Angelino Heights, a tiny enclave nestled between Chinatown and Echo Park, is home to unique architecture in L.A.
n one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, in a more than 100-year-old, rose-colored California Craftsman, Andrea Martinez Gonzalez points to a doorbell at the bottom of one of the homes’ two staircases.“That’s for the servants,” explained Gonzalez, the homeowner.
The neighborhood is Angelino Heights, a tiny, enclave nestled between Chinatown and Echo Park. It sits more than 500 feet above downtown — hence the name — with sprawling views of the city. “Back then” was the mid-1880s, when many of the quintessential homes in Angelino Heights were built. More architecturally diverse than anywhere in Los Angeles, it’s a microcosm of the city’s colorful architectural development.Gonzalez, 73, has lived in Angelino Heights her whole life.
Her grandparents migrated to the United States during the Mexican Revolution in the early 1900s through Arizona, paying “two cents to cross the bridge into the United States. No papers, nothing. Just pay your toll and you're in,” she recalled. Eventually, they bought this home in Angelino Heights, where she grew up. And as their only grandchild, Gonzalez inherited it when they died.How Angelino Heights Came To Be
Angelino Heights was founded at the height of the Southern California land boom in the mid-1880s. Built as a suburb for upper middle class Angelenos working downtown, it paved the way for the development of the array of Queen Anne-Eastlake Victorians that can be seen today.New development came to a halt in 1888 due to the banking recession. But as film studios began to pop up nearby, a second wave hit the area from 1900 to 1915, bringing the Craftsman/California Bungalow style.
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