for the love of Elle...

Elle magazine has graciously crowned me the 'go-to realtor for Silver Lake'.
Is there a higher compliment?

They also said some quite charming things about fashion icon, Heidi Merrick...
if you want to see the article, here it is.


As always, examining all things Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Beverly Hills, the Hollywood Hills, their neighbors and their nuance - and occasionally real estate...

Something from the LA home...

johnny

Fickett frenzy

One of my favorite Mid-Century architects (in the best - original - sense of the descriptive), Edward Fickett, had 2 of his homes come on the market this week. He did a lot of work up in Nichols Canyon and these 2 places are beautiful.

Beloved Lolina


Nichols Canyon

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johnny


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R.M. Schinder and Gregory Ain Mid-Century Duplex in the Hollywood Hills

R.M. Schindler, the Gordon House Remodel 1950

In the late 1940’s, Henrie and Don Gordon were hosting a dinner party at their home in the Hollywood Hills. Henrie was complaining to R.M. Schindler about the cracking in their plaster ceiling as city was blasting for the excavation of the new 101 freeway. Schindler took an envelope, retreated from the conversation and returned proffering a drawing of an entirely new living room. Over the next several years, Schindler would make his way through the entire house, leaving his indelible style on the Gordon’s home, transforming one room at a time.

2 years later, the Gordon’s agreed to board architect, Gregory Ain, in the other side of the house. Ain, who had been inspired to pursue architecture because of Schindler’s work, became quickly enthralled with Schindler's renovation and convinced his landlords that if they would only pay for materials, he would renovate the other half of the house for free.

Originally built as a hunting cabin for the Dodge family in 1912, this duplex contains two of the most seminal mid-century architects' work within the same building. It is a singularly unique opportunity to restore a piece of LA's architectural history.

Rarely do we host a listing with such a vibrant and memorialized history. To see more photos, check it out

or, go to - www.HollywoodHillsSchindler.com

As always, examining all things Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Beverly Hills, the Hollywood Hills, their neighbors and their nuance - and occasionally real estate...

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jj

Spanish Glory in West Hollywood...

We have a new listing in West Hollywood; walking, skipping, jaunting distance to the sundry epicenters of LA - the Beverly Center, the Grove, Boy's town, Sunset Blvd., Melrose and Hollywood. Check it out...

Behind the hedges and gated drive, plush gardens open to a classically restored Spanish gem. Spanish tiles and archways adorn the kitchen and open to the living and dining rooms. Custom plantation shutters throughout, hardwood floors, Central Heat & A/C, recessed lighting, wood burning fireplace and a master bedroom that opens to a manicured backyard lined with fruit trees, roses and a vegetable garden. A true sanctuary in the city.

Offered at $899,000

If you want more details or pictures, just let us know, or check out...
www.937crescentheights.com



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jj

Finally, the Number 1 Douche...

I love rankings. And, there is no ranking more consummate, more leveraged, more bandied and rebuked - than the college admission ranking list. We scoff; 'oh please, when I applied - we were #4 in Newsweek and the Princeton Review. These days they use a completely bunk criteria to assess these things... they let practically anyone in these days.'

And so, we at the LA home, proffer a new list - from our friends at GQ, 'America's Douchiest Colleges' - take a look, we know you'll find yourself in there... but the question is where?

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_10779


As always, examining all things Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Hollywood and all their neighboring Hills - and occasionally even real estate...

just a thought...
jj

Eastern Migration...

Is it me, or has the intellectual hub of Los Angeles migrated east?

There's an unsettling (or settling) pattern of cultural, artistic, literary and pop occurences happening on the east side of town. It seems like everywhere an Angelino turns - NPR, the LA Times, Los Angeles Magazine, the LA Weekly, even KCRW - the point of reference is moving east to Silver Lake and Echo Park...

Los Angeles magazine - in it's current issue - has taken notice of the Silver Lake Jesus beard... (see specimen #1).

Is the east side musing while the west side is working out?
Nothing empirical yet, but it's the beginning of a theory.

As always, examining all things Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Hollywood and all their neighboring Hills - and occasionally even the west side and real estate...

a thought from the LA home.
jj

the numbers are in...

Los Angeles Magazine, one of our cultural mainstays, has just come out with their take on the current housing climate in the city of Angels. It follows a writer's hunt into our deflated market through the ominous, underbelly of foreclosures and short sales - and finds herself canvassing a world which proves to be much more competitive and taxing than she's anticipated.

More relevantly, the article lists the "new desirables" that are budding in the city. Their key criteria; price/value, access to nature/lifestyle and quality public education (we all have friends paying $20,000 a year for their 2nd graders to learn cursive). The neighborhoods they describe are the most promising in terms of potential and payoff - places that are quickly bracing to come into their own when the market returns to a less apoplectic state. The big winners in our vast city - Silver Lake and Mt. Washington. Eagle Rock and Echo Park are also top finishers, along with Redondo Beach and Alta Dena.

And while you may not be shocked to learn that Malibu and Westwood still posted annual gains over 10% in 2007, you might be a bit more surprised to know that 3rd place went to Downtown. And, in our opinion - its surfeit of inventory and burgeoning scene are daily making downtown a better investment - and a better life.

Salud,
the LA home...

If you want to check out the entire article...
http://www.lamag.com/article.aspx?id=13874