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| Date |
Price |
| Dec. 7 |
$575,000 |
| Dec. 17 |
$445,000 |
| Dec. 21 |
$435,000 |
| Jan. 5 |
$430,000 |
| Jan. 10 |
$425,000 |
Many home sellers are reluctant to cut prices once a property hits the market. Not the owners of this 107-year-old Angeleno Heights bungalow, which has seen its price cut four times since it was listed at $575,000 in early December. The first price chop – a whopping $130,000 reduction – came only after 10 days on the market, leaving the Calumet Avenue home priced at $445,000, according to Redfin. Since then, the price has been reduced almost nearly every week, with the most recent reduction bringing the asking price to $425,000 or more than 25% below the original asking price. Will another week bring another price cut or will $425,000 finally attract a buyer?
Reindeer and Santa soar above the driveway. A snowman flanked by candy canes smiles broadly at passerby. Illuminated toy soldiers stand guard on either side of the front walk. The holidays once again find the Angeleno Heights front yard of Aurora and Pedro Ramirez filled and glowing with strands of lights and plastic figurines set amid the succulents, birds of paradise and hedges. But this year Pedro Ramirez, whose had hauled out and set up those decorations for about 20 years, was not involved in the Bellevue Avenue light show. Ramirez died on Dec. 13 and will be buried this afternoon. He was 81. Despite his death, the Ramirez family was not about to let Pedro Ramirez’ holiday legacy go dark.
On the day before Pedro Ramirez returned home following medical treatment, daughter Cindy Ramirez and other family members began hauling out the Christmas decorations stored in the basement and backyard shed and installed them in front of the couple’s home of more than 40 years. Many of the decorations – which include red lampposts, animated deer and angels – were in place when Pedro arrived home. “We put everything up so he could see them,” said Cindy Ramirez. The next day, Pedro Ramirez passed away.
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The living and dining rooms of many vintage Eastside homes and apartments are often separated by a built-in book cases or a simple archway. But the divider in this Angeleno Heights apartment is relatively unique because the curved archway swoops down to the floor and then curls up before ending in pedestals on either side of the room. Has anyone seen this before?
Robin Coles, property manager for Hollywood Hills Apartments, which is renovating the apartment building at the corner of East Edgeware Road and Calumet Avenue, said the plaster archway is apparently original but only one unit – on the ground floor – in the 1924 building has such a divider Coles said the new owners never considered eliminating the curvaceous room divider. “We want to keep it original as we can,” Coles said.
The renovation of the one-bedroom apartment is expected to be completed by the New Year, when it will come up for rent for $1,595 a month.
Submitted by Sarah P.
This small, brown/tan female Chihuahua appeared on our patio Tuesday morning around 9:30A (November 29th). No collar. Looks like she has a bit of a skin condition on her back. Please contact me if you know who she belongs to or if she is yours: Sprouteg@gmail.com or 213-977-9283
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It was a year ago when a sales man at the Brownstone Lofts, a condo project taking shape inside a former 1920s apartment building, said most of the construction work was scheduled to be completed by the end of the year at the Angeleno Heights project next to the 101 Freeway. One sales agent said that 14 potential buyers had placed deposits of up to $5,000 to hold a unit. But those units, some of which had been priced above $800,000, remain empty as delays have left the condos, a swimming pool, spa and 60-space parking garage unfinished. An official with Brownstone Lofts blamed construction litigation – not financial problems – for the delay.
“We have adequate financing in our budget but because of contruction litigation it has pushed us back,” said the official who declined to be identified. She said that once the litigation is resolved, the project is expected to be completed next spring.
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What was all that thumping about this weekend? Residents from different corners of Echo Park and Angeleno Heights – Park Drive, Lilac Terrace, Ewing Street – reported hearing an “oontz, oontz, oontz“ – beat that left heads and walls throbbing on Friday and Saturday night. Joanna Weissen, in a Twitter post, said:
I thought I was hearing things with all that thumping. Glad I’m not going crazy.
On Friday night, one police officer at the LAPD Northeast Division station said callers could not identify where the beat was coming from. Members of the Echo Elysian Forum blamed everything from a two-night rave at the Shrine Auditorium near USC to Echo Park nightclubs on Sunset Boulevard for what ever was causing things to go bump in the night. The beat might have been annoying but it could have been worse, said one member:
Well, on the glass-half-full side of things, I guess I admit I prefer the dance thump to the sound of gunshots.
Submitted by Richard Cromelin:
Missing Dog: Cora, a large (ca. 85 lb) hound (Tibetan maybe?), black with brown markings and beige underside, with a cyst on her right foot. wearing a light blue collar with city tags and owner ID. Last seen Saturday Oct. 22 at home on Kellam Ave. west of Douglas. Please call with any information: Melissa at 323-706-9338.
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Russ Kerwin of Angeleno Heights is looking for the owner of a dog found in front of his house on Thursday night:
Tonight there was a little black and tan chihuahua pincher dog roaming infront of our house without a collar. We walked it around looking for the owner, but no luck.
Kerwin can be contacted at russkerwin@gmail.com.
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A new restaurant is in the works for a renovated brick building on the border of Echo Park and Angeleno Heights. It’s not clear what kind of restaurant will open but the owners have pulled building permits and have asked the city permission to serve beer and wine at a proposed restaurant located at Allison Avenue and Sunset Boulevard. The 1,250-square-foot storefront, now an empty space covered by a large piece of plywood, is located in the same building as Novak, a new salon that opened in May.
The online permits do not reveal the ownership of the new restaurant. Do they have another vegan–gastropub-wine bar in mind? Or is it time to bring Indian or Middle Eastern cuisine to Echo Park?
When it came time to paint his Angeleno Heights home, Tom Morales took a set of colored pencils and began coloring illustrations of the 1887 Victorian to determine the perfect color combination. Morales then tested colors on his childhood home at the southwest corner of Carroll Avenue and East Edgeware Road to find out how they appeared in the sunshine. After all that he selected approximately 17 different shades of sage green accented with golds and burgundy. This might seem like extreme behavior for even the most house-proud of Angeleno Heights residents but not for Morales. Not only did he turn his home into one of head-turning Victorian jewels of the neighborhood, he also spearheaded the protection of Angeleno Heights architectural treasures after a Victorian mansion across the street was stripped of its grandeur. On Saturday, Sept. 15, Morales, who had lived most of his life in the Victorian landmark, died at age 76 from pancreatic cancer, said his son Christopher.
In a 1987 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Morales, whose parents purchased the 13-room house in the early 1940s for $3,000, spoke about what it was like during the 1970s when he and others began efforts to form a historic district to protect the blocks of old and often neglected homes:
“Back then, people thought you were eccentric for living in these houses, trying to get them on the National Register of Historic Places and lobbying to create a preservation district. But it bonded the neighborhood.”
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