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Interview with Good Morning America with David Kramer

Architectural congruence had no place in early Los Angeles. Nowhere was this truer than on the famed Bellagio Road. The roaring twenties ushered in an era which propelled Bel-Air into fame until today. As acres were being bought left and right, businessmen, oil men, and studio men all lay their unique architectural cornerstone. Spanish, English […]

St. Cloud Mansion and Its Hollywood Stars

The Great Estates: St. Cloud Road For decades in the mid-20th century, a 10,000 square foot Bel Air mansion exchanged hands of the most powerful people in Hollywood. In 1934, director Frank Capra purchased the St. Cloud Road Estate to celebrate one of the most successful years in Hollywood history. His film, “It Happened One […]

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Ellen DeGeneres Now Owns Maybe the Best House in L.A.!

1/10/2014 11:12 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF EXCLUSIVE Ellen DeGeneres just bought an amazing house in one of the ritziest areas of L.A. — TMZ has learned. The house is so baller it has a name — The Brody House. Real estate sources tell TMZ … Ellen paid $39,888,000 for the property. As for what […]

The “Charing Cross Estate” becomes the Playboy Mansion

The story behind the infamous Playboy Mansion begins in the early 20th century with the purchase of a 4.5 acre plot ofland by an ambitious real estate developer named Arthur Letts Jr. Pursuing his father’s vision for the Westwood community, Mr. Letts constructed an English Tudor style mansion later to be named the “Charing Cross […]

How L.A. Got One of the Country’s Largest Urban Parks

The recent premiere of downtown L.A.’s Grand Avenue Park and the continuing debate over the public use of Pershing Square has returned attention to a longstanding criticism of Los Angeles: its relative lack of parkland within the city limits. Yet, ironically, L.A. boasts one of the largest urban parks in the nation; at 4,310 acres, […]

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Dole CEO Lists Bel-Air Mansion for $30 Million

THE BILLIONAIRE’S ESTATE WAS DESIGNED BY RENOWNED ARCHITECT GORDON B. KAUFMANN. Dole Foods CEO David Murdock is currently asking $30 million for his house in Bel Air, which he originally picked up for $11 million after unloading the storied Casa Encantada in 2000. The 12,400-square foot 1927 Colonial estate has six bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms, […]

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Virtual Tour of 9653 Oak Pass Road, Beverly Hills

Check out this Beverly Hills gem!

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Beachwood Canyon House With Crazy Jim Morrison Story

2522 Verbena Dr, Beachwood Canyon Price: $1,299,000 Beds, Bath: 3 beds, 2.5 baths Floor Area: 1,847 sq. ft. Per the Listing: “Idyllic location meets Rock n’ Roll history meets private 1920’s romantic Spanish revival! 2522 Verbena Drive is a lush 3BR/2.5BA oasis, on an over 9500 square foot lot, offering panoramic Hollywood Hills views, peekaboo […]

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California Contemporary in Beverly Hills Asks $5.25M

Location: Beverly Hills, Calif. Price: $5,250,000 The Skinny: No one will ever mistake the 1970s for the Golden Age of Los Angeles residential architecture, as the exterior of this Beverly Hills Post Office home—with its dun-colored stucco and graceless lines—makes clear. It’s a different story with the redone interior as drab gives way to sleek, […]

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