Concrete bond. (L.A. Stories).Call it a grass-roots movement for the sake of concrete. A group of Beachwood Canyon residents held a rally last week at the village green near Beachwood and Westshire drives to protest something most would welcome: the repaving of a street. The group objects to the asphalting of a one-mile stretch of Beachwood that offers an unobstructed view of the Hollywood sign The Hollywood Sign is a famous landmark in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, spelling out the name of the area in 15.2 m (50 ft)[1] high white letters. . Residents say that asphalt would detract from detract from verb 1. lessen, reduce, diminish, lower, take away from, derogate, devaluate << OPPOSITE enhance verb 2. the aesthetics and historical significance of the concrete street, and they're putting together a signature drive to submit to fourth district councilman Tom LaBonge Tom LaBonge (b. Los Angeles 1953), member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 4th district. He has served since 2001, taking over the position upon the death of John Ferraro. . "Look at (San Francisco's) Lombard Street Lombard Street, in London, England. It is a street of banks and financial houses that takes its name from the Lombard merchants and moneylenders who settled there in the 13th cent. . They would never asphalt that street because it's historic, and so is Beachwood" said Diana Knoll, a Beachwood Drive resident. "This is not just some street in the Valley." |
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