Elysian Heights is a neighborhood within the northern
Echo Park district of the city of
Los Angeles, California
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. It is located at the eastern end of the
Santa Monica Mountains.
Geography
Elysian Heights is within northern
Echo Park, and borders
Silver Lake
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on the northwest,
Elysian Valley on the northeast, and
Elysian Park on the east.
The area is mostly residential, with houses set on the northern hills of Echo Park proper.
Elysian Heights is largely within the
ZIP code of 90026, but also encompasses a small area of the 90039 ZIP code in its northwest corner.
Before the
Glendale Freeway
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was built, it was also part of the neighborhood known as
Edendale.
Elysian Heights is served by Elysian Heights Elementary School. The author Beverly Mason was principal there for many years, and Toshi Ito, the mother of noted judge
Lance Ito, taught kindergarten and 1st grade there for many years as well.
History
Since the 1910s, Elysian Heights, along with Edendale has been home to many of the counter-culture, political radicals, artists, writers, architects and filmmakers in Los Angeles. The children of many progressives attended school there during the 1930s, '40s and '50s.
Many architecturally notable and historic homes can be found on the hills of Elysian Heights, such as:
* Southhall house, designed by
Rudolph Schindler
* Philip Dike house
*
Harwell Hamilton house
*
Paul Landacre house
*
Estelle Lawton Lindsey
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house
*
Carey McWilliams house
* Klock House
* Judd-Atwater bungalows
* Ross House − during the 1950s and '60s Al Nozaki lived here, the famed film art director who designed the Martian War Machines for
George Pal
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's ''
The War of the Worlds'' .
The 1906 Edendale water tank and the Volunteer Fire House are also in the neighborhood.
Elysian Heights was home to "
Room 8 the Cat", at one time the most famous cat in America.
See also
*
At one time the home of Clara Kimball Young was an estate from Cerro Gordo St To Curran St on Valentine St. Young was a famous silent film star from approximately 1918 to 1930.
References
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Neighborhoods in Los Angeles
Echo Park, Los Angeles
Northwest Los Angeles
Populated places in the Santa Monica Mountains