OVERLOOK NAMED FOR ACTIVIST COUPLE MELHORN DUO LOBBIED CITY FOR SCENIC STOPS.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer SHERMAN OAKS - The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open opened its newest scenic overlook Wednesday, dedicating a crescent-shaped stop on Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. to longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective preservationists Lotte Melhorn and her late husband, Charles Melhorn. Beginning in the early 1970s, the couple lobbied the City Council and regional leaders to create the Mulholland Scenic Parkway and to set aside small pockets along the road for visitors to stop and admire the views. ``Charles and Lotte were among a small nucleus nucleus, in physics nucleus, in physics, the extremely dense central core of an atom. The Nature of the Nucleus Composition of people who saw the value of the road and the uniqueness of the road and planned to save it for future generations,'' said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. . Today, Mulholland Drive is one of the region's major tourist destinations A tourist destination is a city, town or other area the economy of which is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from tourism. It may contain one or more tourist attractions or visitor attractions and possibly some "tourist traps". , drawing visitors from around the world. ``You come to these overlooks during the summer or all through the year and hear maybe three or four languages being spoken,'' said Joseph Edmiston, executive director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. The new overlook is the eighth official stop on the drive, about halfway between Beverly Glen and Coldwater Canyon boulevards. It stands above million-dollar homes and a brush-covered slope that is one of the few natural wildlife corridors through the mountains. The $250,000 park is built within the road right-of-way and includes a path, cement benches and native plants. Lotte Melhorn, who celebrated her 90th birthday Wednesday, no longer drives on her beloved scenic road, but she had a few words for the people who do: ``Please enjoy Mulholland. Don't race it.'' Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, map Photo: (1) A new Mulholland Drive overlook was dedicated Wednesday, named after preservationists Lotte and Charles Melhorn. (2) Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Executive Director Joseph Edmiston, Lotte Melhorn and county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky enjoy the overlook on Mulholland Drive. Map: New scenic overlook |
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