Craftsman Homes for Sale in Los Angeles
Table Of Content Rural vs Urban vs Suburban Living: Which Is Right for Your Lifestyle? Landmark California homes Craftsman-Style Architecture Natural Materials Wide and Overhanging Eaves Pillared Porches Some of the most amusing hate mail I’ve ever gotten was from choleric New Yorkers in 1998. Timed to the last episode of “Seinfeld,” my column was about the fact that the exterior of Jerry’s apartment building was not in Manhattan but was a building in L.A.’s Koreatown. If you’re rich enough, or bold enough, you could build whatever you damn well pleased. One of my favorites is a survivor, the Stimson House, a “castle” on Figueroa Street near USC, 130 years old, red stone outside and more than half dozen kinds of wood inside. It’s sturdy enough to have withstood both a blackmailer’s dynamite attack and the depredations of frat boys, who were given the boot and eventually replaced by an order of Catholic nuns. The heyday of the Craftsman style ran from the early 1900s to the late 193...