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Tag Archives: Wallace Neff
Where, Oh where have I been…?
Hello to anyone who may still be out there. I receive many e-mails asking why I stopped posting and it embarrasses me to say that I just became overwhelmed. Doing a blog is hard work as I was to discover. … Continue reading
Posted in General Announcements, Palm Springs
Tagged 2249 West Mountain Oak Drive, Albert Einstein, Albert Frey, Anna Nicole Smith, Arianna Huffington, Billie Burke, Buzz Aldren, Cameron Diaz, Carol Channing, Casa Cody, Dorothy Arzner, E. Stewart Williams, Einstein Dreamt Here, Frank B. Kellogg, Gordon B. Kaufmann, Horace Brown, Jackie Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran, James J. Walker, Jarod Leto, Jeb Bush, Jessica Simpson, Jimmy Doolittle, Jimmy Walker, Joe Mc Carthy, John Galsworthy, Joseph McCarthy, Lloyd Wright, Lord Beaverbrook, Los Feliz, Marian Morgan, Marion Davies, Myron Hunt, Oliver North, Palm Springs Historic Tennis Club Neighborhood, Paul R. Williams, PSPF, Quentin Tarantino, Reginald D. Johnson, Reginald Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Robert De Niro, Rodney Walker, Samuel Untermyer, Sentinels in Stone, T. Boone Pickens, The Committee of 25, The Committee of Twenty-Five, The Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn, Tom O'Donnell, Tracy Conrad, Wallace Neff, Walt Disney, Walter Cronkite, William Charles Tanner, William Cody, William J. Dodd, William Mead, Woodrow Wilson
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Then & Now – 4447 Cromwell Avenue
Thanks to the ever-fabulous Curbed L.A., I was tipped off tonight that one of my favorite Wallace Neff houses, the A.L. Schoenborn Residence (1924) in Los Feliz has just come on the market for $2,750,000. This is a relatively early Neff … Continue reading
Posted in Los Feliz, Paradise For Sale or Lease, Then & Now
Tagged 21510 Roscoe Boulevard, 4447 Cromwell Avenue, A.L. Schoenborn, Albert Lawrence Schoenborn, Beverly Hills Nurseries, Julius Dietzmann, North Owensmouth, Pacific States Savings and Loan Corporation, State Guaranty Corporation, Veral S. Schoenborn, Wallace Neff, Wilshire Building and Loan Association
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Lost Hollywood – The Enchanted Hill of Fred Thomson and Frances Marion
One of the great “power” couples of silent Hollywood, Fred Thomson and Frances Marion were counted among Cinemaland’s most popular pairs during the ten years they spent together in the heady twenties before their fairy tale existence was shattered by … Continue reading
Posted in Beverly Hills, Lost Hollywood
Tagged 143rd Field Artillery, 1441 Angelo Drive, 744 South Windsor Boulevard, 809 North Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills California, Charles Ray Glass, Cheesewright Studios, Frances Marion, Fred Thomson, Grace Kingsley, Mary Pickford, Paul Allen, Paul J. Howard, Paul Kollsman, Silver King, Wallace Neff
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Wallace Neff Did Not Design This House!
He designed this one. Curbed L.A. is always on the money when it comes to L.A. real estate and yesterday they pointed out the embarrasment of riches in Wallace Neff homes currently on the market including the Judy Garland/David Rose … Continue reading
Whatever Became of the “Honeymoon” Cottage?
How better to celebrate Valentine’s Day from a historic Hollywood architectural standpoint than a remembrance of Wallace Neff’s noble failure, the “Honeymoon Cottage?” Although architects and city planners had wrestled with it from time immemorial, the quest to provide affordable … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Mid City
Tagged Affordable housing, Manufactured House, Mary Pickford, Pan Pacific Auditorium, Wallace Neff
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