[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This self-guided walking tour explores West Hollywood’s most historic and culturally significant landmarks, and portrays the various forces that have helped to shape West Hollywood today. This tour is designed to introduce the rich historical and cultural fabric...

14 December, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Harper District is a collection of unique apartment buildings featuring excellent examples of some of the architectural styles revived during the 1920s and 1930s. While apartment living gained unprecedented popularity in the area generally, developers built an...

09 November, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2427" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The Mediterranean Revival structure incorporates arched apertures with subtle quoining, ornamental ironwork, red-clay tiles on the roof and stairway and a band of decorative glazed tiles. It has a flat roof, with a gabled parapet...

09 November, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2426" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Elwood Houseman was the builder and Julia Morgan was believed to have been the architect of this two-story Monterey Revival courtyard apartment building.  The Monterey Revival imagery of the building is conveyed through the use...

09 November, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2433" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]A year after completing plans for La Fontaine and Romanesque Villa, Leland Bryant designed another apartment building in the district called Casa Granada, commonly known as Harper House.  The restrained Churrigueresque styling evoked a luxury...

09 November, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2432" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This Spanish Colonial Revival building, designed by Arthur Hawes, continues the courtyard housing tradition in the district.  The structure consists of three wings that form a narrow courtyard.   The centrally located court resembles a Spanish...

09 November, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2431" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]In 1928, Michael and Isaac Mann commissioned Leland Bryant to design an apartment building at the corner of Harper and Fountain Avenues. Bryant combined Spanish Colonial Revival and Churrigueresque style was named after the 18th...

09 November, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2430" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This Spanish style courtyard apartment building was built and designed by Arthur and Nina Zwebell. It is considered their first architectural and aesthetic triumph.  The courtyard features a stone fountain, large outdoor fireplace and dense...

09 November, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2429" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Four Gables, designed by Leland A. Bryant, is a sixteen unit apartment building in the French Chateau style.  The structure exhibits both gothic and tudor elements or “Tudorbethan.”  Over the years, it was home to...

09 November, 2016

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2428" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This courtyard complex of seven maisonette apartments is of Spanish Revival style with extensive Moorish detailing.  The use of Moorish design elements is attributed to the Patio’s original owner, a physician who had traveled widely...

09 November, 2016