Topic: Photos
On Location: Greystone Mansion
You've seen this place in the movies.
Greystone Mansion, 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills - architect Gordon B. Kaufman - English Gothic Revival - 46,000 square feet of living space - completed in 1928 for the Doheny family - landscape architect, Paul G. Thiene - gardens surrounding the estate a mix of gothic and neoclassic -
A new album of twenty-six photos from Wednesday, November 23, 2005, late afternoon is here.
Oil baron Edward Doheny gave the property to his son Ned as a wedding gift. In 1928, Ned constructed this enormous, fifty-five-room Tudor-style mansion. Six months after Ned's family moved in, Ned was shot by his personal secretary (and, rumor has it, gay lover) in a murder-suicide. Ned's widow and children stayed on until the fifties, then the family gave the property to the city of Beverly Hills, and it and the grounds are now a public park.
It may look familiar. Many major Hollywood films were shot here (see this). Read this for a detailed social and political history of the place and the times.
Samples from the album -
Named for its roof - in the background Century City and MGM offices -
Spooky late afternoon sunlight -
In the gardens - aromatic antique roses -
Posted by Alan at 20:19 PST
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