A lot of filming goes on in my parents’ neighborhood. In exchange, the studios give money to the Neighborhood Association, which then hosts a street fair every summer. Residents bake cakes and cookies for the bake sale, local restaurants set up food booths, bands play, and a few games are set up for the kids. My brother and I wish the fair had been around when we were younger.
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Mom and Dad’s house, with windows made by my dad.
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Lena Horne lived (still lives?) here.
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When we first moved into the neighborhood (in the Seventies), Lou Rawls lived here. When he moved, his mom moved in. He’d send a limo to pick her up every Mothers’ Day. My brother and I thought that was the height of sophistication.
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Tile detail on the back wall of the Millbank House grounds.
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More tile.
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Random, recently-renovated Craftsman.