Open carports are the prime targets of the many arsonists active in L.A. county. If one vehicle ignites, the whole carport and any auxiliary parking goes up in flames. The "Encino Arsonist" was recently arrested after three or four fires were set in just a few days. Perhaps a dozen cars were destroyed. Only fully gated parking is safe.

Nice Lincoln Town Car in the Thumbnail.

History AND architecture? Yeah, you get a sub. I've also never wanted to live in L.A. before, but now it's slightly more tempting 🤯

Im in Sacramento valley and lived in one of these as my first apartment in 2012. Yes, they suck but theyre dirt cheap. Garages underneath are loud, you can hear your neighbors everytime they open theirs. Scorching hot during summertime, no central air. Neighbors smoked and it would come in our apartment every time.

Parking needs to be a priority in southern California. No matter how people try to eliminate "ICE". The average household has multiple vehicles and street parking is hoarded by those with free time. Public transportation will never reach the locations needed or wanted by the average person.

I think all housing should have sufficient off road parking.

Probably all of those will be taken out with the La puente fault, Inglewood vault, San Andreas fault, or any fault capable of a large quake. It will be like Meadows apartments in the Northridge quake just on more of a severe scale.

Funny how the carports are so small considering cars back then we're twice the size as cars are now.

these didn't aged well, alot of these are ghetto nowadays

democrat overregulation strangles all new building...

I adore bungalow corts but I never knew they had a name. In the short comedies by Hal Roach, like Laurel and Hardy and the Our Gang comedies, you see a fair amount of the stories taking place in those, then brand new, bungalow housing areas. I may be wrong, but it seems to me the famous (more accurately, infamous) staircase in the Laurel and Hardy piano delivery short was alongside what were hillside bungalows.....I'll have to watch it again..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5jUiYmbfrWGsKMsi=MuKJbm6HKQG2HJPi I believe the Dude lives in a bungalow apartment court as well, with his dancing landlord.... California's constant changing of regulations and creating new building laws and requirements are just a case of the politicians trying to help the types of builders who want to make more money or, in the case of cars, the automakers and dealerships obviously wanted to make it possible for people to own more and more cars, which is one of the reasons Los Angeles is so choked up today and why no one seems to care once they made their money. Similar to the dismantling of the streetcar system in order to replace them with buses which could help the car and tire manufacturers as well....everyone makes money and all are happy except the people who must use them.

I think they look great.

The building codes have changed. That doesn’t make these illegal.

Yeah, they were built so cheap yet they have lasted for decades. 😆

Dingbat What the

The collapsed building with Cadillac bookends … my brother in law and I toured the earthquake damaged buildings the morning of I have a picture of that same building… brought back memories…. I personally built my 2 story house in 89 and I happily watched it rock back and forth like a swaying tree that morning strong built .

I live in one in Santa Monica. 8 units. Crappy construction, made worse by noticible termite damage and landlord's hesitation at making improvements. Ugly kitchen cabinets and vinyl kitchen floor. One end unit has a private patio. One idiot tenant runs a daycare out of one of the units, and expects everyone to be OK with the noise, we're not. Has anyone ever had a neighbor who's every heavy footfall isn't just audible, but can also be felt? LMK

the folks that own them. never sell. prop 13.

I lived in a bungalow court in San Diego, 3730 park Blvd. I loved it. I only paid $1,000 a month back then. This was in 2009-2010. It was only 500 sq ft. A mini house. Built in the early 20s. The heater was under the floor. The kitchen sink was huge, restaurant style. The dining table seats were built in and would open for storage. I even had built in shelving, in the living room, with glass doors, where I showcased my collection of figurines and ceramics. It was a dream. Now they are charging an arm and a leg for it. 🌺❤️

Im normally against apartment living but id be okay with living in one of these.

What a horroble looking place to live. No space between then no greenery, power wires everywhere, traffic everywhere, my idea of hell.

They are still standing and in good shape

Slums of Beverly Hills

My sister rented an apartment in a building like that on Bundy a few decades ago. It's still there.

Cheap built in the 1950s is probably built way better than most modern structures

Then why are so high in rent

ya quisieramos tener esos feos diseños en Mexico, porque al ser casi todas las casas de cemento en latinoamerica no ayuda mucho para lo bonito de una construccion..

1) Is affordable housing actually affordable housing if only a select few people can affordable housing, and live in affordable housing? 2)One of the worst things about living in the US for me is one day coming home after work, and finding the place I was living in is no longer there. Maybe it became a parking lot. No one warned me it had happened. But that would never happen in the US?

I got half-way to the video and still it does not say why they are illegal .... (forward to 7:06 to save time)

Did anyone else learn what a dingbat was from "Slums of Beverly Hills"?

Have I got a Dingbat for you! It’s at 1347 N. Las Palmas Ave. L.A. One has “the TWIN PALMS” on the front and the other has ”SMLAP NIWT eht” on the OTHER!

I love articulate Americans 😊

Because of the lack of space, there are many houses with a similar design in japan

LOL I didn’t know what a dingbat was and I thought you were saying they are living in illegal apartments and therefore they are a dingbat. Well today, I learned something.

At 7:38 …oh look, Hell. 😱

That's crazy! Even housing is dictated by cars in USA?! That's the weirdest fetish - car.

THERE NOT CALLED DINGBATS

If there are "dingbat" apartment buildings, there should also be some MEATHEAD buildings, as well. Get my drift?? LOL!!

There are a bunch of these in downtown Sacramento, too. They are so charming and sought after. I haven’t noticed that they are being razed in Sacramento even though we’ve had a city planner here for about 20 years that has RUINED this town! 😢

6:10 California regulations killing development and driving prices up, who could have guessed…

Ideal for electric car fires?

Honolulu is loaded with these.

Should be illegal. Architectural disgrace.

Electric Car Battery fires, are the current & future danger. Better ground floor carport fire prevention or retractable track rails to pull out electric vehicles if a fire does happen. As I did hear that a modern electric car is about 2 tons in weight and the car can't be put out straight away. It is allowed to burn itself out.

Maybe that is were Archie Bunker got the name he called Edith. Dingbat.

This type of complex is common in Australia

As someone that lives in rural NC - I love the dingbats. Of course I really like mid century architecture as well.

The bikes can just ride down the sidewalk.

but doing the right thing is out of style.....

F no, this is hell for any kind of delivery or buying new, large items like sofa's, bed's etc. Just because people hate cars doesn't mean we don't still need them.