All the locations [on this website] from Westlake and LaFayette Parks were my pre-teen stomping grounds from 1927 until when Bullocks Wilshire, the Town House, and the First Congregational Church broke the skyline we could see from the roof of our apartment house on Rampart off 6th Street. I learned how to play tennis on […]

I will never forget the day I started to work at Protravel in the Sunkist Building.  It was July 2004.  My boss told me that she would drive by the Sunkist building and say, “Boy, one day would I love to have our offices here.” Her dream came true when she was asked to open a […]

Meeting John F. Kennedy is one of my most special early memories, and although I was very young, I remember the events of that day vividly.  It was Sunday, November 19th, 1961. I remember knowing that it was going to be an important day as I was getting all dressed up.  I recall getting out […]

“If we don’t stand up and take care of our residential neighborhoods, we’re fiddling while Rome burns.” — Shelley Wagers A twenty-year resident of the historic Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles, Shelley Wagers worked for a decade with neighbors, the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association, and City Councilmember Paul Koretz to protect their community from […]

On February 3, the Conservancy filed an appeal on the Los Angeles Superior Court’s January 5 decision by Judge Richard L. Fruin, Jr. that rejected our lawsuit against the City of West Hollywood. The Conservancy filed litigation in September 2014 to force the City’s compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) regarding the proposed […]