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Hollywood’s first 50 years, until the freeway paved paradise in 1954


2919 St. George: Hollywood House-Moving Party
Alice Blackburn invited 150 people when she relocated her Hollywood bungalow to 2919 St. George in 1948.
Nov 24, 2023


From City to Sea
Not every Whitley Heights home in the freeway’s path was destroyed. A select few were relocated, both near (within the neighborhood) and far — 40 miles away in Huntington Beach, as was the case for 6793 Whitley Terrace. 6793 Whitley Terrace (LAPL) After 28 years at the corner of Iris Drive (where its front door was located; see below), in 1950 the three-bedroom Spanish Colonial Revival was severed in half vertically and transported from the Hollywood Hills to Orange County.
Sep 13, 2022
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