Tag: Aline Barnsdall
Barnsdall opens its crafty doors
Barnsdall Arts, which includes the adult arts center and the junior arts center and gallery, is a creative treasure trove situated high on Olive Hill. Its closure during COVID-19 was an opportunity for the city-owned property to have some much-needed repairs. Now, four long years later, it’s fully open, again. And they had a party […]
World Heritage Site Hollyhock House reopens
The only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Los Angeles, Hollyhock House has reopened. The house has been closed since before the pandemic, during which time several renovations were made. The house was commissioned by Aline Barnsdall and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Named for Barnsdall’s favorite flower, Hollyhock House was finished in 1921 and is […]
Phase 1 of Frank Lloyd Wright ‘Residence A’ rehab complete
The architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed a number of famous houses in Los Angeles. The first was Hollyhock House, built between 1919 and 1921 for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall on her 36-acre Olive Hill property above Hollywood Boulevard, on the west side of Vermont Avenue. She commissioned Wright to build a Mayan-inspired theater, cinema, commercial […]
