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A Mexican market. It's bustling, fun, great atmosphere. And while there, you can visit the oldest house in LA (on the same street) and walk around the grounds of the beautiful church nearby. When I was there, there were also street performers in the square at the end of the street. You really feel like you've not only left LA, but left the country! It's great - by far the best LA experience I had.
The finest Craftsman house in Pasadena, built in 1908 by architects Greene and Greene. The style is Charles Rennie Macintosh with a Pacific Rim twist; everything, down to the light switches, was specifically designed for this house. It also has a great bookshop, with a huge selection of books on design, architecture and art.
Orange Boulevard, Pasadena
www.gamblehouse.org
Look at the paintings if you must, but the external beauty of the gardens and the building itself are perhaps more engaging. The smoggy views of the city over the cactus rooftop are awesome.
On the outskirts somewhere
A little bit of sweet lyricism in the vastness, the Watts Towers are Italian immigrant Simon Rodia's outsider contribution to LA architecture.
Go. They might make you cry.
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No excuse not to visit this beauty - a classic of early modernist architecture - built sparingly from redwood, glass and concrete, with open air fireplaces, courtyards and tall bamboo hedges. Bang in west Hollywood THE best antidote to LA's frenetic pace - afterwards take a walk around the leafy spanish-style bungalows and dream of LA Confidential.
R.M. Schindler Studio and Residence
835 North Kings Road
West Hollywood, CA 90069-5409
www.makcenter.org/
open wed-sun, 11-6.
If you're going to The Huntingdon, have a drive around the neighbourhood in which it's located: San Marino. It's easily as flash as Beverly Hills, with spectacular mansions to gawk at. See how many you recognise from tv shows.
San Marino, Ca.
Is this your business?Search Been there
