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### Welcome Mid-City Heights

Written by Dianne Lawrence on August 31 2017.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069m.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13897:la-s-past-providing-life-and-laughter-in-the-present&catid=327)Written by Bob Gelfand on August 28 2017. Posted in [NEIGHBORHOOD](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=327).

## [LA’s Past Providing ‘Life and Laughter’ in the Present](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13897:la-s-past-providing-life-and-laughter-in-the-present&catid=327)

In the late 1930s, Plummer -- by then in his 90s -- sat on a bench in newly established Plummer Park and told his life story to a writer for the LA T…

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Written by Diana L. Chapman on August 24 2017.

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Written by Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn on August 21 2017.

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Written by NANDC on August 21 2017.

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Written by General Jeff on August 21 2017.

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Written by Laura Velkei on August 07 2017.

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Written by Damien Goodmon on July 31 2017.

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Written by Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn on July 31 2017.

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Written by Gustavo and Manuel Flores on July 27 2017.

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Written by David Graham-Caso on July 27 2017.

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Written by Stephen S. Naczinski on July 24 2017.

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Written by Ruben Vives on July 31 2017.

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Written by Robin Abcarian on July 31 2017.

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Written by Tom Louie on July 17 2017.

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Written by Dianne V. Lawrence on July 10 2017.

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Written by Omar Masry on July 06 2017.

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Written by Jill Stewart on June 26 2017.

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Written by Howard Fine on June 22 2017.

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Written by Marian Crostic & Elaine Spierer on June 19 2017.

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