Modernist Tower Designs -- Old Towers and One Brand New One

Glassell Park will be dedicating a new wireless cell phone tower that was designed, according to the engineers, to look like other towers in the community.  Take a look at some existing towers and see the new tower at the end of this post.

This is the new cell phone tower for Glassell Park designed in a streamline moderne style.

Footnote:  With this new tower Glassell Park continues a tradition of erecting community "markers."  As noted in the introduction to the NE Community Plan:  "In recent years Glassell Park has increased its visibility and identity in Northeast Los Angeles. . . . Moreover, the community has erected attractive monument signs in the median of Eagle Rock Boulevard to announce itself to passing motorists."

Under Construction Colorful Home & Addition

At the end of a cul-de-sac and up a long stairway this house originally consisted of the structure on the right (since remodeled).  

The remodeled garage below, echoes the blue and gold horizontal panels.  

The house's setting stops just below a low-level ridgeline.

 The house is aiming to achieve a high LEED standard of construction and is associated with nearby Occidental College (never mind the Blue and Gold colors of another university).

Mystery Apartment Complex

This small apartment complex is very complicated and reeks of several modernist styles.  How it got to the end of a cul-de-sac in Glassell Park is an interesting question.  I would have never found it if I hadn't made a wrong turn (in my own neighborhood no less!).

It contains these units in the rear

 and these two in the front . . . 

Dwell Magazine Home

This home appeared both in Dwell magazine and the LA Times.  It was remodeled a few years ago and incorporates a miniature farm.

Two Mystery Houses of the Same Period?

These two houses do not reveal much of themselves from the street but from what I could see they are of a similar style and material (concrete blocks and flat roofs) making them appear to have been constructed in the same time period.

Over the wall one can see the flat roof and in front a similar style concrete block.

Anybody have any further information?

5.1.13  I have been informed by a neighbor of this house that it was designed by Allyn Morris and featured in the book "Forgotten Modern."  It was named the Bubeck house, after the owners who had it built.  As I find out more I will add commentary.

Casa de la Montana Alegre

This house was given a name -- "Montana Alegre" -- which translates to "happy mountain."  The name has a triple meaning;  it sits on on top of a mountain ridge, is the feminine version of my last name, and I want everyone in it to be happy.
  I designed and built it in 2009.

All the photographs, except the sunset view, were taken by professional photographer Tatsu B-Ikeda.

2012 New House

This home was the cover feature of an LA Times February 16, 2013 story.  The text accompanying these pictures in the story refers to the home as located in the adjacent community, not in  Glassell Park.