34.0943° N 118.2693° W
Silver Lake
Neutra's VDL house overlooks the reservoir. Mid-century hillside homes, bungalow courts and stair-street cottages.
History
How Silver Lake came to be.
- 1887
The area is first subdivided as Ivanhoe, named for Walter Scott's novel.
- 1907
The Silver Lake Reservoir is completed and named for water commissioner Herman Silver.
- 1909
William Selig opens one of the first film studios in neighboring Edendale.
- 1932
Richard Neutra builds his VDL Research House on the reservoir's east shore.
- 1967
A protest after the Black Cat Tavern raid becomes an early landmark of the gay rights movement.
Points of interest
Places that define Silver Lake
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
Disney's 'Hyperion' started here.
Walt Disney's first studio stood at Griffith Park Boulevard and Hyperion Avenue.
A cowboy's backlot.
Western star Tom Mix filmed on Mixville, a 12-acre backlot on Glendale Boulevard.
A political first.
Maebe A. Girl became the first drag queen elected to public office in the U.S. in 2019.
Silver Lake real estate
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