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The Silver Lake Jubilee, an indie music and street festival, had set itself apart from the much larger and controversial Sunset Junction Street Fair – which was cancelled last year – by keeping it simple and cheap; admission had been only $5. But the third annual Jubilee, scheduled for May 26-27, will cost a lot more to attend: $20, which equals Sunset Junction’s much criticized pricing. In an interview with Buzz Bands, Jubilee Executive Director Mark Martinez said he expects complaints:
“That’s something that going to happen naturally,” he says. “But all the complaints people had about Sunset Junction — I feel like we’ve stepped up and addressed them. We’re a very transparent organization as far as where the money goes, and what we contribute to the community. We’re really proud of that.”
Martinez said the price hike is necessary to make sure the festival The group provided a break down of where that $20 will go. In addition to the higher ticket prices, Martinez said the festival, once located on Myra Street, will move to Santa Monica Boulevard.
* Correction: A previous version of this story said the Jubilee announced this year’s musical line up. That’s wrong. The musical acts won’t be announced until March.
Rendering of Cafe Stella wall after remodeling is compete. Courtesy Cafe Stella
Wall under way. Photo by Bob Warpehoski
Silver Lake restaurant owner Gareth Kantner is scheduled to appear at a community meeting tonight to respond to criticism – and graffiti - that has been directed at a wall he is building in front of an expansion of his Cafe Stella at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Sanborn. This morning, Cafe Stella emailed The Eastsider the rendering (pictured at top) of what the approximately six-foot-high, cinder block wall will look like after it has been completed and landscaped (click on the bottom link for the same wall painted a different color). Will blue paint, vines and wooden doors win over the wall critics? Stay tuned.
The wall will be discussed during the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council’s Governmental Affairs Committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. at Russian Orthodox Church Meeting Hall, 650 Micheltorena St.
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When Eugene Kinn Choy wanted to buy a lot and build a home in Silver Lake in the late 1940s, the Chinese-American architect had to overcome not only financial and design challenges but a racial one as well. Faced with racial property covenants that would prevent him from purchasing property in the area, Choy went to his future neighbors in order to win their support. He eventually won them over and in 1949 built a modernist home clad in wood siding on Castle Street near the Silver Lake Reservoir. Choy’s life and legacy and those of other pioneering Chinese-American architects are highlighted in a new exhibit – Breaking Ground: Chinese American Architects in Los Angeles – featured in an L.A. Times story.
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A plan to turn a small section of Griffith Park Boulevard in Silver Lake into a traffic-free zone for pedestrians and bikes is moving forward. Under a City Council motion introduced by Councilman Eric Garcetti, nearly two blocks of Griffith Park Boulevard between Sunset Boulevard and Edgecliff Drive will be off limits to most motor vehicle traffic to create additional a public space with seating areas. It’s part of a pilot project under Streets for People, which consists of a coalition of planning departments, public health agencies and other groups seeking to transform underused streets into public spaces.
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Photo by Bob Warpehoski
Photo by Jesse Saucedo
It’s been a dozen years since Silver Lake restaurant and property owner Gareth Kantner purchased a cluster of neglected storefronts at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Sanborn Avenue. Over time, Kantner renovated the complex – painted terra-cota red and crowned by the iconic Sunset Junction sign – and filled the spaces with upscale tenants – Intelligentsia Coffee, Cheese Store of Silver Lake and his own restaurant, Cafe Stella.
But now Kantner’s most recent change at his property – the construction of an approximately six-foot high wall in front of what will be an expansion of Cafe Stella – had attracted criticism in the form of blog comments and, as of this morning, tagging. Kantner found the words “Tear Down This Wall” had been spray painted on both sides of the wall.
The tagging will be removed but the wall is going to stay, Kantner said in an interview.
“How dare you,” Kantner said of whoever is responsible for the tagging. “I have been “trying to make this corner a wonderful place for the community with amenities that people need … it infuriates me.”
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Submitted by L. Turner
Found a blue / grey female pit bull Friday 1/27/12 in the Hyperion/Rowena area. no tags, no chip. We had to take her to the North Central Animal Shelter on Saturday the 28th. If her owner is not found, her adoption day will be Thursday the 2nd (2/2/12). She is super people friendly and deserves to find her home as soon as possible. If you recognize her please go to the shelter to take a look!!!
North Central Animal Shelter
3201 Lacy St. Los Angeles 90031
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Before wall was errected.
The familiar Sunset Junction sign that looms over the terra-cotta colored shops at Sunset Boulevard and Sanborn Avenue has been stripped away and a new concrete block wall now obscures one of the Silver Lake storefronts. What’s going on? First off, the much photographed Sunset Junction signs are being cleaned up before they will reappear in the same colors and style, said a painter working on the project. The concrete block wall at the corner encloses what appears to be a patio for an expansion of Cafe Stella, the French bistro located in the same complex and owned by Gareth Kantner.
While the return of the sign is sure to appear Silver Lake locals, that new concrete barrier has put off Silver Lake resident Alexis Lantz, who writes:
I fully support having another night spot in the neighborhood that’s easy to walk to, but they installed an awful wall that cuts into the very nature of that corner. It ruins the transparency of the corner, the pedestrian environment, and in my view will actually take away for what could be a great business to enliven the corner and make it even more inviting.
Perhaps the wall is to keep Silver Lake’s Five Dollar Guy away. Whatever the reason, Sunset Junction is due for more change with a developer announcing plans to build hundreds of housing units, a saddle-shaped public art project to be installed in the intersection and the Jiffy Lube to be replaced by a transit plaza.
* Update: Silver Lake restaurant owner responds to a wall of criticism. The Eastsider
Photo by Mary-Austin Klein
The body of a woman discovered by a Silver Lake freeway entrance this morning has been identified as that of 22-year-old Breeanna Guzman, a Lincoln Heights mother of two who took a walk to a drug store on Dec. 26 and never returned to her Humboldt Street home, according to officials briefed by the LAPD. A police spokesman, however, could not confirm the information, but an LAPD official told NBC that there was a “strong possibility” that the body is that of Guzman.
The body was found near the Riverside Drive on-ramp to the Glendale Freeway across the street from Allesandro Elementary. The woman’s family, including her mother, were at the scene of the investigation today, said NBC.
Related Posts:
- Body Found Thursday Morning Identified As Missing 22-Year-Old Mom. CBS2
- Body found in Silver Lake. NBC
- Body Found Near 2 Freeway Onramp Across From Allesandro School. Patch
- Body found near freeway in Silver Lake area. ABC7
* This story has been updated from earlier versions.
Barber Tony Cornejo talking about moving out of Silver Lake shopping center
When his former landlord announced plans to demolish the building, barber Tony Cornejo went looking for a new location, taking over an existing barbershop in a Silver Lake shopping center. That was more than 30 years ago, and Tony’s Barber Shop has been in the same Glendale Boulevard shopping center ever since. But this year finds Cornejo preparing to move his six-chair shop to Cypress Park as apparently the shopping center – which also houses a Ralphs market, CVS drugstore and KFC – prepares for major change. Cornejo and some other longtime tenants of the Silverlake Shopping Center said leases are not being renewed past this year, and there is talk of rebuilding or overhauling the property. “This location is perfect – we hate to go,” said Cornejo, whose lease is expires in September.
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