Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Morgan Freeman and model Lara Stone in Vogue from The Pipeline
— As of 8:44am, Paul Koretz has slight lead in District 5 balloting / LA Now
— Trutanich defeats Weiss in L.A. city attorney’s race / LAT
— First Lady Wears L.A. Designer Jasmin Shokrian / Trade Talk
— Pre-fixe meal at BreadBar on West 3rd /Thrillist
— Enter [...]

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Last Wednesday, the West 3rd Street Business Association convened at the NCJW with Maya Zutler from Councilman Jack Weiss‘ office, Mott Smith of strategic planning, real estate development firm Civic Enterprise Associates (which focuses on emerging Southern California neighborhoods), Scott Baker of landscape architecture firm Melendrez, and anyone else who wanted to attend [...]

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So, you wanna know about the efforts to beautify the neighborhood? Tonight, the West 3rd Street Business Association and the Office of Councilman Jack Weiss (I know, many people’s favorite), are holding a community meeting tonight, Wednesday, May 13 from 6pm-8pm at 543 North Fairfax Avenue, home of the National Council of Jewish Women. What [...]

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The scope of the Wetherly Project; click to expand
A B+S reader pointed me to the article on the front page of the April 2 edition of the Beverly Press, ‘Residents Think Wetherly Project Aims Too High.’
This has been an ongoing issue for neighboring residents who oppose the Genton Barth Real Estate Group residential project, [...]

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The OPI salon in Studio City from LAT
— Fashion Week El Paseo: Juan Carlos Obando Show / Trade Talk
— Weiss website puts flattering headline over Times story / LAT
— OPI’s new ROB|B salon in Studio City / LAT
— Earthquake near Echo Park / The Eastsider
— Fashion Label Moves Into Former Lovecraft Biofuels Garage / Trade [...]

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Candidates Robyn Ritter Simon, Ron Galperin, David ‘Ty’ Vahedi; click to expand
Last week’s ‘Race for the 5th’ City Council District 5 forum brought out about 150 audience members, a more diverse, younger and bigger crowd than January’s forum put on by the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association.
This forum, moderated by Ted Miller of Conroy Commercial [...]

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Candidates Ron Galperin, Adeena Bleich, Robert Schwartz
The Husband and I attended the LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum last Sunday, held at the Pan Pacific Senior Center, moderated by Ron Kaye and put on by the Beverly Hills Wilshire Homes Association. We gleaned quite a bit from going and I would encourage others to [...]

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This Sunday, January 18 from 10am-1:30pm, there will be a LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum (our district) at the Pan Pacific Senior Center (141 South Gardner Avenue), next to the Gardner Library between West 3rd Street and Beverly Boulevard. Journalist Ron Kaye was one of the moderators at the last forum and reports: [...]

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Dear Stakeholders:
The office of Councilman Jack Weiss, the Mid City West Neighborhood Council and the West Third Street Business Association invite you to the West Third Street Parking and Pedestrian Charrette!
This event is part of the recently launched effort to improve West Third Street’s parking management, planning process and pedestrian environment. My firm, [...]

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