Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Derby Update

The Derby is pretty far from out of the woods. In fact, we would say that the Derby is deep in the woods. We've covered the former location of the Brown Derby (Now a Louise's Trattatoria and the Derby) before, here on kuaptic. As we know, it's a storied place, full of LA history. And it's endanger. Developers want to take it down to build apartments and a Whole Foods.

We, at kuaptic are pro Whole Foods, however, not at the expense of history (also, the corner of Los Feliz and Hillhurst is already crazy enough.)

Now there is a Derby blog that you can visit (it's lovely) to keep track of all the Derby happenings.

There's a petition you can sign to (hopefully) prevent the destruction of such a historic location.

And finally, there are not one, but TWO meetings you can attend if you find yourself having a lot of extra free time --

The first is on Oct 26th and sponsored by the developer Adler Realty. It will be at the Citibank Building on Hillhurst.

The second is on Nov 10th in the auditorium of a local church at 2071 Dracena Ave. This second meeting is sponsored by the neighborhood council (www.ggpnc.org)
The neighborhood council will be making recommendations to the city based on what they hear on Nov 10th. Let's be sure to have a strong showing on Nov 10th ... don't let Adler "still the thunder" and undermine the meeting that may influence whether city planning approves Adlers' plans.
(from The Derby blog -- cause we know you're too lazy to check it out yourself!)

And there's the always helpful writing Tom LaBonge. His email is: tlabonge@council.lacity.org.
The derby asks that you cc them or bcc them at "savethederby@yahoo.com" or "derbylosfeliz@gmail.com" because politicians often "forget" the voice of the people.

As they say on the derby blog -- Long live the Derby!

posted by kuaptic. @ 8:11 AM

1 Comments:

At 12:38 PM, Blogger JF said...

THanks Kuaptic for spreading the good word! Yes.. we need everyone and I mean EVERYONE! to come out to the city meeting on nov 10th. This subject is much more then saving the Derby. We have come to realize that Adler Realty's plan will destroy the whole Los Feliz Neighborhood as we know it. making it possibly unlivable because of increased traffic.

So please voice your opinion to the city let them know you like your neighborhood.

Thanks again
josh finn
http://www.thederby.blogspot.com

 

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