Whitley Heights, Los Angeles
Whitley Heights is a residential neighborhood in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Named for Hobart Johnstone "HJ" Whitley, the "Father of Hollywood", Whitley Heights was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
In 1918, HJ Whitley commissioned architect A.S. Barnes to design Whitley Heights as a Mediterranean-style village on the steep hillsides above Hollywood Boulevard, and it became the first celebrity community.[3] The neighborhood is roughly bordered on the north and east by Cahuenga Boulevard, on the west by Highland Avenue, and on the south by Franklin Avenue.[4] It overlooks the tourist district of Hollywood, including the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and the Hollywood Bowl amphitheater. The neighborhood was bisected and some landmark homes destroyed when U.S. Route 101, a.k.a. the Hollywood Freeway, was built after World War II.[5]
In 1991, the City of Los Angeles issued a permit to the Whitley Heights Civic Association to allow the installation of gates that would turn the community into a private enclave. Construction, funded by Whitley Heights homeowners, began in January 1991 and was substantially completed by April 1992, at a cost of more than $350,000. Construction was permanently halted in 1992 when a group called "Citizens Against Gated Enclaves" successfully sued to prevent the closure of public roadways in Whitley Heights.[6][7]
Among Whitley Heights' many famous residents have been Rudolph Valentino, Barbara Stanwyck, W.C. Fields, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, William Powell, Tyrone Power, Ellen Pompeo, Gloria Swanson, Rosalind Russell, Judy Garland, and Marlene Dietrich.[3][5]
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles County - Historic Districts". National Register of Historic Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/los+angeles/districts.html. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
- ^ a b "Whitley Heights". City of Los Angeles, Department of Planning, Office of Historic Resources. 2007-09-11. http://www.preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/la/whitley-heights.
- ^ City of Los Angeles, Department of Planning. Whitley Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone Historical Survey Structure Designation (Map). http://cityplanning.lacity.org/complan/othrplan/pdf/WhitleyHeights_SRVY.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
- ^ a b Molinar, Josef (2008-01-13), "Valentino slept here", The Los Angeles Times (Print Edition K-2), http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/13/realestate/re-guide13
- ^ CITIZENS AGAINST GATED ENCLAVES et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. WHITLEY HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION, Defendant and Appellant, No. B077760. Second Dist., Div. Seven. Mar 23, 1994 (Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Second District, Division Seven 1994-03-23).
- ^ Blakely, Edward J.; Mary Gail Snyder (1997). Fortress America: gated communities in the United States. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution. pp. 104–108. ISBN 081571002X. http://books.google.com/books?id=A6vaMkHWL_8C&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=Citizens+Against+Gated+Enclaves&source=web&ots=7zXg53qG3M&sig=AEEZkYgrf9cXQYLEkwtxAFYQKJw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result.
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