For the old timers.......
Do you remember when all those "Stilt Houses" went up around Mulholland Drive and up and down Coldwater in the late 60's/early 70's?
I never had much faith in them although most of them are still standing today. I still do not trust them because they lacked diagonal triangulation.
My mom has a high school friend who was a contractor and built many of the "Stilt Homes". I remember as a kid visiting one and him saying "people have no right putting a house on the side of a mountain in mid air". I also remember Irwin Allen's movie Earthquake where they all fell down.
I came across this photo of homes under construction on Mulholland. Reminds me of that quote long ago. Notice to the right some nut is on a swing off the balcony?
Judging by the backdrop this appears to be east of Laurel Cyn.