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Friday, November 13
INSIDE HANCOCK PARK
by JANE GILMAN
in conversation with TOM LABONGE
The new book by the previous editor/publisher of The Larchmont Chronicle about the ins-and-outs of Hancock Park.
Inside Hancock Park describes the community's early pioneers, a who's who of Hollywood, and unique characters such as the world's richest Indian. Inside Hancock Park describes its founder, G. Allan Hancock, and his rise to become one of the city's wealthiest men. Learn of the challenges the residents have faced to maintain its integrity: the threat of a freeway route through the neighborhood, plans to remove palm trees and the threat of Mc-Mansions.
