Holmby Hills, Los Angeles
Holmby Hills | |
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Coordinates:34°05′22″N118°25′27″W/ 34.089559°N 118.424034°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Los Angeles |
City | Los Angeles |
Elevation | 147 m (482 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-8(PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7(PDT) |
Zip codes | 90077 |
Area code(s) | 310,424 |
Holmby Hillsis aneighborhoodon the Westside ofLos Angeles, California,United States.
The neighborhood was developed in the early twentieth century by the Janss Investment Company, which developed the rest ofWestwood, Los Angelesas well as other "LA" neighborhoods. With the expansion ofSunset Boulevard,Holmby Hills was split into northern and southern sections, each lying within a different community plan area designated by the City of Los Angeles: The portion south of Sunset Boulevard extends south to Club View Dr and east toBeverly Glen Boulevardand west of theLos Angeles Country Club;it is located within theWestwoodCommunity Plan Area, but certain characteristics such as the absence of sidewalks and the presence of historic street lamps that are unique to Holmby Hills help to distinguish it from the remainder of Westwood.[2]The portion north of Sunset is the area east of Beverly Glen Boulevard and west of the city limits ofBeverly Hills,with Greendale Drive and Brooklawn Drive as its northernmost streets; it is located within theBel Air–Beverly CrestCommunity Plan Area, though it is historically distinct from the neighborhoods of both Bel Air and Beverly Crest,[3][4]as it was developed concurrently with Westwood.[5]
Geography
[edit]Holmby Hills, Bel Air, and Beverly Hills form the "Platinum Triangle"ofLos Angeles.It is bordered by the city ofBeverly Hillson the east,Wilshire Boulevardon the south,Westwoodon the west, andBel Airon the north.[6]
In an effort to decrease traffic in the neighborhood,speed bumpshave been installed on several key streets.
History
[edit]The first European on the land that present-day Holmby Hills,Bel Air,Westwood,andUCLAnow occupy was theSpanishsoldier Maximo Alanis, who was the grantee of the 4,438-acre (18 km2)Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayresfrom aMexican land grantissued byAlta CaliforniaGovernorManuel Micheltorenain 1843.[10]
In 1859, he sold it toBenjamin Davis Wilson,of earlyPasadenadevelopment, the secondMayor of Los Angeles,and namesake forMount Wilsonin theSan Gabriel Mountains.In 1884, Wilson sold Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres, at 2,000 acres (8 km2), to the nephew of leading pioneerWilliam Wolfskill,businessman John W. Wolfskill, son of Mathus (Mathius) Wolfskill, William's younger brother. He paid $10 an acre and built a ranch house, near the present-dayMormonLos Angeles Temple.
The development of Holmby Hills began whenArthur Letts Sr.,purchased 400 acres (1.6 km2) of the original Wolfskill ranch at $100 an acre.[6][11][12]He called the development "Holmby Hills," which was loosely derived from the name of his birthplace, a small hamlet in England calledHoldenby,and it was also the name of his estate inHollywood.[11][12]Letts died suddenly in 1923, before he could realize his vision.[11]His son-in-law,Harold Janss,took over the project.[6][11]
Zoning for the community, which straddles Sunset Boulevard, was designed to accommodate lot sizes up to 4 acres (16,000 m2).[6]The streets were named after places inGreat Britain:Devon Avenue afterDevon,the county in southwestern England; Charing Cross Road afterCharing Crossjunction inLondon;Conway Avenue afterConwyinWales,etc.[12]In the 1920s, English-style streetlamps were added specifically for the neighborhood.[6][11]After theWall Street Crash of 1929,grand mansions were constructed.[6]
In 2012, residents tried to be annexed into the city ofBeverly Hills,to make sure their potholes would be repaired, but this was rejected byJohn A. Mirisch,then Beverly Hills city councillor and later mayor.[13]
According to the Holmby Hills Homeowners Association website: "In the 1920s, Sunset Boulevard was a two-lane country road, known as Beverly Boulevard. It was renamed when it was opened through to the Pacific Ocean. When Sunset Boulevard was expanded into a four-lane thoroughfare, Holmby Hills was, for all practical purposes, split into north and south sections."[11]The northern section is served by theHolmby Hills Homeowners Association,while the southern section is served by theHolmby Westwood Property Owners Association,[13]which it shares with the rest of the northern Westwood area east of UCLA. However, "[i]n 2013, the Holmby Hills Homeowners Association Board has decided to reach out to the homeowners south of Sunset (and east of Beverly Glen) to grow the Association with new members also residing in Holmby Hills having similar interests."[11]
In 2000, Holmby Hills was ranked by Higley 1000 as the richest urban neighborhood in the United States. The 2017 report, however, redrew and expanded the neighborhood's boundaries, causing its ranking to slip.[14]
Community
[edit]The neighborhood is home to two parks:Holmby ParkandDe Neve Square Park.[6]The former, Holmby Park, includes two playgrounds, a nine-hole putting green called theArmand HammerGolf Course, and a classic lawn bowling, home to the Holmby Park Lawn Bowling Club started in 1927.[6][15]It is located next to theLos Angeles Country Club.[15]
TheFrederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,an art gallery named afterFrederick R. Weisman,is located on North Carolwood Street. It includes works by many noted artists, including impressionists, post impressionist, surrealist, and many more, up through today.[16]
Education
[edit]Primary and secondary schools
[edit]Public schools
[edit]Residents are zoned to the followingLos Angeles Unified School Districtschools: Warner Avenue Elementary School,Emerson Middle School,andUniversity High School.
Colleges and universities
[edit]Holmby Hills is several blocks east of theUniversity of California, Los Angeles(UCLA).
Private schools
[edit]The only school located within Holmby Hills is the Middle School (grades 7–9) component of the independentHarvard-Westlake School.The campus was originally occupied by Westlake School for Girls, which moved from its original site near downtown L.A. to the Holmby Hills campus in 1927. Harvard-Westlake was created in 1989 when Westlake merged with the Harvard School for Boys.
Notable people
[edit]- Nicolas Berggruenpurchased a 20,000 square-foot home in 2017[17][18]
- The son ofArthur Letts(1862–1923) lived in a mansion designed by architectArthur Rolland Kellylocated at 10236 Charing Cross Road.[12][19]The residence became known as thePlayboy MansionwhenHugh Hefnerpurchased it.[12][19]
- Fanny Brice(1891–1951) resided in a house built in 1938 on North Faring Road, designed by architectJohn Elgin Woolf(1908–1980).[20]Richard and Lauren King later purchased it for $15 million, and they set out to renovate it.[20]Instead, they demolished it and rebuilt a Georgian-style mansion in its place in 2006.[20]They listed the new property in 2013.[20]
- Humphrey Bogart(1899–1957) and wife,Lauren Bacall(1924–2014) lived at 232 South Mapleton Drive in a house previously owned byHedy Lamarr(1914–2000).[21]
- Walt Disney(1901–1966) lived on North Carolwood Street.[22]In 2001, his house was demolished because of the presence ofasbestosand replaced by The Carolwood Estate, owned by investor Gabriel Brener.[22][23]The Carolwood Estate has eight bedrooms, seventeen bathrooms, a wine cellar, a custom movie room, three bars, a library, a gym, two safe rooms, a pool with a pool house, a tennis court, and a putting green.[22][23]
- Barbara Stanwyck(1907–1990) andRobert Taylor(1911–1969) lived at 423 North Faring Road.[12]
- Bugsy Siegel(1906–1947) built a house in Holmby Hills, but he never lived in it.[24]However,Max Factor Sr.,founder ofMax Factor,did. Later, producerBud Yorkinand his wifeCynthia Sikeslived in the same house, but they sold it in 2010.
- Jack Benny(1894–1974) and his wifeMary Livingstone(1905–1983) lived at 10231 Charing Cross Road.[12][25]It was then sold to two businessmen consecutively, and listed again in 2011.[25]
- Armand Hammer(1898–1990), founder ofOccidental Petroleum,lived one block from Holmby Park.[6]
- Irene Dunne(1898–1990) lived at 461 North Faring Road.[12]
- Gary Cooper(1901–1961) lived in a 5,721 square-foot, four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom house designed by architectA. Quincy Jonesin 1955.[26]It was later owned byDavid Bohnett,co-founder ofGeoCities,who listed it in 2010.[26]
- Lloyd Bridges(1913–1998) and his wife,Dorothy Bridges(1915–2009), raised their children, actorsJeff BridgesandBeau Bridges,in the neighborhood.[27]
- Bing Crosby(1903–1977) lived at 594 South Mapleton Drive.[12]
- Joan Bennett(1910–1990) lived in aProvençal-style mansion in Holmby Hills designed by architectWallace Nefffor fifteen years.[28]
- Jean Harlow(1911–1937) lived at 1535 Club View Drive.[12]
- Alan Ladd(1913–1964) lived in a 9,200-square-foot, one-story, five-bedroom, seven-bathroom house designed by architectWallace Neff.It was later owned by businessman Gerard Sullivan from 1990 to 2012.[29]
- Sidney Sheldon(1917–2007) lived in a house designed by architectPaul Williamsin Holmby Hills.[30]It is now the private residence ofMax Azria(born 1949).[30]
- Aaron Spelling(1923–2006) and his wifeCandy Spellingas well as their two childrenTori SpellingandRandy Spellinglived inThe Manorlocated at 594 South Mapleton Drive.[12][31]It was sold toPetra Ecclestonefor $85 million in 2011.[31]
- Jayne Mansfield(1933–1967) lived at thePink Palacelocated at 10100 Sunset Boulevard.[12]It later became the home ofEngelbert Humperdinck,but was demolished in 2002.[12]
- Ernest Carroll Moore(1871–1955) lived on Woodruff Avenue.[32]
- Claudette Colbert(1935–1963) 615 North Faring Road.[33]
- Barbra Streisandlived on North Carolwood Drive, as didClark Gable(1901–1960), andGregory Peck(1916–2003).[12][19]
- Sean Combs(born 1969), founder of Bad Boy Entertainment, as well as rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, record executive, actor and entrepreneur
- Frank Sinatra(1915–1998) lived on North Carolwood Drive in the late 1940s.[12][34]His house was later owned byBrad Grey,CEO ofParamount Pictures,who demolished it in August 2012 to sell it as an empty lot for a new construction.[34]
- In 1989,Casey Kasempurchased a home built in 1954 and located at 138 North Mapleton Drive, previously owned by developerAbraham M. Lurie,as a birthday present for his wife,Jean Kasem.[35][36]In 2013, he listed it for $43 million.[35][36]
- In 2009,Michael Jackson(1958–2009)diedin a rented mansion in Holmby Hills.[19][37][38]The house, designed by architectRichard Landry,belonged to Hubert Guez, CEO of the clothing lineEd Hardyand his wife Roxane.[38]Steven Mayer, a senior managing director at Cerberus Capital Management, purchased it for $18.1 million in 2012.[38]
- W. Howard Lester,former CEO ofWilliams-Sonoma, Inc.,lived in an 18,000-square-foot seven-bedroom, thirteen bathroom mansion with a wine cellar, a billiards room and a gym in Holmby Hills from 2004 to his death in 2010; the house was listed for sale in 2012.[39]
- Jon Feltheimerlived in a 6,400-square-foot, five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom house built in 1927 in Holmby Hills from 2009 to 2011.[40]
- Neil Diamondlived at 161 South Mapleton Drive.[12]
- Donald Brenlives in Holmby Hills.[13]
- Bradley Belland wifeColleen Bellresides in Holmby Hills with children.
- David I. Sapersteinand his ex-wife Suzanne Saperstein builtFleur de Lysin 2002. It was designed by architect Richardson Robertson III. After their divorce, the mansion spent many years on the market, with many rumors floating regarding its sale. The property eventually sold in March 2014 for $88.3 million to an anonymous buyer[41]
- Jeremy Rennerand Kristoffer Winters purchased an art deco-style mansion called The Reserve in Holmby Hills for US$7 million in 2010 and renovated it with the help of architect Phillip Vertoch.[42]They then sold it for US$24 million in 2013.[42]
- Kylie Jennerbought a $36.5 million mansion in Holmby Hills.[43]
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