Description
A sumptuous showcase of the finest homes within the oldest neighborhoods of Los Angeles and environs. This volume offers an exclusive look into the classic homes and gardens within the legendary neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles. Famed for its lavish homes and celebrity residents, one unearths here a panorama of richly detailed architectural styles, from Craftsman, Tudor and Georgian to Spanish Colonial and Tuscan examples. Shown here is the estate of the good Hollywood producer and director Cecil B. DeMille, the previous Danny Kaye Area in Beverly Hills, and the glorious Arts and Crafts masterwork by Greene and Greene–the Gamble Area–in Pasadena. These works and others illustrate the wide variety of period-revival styles popular in Southern California all over its “Golden Age of Expansion” from 1899 to 1932. Lush, all-new color photographs capture the grandeur of those homes and their exquisite gardens within the present day.