Results tagged “hopestreet”

OMG we'd be so pissed! After willing $1 to each of his five siblings, Theodore DiFiore, who at 79 years old, passed away in late 1990, donated the rest of his fortune -- $442,173.77 -- to the city of Los Angeles!

target this - 46 cities will be getting counterterrorism grants in a new round of funding from the Department of Homeland Security. The good news is, we're on the list. The bad news is they're only passing out a total of $270 million.

While recent events have reminded us in the harshest, most disturbing ways about the dangers and necessities of water, in Los Angeles it’s generally all too easy to forget the virtually seamless infrastructure that makes this town’s existence possible.

What does it take to strip the shine from new architectural landmark Disney Hall? Just a couple of unhappy neighbors (see arrow) who are upset that the building throws harsh reflected light upon their apartments. The LA Times, blogging.la and boing boing all report that Gehry and his folks have agreed to tone it down. The squinty residents neglect to mention that in April 2003, 6 months before Disney Hall's opening, a one-bed, two-bath condo (say, #517) in the decidedly Eastern-European bunker-style building went for about $380,000; in December 2004, a slightly larger 1x2 (#610) sold for just over $820,000. Even with local real estate inflation, something else is obviously driving up the prices at 121 Hope Street. Why are its residents complaining about all the reflected glory?