Walking LOOKING at grand houses of HANCOCK PARK, Los Angeles

[@RAFAELCM11]

Now this is real Old Money. No flashy cars or any of that. Just elegant homes.

[@hollywoodambience]

old money!

The ugly, modern cars parked in the driveways of some, really mess up the look of the homes!

[@jimbo1637]

God, I wish this kind of architecture was still popular...

[@hollywoodambience]

me too

[@amyyafengliu4845]

Every house has its own character and charm!

[@hollywoodambience]

yes lots of charm

[@anamericanman]

I used to live in Koreatown and regularly walk these streets for exercise, and I remember well the opening house in the vid. This was 2006 and we had some 100°F days then. About a block away I stopped and asked an elderly woman watering her plants for some water from the hose, she went inside and got me a bottle and we chitchatted a minute. I asked her then, "Let me guess, that one is about $10M?" She said yes but that they had F'd up the inside, changing out all the antique charm.

[@steelpaine9932]

Gothic, French Normandy, Spanish Mediterranean, New England, what I love about LA architecture. That last home was probably my favorite, stunning.

[@mecruzn]

Thanks for uploading. Love the old architecture of these homes. Nice background sound of the birds!

[@williamfahey6066]

This was nice to see. I have not been in that area in years and I had forgotten how beautiful it is. Thank you so much, Jeff

[@hollywoodambience]

InIn July 1948, singer Nat “King” Cole and his new wife, Maria, were just beginning their lives together. The legendary crooner of standards including “The Christmas Song,” “Nature Boy,” “Mona Lisa,” and “Unforgettable” had spent the last decade of his young life on the road, and he was eager to settle down and start a family. When they were not traveling, he and Maria, a singer and socialite of impeccable lineage, made-do by staying at LA’s Watkins Hotel. So, Maria hired a real estate agent named Joe Bradfield, and the couple started looking for a grand home fit for a king. @19:38 Nat King Cole Residence.

[@hollywoodambience]

la.curbed.com/2018/12/20/18140283/nat-king-cole-house-los-angeles-housing-segregation

[@forward_ever_ever2595]

The home at 10:59....their lawn/garden is pristine!!! All the homes seem to have Spanish architechtural influence....very nice though

[@sophrosyne3760]

I'm guessing that a motherlode of chemicals makes these lawns so immaculate.

[@marinedrive5484]

Just lovely, and as Diane just mentioned your videography captures the historical charm of these residences and their gardens perfectly.

[@hollywoodambience]

thank you for watching and subscribing. I tried my best

[@diane4094]

Thank you for the serene stroll. I love how your camera pans very slowly allowing me to drink in the scene without having to squint.

[@hollywoodambience]

Hello Diane, thanks for the compliment and thanks for watching and subscribing

[@brucebeamon5460]

At 10:57 that home was absolutely stunning…And the grass looked as if it were green velvet ~ was it even real ?

[@hollywoodambience]

yes I was thinking the same thing. I look at the grass and I think that it's artificial because it's just so green but I look closer and it's actual grass. They spend a lot of money and attention on gardening

[@Chopperdoll]

I wonder how many people are posting on Next Door. Stranger filing my house 😂 I love Hancock Park. I’m glad our home isn’t that close to the next door neighbors.

[@hollywoodambience]

do you live in Los Angeles ?

[@samuelmuiruri4704]

Lovely 🌹

[@albertmyers7176]

Very nice , thank you

[@hollywoodambience]

thank you my friend

@11:10, my jaw dropped! Just look at that grass, OMG!

[@dhutch457]

Thank you for another great walking tour through beautiful Hancock Park. It would be interesting to know the story behind these homes, who their architects were, their owners both past and present, etc. What I find so special about the Hancock Park area is that these are not tear down properties like you find through so much of Los Angeles.

[@hollywoodambience]

there are restrictions of what you can build and what you can tear down. A historical committee makes sure that they are preserved.

[@dhutch457]

@@hollywoodambience And that is as it should be, IMHO. So many beautiful original homes have been lost to someone else's "dream".

[@hollywoodambience]

unlike Beverly Hills

[@Terry11111]

I love this.. thanks for the video. Subscribed 👍

[@hollywoodambience]

thank you for watching and thank you for subscribing

[@violamateo-on8pc]

7:15 THAT'S a house!

[@garyhinton1609]

The lawnmower, dog barking, and birds singing sound like they are added in later?

[@hollywoodambience]

hi those are the real sounds. there seemed to be a lot of birds that day

[@simonhough]

some people sure are paid well to up keep these Hollywood type houses .makes me think of sunset boulevard and whatever happen to baby jane movies.

[@hollywoodambience]

the baby Jane house is on McFadden Ave. I was gonna do that street next

[@DougB-pg1tf]

Classic beauty! This is what Beverly Hills should look like-minus their show off modern mansions.

[@boobooboo68964]

What a stunning neighborhood. Always makes me wonder why LA (I don't live there) is so against having more historical districts compared to other large cities. So many gorgeous estates knocked down. I live near Seattle and we have quite a bit preserved. I have been house-bound for the past few months due to an injury; I just love watching your videos!

[@hollywoodambience]

hey thank you for watching them. It's expensive to have an historical district. There are a lot of rules and developers are constantly trying to build other things.

[@hollywoodambience]

thank you for watching and hope you are feeling better

[@hollywoodambience]

Staff's House f (James Spader ) from Pretty in Pink 1986. @01:45

[@hollywoodambience]

www.iamnotastalker.com/2012/05/03/steffs-house-from-pretty-in-pink/

[@hollywoodambience]

@25:14. Howard Hughes house is for sale! $23,000,000. here are more photos

[@hollywoodambience]

www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/211-S-Muirfield-Rd-90004/home/7095739

[@marybetheby5184]

Cant get enough of this place! Thanks for anothwr great tour.😎👍🤎

[@van9139]

Coincidentemente, no *vídeo anterior* de casas, em amei a casa em 10:30 - e neste vídeo meu coração também ficou feliz pela casa em 10:34 💛

[@hollywoodambience]

muitas casas muito bonitas em Hancock Park

[@hasaneurope4603]

16:33

[@kaivrock]

I always laughed at midwesterners complaints about Los Angeles houses, "one house is Spanish and one next door is colonial" blah blah. What should they all look the same like they do in Akron?

[@hollywoodambience]

yes all of the houses were individually built by good architects. A subdivision but not where one person built all of the houses in the neighborhood

[@gridley]

The Adams district from over 90 years ago preceded Hancock Park. Before that, areas like Angelino Heights & sections of Bunker Hill were created. Sure, it's easier doing things a better way when time, skill, money & resources are available. However, did other sections of LA (eg, your "Dystopian Streets of LA"), particularly built around the Great Depression to the years following WWII (when Cadillacs had fins & I Love Lucy was on TV), go into a visual slump because of a lack of money or too much of a "I don't give a damn" attitude? Areas like Van Nuys, Lomita, Palms, Mar Vista, Bellflower, etc, built largely before the mid-1960s, indicate the distant past vs today wasn't exactly rosy either. So when people say, "Calif used to be nicer years ago" or ".LA was better back then," etc, do they really know the overall history of LA & the US in general? Or when people proclaim, "NYC is greatest city in the world!," do they know what cities like London, Paris, Tokyo, etc, are like?

[@hollywoodambience]

good point. I love LA!

[@Fishbite9]

Interesting that there’s no sign of life in any of these houses. A few cars but that’s about it.

[@hollywoodambience]

they are super conservative and sort of restrained. They park the cars in the back and they like it quiet

[@Gan1medes]

These deserted places always remind me of movies with psychopaths.

[@hollywoodambience]

like Psycho!

[@Gan1medes]

@@hollywoodambience and The Amityville Horror.

[@hollywoodambience]

@@Gan1medes here is the house from nightmare on elm street kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHyqnaefgMqVoNksi=ZZBMBMDfYKdTs6aO

[@elena9491]

Hudson blvd. В честь кого то назвали?

[@hollywoodambience]

yes that is Hudson Blvd

[@williamjacobs9065]

Which one does Mad Maxine Waters live in?

[@hollywoodambience]

Maxine Waters! Let me look

[@hollywoodambience]

Yes you are right she does live in this neighborhood

[@simayaturner6648]

Now this is memorable. Those columns and decadent furnishings make the house shine.

It's funny to see some of these people trying SO hard, to be impressive, and mother nature is having NONE of it! The grass, the hedges, the plantings, all, struggling to meet expectations, only to end up disappointing the homeowner, bringing him only closer to the realization, that this world's a bitch to some, no matter HOW much money you have.