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Roadtrip: Etan Does Idyllwild

May 20, 2022

For my 40th birthday, I visited the NRHP-listed landmarks in the SoCal mountain town of Idyllwild: a livable yellow UFO, a John Lautner cabin made of tree trunks and zig-zagging glass, a wooded State Park and a modernist tram station at 8,500 feet.

#98: John Lautner’s Foster Carling House (Hollywood Hills)

May 12, 2022

Architecture

This 1948 masterpiece by John Lautner seamlessly merges outdoor and indoor with an exterior wall that swings out at the flip of a switch and a pool that extends into the living room.

#95: Villa Bonita (Hollywood)

April 24, 2022

Architecture

This 1929 apartment complex once housed Errol Flynn and Francis Ford Coppola. It distinguishes itself from the many Whitley Heights high-rises by the spectacular vines that wrap around it, as if mama nature herself designed the facade.

#94: Victorian Homes on 1300 Block of Carroll Avenue (Angelino Heights)

April 22, 2022

Architecture

The immaculately preserved Victorian homes on Carroll Avenue in Angelino Heights make up the highest concentration of Queen Annes in LA, and serve as a proud example of preservation efforts done right

#93: Lucretia Garfield House (Greene & Greene – South Pasadena)

April 19, 2022

Architecture

This pristine Greene & Greene home in South Pasadena's Oaklawn neighborhood was built for Lucretia Garfield, the widow of assassinated US President James Garfield. Throughout its history, a former first lady lived and died here; Madonna's sister lived here for a decade; and 3 Grammy-winning albums were recorded in the basement.

#90: John C. Fremont Branch (Hancock Park) | National Library Week

April 9, 2022

Architecture

This beautiful Mediterranean/Spanish colonial revival library from 1927 fits right in with Hancock Park's tony, tasteful homes

#89: Wilshire Branch (Mid-Wilshire) | National Library Week

April 8, 2022

Architecture

The largest and costliest of the final batch of original LAPL libraries, the Wilshire Branch is a fine example of Italian Romanesque architecture, and tells the story of the LAPL's rapid expansion in the 1920s

#88: Cahuenga Branch (East Hollywood) | National Library Week

April 6, 2022

Architecture

Cahuenga Branch is the final Carnegie library built in LA, and an anchor for the East Hollywood community since 1916.

#87: Helen Hunt Jackson Branch (South LA) | National Library Week

April 5, 2022

Architecture

The smallest branch in the LA Public Library branch system, Helen Hunt Jackson Branch had an outsize impact thanks to Miriam Matthews – the first Black librarian employed by the LAPL.

#86: Felipe de Neve Branch (Westlake) | National Library Week

April 4, 2022

Architecture

An elegant architectural ode to the Spanish founder of Los Angeles, this library has been a community staple in Westlake/MacArthur Park since 1929

#85: Richard Henry Dana Branch (Cypress Park) | National Library Week

April 3, 2022

Architecture

This community library served Cypress Park for 80 years. Its architecture alludes to the life of its namesake: attorney, politician and abolitionist Richard Henry Dana, Jr., author of Two Years Before the Mast.

#84: Lloyd Wright’s Derby House (Glendale)

March 31, 2022

Architecture

Lloyd Wright's 1926 Derby House in Glendale is a Mayan-inspired temple of concrete and light, and proof that the son of the world's most famous architect was a master designer and landscaper in his own…wright.

#83: Glendale YMCA

March 27, 2022

Architecture

The Glendale chapter of the YMCA counted 17% of the city as members in 1931 – including a young John Wayne. Here is its stately Spanish colonial home.

#82: Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village (Hollywood)

March 23, 2022

Architecture

A cluster of craftsman bungalows built in the 1910s-1920s just south of the Hollywood Bowl and surrounded by mature trees. There's nothing quite like it in Los Angeles.

#81: Hotel Glendale

March 20, 2022

Architecture

Once the tallest building in Glendale, the beaux arts Hotel Glendale stands as a monument to the ambitious development that the city underwent in the 1920s