Hollywood Heights Is Getting Official Recognition From The City

HOLLYWOOD, CA – Hollywood Heights, the small hillside enclave tucked between the Hollywood Bowl and Franklin Avenue, is getting official recognition from the city in the form of five neighborhood signs.

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved installation of the signs. There are currently none of the iconic city signs marking the neighborhood’s borders.

“Obtaining naming recognition is long overdue, and we are excited to finally have signage installed defining our historic community,” resident Todd Henricks told Patch.

Henricks is the president of the Hollywood Heights Association, which pushed for the city to put up the signs. The action was introduced to the council by Councilmember Nithya Raman.

While the neighborhood’s official name isn't widely known by Angelenos, the area is home to a wealth of landmarks, including the Magic Castle.

Yamashiro Hollywood, the sushi restaurant beloved for its sweeping views of the city, was among the first structures erected in the area, as a single-family home in 1914. Most of the houses in the area, a mix of single-family and duplexes, were built in the 1920s, according to the Hollywood Heights Association.

Hollywood Heights is also home to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Freeman House, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, and two built by his son Lloyd Wright, on Alta Loma Terrace.

And like any great hillside neighborhood in LA, Hollywood Heights has plenty of public stairs. But it also has something really unique: The High Tower Elevator, a residents-only lift that services a section of homes that can only be accessed on foot. You can read about some of the neighborhood’s pedestrian-friendly paths in Charles Fleming’s “The Secret Staircases of Los Angeles.”

“The Long Goodbye” and “Dead Again” are among the movies that were shot in the area.

Markers will go up most notably at the busy stretch of Highland Avenue at Camrose Drive, across from the Hollywood Bowl parking lot; as well as on Franklin Avenue at Hillcrest Road, Orchid Avenue and Sycamore Avenue; and at La Presa and Camrose drives.

To read more about the neighborhood, visit Hollywood Heights Association’s website.