Boyle Heights/East L.A.
Even after $700 million worth of clean-up efforts, nearly three-quarters of remediated properties near the former Exide Technologies battery recycler in Vernon are still showing excessive lead in the soil. L.A. Times
Echo Park
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The Original Echo Park Clubhouse, L.A. Historic-Cultural Monument No. 950, would be convert into a restaurant under an application filed with city planning. The Craftsman-style structure at 1004 N. Echo Park Ave. sits across the street from Echo Park Lake. Built in 1908 as a clubhouse, and transported to its current location in the 1920s, it is believed to be the oldest intact structure commissioned by the City of Los Angeles. It has at various times been owned by the International Foursquare Church (Angelus Temple) and the Episcopal Church, before changing owners last year to MFR Capital LLC. The new restaurant at that location would have 25 seats and serve beer and wine.
Highland Park
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is buying its own building after years as a renter. The 62-year-old puppet theater company said it has entered into a purchase agreement of $5 million for a property at the corner of York Boulevard and North Avenue 50. Built originally as the York Theater in 1925, the newly purchased space hosted movies and vaudeville performances. Most recently, it was the Pyong Kang First Congregational Church. L.A. Times
Local interior designer Rebecca J. Hansen is participating in this year’s Pasadena Showcase House of Design, in which various decorators each work on different sections of a selected home. This year’s showcase is the Baldwin Oaks Estate in Arcadia, where Hansen, whose office is in Highland Park, was assigned the vestibule and powder room, a space that Hansen calls “bold and whimsical.” The showcase is open through May 17. Tickets are available to tour the house, with proceeds supporting various music programs.
Los Feliz
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A three-story, 15-unit apartment building would replace two single-family homes at 4505-4507 W. Prospect Ave., under plans filed with the city. Two of the units would be set aside for extremely low-income tenants.
High & Low: Home Sales
Los Feliz—A four-bedroom Spanish-style estate on Cromwell Avenue, with four parking spaces, sold this week for just under $4.5 million. Redfin
Echo Park—A small three-bedroom home on a 4,771-square-foot lot along Cortez Street sold this week for $500,000. Redfin
High & Low: Rentals
Silver Lake—A one-bedroom unit in a Hidalgo Avenue duplex is available for rent at $4,200 a month. Redfin
Boyle Heights—A one-bedroom apartment right across the street from Hollenbeck Park on South St. Louis Street is offered for rent at $1,390. Redfin
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