Parking lot drama, wedding crashers Parking dispute between Norris, Promenade; noise dispute between La Venta, neighbors
by Dan Blackburn Two venerable and historic Palos Verdes Peninsula venues currently face threats that could result in their closures. Operators of the Norris Theater and its Performing Arts Conservatory are enmeshed in a dispute over parking at the Promenade Mall, and La Venta Inn owners are confronting neighborhood complaints about noise from wedding events. Curtains for Norris theater feared The simmering disagreement between Promenade Mall on the Peninsula owners, and Norris Theater advocates centers around 75 of the 225 parking spaces in the mall parking lot, long allocated to theater and conservatory patrons. Pennsylvania-based mall owners Stoltz Real Estate Partners are in the process of selling the property. A long existing agreement allowing theater goers to use 75 spaces in the Promenade parking structure may be impacting those negotiations, according to Gabi Ryan. Ryan describes herself as one of “several mothers with kids” in theater and conservatory activities battling to save the facilities. “Pavilion and Conservatory guests had been parking peacefully at the mall since extensions of the theater were opened in 1999,” Ryan said. She said she believes “big business is…
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