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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
I am still amazed that Los Angeles has let so much architectural magnificence go to seed. It would be the equivalent of New Orleans (where I grew up) letting go of the Garden District and the entire length of St. Charles Avenue--but being bigger, L.A. has lost even more. Not that I don't understand the economics, demographics, and geographics behind the abandonment, but I'm still staggered. Windsor Hills, Hancock Park, Bel-Air and even Beverly Hills have their charms, but one can only imagine the mature magnificence of these old Los Angeles neighborhoods were they as intact as they were in their heydays.
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A perfect example of what you're talking about Gaylord_Wilshire is the Fitzgerald House at 3115 W. Adams Street built in 1903.
This is a tuck pointers' wet dream.
google street view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fitzgerald_House_(Los_Angeles).jpg
You know a house is in trouble when an owner can't afford to properly repair the windows. The beautiful arched window has been replaced by two small windows. What to do about the rest of the window? Just fill it in with cheap paneling.
detail
below: Aerial view of the Fitzgerald House showing an apartment building next door to the west and an empty lot to the east
which is now a part of the Fitzgerald property.
below: The apartment building next door is late50s/early 60s kitsch.
It is extremely close to the Fitzgerald and obviously brings down the value of the house.
google street view
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In the aerial above, the house with the diagonal sidewalk at 25th St. and Arlington Ave. was used as the Fishers' Home in 'Six Feet Under'.
You can glimpse the roof of the Fitzgerald House on the left.
google street view
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