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Elysian Heights, Los Angeles

Neighborhood in Los Angeles

Summary

Neighborhood in Los Angeles

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Elysian Heights is a neighborhood within Echo Park in Los Angeles, California. Located between Echo Park Lake and Elysian Park, Elysian Heights is known for its history as a prominent hub of counterculture and progressivism, popularity with artists and creatives, and steep streets.

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.

History

Elysian Heights started out as a summer getaway. 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. By the 1930s, it was known as Red Hill, for the communists thought to live there.

In 2005, the Los Angeles chapter of the Sierra Club sponsored the "Elysian Heights Stairway Walk".

Education

  • Elysian Heights Elementary School - 1562 Baxter Avenue

Notable buildings

  • Southhall house, designed by Rudolph Schindler
  • Philip Dike house
  • Harwell Hamilton house
  • Paul Landacre house
  • Estelle Lawton Lindsey house
  • Klock House
  • Atwater bungalows - Adobe bungalows designed by Robert Stacy-Judd

Historic-Cultural Monuments

The following Historic-Cultural Monuments are located in Elysian Heights:

  • Ross House − 2123 N. Valentine Street. On September 23, 2009 it became Historic-Cultural Monument #964
  • Queen of Elysian Heights - 2004 N. Echo Park Boulevard. On November 9, 2022 it became Historic-Cultural Monument #1272

Notable residents

  • John Huston, film director and screenwriter
  • Clara Kimball Young, silent film actress
  • Carey McWilliams, journalist and editor
  • Leo Politi, artist and author
  • Room 8, school cat
  • Elliott Smith, musician and singer-songwriter

References

References

  1. (February 17, 1991). "Elysian Heights: Where Individualism is the Standard (Boundaries)". [[Los Angeles Times]].
  2. (February 17, 1991). "Elysian Heights: Where Individualism is the Standard (Map)". [[Los Angeles Times]].
  3. (January 1996). "Brave New Neighborhoods". [[Los Angeles (magazine).
  4. (February 17, 1991). "Elysian Heights: Where Individualism is the Standard (Part 1)". [[Los Angeles Times]].
  5. (February 17, 1991). "Elysian Heights: Where Individualism is the Standard (Part 2)". [[Los Angeles Times]].
  6. (February 2005). "Outdoor Events". [[Los Angeles (magazine).
  7. "Elysian Heights Arts Magnet".
  8. "Memory Lane: The History and Landmarks of Echo Park Streets". Echo Park Historical Society.
  9. Lank, Barry. (October 22, 2018). "Tragedy for Elysian Heights renovator / DiCaprio-connected home for sale / Silver Lake Mid Century going for $5.125 million". The Eastsider.
  10. Vargo, Roger. (May 2008). "Room 8, The Most Famous Cat in Los Angeles".
  11. Trules, Eric. (June 4, 2014). "The Gentrification of Mi Barrio, Echo Park". [[HuffPost]].
  12. (1 June 2021). "Urban Hikes in Southern California". Bowman & Littlefield.
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