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LFIA Book Offer:
Los Feliz - An Illustrated Early History
Get your copy here!

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the book here

The LA Conservancy honored the consulting firm of ICF Jones & Stokes for the 400-page application they wrote for the Griffith Park Historic-Cultural Monument nomination. The Griffith Trust financed the application. Marian Dodge, President of the LFIA, and Bernadette Soter, Chair of the Parks, Rivers and Open Spaces Committee of the GGPNC were honored for the work they did gathering public support for the landmark nomination. Griffith Park is the largest landmark in the United States.

The awards were presented at a luncheon at the historic Biltmore Hotel on Thursday, May 14.

Chris Hetzel -ICF Jones & Stokes, Clare Darden - Griffith Trust, Marian Dodge - LFIA, Bernadette Soter - GGPNC, Daniel Paul - ICF Jones & Stokes, Griffith Trust attorney Jan Chatten-Brown, Rick Starzak - ICF Jones & Stokes.
The Greek Theatre has established coffee hours as a way for residents who are affected by the Greek Theatre operations to meet with the management on a casual basis to speak to them about their concerns. The time alternates between morning and evening so that those who work during the day have an opportunity to attend.

The schedule is:
Thursday May 28 7:00 pm
Tuesday June 23 10:30 am
Thursday July 30 7:00 pm
Thursday Aug. 27 10:30 am
Thursday Sept. 24 7:00 pm
Thursday Oct. 29 10:30 am

The DWP is beginning construction on the River Supply Conduit project in Griffith Park on Thursday, April 2. The first phase of the project is along Crystal Springs Drive from the Zoo parking lot to the main entrance at Los Feliz Blvd. During construction you can expect detours and delays as the pipeline is installed in 200-foot increments. Crews will be working Monday through Friday; however detours will remain in place during the weekends. All park facilities will remain open and accessible.  Access will be provided for bicyclists and equestrians.  If you are planning to go to the Zoo, Autry, or Traveltown, you may want to take the freeway route rather than drive through the construction area in the park.  ... [continued here]

The Los Angeles Improvement Association is very proud of its latest book offering, “Los Feliz: An Illustrated Early History” by Donald Seligman. This book attempts to supplement our previous books by concentrating on the earlier history of Los Feliz, from prehistory to 1940, illustrated by an expanded collection of historic photographs and other graphic material. It is the first book to address the early history of the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles which predates even the city’s own founding in 1781.

Los Feliz was home to a major Native Ameri­can settlement before Jose Vicente Feliz brought his family to the Los Angeles basin in the first expedition to bring secular settlers to California in 1776.  Over the next 20 years, Feliz had the major responsibility for establishing the new pueblo of Los Angeles and was rewarded for his efforts as the governor’s Comisionado with the Rancho Los Feliz granted to him by Spanish King Carlos III around 1800. ... [continued here]

 

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Calendar
Hollywood Blvd. - Urban Design Open House
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 , 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Hollywood United Methodist Church 6817 Franklin Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90028
The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA/LA) is preparing an urban design plan for Hollywood Boulevard and the surrounding area. You are invited to an open house so you can voice what you like about this great street and what you’d like to change. Off street parking is available at the Church. Read the bi-lingual invite here. There is an alternate date and location in the invite.
Tour LaBonge Rides Again: Summer Bike Rides in Council District 4
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 , 6:00pm, Los Angeles River / Griffith Park
One of our councilmember's summer bike rides, everyone is welcome. This is the ride closest to Los Feliz. Exact location and route available one week ahead of time here. For more info call 213 485 3337.
Council District 4
Community Congress
“Public Safety, Public Works, and What the Public Can Expect from the City Budget”
Tuesday, July 7th 2009
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.,
Hollywood City Hall
6501 Fountain Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Councilmember Tom LaBonge invites you to a discussion with:
LAPD Asst. Chief Mike Downing, Bill Robertson, General Manager, Bureau of Street Services Enrique Zaldivar, General Manager, Bureau of Sanitation Art Leahy, the new CEO of METRO.

Refreshments and Light Dinner Will Be Served. Please RSVP with Gigi Galias at 323-957-6415 or email gracia.galias@lacity.org.
Hollywood Freeway Cap Park Community-Wide Meeting
Saturday, July 11, 2009, 9-11AM
Historic Fountain Court, 1370 North St. Andrews Place, Hollywood (inside the Assistance League of Southern California)
A Community Meeting featuring USCSchool of Architecture Master Landscape Studio Class Presentations and Plenty of Park Updates!!! USCSchool of Architecture Master Landscape Studio Class used the Cap Park as their semester project. You will be inspired by their excellent thinking, creativity and vision for YOURPARK!

PARKING: Parking available in the lot behind the building and just south of the building at St. Andrews and Fernwood + street parking also available. Breakfast served from 8:30 am. More info & RSVP at 310 364 4553. Read the invite here.
Tour LaBonge Rides Again: Summer Bike Rides in Council District 4
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 , 6:00pm, Hollywood & The Miracle Mile
One of our councilmember's summer bike rides, everyone is welcome. Exact location and route available one week ahead of time here. For more info call 213 485 3337.
Greek Theatre Coffee Hour
Thursday July 30 at 7:00 pm
The Greek Theatre has established coffee hours as a way for residents who are affected by the Greek Theatre operations to meet with the management on a casual basis to speak to them about their concerns. The next date is Thursday August 27 at 10:30 am.
Friends of the Los Feliz Library - Used Book Sale
4th Saturday of each month
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Los Feliz Library
1874 Hillhurst Av.

Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council (GGPNC)
Third Tuesday of every month at 7pm at the Los Feliz Community Police Center
1965 Hillhurst, Los Angeles CA 90027