Events Calendar
Welcome to the Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society Calendar. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events.
Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir
In Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir, historian Nathan Marsak tells the story of the Hill, from the district’s inception in the mid-19th century to its present day. Once home to wealthy Angelenos living in LA’s “first suburb,” then the epicenter of the city’s shifting demographics and the shadow and vice of an urban underbelly, Bunker Hill survived its attempted erasure and burgeoned as a hub of arts, politics, business, and tourism.
$40 signed book Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir by Nathan Marsak. Click here to Purchase
$10 Presentation only – Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)
$15 Presentation only – Non Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)
Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
And
Angel City Press
present
Bunker Hill Los Angeles:
Essence of Sunshine and Noir
by Nathan Marsak
Please join us February 17th at 7:00pm
As compelling as the story of the destruction of Bunker Hill is its people who made the Hill at once desirable and undesirable. Marsak commemorates the poets and writers, artists and activists, little guys and big guys, and of course, the many architects who built and rebuilt the community on the Hill—time after historic time.
Any fan of American architecture will treasure Marsak’s analysis of buildings that have crowned the Hill: the exuberance of Victorian shingle and spindlework, from Mission to Modern, from Queen Anne to Frank Gehry, Bunker Hill has been home to it all, the ever-changing built environment.
With more than 150 photographs—many in color—as well as maps and vintage ephemera to tell his dramatic visual story, Marsak lures us into Bunker Hill Los Angeles and shares its lost world, then guides us to its new one.
Come to a guided tour of a very special place by museum owner Carrie Siegel.
The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
Invites you to join fellow members on a short voyage to Glendale to The Museum of Neon Art.
Sunday, April 16th at 1:00pm
Members: $10
Non Members: $15
Admission + Tom Ziimmerman’s book of historic L.A. neon Spectacular Illumination: $30
Limit 30 People (so get your tickets today)
216 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA. 91204
Convenient parking at The Americana right across the street
No host lunch following at either Shake Shack or In and Out Burger following. Both a short walk from the museum.
The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
Presents
A Tree Walking Tour with The Urban Lumberjack
Members: $25
Non Members: $35
Saturday May 6th 10:00 am
More info at TheUrbanLumberjack.com
Limited to 30 People
Comfortable shoes are suggested for walking
Saturday June 3rd. Five Gardens within
Windsor Square and Fremont Place
Starting at 355 S. Windsor Boulevard
Enjoy Six Gardens, Plant Sales & Silent Auction
Refreshments will be served
Members: $45
Non-Members: $55
The Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society
Presents
A Secret Garden Tour
Saturday, June 3rd 2023
1:00 to 5:00 PM
TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED IN PERSON AT 355 SO. WINDSOR BLVD.
355 S. Windsor Boulevard is ground zero for A Secret Garden Tour. At this location will be the reception desk where guests and docents will receive their wristbands. This is also where you can pay by credit card, cash, or check for admittance to the tour. This location also has a plant sale, food and refreshments, and a silent auction.
Join architectural historian Eleanor Schrader and realtor/architectural author Bret Parsons for a spectacular tour of the historic enclaves of greater Hancock Park. Our double-decker bus will guide us down streets filled with beautiful homes as we reveal secrets that illuminate this coveted neighborhood. We’ll regale you with details about its historic revival styles, extraordinary architects (Elmer Grey, Sumner Hunt, Paul R. Williams, Wallace Neff, and others), filming locations including “Sunset Boulevard,” and anecdotes about the lavish lifestyles of famous personalities who inhabited these estates.
Members Tickets are $75
Note that all tours require 48 hours’ cancellation notification for refund. You will be asked to sign a waiver of liability.
A portion of the proceeds benefit Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society.
Upper-deck seats provide a unique view of the homes on our tour.
Additional details to be emailed a couple of days before the tour.
Please, no children, babies, or pets.