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Sacramento ceremony lauds "Evening Strolls" in West Adams neighborhoods.
WAHA treasurer Jean Cade and board member Gail Peterson joined with fifteen other California preservation organizations, nonprofits, state agencies, and city governments at the elegant Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento November 16 to receive the annual Governor's Historic Preservation award. The West Adams Heritage Association was chosen this year for its innovative program of Evening Strolls begun in 2004 by former WAHA president Jefferson Davis.
read more...Popular television show to feature historic area April 28, 2007.
The widely viewed Eye on L.A. show on Channel 7 will air a segment on the historic districts of West Adams on Saturday, April 28, at 6:30 pm, channel 7. The show is hosted by Leslie Sykes, a reporter for Eyewitness News, and Garth Kemp, who is also the Channel 7 weatherman and does feature reports on the morning news. Eye on L.A. has been running a series on Los Angeles highlights and neighborhoods.
read more...Based on data from the Zillow real estate service, top business journal rates Pico Union one of 10 fastest growing neighborhoods in big cities in the country.
By Leslie Evans
Evidence of the revitalization of Los Angeles Downtown and the once-depressed communities to its immediate west and south, the March 6 Business Week rates Pico Union one of the 10 fastest appreciating and best buys in the country, with Jefferson Park a close runnerup. The study was conducted by online real estate specialist Zillow.com. The criteria was rapid increase in home price but still below the median price for the metropolitan area. Pico Union, which stands between Downtown and West Adams, has jumped from a fourth quarter 2001 median home price of $129,621 to $516,498 in the fourth quarter of 2006, a 298.47% increase in five years. It is still a bargain
read more...Full line of WAHA shirts, mugs, caps, buttons, and more can now be purchased through our website West Adams store at Cafe Press.
By Leslie Evans
Want to flaunt your involvement with historic preservation in West Adams? You can now select from 34 varieties of T-shirt, long and short sleved, with or without a hood, in several colors. There is even baby wear with the WAHA logo, and a special T-shirt for your dog. You can plunge deeper into your wardrobe with WAHA tank tops, boxer shorts, thongs, camisoles. Or maybe you would like some WAHA postage stamps, with two different designs and in several denominations.
The new wide lineup of WAHA emblazoned items stems from a partnership with Cafe Press, an online marketplace specializing in unique personalized items. The West Adams store can be reached by clicking on "WAHA Merchandise" on our main menu.
read more...An account of our city's oldest gated community.
Don Sloper, a regent of Mount St. Mary\'s College and a walking tour docent for the Los Angeles Conservancy, has produced for Arcadia Publishing the first book-length account of the legendary gated enclave of oil baron Edward Doheny at Chester Place, now the campus of Mount St. Mary\'s College. Here is a link to the publisher.
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"For those of you who enjoy a little bit of history in housing, West Adams is the place to be."
As part of its coverage of WAHA\'s December 2006 Holiday Tour, Nao Gunji, the assistant editor of the Rafu Shimpu (Japanese Daily News) under the title "Neighborly Preservation" offered a lengthy article in the December 23, 2006, edition discussing the architecture of five homes featured in the tour. For the full text of the Rafu Shimpu article click here.
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Karen Salkin says she's glad she went.
"My fabulous hairdresser, Brian 'Shy Guy' Perry, and I, two of the busiest people I know, made time for the 20th Annual Holiday Tour at the beginning of December, and we're both so thankful that we did."
--Karen Salkin, Beveryly Hills People
Click here to read the whole article
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Classic bungalows available to be moved, or to at least save some fixtures.
The West Adams Heritage Association along with United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council (UNNC) have been working diligently with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to move or salvage the homes slated for demolition at the new Washington Street School located on Washington Blvd. just west of Arlington. While initially rebuffed, the community rallied with the help of school board member, Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, to force the LAUSD to work with us to help save the houses. Our goals are two fold - salvaging our historical heritage and keeping these items out of landfills.
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