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Lennon Reunion, Page 6 “There Will Be a Huge Transformation of the Page 2 July 4, 2013 TORRANCE TRIBUNE Calendar People FRIDAY, JULY 5 Torrance Blvd The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 3, No. 26 - July 4, 2013 Torrance Salutes Independence Inside Day Sans Fireworks Show This Issue Business & Professional ......................10 Calendar...............................2 Classifieds ...........................9 Crossword/Sudoku ............9 Police Reports ....................3 Politically Speaking ...........4 Real Estate. .......................12 The fourth of July, the most American of holidays, was again marked without parades or city-sponsored fireworks due to budget cuts but it did not stop residents from celebrating. Seen here is a skydiver with the American flag at the Torrance Centennial Celebration. Photo by TerriAnn Ferren. Sports ...................................5 City Council Previews Del Amo TerriAnn in Torrance .........6 Fashion Center Renovations By Dylan Little mall. The mall will not look anywhere near and going to other places in Southern California On Tuesday, the Torrance City Council heard how it looks today,” said Scotto. “When 2015 to shop, they’re going to stop in Torrance at a presentation from Simon Property Group on comes around, I think people will be extremely our Del Amo Mall. Come Thanksgiving this planned upgrades to the Del Amo Fashion pleased with the results we’re going to have year, we’ll get the first taste of that with the Center. Chuck Davis with Simon Property Group with this mall. Instead of driving by our mall See City Council, page 2 made a PowerPoint presentation that showed a nearly unrecognizable mall. One of the major Weekend changes was to divide the mall into the “Fashion Center” (focusing on clothes and high-end retail) TerriAnn: A Lennon and “Market Square” (focusing on home goods Forecast and furniture). The two concepts would be linked but contain “subtle differentiation” to mark Reunion Celebration which area is which. The plan also contained By TerriAnn Ferren Monica. This historic building reminded sweeping changes to the landscaping and facade Last week I took a peek into one famous me of our own Torrance Women’s Club of the mall to improve its look. The “bridge” American family reunion get-together building in downtown Torrance on El Friday section over Carson Street was singled out as as they assembled from all over to not Prado--the same wood floors, the same needing work to change it from a “kind of scary” only come together and sing, but to help stage and the same sort of history stored AM Clouds/ place to drive to a welcoming entrance to the PM Sun mall. “We’ve got a lot of changes,” said Davis. The sweeping changes will take time. Work 71˚/65˚ will not be completed until late 2015. However the mall will be open, including some newly refurbished areas. Davis mentioned that the food Saturday court near Macy’s will be open for business Partly with new dining options by November. “By this holiday season--this Thanksgiving—you’ll Cloudy will have 10 new dining options next to the walkthrough Macy’s… and a full facelift of the 71˚/64˚ inside,” said Davis. “Right after the holidays, we will be tearing down much of the old one Sunday level mall. It will take us a good 21 months to tear it all down and build back a new two-level All Eleven Lennon Brothers and Sisters. Sunny mall and a new Nordstrom’s. By the holiday raise money for a multitude of charities. in the memories of each wall if they could season of 2015, you will not recognize the America’s Sweethearts The Lennon Sisters, talk. The music from the show was wide 70˚/63˚ Del Amo Fashion Center.” who debuted on The Lawrence Welk Show and it seemed as if Lennons were being Mayor Frank Scotto believes the renovations in the 1950s, are still singing. The 3rd reproduced backstage as I watched the will impress visitors to the mall as well as divert Annual Lennon Family Benefit Concert show. There are hundreds of them! The patrons from other high-end shopping centers. was held at the Women’s Club in Santa See Lennon Reunion, page 6 “There will be a huge transformation of the Page 2 July 4, 2013 TORRANCE TRIBUNE Calendar People FRIDAY, JULY 5 Torrance Blvd. For more information call Congratulations -BVEF GSPN $BMJGPSOJB 4UBUF 6OJWFSTJUZ rFree music concert for kids, 7- 8 p.m., (310) 618-5959. Lisa Tran, of Torrance, was awarded a Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business 2340 Sepulveda blvd. #D. For more informa- FRIDAY, JULY 12 Doctor of Pharmacy degree in Pharmacy and Economics with a degree in Business tion call (310) 387-5772. r &TDBQF 5P 1BSBEJTF *TMBOE %BODF BU 5IF 6OJWFSTJUZ PG 5PMFEP 4QSJOH Administration. SUNDAY, JULY 7 QFSGPSNBODF QN +BNFT"SNTUSPOH commencement ceremonies. 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