Walk With a Doc
As you may be aware, “Walk with a Doc” started in Columbus, Ohio, and we are privileged to have an active program in Culver City thanks to Vice-Mayor Jeff Cooper, Jeffrey Penso, MD, Sarah Carpenter, MD, and Grace Elliot. The walks have traditionally taken place on the third Saturday of the month, from Veterans Memorial Park. After a warm-up with Brandon Webb, and pertinent info from one of the “Docs,” participants enjoy the suggested route at their own pace.
The Culver City Historical Society’s first partnering with this program was designed to thank organizer Grace, and ended with a tour of the Historical Society Archives. “Doc” Penso, a member of the Historical Society, has encouraged partnerships with other walks (expanded walks that focused on local points along the local route from Veterans Park, and others through Downtown Culver City, The Culver Studios, and the Helms District). In honor of our Centennial, our Culver City Historical Society will partner again to offer a unique historic perspective to selected tours during this celebratory year.
October 15, 2016, at 8:45AM, Downtown Culver City will be the first of these informative exercises! As your city historian and founding member of the Society, I am pleased to act as your tour guide. We will begin this Centennial walk from City Hall through Downtown. (Complimentary parking is available under City Hall). Culver City Historical Society docents will be stationed along the route to offer insight into some of the historic sites along the way. For example, past president Stu Freeman will be stationed at the Akasha restaurant entrance of the Hull Building. Stu will offer the Freeman family perspective, ownership that dates back to his grandfather’s purchase of the historic structure. If you would like to be a docent in front of another historic site, please call the Historical Society office (310-253-6941 or email info@CulverCityHistoricalSociety.org with your contact information). To get more information about being a walker in Walk with a Doc, check their website or Facebook page!