tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post1383306002001424760..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: Peter Morton Does It In Trousdale EstatesYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-55107659081949189822013-01-31T15:03:10.200-08:002013-01-31T15:03:10.200-08:00I remember driving by the place a while back and t...I remember driving by the place a while back and thinking it could be revamped and updated without a lot of effort. As I'm not a fan of Hollywood Regency the mansard roof would go and be replaced either with a flat or a low hip; the house's horizontal lines could take either one. I'd also change out the driveway gates (not the one for the fans) and the topiary landscaping. It's a great location.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-24425986739858409812013-01-30T13:01:32.473-08:002013-01-30T13:01:32.473-08:00They should change the Security patrol to either A...They should change the Security patrol to either ACS, SSA, or ADT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-13331257638199907552013-01-30T10:02:08.405-08:002013-01-30T10:02:08.405-08:00I remember when Elvis moved into this house and al...I remember when Elvis moved into this house and all the excitement it caused! I was just a girl at the time, but sometimes we would sneak up the hill to try to catch a glimpse of the King. I may have even written on that gate!<br /><br />The person above seems very rude. This house is not to everyone's taste, but it's very eclectic and is perfect for Trousdale. With its unique history, it should be preserved!Candy Spellingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-17773061780588384742013-01-30T08:24:01.449-08:002013-01-30T08:24:01.449-08:00I live in Trousdale and this house isn't a gre...I live in Trousdale and this house isn't a great example of the amazing homes we have here. Sadly many are being altered beyond recognition - the mid century look is going fast. I restored my home to it's 1961 glory and it is awesome. And yes the patrol stinks. We used to have 2 cars 24/7 now we have one, it costs a lot of money, and one of the guys is a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-12778787167530367412013-01-30T08:15:10.350-08:002013-01-30T08:15:10.350-08:00Anon 7:40: here, darling, take a look, while the s...Anon 7:40: here, darling, take a look, while the site's still up. Please feel free to supply your own description! (BTW, I was raised Jewish, so in my mind "HJG" is a badge of decorating pride, not a put-down).<br /><br />http://1174hillcrest.com/<br /><br />And if the Lucile Bluth reference mystifies you, check out Seasons 1-through-3 of "Arrested Development", the most hilarious tv show ever. It'll get you ready for the forthcoming new season being shot NOW! (*squeals with delight*)Carla Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-5738133203321910202013-01-29T23:02:22.844-08:002013-01-29T23:02:22.844-08:00Peter, son of Arni. I well recall the beginnings o...Peter, son of Arni. I well recall the beginnings of the Morton restaurant dynasty. The family had a nice one story place near the lake on S. Shore Drive in Chicago (not a chic location) where I used to go for dinner while at the U of Chicago around 1960. Food exceptionally good and reasonably priced. From then on it was just a matter of expansion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-83905996766481499642013-01-29T19:40:07.146-08:002013-01-29T19:40:07.146-08:00Wow. High Jewish Gothic by way of Lucille Bluth. ...Wow. High Jewish Gothic by way of Lucille Bluth. Someone's gonna have to explain that one to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-22265730487182165952013-01-29T17:49:29.752-08:002013-01-29T17:49:29.752-08:00To Lil Gay Boy (hey girl!): the Living Room's ...To Lil Gay Boy (hey girl!): the Living Room's coffered ceiling was added later. It replaced the typical 'cottage cheese' ceiling in vogue when the house was built. Does that make it any better? LOL.<br /><br />Carla Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-71744555649920785212013-01-29T17:47:03.701-08:002013-01-29T17:47:03.701-08:00To be charitable to the children, the photos in th...To be charitable to the children, the photos in the story are from before it's recent and colorful remodel, and if you've seen the house -- which I have, many times -- it's actually quite stunning. Part Time Capsule/part Triumph of Capitalism with a definite dollop (or wallop)of High Jewish Gothic by way of Lucile Bluth. <br /><br />But its appeal is current, it's certainly big enough and luxurious enough and doesn't need to be bigger. What's more, the place has/had PERSONALITY, damn it -- and the last thing we need in Trousdale Estates is another sleek, glacial white-terrazzo-and-chocolate-alpine-wood-meets-stainless-is-brainless nightclub of a house that looks like ten others on the street. They're becoming as much of a cliche as the much (and rightly) maligned Muddleterranean McMansion motif that is the other drug of choice for the flippers in these hills who have forgotten how to tell design innovation from a dolphin. <br /><br />When these houses went up they were SHOWPLACES, often extraordinary, and I'd really like to see some of that return. Call me, Peter (you know how to reach me); and I'll be glad to give you scads of ideas how to elevate this pad to be truly ultimate. If it's a flip you really want, this one should flip people's MINDS.Carla Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-70672971774284524392013-01-29T14:57:27.009-08:002013-01-29T14:57:27.009-08:00Not being an Angeleno, I know this neighborhood on...Not being an Angeleno, I know this neighborhood only second hand through pictures and writings, having never actually poked around it myself. My sense is, though I may be wrong, that the greatest distinction here is that these are mostly all mid-century modern houses, with their sum creating a context that is perhaps greater than the individual parts. <br /><br />That context, that character, created through neighborhood design cohesiveness, is going to be destroyed if these buyers don't take the blinders off, and don't start looking beyond their own property lines. Soon it will just be another Amalfi Drive in the Palisades (which I have seen), and it will be worse for it, in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-65870960713206819572013-01-29T14:53:09.740-08:002013-01-29T14:53:09.740-08:00Mama, 12:48 is spam. She thinks she's being cu...Mama, 12:48 is spam. She thinks she's being cute but she's not. She's just trying to get some SEO juice from your fine real estate blog.<br /><br />Damn spammers.Jessenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-74626121905582283092013-01-29T13:08:42.846-08:002013-01-29T13:08:42.846-08:00Really? I see their patrol on Hillcrest constantly...Really? I see their patrol on Hillcrest constantly. What they need is to get rid of all those damn tour buses. So annoying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-26921148100942724342013-01-29T12:48:24.822-08:002013-01-29T12:48:24.822-08:00I am looking for Springfield Illinois real estate ...I am looking for <a href="http://www.melissaslistings.com/mylistings.php" rel="nofollow">Springfield Illinois real estate</a> agents. Does anyone know of somebody I could call? I would greatly appreciate some recommendations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940570663559793029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-30638971570912088682013-01-29T12:22:32.245-08:002013-01-29T12:22:32.245-08:00Trousdale Estates needs to get a better security p...Trousdale Estates needs to get a better security patrol. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-85141763032351677842013-01-29T12:12:22.598-08:002013-01-29T12:12:22.598-08:00Tear it down. Ugly,ugly,,,, UGLY. Even the star fa...Tear it down. Ugly,ugly,,,, UGLY. Even the star factor is not enough, and I am no fan of tearing down perfectly good homes to slap a bloated mcmansion in it's place. All the same, good god this place is awful. No saving grace in the structure at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-86880162424108476672013-01-29T12:00:51.953-08:002013-01-29T12:00:51.953-08:00MCM meets pet mortuary...
...although the bones r...MCM meets pet mortuary...<br /><br />...although the bones remain, not sure if this is worthy of rescue; probably the only MCM I've ever seen with a coffered ceiling (what's up with that?)<br /><br />I'd have to err on the side of restoration, but that's an awful lot of work for little or no payback -- I smell demolition.lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-3820148737295349402013-01-29T11:33:28.245-08:002013-01-29T11:33:28.245-08:00I may have to steal that gate. I may have to steal that gate. Petra'snoreply@blogger.com