WAHA is looking for the best exterior paint finishes and gardens in West Adams, to be
voted upon at the 4th of July event. Any house painted between June 1, 2009 to May 31,
2010 is eligible. Any garden in West Adams is eligible (newly planted or not). In both
cases, the property must be within the Historic West Adams District.
The nomination process is simple (but digital) –– you can nominate your neighbors' beautiful and creative handiwork, or your own. Please send digital photographs along with the specific address, homeowner name(s), and description of the restoration and/or garden planning work that was required to transform an ugly duckling into today's beautiful swan. E-mail your submission to
, by June 28. Attendees at the 4th of July event will vote for their faves (be sure to bring your posse if you are a nominee!)
We celebrate another National Preservation month this May with a general membership meeting traditionally and annually hosted by the Historic Preservation Committee. How appropriate that this year we will be in the former Stan’s Kite, an endangered Googie style coffee shop, whose demolition is part of the development proposals for the Washington Square Shopping Center mixed use project. Stan’s Kite, now Vintage Hollywood, is a very special venue. Located in the Washington Square Shopping Center at Washington Boulevard and 10th Avenue, the former Googie Style Stan’s Kite restaurant now houses Leroy Richardson III’s remarkable memorabilia collection of Afro-American celebrity entertainers.
At the May 23 meeting, the WAHA Martin Weil Award for excellence in preservation will be presented for the third time. Named after distinguished preservation architect and WAHA member Martin Eli Weil, it represents the highest honor WAHA can bestow specifically for contributions to preservation in West Adams. Martin was always there to investigate, analyze and support preservation, whether saving a vernacular house or a National Register District.
WAHA offers some wonderful opportunities in the coming weeks!
Saturday, May 15th, Book Signing Eventin Lafayette Square. WAHA invites you to meet TV producer Barney Rosenzweig and tour a literary legend’s former home at one of our periodic "Books in Historic Places" events.
This May's General Membership meeting will be a Sunday brunch, on May 23rd and will be in the groove for National Historic Preservation Month. The traditional mimosa brunch gig is down at Vintage Hollywood in the Washington Square Shopping Center on Washington Blvd. at 10th Avenue. Preservation BEAT, a cool celebration of history and land use set in a Googie coffee house, will jam with music and readings.
This Old House magazine has just made it official: West Adams is the best neighborhood in California for old house lovers.
In its third annual, state-by-state survey, the popular monthly chose West Adams as the state's top neighborhood "where the historic homes (and life-affirming DIY challenges they bring) are rivaled only by the community spirit that surrounds them."
Harold K. Smith as bank guard William Henry Shores
Our annual Living History Tour at the historic Angelus Rosedale Cemetery took place this year on September 26. Every year, WAHA selects different individuals buried at the cemetery to portray.
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