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Helicopter Presence Escalates

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More Helicopters, More Noise

Helicopters have had a presence in our neighborhood for as long as any of us can remember.  For one thing, the Larchmont Village/Windsor Square/Hancock Park corridor has to be flown over to get anywhere West from the police heli-pad downtown.   Often times our skies feel like a super-highway for the eyes in the sky.  Many of you in Windsor Square may have experienced the 3-hour heli-visit from the LAPD  earlier this summer responding to an armed robbery.  3-hours!  From 10P-1A…it was like the guest who wouldn’t go home at the end of a lovely dinner.   And yet, what a remarkable asset to help fight crime!  Just a little loud…

The increase in helicopter traffic seems to involve our skies at every turn.  Check out this article – it gives a little background as to what’s going on up there!  Perhaps even a call to action – as you will read there are very few limits on where they can fly, how low they can fly and how long they can hover.

NYT – Helicopters Jam the Skies Above Los Angeles

UPDATE  JULY 29, 2011 – Los Angeles District 4 Councilman Tom LaBonge has introduced a resolution stating the City of Los Angeles’ support of HR2677 introduced in Congress by Rep. Howard Berman of  Valley Village, which would require the FAA to restrict helicopter flight paths and set minimum altitudes in Los Angeles County.

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Mary
Mary
Mary has lived in the Hancock Park area for over 20 years - including homes in Larchmont Village and Windsor Square. Mary has lived in some great places in her life - but none compare to the convenience and majesty of our neighborhood. For Mary, the neighborhood has been a wonderful home to her large, extended family...at one time she had family members living on seven different Hancock Park area blocks! Larchmont Buzz is a labor of love - built to celebrate the neighborhood and to elevate the conversation in the area.

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