Thank you
odinthor. That explains a lot. "Ponet" was Belgian Victor Ponet (1836-1914), who many of us have heard of, because he was an early (1869) Angeleno, for the Ponet Building on Main St or for the fire at the Ponet Square apartments (part of the Ponet Square development centered on Pico), now memorialized with the term "Ponet door".
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Ponet (by then, one of the 6 wealthiest people in Los Angeles) died in 1914, before Ponet Terrace was even thought of, but "Ponet Terrace Syndicate"
had continued as a business name from a former project. C.T. Tryon was the sales agent for the development:
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Once called "The Acropolis of Hollywood", Tryon Ridge and Ponet Terrace are now the Los Feliz Oaks neighborhood (no longer caring to be associated with Hollywood). The
Engstrum's Artemesia was at one time on an isolated 16 acres up there, but 14 of those were sold off for development and combined with other land to make a 50-acre parcel.
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There's still streets named "Ponet" and "Tryon" in Los Feliz Oaks, but the terms "Ponet Terrace" and "Tryon Ridge" have long since fallen out of use.
An early start (1923) on development:
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A curious aside, Victor Ponet's daughter and son-in-law developed Sunset Plaza on both sides of Sunset Blvd on Victor Ponet's former ranch. Their descendants still own it and the land that the city must pay rent on for Sunset Blvd's right-of-way through it.
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