Elysian Heights is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.
Elysian Heights | |
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Coordinates: 34°05′30″N 118°14′56″W | |
Country | United States of America |
State | California |
County | Los Angeles |
Time zone | Pacific |
Zip Code | 90026, 90039 |
Area code | 323 |
Geography
Elysian Heights is bounded by the hills just north of Sunset Boulevard on the south, Glendale Boulevard on the west, Elysian Park on the east, and the 5 Freeway on the north.[1][2]
History
Elysian Heights started out as a summer getaway.[3] The neighborhood has been home to many of the counter-culture, political radicals, artists, writers, architects and filmmakers in Los Angeles. The children of many progressives attended school there during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.[4][5] By the 1930s, it was known as Red Hill, for the communists thought to live there.[3]
In 2005, the Los Angeles chapter of the Sierra Club sponsored the "Elysian Heights Stairway Walk".[6]
Education
- Elysian Heights Elementary School - 1562 Baxter Avenue [7]
Historic-Cultural Monuments
The following Historic-Cultural Monuments are located in Eylsian Heights:
- Ross House − 2123 N. Valentine Street. On September 23, 2009 it became Historic-Cultural Monument #964
Notable buildings
- Southhall house, designed by Rudolph Schindler
- Philip Dike house
- Harwell Hamilton house
- Paul Landacre house
- Estelle Lawton Lindsey house
- Carey McWilliams house
- Klock House
- Atwater bungalows - Adobe bungalows designed by Robert Stacy-Judd[5]
Notable residents
See also
The following books list hikes in the Elysian Heights neighborhood:
- Urban Hikes in Southern California [9]
- Walking Los Angeles: 38 of the City’s Most Vibrant Historic, Revitalized, and Up-and-Coming Neighborhoods [10]
At one time the home of Clara Kimball Young was an estate from Cerro Gordo St To Curran St on Valentine St. Young was a famous silent film star from approximately 1918 to 1930.
References
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