friends?
Then be a volunteer for the Eclectic Eagle Rock Home Tour. Be a part of
one of the premier events of Eagle Rock. Volunteers are needed before the
event and the day of the event to set-up, sell tickets, and much more.
Please email Tacpa@pacbell.net, please write
“volunteer” in the subject area.
4. DON’T MISS TERA’S
ANNUAL STATE OF THE TOWN MEETING -- SEND
US YOUR QUESTIONS!
featuring
Councilmember and Candidate for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Come hear
Councilmember Antonio Villaraigosa discuss his accomplishments and goals for
Council District 14, as well as his vision to be Los Angeles’ next mayor!
Mark your calendars now! It should be a great evening!
It is our tradition to ask the community for questions to pose to the
Councilman in preparation for the State of the Town event. Please forward
suggested questions through this e.letter so that we can compile them for the
meeting. Of course, you are all welcome to come and ask your questions on
the spot!
5.
PUT YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO WORK
IN EAGLE ROCK! ERNC BUDGET FORUM SEPTEMBER 14
How do YOU want
public funds spent for the good of Eagle Rock?
Do you have ideas for Eagle Rock improvement projects or community events?
Does your group or organization wish to make a presentation to request funds or
make suggestions for spending?
The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council invites you to attend and participate as we
discuss priorities for our 2004-2005 budget.
This is your chance to tell your neighborhood council how you want public funds
spent in Eagle Rock, so give it some thought, mark your calendars and we'll see
you there! All stakeholders & groups are invited to bring ideas and
participate! To have your presentation put on the agenda, please submit your
summary / proposal by August 31 to Mark Ryan, ERNC Treasurer. Non-agenda ideas
& comments will be taken from the floor as time allows. Mark Ryan,
Treasurer@EagleRockCouncil.org or
323-217-4481.
6. EAGLE ROCK'S TALENTS REACH
THE BEACH!
This just in from another Eagle Rock artist, Corey
Madden:
FRIENDS!!
I'm doing AN ALL NEW production of THE
LEGEND OF ALEX
at the Powerhouse in
Fridays at 8pm Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm
Sundays at 3pm
Tickets $15. Group Discounts!
866-OFF-Main or powerhousetheatre.com
The Legend of Alex: a new musical for young audiences
Written by Doug Cooney
Composer Dave O
Director Corey Madden
Choreography Ameenah Kaplan
Set/Props Keith Mitchell
Lights Don Luce
Costumes Ingrid Ferrin
Sound Jason Duplissa
Cast
Alex- Steve Muterspaugh
Royce- Kevin Artigue
Ensemble- Emma Barton, Dustin Fasching,
Jamey Hood and Peter Musante
7.
EXPLORE THE JEWELS OF NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES
Pandora's Box: A jewelry &
functional art trunk show
Spiff
up your fall wardrobe and support local artists at Pandora's Box, a treasure
trove of jewelry and functional art at Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park. Come
see why Northeast Los Angeles is the new "it" destination for art and
jewelry lovers!
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 10, from 6 - 10 p.m.
Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N. Avenue 50,
Highland Park, 90042
Light
refreshments will be served.
Studio
info: (323) 258-1435
Benito Campo uses the lost wax
technique to create detailed sterling silver rings, belt buckles, and other
items that feature bold Aztec symbols.
Susan Carson blends raw materials such
as turquoise with crystals and pearls to create strikingly original necklaces,
bracelets, and earrings.
Tai
Carson uses semiprecious stones, vintage glass, tribal silver, and antique
hand-painted pieces from India in her beautifully exotic jewelry. Tai's other
career is midwifery.
Renee
Dominique is inspired by the beauty of the earthy elements and the multitude of
arts. She specializes in creating custom pieces that match her clients' vision
and utilizes birth stones and stones with healing properties. Her clientele
includes artists, actors, playwrights, community leaders, and Yogis. View
samples of her work at www.reneedominique.com.
Noora
Elkoussy is a painter and accessories designer whose fashion accents have been
purchased by numerous actresses including Tea Leoni.Tracy Parker loves
"taking something old and otherwise useless and transforming it into
something cool." Her handbags, felt broaches, wristcuffs, and hair clips
reflect her passion for art, fashion, and creativity.
Stormie
uses her grandmother's Pueblo bead looming technique to create exquisite
jewelry. Her mix of traditional and contemporary have caught Hollywood's
eye" Madonna, George Clooney, Lenny Kravitz, and Kate Hudson are Stormie
fans.
Jennifer
Rowland breathes life into funky old "finds" by combining flea market
treasures with a rich palette of semi-precious stones. Her "recycled"
jewels are true one-of-a-kind pieces that are as unique as the women who wear
them.
8. OCCIDENTAL
CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR PHOEBE DEA WINS AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY RESEARCH AWARD
Phoebe
Dea, Fletcher Jones Professor of Chemistry at
At
Occidental, Dea has supervised 116 research students, who have made more than
100 presentations of their work at local, national and international
professional meetings as part of Occidental's award-winning undergraduate
research program. Dea often publishes her own research findings with
undergraduate co-authors and she has appeared in such premier journals as
Science and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2000, the
Occidental College Board of Trustees presented Dea the Graham L. Sterling Award
for her dedication to teaching and undergraduate research.
A
UCLA graduate who earned her doctorate at Caltech, Dea has taught instrumental
chemistry at Occidental since 1993. Her research interests include the physical
and analytical methods for determining molecular structures using methods such
as nuclear magnetic resonance, fluorescence spectroscopy and differential
scanning calorimetry.
"Dr.
Dea represents a role model par excellence," said chemistry Professor
Tetsuo Otsuki, who nominated his colleague for the award. "Her students
praise her as not only their research mentor, but also a person who cares about
their academic progress as well as their personal and social development. She
is amazing in all that she does."
"Professor
Dea is the quintessential educator," added Donald Deardorff, Carl F. Braun
Professor of Chemistry. "She understands that undergraduate education in
chemistry is a complex interplay between classroom and laboratory work and has
fashioned her own research program accordingly. Her professional achievement is
exemplary, her teaching nationally recognized, and her commitment to
undergraduate research unsurpassed."
Occidental
“This
new web site brings together two important resources for the study of
The collection is divided into three
categories:
*
The Robert Winter Image
Collection, which consists of the personal slide collection of Robert Winter,
the Arthur G. Coons Professor of the History of Ideas Emeritus at Occidental.
Winter, who taught at the college from 1963-94, co-authored the seminal “An
Architectural Guidebook to
*
The Myron Hunt-Occidental
College Architectural Drawings and Plans Collection is named after the
architect who established the master plan for the Occidental campus and was
responsible for the design of all campus buildings between 1912 and 1940. The
collection consists of original pencil drawings, various copies including
blueprints and brown lines, and architectural renderings. Hunt’s work also
includes the Huntington Library, the original design for the Caltech campus,
the Pasadena Public Library, and the Rose Bowl.
*
Historic photographs of
the
10. CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE 'WOMEN IN BUSINESS' WINNERS
Sixteen Southland
women have been selected as this year's winners of the Women in Business
Awards. State Senator Jack Scott (D-Pasadena), Assembly Majority Leader
Dario Frommer (D-Glendale) and Assemblymember Carol Liu (D-La
Cañada-Flintridge) will honor these outstanding business leaders at a luncheon
September 1 in Pasadena.
The winners were chosen based on nominations from the communities of the 21st
Senate district, 43rd and 44th Assembly districts. These outstanding
leaders are being recognized for their contributions and leadership in their
local business communities.
SMALL BUSINESSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
* Dora Herrera, owner, Yuca's Restaurant, Glendale
CORPORATE BUSINESSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
* Dalila Sotelo, Sr. Vice Pres., McCormack, Baron & Salazar, Eagle
Rock
* Uma Shrivastava, Sr. Vice Pres., Bank of America, La Cañada-Flintridge
NON-PROFIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
* Joan Whitenack, Ex.Dir., Foothill Unity Center, Monrovia
* Judith Arandes, Ex.Dir., Burbank Housing Corporation, Toluca Lake
* Bonny Herman, Ex.Dir., VICA, Sherman Oaks
TAMI GINSBURG EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
* Rubina Djansezian, Ex.Dir. Western Board, Homenetmen, Glendale
* Rashi Kallur, Vice Pres. Comm. Relations, Citibank, Glendale
NON-PROFIT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
* Judith Zitter, Community Health Mgr., Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARD
* Suzanne Gornick, Corporate Environmental Management Engineer, New
Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc., Burbank
MOST INSPIRATIONAL AWARD
* Katy Townsend, Owner, Open House, Altadena
* Wassy Tesfa, Program Administrator, Head Start, Altadena
WOMEN IN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AWARD
* Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Writer, Glendale
* Jenny Cornuelle Krusoe, Ex. Dir., Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
EMPOWERMENT AWARD
* Linda J. Loe, Vice Pres., Strategic Alliances for Women in Film, Studio
City
* Yasmin Davidds, CEO-Founder, Empowering Latinas, Inc., Pasadena
11.
”REVISITING THE RED CAR” WITH THE FRIENDS OF ATWATER VILLAGE —
SEPTEMBER 10
The Friends of Atwater Village asked us to pass along word of an exciting event
they’ve got planned for the fall, a gala benefit that promises to transport you
back to the glory days of the Los Angeles red cars! The Friends were
formed in 2000 to battle the planned demolition of the historic Van Kamps
Bakery building, and since them they’ve been a dynamic force in the Northeast
community. Among their other good works, the Friends have provided vital
assistance to TERA on a number of occasions. We urge you to mark the date
of their fundraising gala in calendars, and to plan on attending what promises
to be a worthwhile event.
Join us for an
evening along with Sky City Productions as we take a ride back in time
with The Red Car. Whether you rode Southern California’s legendary
rail system in your past, or you simply would like to make a vibrant connection
with our city's colorful past, you will not want to miss this event.
Tickets are $45.00 per person which includes: admission to our screening of Sky
City Productions’ documentary, "This Was Pacific Electric,” as well
as light fare by Netty's, a no host bar, a silent auction, coffee and
conversation with the film makers and area rail historians.
Visit us online at http://www.friendsofatwatervillage.org to purchase
tickets. Or make your check payable to Friends of Atwater Village and mail
it to:
Friends of Atwater Village
3371 Glendale Blvd, Unit 110
Los Angeles, CA 90039
For more information, dial (323) 913-2999.
12. CALL
FOR TALENT: UPTOWN GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE CABARET 2004
On Saturday, September 18, the Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance
(UGLA) will hold auditions for its 14th annual fund raiser, Cabaret 2004,
in Eagle Rock. Singers, dancers, comics, instrumentalists, illusionists,
groups, etc., are encouraged to try out. If interested, please call
Carl Matthes at (323) 254-2726 or Joan Potter at (323) 258-2555. Or
e-mail UGLA at UptownGLA@aol.com.
Cabaret 2004 will be held at the Womens 20th Century Club on October 16.
Funds raised by Cabaret 2004 will go to support UGLA's community charitable,
educational and visibility programs. For more information about UGLA,
visit http://www.ugla.org.
13.
LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY MODERN COMMITTEE CELEBRATES 20TH
ANNIVERSARY WITH COUNTYWIDE MODERNISM TOUR SEPTEMBER 18-19, 2004
To celebrate two decades of helping to preserve Los Angeles'
extraordinary Modern architecture, the Los Angeles Conservancy Modern
Committee ("ModCom") is throwing a two-day birthday party all
over the county. The event, called "20/20/20" -- 20 years, 20 sites,
20 dollars (member price) -- will take place the weekend of September 18-19, 2004, with ten different sites
available for viewing each day. The self-driven tour features the
"greatest hits" of previous ModCom tours and preservation issues, a true
cross-section of mid-twentieth-century architecture.
Spanning from Pacific Palisades to Downey, the
20/20/20 tour includes such highlights as:
- The Charles and Ray Eames home and studio (Case
Study House #8)
- Richard Neutra's former residence, VDL Research
House II
- A 1930 Los Feliz home designed by R.M. Schindler
- Prime examples of postwar residential tracts,
including Gregory Ain's Mar Vista tract, the city's newest historic district
and the first composed solely of Modern homes
- The world's oldest McDonalds restaurant
- The 1958 former Union Oil headquarters (now Los
Angeles Center Studios)
- A book signing with legendary architectural
photographer Julius Shulman
Some sites will have docent-led tours, while others will feature special promotions
and involvement by neighborhood organizations. Participants will create
their own custom tours by choosing which sites to see and in which order.
To commemorate the event, celebrated artist Shag will produce a special,
limited-edition print, which will be offered first to 20/20/20 ticket holders.
Along with the fun comes a reminder to Angelenos of the vulnerability of L.A.'s
authentic Modern architectural heritage. The Modern Committee was formed
in 1984 in response to the rapid destruction of post-World War II buildings in
Los Angeles -- particularly two iconic Googie coffee shops, Ships Westwood and
Tiny Naylors. This volunteer sub-committee of the Los Angeles Conservancy
has since grown into a powerful voice for Modern preservation.
Tickets are $20 for Los Angeles Conservancy members and $30 for the general
public. Tickets are good for all sites on both days. To order tickets,
visit the Modern Committee website at http://www.modcom.org or request an order
form by calling 213.430.4219.
The Los Angeles Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works
through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the
historic architectural and cultural resources of Los Angeles
County. What began as a volunteer group in 1978 has grown to more
than 8,500 members, making the Conservancy the largest organization of its kind
in the U.S. For more information, contact the Conservancy at http://www.laconservancy.org.
14. WOMEN’S 20TH CENTURY CLUB SEEKS
VENDORS FOR HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR
The Women's 20th Century Club of Eagle Rock is in the planning stages of
their upcoming Holiday Boutique & Craft Fair, which will be held on
November 6. If you are interested in a vendor spot at the Club on that
day, please contact Roe Muzingo (323) 255-4438, or email her at
Roemuz@webtv.net.
15. WE’VE GOT MAIL
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We
kick off the letters section with one from President Emeritus Joanne Turner,
who truly dedicated her heart and soul toward enforcing the Specific Plan,
saving the Shopping Bag Building, and ensuring Walgreens kept to its
conditions.
Well,
Eagle Rock has been royally shafted yet again. During this years-long
Walgreens fiasco, our community has been subjected to relentlessly rapacious
developers, a city Planning Department and Building and Safety Department
bureaucracy who wouldn't know the law if it slapped them in the face, and a
former Councilmember who was too arrogant to recognize the obvious: the
community he was hired to represent wanted and needed a far better development
that would have worked for everyone.
I and other Eagle Rock community members have never worked so hard on an issue.
Do you know why we spent so much time and energy fighting this?
BECAUSE WE WERE RIGHT. We stood up for the law that took five years
for citizen volunteers to develop and implement, only to see that volunteering
to improve your community doesn't matter if those charged with looking out for
the interests of citizens are looking out for themselves instead.
To all of you out there who believe in justice and the law, in doing what is
right, and who know as I do, that the residents of a community must have an
equal say in how that community is developed and grows, I say BOYCOTT.
Rich Development owns the Walgreens property, including the other two
buildings, one of which now illegally has "Walgreens" on its face.
Rich is hoping to make its millions off of these businesses. Show
Rich that corporate greed will NOT prevail in Eagle Rock.
DO NOT PATRONIZE Walgreens or the other two businesses, whatever they
eventually might be. Go around the corner on Eagle Rock Boulevard to
Sav-on (whose developers of the second site near Figueroa willingly worked with
the community), or across Eagle Rock Boulevard to Eagle Rock Drugs. If
predacious Starbucks moves in, go half a block more to Swork instead, on the
corner of Eagle Rock and Colorado. Support our local businesses and
corporate businesses that have been sensitive to our community!
Please stand with me and reward those businesses that have been good neighbors
and ignore those that don't care. I know firsthand: Walgreens DOESN'T
CARE. Neither does Rich. DON'T give them what they want.
Joanne Turner <artburn@earthlink.net>
President Emeritus, The Eagle Rock Association (TERA)
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Dear TERA Editor:
Along
with several other ERNC folks, I am helping Mark Ryan, ERNC Treasurer, with
LA City Mayor's Budget meetings, plus circulating and collecting the
Mayor's Budget Surveys for the 2005-06 Fiscal Year. The local response
has been a little slow, so I am asking if you could assist us with
publishing the form and our map in your TERA email
letter.
This
is the second year in which the Mayor has asked neighborhood councils to
participate in reaching out to their communities to gain constituent response
as to how we Los Angelenos would like to see our taxpayer city funds
spent. While I realize the TERA newsletter goes into far reaching areas,
we invite only Eagle Rock residents and stakeholders to participate in this
survey. Although the Mayor's Budget Survey form is the same throughout
Los Angeles, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Arroyo Seco and
other neighborhood councils are sending out and collecting their own
surveys.
Please
complete the budget survey in English, after you have verified your Eagle
Rock status with the attached Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council
map. If you are in doubt as to whether you live or own
property in any one of the eight ERNC districts, fill out the survey
anyway and note "Unsure if ERNC" under your name & address.
To get survey copies, in English or Spanish, you can get a printed
Spanish (English on reverse side) copy at the Eagle Rock Library, the
Center for the Arts, Sizzler, Elvira's, Swork's, the Westfield Mall (2nd floor,
Service Kiosk), the donut shop just west of Trader Joes, the Friday Farmers
Market and other Eagle Rock locations.
The
deadline for mailing or simply leaving the completed printed forms at the
above locations is: 3 pm on September 12. The deadline for emailing these
electronic forms is: 5 pm on September 23. The survey should not
take more than five or six minutes. When completed, please email the
forms to Mark Ryan at mryan@cadet.org.
If you have any questions or want more forms, please telephone Mark at
323-217-4481 or myself at 323-257-3333.
Thanks for your help,
Marlene Schmidt, ERNC Public Safety
Director and ERNC Budget and Finance Committee Member
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18. THE LAST WORD – JONATHAN
SWIFT
In honor of our
Colorado Boulevard Specific
Plan…
“Laws are like
cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break
through.”
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
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