Beautification & Barham Boulevard Committee
Eileen Peterson*, Graham Marriott*, Jean Barrett, Sandra Gitmed,  Tree Lockie

The Four Corners Proposal

The combined Beautification & Barham Boulevard Committee (B & B) is currently focusing on improving the appearance of the Barham Boulevard gateways to our neighborhood. 

B & B in in the process of applying for a Community Beautification Grant from the City of Los Angeles. Funds from the grant will be used to pay for a landscaping project along Barham Boulevard centered on the "Four Corners" area where Lake Hollywood Drive and DeWitt Drive intersect with Barham.

A projection of the proposed improvements on the “Four Corners” is included below in a series of “BEFORE” and “AFTER” images achieved through the magic of photo shop (thanks to Graham Marriott.)  The actual end results are subject to some revision from the property owner, the Committee or the City.
 
As customers, good friends and neighbors, members of the Beautification-Barham Blvd. Committee believe we can beautify these intersections by the simple placement of appropriate trees and shrubs that will enhance the appearance of the properties and result in better business for them, better relations with the community.  The win-win result will be good business for them, plus the creation of attractive gateways to both the Hollywood Knolls and the Hollywood Manor communities.

To see a visual presentation of the proposed project, click on the thumbnail pictures below to see a full-size view of the "before & after" vision of the gateway to our neighborhood. Use your Web browser's Back button to return to this page.

South East Corner - Before & After

South West Corner - Before & After

North West Corner - Before & After

North East Corner - Before & After

Thanks to the CB Grant, the improvements would come at no cost to the HKCC and no cost to the businesses.  All that is needed is their cooperation and a little work on our part.

B & B has enlisted the expertise of Tree People, a Los Angeles nonprofit that works with urban communities to plant trees and improve the quality of the environment. If we receive the grant money, we will use a corps of volunteers from the neighborhood to do the planting next spring.