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Here in Northeast Los Angeles, we have amazing homes of every size, style and description; from small cottages built in the 1800s, to mid-century modern and newly built contemporary.

In my quest to properly name the styles of homes in my neighborhood, I have been buying and reading architectural textbooks.

One small volume I bought is titled "What Style Is It" and there are a couple sentences in the introduction that so perfectly describe the homes in Northeast Los Angeles, I just had to quote them here:

 

"Many buildings defy stylistic labels.  They may represent transitional periods when one style was slowly blending into another; they may exhibit the conscious combination of unrelated stylistic elements for a certain effect; or they may be the product of pure whimsy or eccentricity."

 

Mount Angelus Neighborhood, Highland Park, Northeast Los Angeles

Pure Whimsy and Joyful Eccentricity abound in Northeast Los Angeles.  Enjoy!

 

 

4 Comments on "The product of pure whimsy..."

MAR
06
2010
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That's one thing I TOTALLY miss about LA ~ the old art deco and Spanish style homes . . . where's that one? South Pasadena?
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English Tudor mixed with dusty???? You see a lot more funky stuff on the East Coast than in L.A., I think.
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Candice, That storybook/tudor/whimsical is in the Mount Angelus area of Highland Park.  Near where York Blvd. and North Figueroa cross.  Just sort of around the bend from my own home.

Melissa, Hey, I think it would be fun to have an East Coast/West Coast shoot-out.  We post photos of our interesting architecture; they post photos of theirs.  But I suppose if some of the rural upstate folks with their rustic barns and farmhouses get in the act, they would be tough to beat.  :-)
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07
2010
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Looks like something out of Mother Goose.  Where are Hansel & Gretel?  In the midwest, we seem to be more pragmatic...with Frank Lloyd Wright, prairie, etc.  But, there are still a few that defy logic.  Thanks for the photo! 
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