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Construction begin today Monday, March 8th at the Leo Politi Garden on the east
side of the new Henry Madden Library
Politi, who was born in Fresno spent most of his adult life in Los Angeles but returned
many times to speak draw and paint at workshops put on by Nixon
Landscape architect Robert Boro based his garden design on Leo Politi’s art. The
plants Boro chose are typical of Los Angeles home gardens like Leo Politi’s
This is the result of many years of fund raising by the Arne Nixon Center Advocates
The Arne Nixon Center was started in nineteen ninety five when professor Nixon donated his
personal collection of twenty two thousand children books to the library.
When he passed away in nineteen ninety seven professor Nixon left the library and generous
endowment.
Today the fast-growing election stands at fifty-thousand books.
It also includes
the papers of authors and illustrators and original art by Leo Politi.
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