Mt. Olympus, Los Angeles
Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mt. Olympus is a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills area of the city of Los Angeles, California.[1] Considered a subdistrict of Laurel Canyon, the 300-acre (120 ha) neighborhood is known for its upscale housing and wide streets.[2] Mt. Olympus can be reached by taking Laurel Canyon Blvd. to Mt. Olympus Drive.[3]
Developed in the 1960s, around the same time as nearby Trousdale Estates, the entrance gate has decorative "Greek columns", there walls or fountains at some intersections with quasi-classical designs, and street names (Apollo Drive, Achilles Drive, Electra Drive, Hercules Drive, Jupiter Drive, Oceanus Drive, Venus Drive, Vulcan Drive, and Zeus Drive) that are taken from figures of Greco-Roman mythology and literature, namely, Apollo, Achilles, Electra, Hercules, Jupiter, Oceanus, Venus, Vulcan, and Zeus.[4] A 2013 edition of the Rough Guide to Los Angeles described the development's design as an "exercise in 1970s vulgarity that is to Neoclassical architecture what a toga party is to ancient drama, with faux palazzos, pseudo-Roman statuary, goofy marble urns, and snarling stone lions added pell-mell to charmless stucco boxes".[5] One architectural history of California described it as "reminiscent of Las Vegas casinos" with slightly smaller lots and a tackier look compared to Trousdale.[6]
There are approximately three houses per acre in Mt. Olympus.[7] The neighborhood is subject to periodic mudslides.[3] The street trees are Japanese pines or Italian cypresses.[6] The Mount Olympus neighborhood is bounded by Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Nichols Canyon Road.[8]