Atwater Village, Spanish Bungalow style architecture
Atwater village lies within the extreme north east corner of Los Angeles. Atwater borders Griffith Park and Silver Lake to the west, Glendale to the north and east, and Glassell Park to the south. It has three elementary schools—two public and one private.
Much of Northeastern Los Angeles was part of Rancho San Rafael, until 1902 when the entire region was subdivided and sold to home builders with the Atwater Village portion being initially named “Atwater,” while the “Village” was added in 1986.
Its location between the Los Angeles and Glendale city cores made it a highly sought after neighborhood beginning in the 1920s. The vast majority of the homes and structures in Atwater Village have never been demolished, but instead have changed in use or have been renovated), resulting in the neighborhood having one of the highest number of historic structures built before 1939 in Los Angeles. Today, the neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying due to younger buyers from adjacent areas such as Silver Lake and Los Feliz.
Atwater village is close by to the I-5, SR 134 and I-110 freeways allowing easy access to Downtown Los Angeles, and all of northern Los Angeles, Glendale, Pasadena, and Burbank. It also is adjacent to Metrolink Glendale Station, and is served by several Metro Bus lines.
Alhambra, California, is located about 8 miles north-east of Downtown Los Angeles, and is bordered by Pasadena to the north and Temple City to the east. Alhambra was once promoted as the “city of homes” due to the great variety of historic architectural styles of houses such as arts and crafts, Spanish Mediterranean, Spanish colonial, craftsman, and bungalow.
A restored Victorian Transitional Bungalow (1906), Alhambra, CA
With many desirable quiet streets, homes feature both traditional features and modern amenities. The business district and downtown area near Main and Garfield have been renovated and upgraded, offering many restaurants and retail stores to shop at. The Alhambra Unified School District provides 9 elementary schools, and 5 high schools. There are also several private schools such as the historic Ramona Convent Secondary School, a Catholic all-girls college preparatory school, St. Therese, St. Thomas Moore Elementary, Sherman School (grades 10-12) and Emmaus Lutheran, just to name a few.
La Crescenta-Montrose is bordered on the north by the Angeles National Forest, on the east by La Cañada Flintridge, on the south by Glendale, and to the west by Sunland-Tujunga.
La Crescenta-Montrose is somewhat unique in that some neighborhoods are unincorporated while the majority actually lie within the city of Glendale. Many areas off beautiful views of the San Gabriel Mountains. Foothill Blvd. runs along the southern part of the city offering shopping and restaurants, as well as easy access to neighboring communities.
There are many school options available to residents of La Cresenta-Montrose, both public and private: 7 public elementary, 1 public middle school, and 2 public high schools; there are 9 private / independent school options.
Points of interest include “St. Luke’s of the Mountains” Episcopal Church designed and built in the 1920’s by famed artist Seymour Thomas; Le Mesnager Barn, a stone barn built in 1911 being renovated as a nature and history center; La Crescenta Woman’s Club buit in 1925; Sparr Heights Community Center built in 1930 and serving as a community hall and senior center.
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Historic Hancock Park is one of the more affluent residential neighborhoods located near the center of Los Angeles and features architecturally unique homes. The neighborhood is built around the grounds of a private country club and contains about 1,200 homes within the boundaries of Melrose Avenue, Wilshire Boulevard and both sides of Highland and Rossmore avenues. Surrounding areas include La Brea, Fairfax, Miracle Mile, Mid-Wilshire, Koreatown, and Hollywood. The area is also a part of the larger area of Central Los Angeles,
There are two public (John Burroughs Middle School, Third Street Elementary School) and four private (Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn elementary, Samuel A. Fryer Yavneh Hebrew School, Bnos Esther high school, and Marlborough girls school) schools in the area. Nearby attractions include Paramount Pictures Movie Studio, La Brea Tar Pits & Museum, the L.A. County Museum of Art, and The Grove a retail shopping landmark.
The 2000 U.S. census counted 9,804 residents in the 1.59-square-mile neighborhood making Hancock Park one of the lowest density neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Hancock Park is home to many notable musicians, actors, and producers.
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Angelino Heights is known for its classic Victorian houses in close proximity to Downtown Los Angeles and Echo Park, Westlake, and Elysian Park. In walking distance to beautiful Echo Park Lake, historic architecture is plentiful, particularly of the Eastlake and Queen Anne styles Craftsman, Bungalow, Mission Revival, Art Deco, and Colonial Revival styles. See Angelino Heights homes for sale! #angelinoheights #homesforsale
The LA Conservancy walking tour allows visitors to explore L.A.’s first suburb on the Angelino Heights tour! TV shows and films such as Charmed and the music video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller!” have been filmed in the neighborhood. The community includes some of the closest single family home houses to Downtown LA. Angelino Heights is all about the houses!
Families with children find the local schools convenient: Thomas Starr King Middle School, Betty Plasencia Elementary School, King Middle School, Virgil Middle School and Belmont High School.
Sherwood Forest is a residential neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, known for plentiful trees, spacious ranch style homes, along with unique one-of-a-kind, traditional, Tudor, Spanish Ranch and Mediterranean styles, as well as swimming pools and quiet cul-de-sacs.
The newly recognized community of Sherwood Forest is located in the Southern portion of Northridge. The neighborhood received a new proclamation of its independence in 2013 with word that the U.S. Postal Service has begun recognition of the area as a valid mailing address.
“The large tree-lined tract homes in this newly named community gives it the distinction that it has been recognized by the City of Los Angeles and the federal government,” Sherman said. Councilman Mitch Englander, a supporter of officially recognizing the district by the City Council, said the ZIP code designation will add a sense of genuine community. Englander, in August 2012, won council approval of a petition from the Sherwood Forest Homeowners Association to formally identify the community for planning purposes. FOR SALE | NEW HOMES
Sherwood Forest, California
The area is bounded by Nordhoff Street to the north, Balboa Boulevard to the east, Southern Pacific railroad to the south and Lindley Avenue to the west. It includes around 1,200 properties and more than 4,800 residents.
While there is no Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest, the area has a lot of trees and it’s almost like living in a mountain community. The community of Sherwood Forest has existed, informally, for decades. In fact, the area was one of the original named tracts in the city, and the official recognition. The homeowner’s association is one of the most active in the area, and there are several homes for sale.
Sherwood Forest will remain part of the Northridge South Neighborhood Council.
The area is conveniently located close to CSUN, Northridge Fashion Center, Dearborn Park and MetroLink station.
Among one of the most defining neighborhoods of Downtown Los Angeles, the Arts District is full of industrial buildings that are now converted to modern lofts, and offers a growing selection of newly constructed lofts for lease as well. #artsdistrict #dtla
In the late 60’s and early 70’s, a handful of determinedly urban-minded artists saw opportunity in the empty warehouses and began colonizing the area, converting former industrial spaces into roomy working studios, renting space for as little as a nickel a square foot and carving out living quarters, thus inventing the concept of live-work spaces. The City of Los Angeles acknowledged the reality of the situation and in 1981 passed the Artist in Residence ordinance, which allowed artists to legally live and work in industrial areas of Downtown Los Angeles.
Art galleries, cafes and performance venues sprang up as the residential population grew, and although they are mostly a transient phenomenon, they have assumed mythical status among the urban pioneer population. Al’s Bar on Hewitt just off Traction, in particular, served up groundbreaking punk rock from the mid-70s through the beginning of the new century, introducing generations of Angelenos to dozens of emerging groups (among them, Pearl Jam). The Atomic Cafe on 1st Street at Alameda was a popular artist haunt in the late 60s and early 70s. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), created pioneering post-modern exhibitions at its gallery space on Industrial Street.
Today the Arts District remains the home of artists (though fewer starving ones), arts enterprises and many employed in L.A’s vast film and television industry. The celebrated Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), now resides in the 110 year old, quarter mile-long former Santa Fe freight depot that stretches along Santa Fe between Third and 4th Streets. SCI-Arc’s reputation as an experimental anti-establishment school of architecture is a perfect fit with the community’s somewhat rebellious self-image. The school’s student population helps preserve the areas youthful character, and has added some custom touches to local loft apartments such as Newberry Lofts.
From 2nd Street to 7th Street between Alameda Street and the LA River, the eastern edge of Downtown is totally walkable. Ths is the Arts District, where the graffiti is the art! In the 1970s, the old, industrial warehouses in this district, many of them railroad buildings, were converted into artist lofts for both work spaces and, once the AIR ordinance was passed, legal living spaces. Now gaining in community rich in character, socially conscious boutiques and some of the best restaurants and bars. The area features an eclectic mix of restaurants, cafes, boutiques, and galleries. The district has some of the best example of lofts, including:
The free, self-guided, public art phenomenon known as The Downtown Art Walk brings together art lovers and community friends to the ever evolving downtown Los Angeles. With exciting and unique offerings around every corner, downtown celebrates the arts each and every month on the 2nd Thursday. Please refer to your calendar for specific dates. Hours vary by gallery, but can typically range from Noon – 10PM.
Many of The Downtown Art Walk activities take shape in and around the galleries predominantly on Spring and Main streets between 2nd and 9th streets. However, there is a plethora of art related events and openings, activities, and special programming that take place all over downtown.
For the true art buyers and fans, arriving early offers a more relaxing stroll through the different galleries and art exhibits. As the evening progresses, more visitors descend on the area to meet up with friends and savor the local experience. Visitors and local downtowners can often be found patronizing the outcropping of local shopping, dining and entertainment establishments that have created the thriving, vibrant community
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The 2nd largest tech hub in the world, Silicon Beach is a neighborhood in the West Los Angeles metropolitan area that is home to more than 500 technology startups. Major technology companies in the area include Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, BuzzFeed, Facebook, AOL, Electronic Arts and MySpace.
These companies and their locally residing employees have generated upward pressure on home prices in Playa Vista, Playa Del Rey, Westchester, Santa Monica and Marina Del Rey.
Start-up pockets have also emerged in nearby Culver City, West L.A., and El Segundo. Other nearby neighborhoods that are attracting new tech companies include Downtown Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Hollywood.
Silicon Beach is also home to a number of start-up incubators and accelerators, such as Amplify.LA, Science, Disney Accelerator, and TechStars Cedars Sinai. Higher education institutions in Silicon Beach include Loyola Marymount University and Otis College of Art and Design.
Elysian Valley, also known as Frogtown, is the residential and industrial neighborhood on the southwest side of the Los Angeles River between Elysian Park and Glassell Park in the City of Los Angeles. >> MORE
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Of all the neighborhoods along the L.A. River, Elysian Valley or Frogtown, lives most intimately with the river. It is now the launch point for kayaking, and has a popular bike path.
Frogtown is one of a few neighborhoods in L.A. where industrial buildings mix with residences. One of the first was the 4S bakery. It was founded in 1922 by four men whose names all started with S. It moved from downtown to Elysian Valley in 1926. At some point they merged with Bimbo bakeries.
The residents are fighting its transition into the next hipster place. In Aug. 2014, L.A. Weekly described Frogtown as L.A.s hottest new neighborhood, but the residents declined the honor. Residents are not embracing change, according to the August 3, 2015 Community Beacon.
Laurel Canyon is named for it’s thoroughfare, Laurel Canyon Boulevard. However, unlike other nearby canyon neighborhoods, Laurel Canyon has houses lining one side of the main street most of the way up to Mulholland Drive. There are many side roads that branch off the main canyon, but most are not through streets, giving a rare self-contained nature of the neighborhood.
Laurel Canyon found itself a nexus of counterculture activity and attitudes in the 1960s, becoming famous as home to many of L.A.’s rock musicians, such as Frank Zappa; Jim Morrison of The Doors; The Byrds; Buffalo Springfield; and Love.
The icon of Laurel Canyon is the Canyon Country Store, on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, the most tangible relic of the area’s musical heyday. The Country Store is a neighborhood institution and a purveyor of surprisingly good wines and delicious custom-made deli sandwiches. Resolutely ungentrified by the same owners since 1982, the red-brick building still packs a flower-power punch in its psychedelic murals, bougainvillea-splashed patio.
The area continues to appeal to residents with bohemian and artistic sensibilities, in part due to the area offering some of the most affordable real estate in the Hollywood Hills West area. Since Laurel Canyon offers some small lots without a view, the neighborhood allows buyers to purchase in the Hollywood Hills at a much lower price point than neighboring areas. While this is true, the neighborhood is also home to numerous examples of modern architecture as well as lots with panoramic views. Laurel Hills is a subdivision located within the Laurel Canyon area.
