Outpost Estates, Los Angeles, California
- Outpost Estates, Los Angeles, California
Outpost Estates is a canyon neighborhood of Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills in the central region of the City of Los Angeles, California.
It is located directly east of Runyon Canyon Park and centered around Outpost Drive. It is one of the original 1920s Hollywood luxury residential neighborhoods in the heart of Old Hollywood. Most of the original houses have been preserved, and Lower Outpost looks much like it did in the 1920s. ref|com1 The origin of the name "Outpost" derives from an early building on the site. General Harrison Grey Otis, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, acquired the estate from Don Tomás through legal wrangling associated with California's scession to the United States. Near Casa Don Tomás, Otis built a clubhouse on the property for entertaining which he called The Outpostref|com3.
Trivia
* In the 1920s, Outpost Estates once had a sign not unlike the Hollywoodland sign (which later became the Hollywood sign). The OUTPOST sign is still there, buried in the weeds. It was one of the largest neon signs in the world. Even the original foundation and electrical junction boxes survive.
* The Outpost Estates development was one of the first neighborhoods in the country to offer all-underground utilities. ref|com3
Education
Residents are zoned to schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District [http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/news/communities/la-re-guide10dec10,1,5153429.story] .
Residents are zoned to several three elementary schools:
* [http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Gardner_EL/ Gardner Street Elementary School]
* Selma Elementary School
* Valley View Elementary School
Residents are zoned to two different middle schools:
* Bancroft Middle School
* John Burroughs Middle School
All residents are zoned to Hollywood High School.
External links
* [http://www.outpostestates.com Outpost Estates web site]
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Notes
# cite encyclopedia | ency=Outpost Estates | edition=1 | year=2006| article=Web Site by Bob Eichol, http://www.outpostestates.com
# The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History, by Gregory Paul Williams. BL Press LLC, 2005 ISBN 0-9776299-0-2
# cite encyclopedia | ency=Outpost Estates | edition=1 | year=2006| article=Web Site by Bob Eichol, http://www.outpostestates.com
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