The Samuel Freeman House is defined by its exterior of twelve thousand cast-concrete blocks, each textured with complex, pre-Columbian designs. Completed in nineteen twenty-five, the residence is one of four experimental textile-block…
Hollywood Heights Hidden Stairs
This walking tour climbs the pedestrian-only concrete staircases, secluded residential terraces, and historic architectural hillsides of Hollywood Heights. You will experience a quiet, car-free neighborhood of rustic canyon cabins, sweeping city views, and legendary modern homes.
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1. Samuel Freeman House by Frank Lloyd Wright
2. Paramount Stairway
The Paramount Stairway is a steep, concrete public staircase that snakes up the hillside of the Hollywood Heights neighborhood. It acts as a pedestrian link between the residential streets tucked into the slopes and the lower-elevation…
3. Alta Loma Terrace
Alta Loma Terrace is a quiet, leafy pedestrian pathway hidden in the Hollywood Heights neighborhood where cars are entirely absent. Because the hillside terrain was considered too steep for automobiles when the area was developed in the…
4. Residence of Kurt Cobain 1992-1993
The residence at sixty-eight eighty-one Alta Loma Terrace is a nineteen twenty-one Craftsman-style house with Japanese influences. Perched on a ridge in the Hollywood Heights neighborhood, the three-story structure is recognizable by its…
5. Otto Bollman House by Lloyd Wright
The Otto Bollman House is a residence constructed between nineteen twenty and nineteen twenty-one, marked by a distinctive ribbon of cast concrete blocks along the top of its otherwise smooth, flat walls. Designed by Lloyd Wright, the…
6. Broadview Terrace
Broadview Terrace is a hillside enclave in Hollywood Heights defined by its lack of conventional streets. Instead of roads for cars, this neighborhood features pedestrian-only paths and stairways that wind through a mix of Mediterranean,…
7. High Tower Elevator Association
The High Tower stands five stories tall, a concrete campanile rising above the steep hillside of Hollywood Heights. Built by a bridge engineer in nineteen twenty-two, this tower operates as a private elevator, sparing residents from the…
8. Yeager Place
Yeager Place is a small, winding residential street tucked into the hillside of the Hollywood Heights neighborhood. The street is marked by its quiet, steep incline, positioned directly behind the landmark Hollywood Bowl. Many of the homes…