Silver Lake Modern -The Skinner House by William Kesling
Silver Lake Moderne Home. The Skinner House, 1937. William Kesling, Architect. Los Angeles Historical-Cultural Monument #856. Streamline Moderne was both a reaction to Art Deco and a reflection of austere economic times. Gone was unnecessary ornament. Sharp angles were replaced with simple, aerodynamic curves. Ultimately, the designs were horizontal in their orientation, serving as a […]
Samuel Novarro House in Los Feliz Oaks
2255 Verde Oak Dr, Hollywood Hills, CA 90068 3 BR, 3 BA $4,195,000 The Samuel Novarro house built by Lloyd Wright in 1928 for Louis Samuel, a close friend a business manager for Ramon Novarro. When Novarro (best known for his role in Ben-Hur) discovered Samuel had been embezzling from him, Novarro took over the […]