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Get Patriotic! WAHA's Annual 4th of July, and More. Please DO join us next Wednesday!
By Laura Meyers
1). CELEBRATE JULY 4th WITH WAHA
Wednesday, July 4
1-4 p.m.
The Stearns-Dockweiler Residence, 27 St. James Park (North of Adams, west of Chester Place/Mount St. Mary's, between Figueroa and Hoover)
Please join your West Adams friends and neighbors at WAHA's annual 4th of July picnic. Everyone is welcome! This year's star-spangled afternoon of patriotic fun will be held once again at the home of Jim and Janice Robinson on the lawns of their lovely landmark Victorian-era Colonial Revival mansion.
If you are new to West Adams, this event is the one to attend! Lots of new neighbors to meet, and lots of fun for the kids.
read more...WAHA's Annual Preservation Event, Weird West Adams, and more!
By Laura Meyers
1). WAHA'S ANNUAL PRESERVATION MEETING: VISUAL HISTORY IN WEST ADAMS Saturday, June 23
3 p.m. (reception) to 6 p.m.
At the Mrs. Susan Wilshire Residence, 2501 4th Avenue, West Adams Avenues (three blocks west of Arlington, one block north of Adams)
WAHA hosts its Annual Historic Preservation Meeting in June at the historic Mrs. Susan Wilshire Residence, a 1912 Colonial Revival designed by famed architects Hudson and Munsell. Mrs. Wilshire was the wife of George Wilshire and mother of H. Gaylord Wilshire, the entrepreneur/developer for whom Wilshire Boulevard is named.
read more...Surf's Up, and Preservation Fun!
By Laura Meyers
Our thanks to all who supported the Wilshire Park Tour. It was a grand success. Here's some more exciting community events.
1). CATCH THE WAVE!
Benefit Preview Screening of "Surf's Up"
Thursday, June 7
7 p.m.
Pacific Theaters at The Grove
West Adams residents are invited to an exclusive, advance showing of this summer's Sony animated feature, "Surf's Up," starring Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Jon Heder, Zooey Deschanel, and James Woods.
This fun-filled evening is also a way to help one of West Adams' premier attractions: Gramercy Housing Group, which provides child care and housing for young mothers in a beautifully restored, brick building on Fourth Avenue at Washington Boulevard.
read more...Wilshire Park Tour, Weird and Wonderful West Adams, and more!
By Laura Meyers
1). WONDERFUL WILSHIRE PARK
Wonderful Wilshire Park: Spring Historic Homes and Garden Tour Saturday, June 2
Houses will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Last ticket sold at 2:30 p.m.
Check in at 4039 West 7th Street (west of Wilton Place) on the day of the tour
Please join WAHA and Wilshire Park Association on a pleasant Spring stroll through Wilshire Park, one of Los Angeles' best kept secrets.
The self-guided tour includes homes dating from circa 1910 through the 1930s, and features a wide variety of architectural styles. Some residences have been painstakingly restored by loving owners to their original period, while others have been given a new, creative life by artists and craftsmen.
read more...Trees, treasures, and peaceful gardens - West Adams this weekend, and more!
By Laura Meyers
1). LAFAYETTE SQUARE ANNUAL USED STUFF SALE
Saturday, May 5, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enter this gated community from St. Charles Place (turn west from Crenshaw)
It's time for Lafayette Square's annual spring cleaning! Homeowners throughout the Square will be offering their tossed-off treasures for sale. The sale will include the usual assortment of clothing, kids' toys, furniture, and vintage/periodesque furnishings and accessories galore. In past years, members have reporting acquiring all kinds of great antique "finds." Come early for the best selection. Questions? Contact co-chair Ellen Farwell, 323-737-2528.
read more..."Eye" on West Adams.
By Laura Meyers
Taxes got you down? Don't be blue - there's plenty to do in the neighborhood, and around town!
1). "EYE" ON WEST ADAMS
Saturday, April 28
6:30 p.m.
ABC-Channel 7's "Eye on L.A." has scheduled a segment on the historic districts of West Adams to air on Saturday, April 28, at 6:30 pm. The show, co-hosted by reporter Leslie Sykes, and Garth Kemp, Channel 7 weatherman and morning news feature reporter. "Eye on L.A." has been airing a series on Los Angeles's neighborhoods, and spent more than two days filming at a variety of West Adams historic locations. TV is unpredictable, of course, so do check local listings closer to the date!
read more...WAHA sponsors a Chester Place Book Signing & Stroll on March 24, and that's not all! There's plenty to do this week in the neighborhood, plus a "Saving L.A." conference this Sunday.
By Laura Meyers
1). SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINTER'S BREAKFAST
Wednesday, March 14 6:30 to10:00 a.m. Sherwin Williams, 1367 W. Venice Blvd. (one short block east of Hoover)
WAHA members and other house restorers have been invited to attend Sherwin Williams' annual Painters Breakfast. Everyone is welcome. The store will be having different vendors and food for all. Sherwin Williams is one of WAHA's Member Discount vendors, so please do support this event. 213-365-2471
2). CHESTER PLACE BOOK SIGNING AND TOUR - HOLD THE DATE!
Saturday, March 24 2 to 5 p.m. Mount St. Mary's Doheny Campus
Millions of Trees to Plant, Historic Homes to Save, and more!
By Laura Meyers
1). GET OUT YOUR SHOVELS - TIME TO PLANT TREES
Saturday, March 3 9 a.m.
Two tree-planting opportunities:
> The Leo Politi Neighborhood Association (in Westmoreland Place) has been awarded a Community Beautification Grant and in association with TreePeople, will be planting 21 trees on Elden Avenue, Hoover Street, 11th Street, and 12 Street. Please join us! For more information, please contact Jim Grace at jimpgrace@sbcglobal.net or call 213-385-4320.
read more...Events in Historic Homes, plus a Moving Sale (Tomorrow).
By Laura Meyers
Happy New Year! This is the first WAHA E-News of 2007. We continue to look for news of your events that are of interest to the West Adams community.
1). EVERYTHING MUST GO!
Saturday, January 20, 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
928 5th Avenue (north of Olympic, west of Wilton Place, in Wilshire Park)
Marita Sheeran is moving to Seattle. We're sorry to see her go, but she's having a heck of a moving sale. Along with vintage and designer clothes (size 12), shoes (size 10), yard equipment, some garden containers, assorted knick knacks, and patio furniture, she's offering a wood and metal glider (asking $100), a coat rack, metal filing cabinets, end table with matching cabinet, hurricane lamps, etc., etc.
read more...Jingle Bells, Season's Greetings -- Festive Holiday Events in West Adams and All Over Town!
By Laura Meyers
1). WEST ADAMS ARTIST'S POTTERY SHOW AND SALE
Saturday and Sunday, December 16 and 17 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days 2519 5th Avenue (between Arlington and Crenshaw, just north of Adams)
Still have gifts to buy for individuals on your holiday shopping list? Artist Arthur Tobias, who has been creating pottery and sculpture professionally since 1970, has an open house and sale this weekend. A West Adams resident since 1990, his current body of work presents a variety of hand-thrown, functional wares from mugs to jugs, in porcelain and stoneware. Most recently Tobias has been experimenting with traditional alkaline glazes compounded from fireplace ashes (oak, pine, cedar and manzanita from the San Jacinto Mountains), recycled neighborhood glass and Death Valley clay.
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