Spanish Colonial Revival style home remodeled and expanded in 2000 per architect's plans and Historic Protection Overlay Zone approvals, and updated further in 2011, including a completely new and modern roof, added tile and ironwork, all permitted as necessary. Refinished hardwood floors throughout with tile in many rooms. Large "Great Room" and new island kitchen includes granite counters and cherry wood cabinets. Separate laundry room/pantry, also with granite. Fourth bedroom with solid sliding wood doors can double as study. Original tiled baths in excellent condition. Five skylights spread throughout home, including one custom-built. Extraordinary amount of closet space, plus storage in 100 sq. ft. basement. Surround sound system in living room with built-ins for large library and A/V storage. Audio system expanded into Great Room and screened porch. Modern HVAC system with three separate, digital area thermostats. All new copper plumbing. Large, tiled screen porch of 400 sq. ft. facing backyard and garage, which has served as substantial workspace and art studio of 350 sq. ft.. Entrance courtyard is spacious and beautifully tiled. Sizable square footage of these last three areas is NOT included in listed square footage of residence. Back yard is surrounded by high walls and shrubbery. Neighborhood Description This is an exceptionally walkable neighborhood (one of the best in the U.S., rated 88 on a 100 scale, among the best in Los Angeles) within 2 blocks of some of the finest haute cuisine restaurants in the city and across a park (10 minute walk) from the Grove shopping area, complete with 14-theater movie palace and numerous stores, including Barnes & Noble and Apple. Adjoining the Grove is the famous Farmer's Market (like Europe in America) with outdoor eating stalls, incredible fruit stands, meat and fish stalls, and summer music galore. For culture mavens, the L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA) with its multiple buildings, large permanent collection, and traveling art shows, is a mere 15 minute walk. Adjoining LACMA is spectacular new Academy of Motion Pictures Museum and across the street the Petersen Automotive Museum. For families, the adjacent Pan Pacific Park is large and offers many amenities for adults, including exercise trails, as well as for seniors and children, with separate activity buildings for each, 3 children's playgrounds, 3 baseball fields, a soccer field, 2 indoor basketball courts and 1 outdoors. Also, the park has a new, spacious public library and an outdoor public swimming pool. The home of many sports leagues, your children will be able to walk to practice and competitions. Also, for those who are observant Jews, it's an easy walk to multiple religious institutions. Schools abound, both public and private. To elaborate on private, since public are listed above, Marlborough School (all-girls 7-12) is a 2 minute drive. Harvard-Westlake's (coed 7-12) Hancock Park bus route stops at the corner. Numerous Jewish Day Schools are within blocks. Perhaps most importantly about this neighborhood, it's a 1-minute drive to a fire station with an Emergency Medical Rescue team and a 5 minute drive to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, one of the leading patient-care hospitals and medical teaching centers in the United States (In 2023 ranked as the #2 hospital in the United States by U.S. News and World Report). Finally, as an Historical Protection District (HPOZ), neighbors are precluded from building over-scale monstrosities next to or across from this home.
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