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Originally Posted by rcooled

As long as we're talkin' FLW, here's one of his homes located right in downtown L.A. The Hollyhock House, completed in 1921, is definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.







View from the terrace takes in the Hollywood sign and Griffith Observatory ↓

The Hollyhock house is in Barnsdall Park, on the eastern edge of Hollywood right off sunset Blvd about 7 miles from downtown LA. The Ennis House is up in Los Feliz about a mile north from Hollyhock House in the residential section, just less then a 1/4 mile south of the Greek Theater. God only know how much I suffered running in those hills training for X-country back in high school. School is about a mile from there. Lloyd Wright, son, did the Sowden house less then a mile west of there, still in Los Feliz if you are interested.

There are a bunch of interesting homes designed by famous architects within a 5-10 miles rad. from that location. I worked for a designer who lives in a Lloyd Wright house up off Mulholland Dr. This house is interesting. It sits on a few large boulders that acts as foundations but some of the boulders is half way into the house. Cool house, but I looked at the slippage for him but he didn't want to repair it for the fear of losing value due to repairs and no longer original.