{"id":4905,"date":"2011-10-31T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/guests-celebrate-at-district-wine-for-82nd-anniversary-of-lafayette-building\/"},"modified":"2011-10-31T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T12:55:00","slug":"guests-celebrate-at-district-wine-for-82nd-anniversary-of-lafayette-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/guests-celebrate-at-district-wine-for-82nd-anniversary-of-lafayette-building","title":{"rendered":"Guests Celebrate at District Wine for 82nd Anniversary of Lafayette Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>9:50am | <\/strong>A soiree was held Friday night at District Wine to celebrate the 82nd anniversary of the Lafayette Building in the East Village.<\/p>\n<p>Attending the festivities were Long Beach Vice-Mayor Suja Lowenthal who presented a City proclamation to Lafayette board president Kavita Rodrigues. Also on hand was Bob Shilling whose father was chief architect of the iconic East Village landmark.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Dunton, owner of District Wine along with his wife Angela, which is located inside the Lafayette building hosted the party. Photographs of the building\u2019s many unique Art Deco features hung on the wall of his establishment as well as throughout the lobby of the Lafayette, which was open on this night to the public&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059073-28663.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Jen Davis holds up a print for sale at District Wine during a celebration held their in honor of the 82nd anniversary of the Lafayette building.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059077-79183.jpg\"> <br \/><em>A guest admires a print of the Lafayette building at District Wine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059080-2527.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Bob Schilling (left) shares a laugh with John Thomas, President of the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059088-4249.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Bob Schilling, whose father was the architect that designed the Lafayette bullding in the East Village, was on hand to help celebrate the building&#8217;s 82nd anniversary. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059106-40124.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Photos on display in the lobby of the Lafayette for the building&#8217;s 82 anniversary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059113-42565.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Photographs of many unique features of the Lafayette building hang on the wall of District Wine during a party in honor of the 82nd anniversary of the iconic East Village landmark.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059122-66510.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Guests enjoy a celebration in honor of the 82nd anniversary of the Lafayette building at District Wine in the East Village.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059132-40735.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Photographs of architectural plans of the Lafayette building hang on the wall of District Wine during a party in honor of the 82nd anniversary of the iconic East Village landmark.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059147-42510.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Lafayette 15&#8211;Sharon Hays, manager of the Lafayette, dressed to the nines to celebrate the 82nd anniversary of the iconic East Village landmark.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059153-89387.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Everyone was welcome during a celebration in honor of the 82nd anniversary of the Lafayette building at District Wine in the East Village.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059159-65097.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Vice-Mayor Suja Lowenthal presents a proclamation from the City of Long Beach to Lafayette President Kavita Rodrigues to honor the 82nd anniversary of the iconic East Village landmark.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059164-57312.jpg\"> <br \/><em>(Left to right) Sharon Hays, John Thomas, Chris, Suja Lowenthal pose in the lobby of the Lafayette.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059173-91583.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Bob Schilling, whose father was the architect that designed the Lafayette building in the East Village, looks at a proclamation presented earlier by Vice-Mayor Suja Lowenthal during a celebration to honor the 82nd anniversary of the iconic landmark.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059177-22588.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Mark Dunton (right), owner of District Wine, entertains guests during a celebration of the 82nd anniversary of the Lafayette building.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059184-3493.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Outside of District Wine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059189-73122.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Four women pose beside a vintage Model A Ford outside District Wine where a party celebrating the 82nd anniversary of the Lafayette building took place on Friday.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059201-98068.jpg\"> <br \/><em>Guests enjoy a celebration in honor of the 82nd anniversary of the Lafayette building at District Wine in the East Village.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/m_image1320059208-49674.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A soiree was held Friday night at District Wine to celebrate the 82nd anniversary of the Lafayette Building in the East Village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":69889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4905"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=4905"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}