I live on the Westside and am usually walking my pooches at Pacific Palisades Park, Venice Canals or parks but Castellammare Dr. near Sunset & PCH is a gorgeous neighborhood walk with ocean views and hidden stairways and of course gorgeous homes. Heading north turn right at Revello Dr. to walk the loop. All the westside neighborhoods north of San Vicente are interesting with million $$ homes. For a steep street workout park at E. Channel Rd. (near the SM Stairs) to Amalfi Dr. My GF lived in Los Feliz on Lyric Ave. & we enjoyed the walk to the 4000 block of Holly Knoll Dr. & go up the hill, turn R on Myra to get back. Happy walking!
Thank you, gonna check out Revello. We just put out a new vid and in it is Amalfi Dr. and also Lyric in Franklin Hills. You obviously have great taste!
i grew up in Los Angeles, but i think took it for granted . now that i'm older and wiser and have travelled the world and back, i really appreciate my hometown now. so many beautiful little nooks and crannies
I live in Koreatown right at the edge of Hancock Park and go jogging there every other day. Makes jogging much more pleasant being around those houses.
Hancock Park, Pasadena (anywhere really), Santa Monica (north of Montana) and Westwood (east of UCLA) are the best neighborhoods to go for a walk in LA!
The hills in Silver Lake have great walks and epic views. One hill, around Micheltorrena and Landa Street Stairs, is a great walk. Another is around the Reservoir near Landa St and W Silver Lake Dr.
Silver Lake is wonderful. The Mount Washington neighborhood near the Southwest Museum reminds me a little of Silver Lake and is another interesting area, though really hilly.
Wow! Totally amazing neighborhoods. I grew up in Burbank. While Burbank's not as glamorous as these neighborhoods it was still a cool place to live. This video makes me miss California for sure lol 😃
Yeah, Burbank is still a cool place to live. Our oldest granddaughter went to Burbank High and we live in Studio City so we're there a lot. It hasn't changed much in the last 20 years! We were technically on the border in the Toluca Lake video when we were on Clybourne St, but we were on the LA side. Anyhow, thanks for commenting!
I am fortunate to have spent time in almost all of those neighborhoods excluding Pasadena.Beng a native of LA most of those neighborhoods are well known to me. I grew up in Studio City, but spent a lot of time in LA in the Mid Wilshire and Korea Town areas. I had friends in Sherman Oaks and Toluca Lake, I had cousins that lived up in the Hollywoods Hills, Echo Park, and Beverly Hills, and spent a good amount of time in Santa Monica my favorite place to hang out.
You need to see Pasadena before it is completely overrun by townhouse communities. Grand Avenue, Orange Grove, and Arroyo Drive (not Parkway, Arroyo Parkway is farther east) from north Pasadena to South Pasadena (incorporated in 1888) have some nice walking neighborhoods.
Great video. Thanks for sharing!! Can’t wait to check out some of these neighborhoods. A couple our faves... Valley Village neighborhood between Riverside & Laurel Canyon is one of my favorites. It is quiet, clean, and big beautiful homes. South Pasadena off Mission & Meridian St. is a great neighborhood to walk and check out Michael Meyers and Laurie Strode homes from the movie Halloween. One more... Studio City on both sides of Tujunga Ave. between Moorpark & the LA River. Big homes, quiet neighborhood and don’t forget to check out the Brady Bunch house on Dilling. 👍😀
Thanks for the info! I'm in Studio City so I'll check out the Valley Village one. The Tijunga one we walk pretty much once every couple months, sometimes it doesn't occur to us to film it.
Tim, This was amazing and really gives great insight into the oldl world feel of LA. There are too many negative vids out there focusing on the downside of life in California - so this is a breath of fresh air .☺ Keep on walking!!!
I'm so glad you liked it. This video in particular was just a few of the neighborhood walks my wife and I have been doing since the Covid restrictions. Now that things are opening up I think we're going to continue checking things out. There are some really beautiful places in the city. I just gotta remember to bring my camera!
@@RockessentialTim When Hometown Buffet - haha - runs out of fried chicken or pecan pie? Yes, your video posts are just that good. I’ll wait and be grateful when you replenish the feed. So good.
@Hiling4Life: Oak Grove Park (it is the "disc park," we knew it as the "Frisbee golf course" growing up). Linda Vista and Highland are nice, too. Devil's Gate dam is there, though I have not been up there in decades. If you head up the hills from the west side of the Rose Bowl you will find smugglers' routes that will take you into La Cañada.
Hi Tim! This was amazing! I love all the beautiful neighborhoods you showed! Hancock Park is gorgeous! I love the Santa Monica vintage cottages, they're so pretty! Awww, you went to my hometown, Pasadena! Pasadena is a jewel and full of the most beautiful neighborhoods and homes! We're known for our Victorian era homes, Tudors, Cottages, Craftsman and Bungalows. Orange Grove also has the Wrigley's mansion and is where the Rose Parade starts. South Grand is one of the most loveliest neighborhoods in Pasadena. Glad you visited! Toluca Lake is one of my favorites, too, small and nice! Oh, I love how you show the old beautiful neighborhoods of California! We have such a beautiful state! You always show us the best of California! This was amazing, Tim! Thanks for sharing, God bless!
Pasadena is such an interesting place. My sister in law lives in Alta Dena so we know it a little but this was the first time we actually walked anywhere beside Colorado Blvd. BTW: When we were done we went to Lake St. and ate at The Hat.
@@RockessentialTim Yes, I use to live in Altadena and South Pasadena, too! Altadena is woody and South Pasadena is also. Both are lovely city's, too! LOL....you went to The Hat, how wonderful! Been there for years, my old high school stumping grounds! Next time you're in Pasadena go to this old burger place on the corner of South Lake and California called Pie 'N Burger. Great little diner joint, been there for years. Also, just a little history, if you don't already know, the first Trader Joe's is in Pasadena on Arroyo Parkway. I hope you enjoyed your meal at The Hat! Have a wonderful day! We got a cool one today! Hoping for a little rain, we need it!
@@JourneywithChar I've seen that place many times and will def give it a try. We plan on doing a little more exploring down that way soon. BTW: How wonderful is it that you and I have our channels to keep things interesting during these current times? Take care.
Some of these were stomping grounds back in the day. I grew up close to Orange Grove, Grand Avenue, and Arroyo Drive in Pasadena. Arroyo from Pasadena Avenue (South Pasadena) to California Boulevard is a great walk--Arroyo Drive winds all the way to a downhill slope under Old Suicides (the Bridge) to the Rose Bowl. The circuit around the Rose Bowl takes about 45 minutes.
Tim, You Rock !! This Tour is great not only for the beauty of the area but also for your great humorous asides. I am a life long Chicagoan but love California - your tours are therapy for me and others. Thanks.
Hi Tim. Good to see you out and about enjoying your family hike. A great tour as always brother. We had a small bit of snow today in my part of London. It's not looking like you guys will see snow any time soon. Peace
We actually had our first bit of rain here yesterday and there is a lot of snow in the mountains around us. I miss the seasons but am no complaining at all about our Southern California weather.
@@RockessentialTim So it seems Albert Hammond was wrong afterall. I was in PACE restaraunt in Feb 2018 and went outside for cigarette and it was raining. I came back in and said the above to my friend Phil and he looked at me blanky.....didn't know the song!! Outrageous!!! Hahaha
Great commentary as always. I love watching your video. You got real talent my friend. Since your so great at these, would love to hear you vlog celebrities gravesites.
Love your videos! I heard someone say how entertaining you are, and it's true! I'm from the same "era" (the best music!), love architecture and classic rock history as well, so you have a new a fan! Thanks! :)
I love all of your videos! I moved to LA in September and love my daily walks around this beautiful city. I'm at the point now where I can never decide where to go, so you have been helping me find some cool places!!
So to battle the lockdown boredom we have been venturing out to totally different neighborhoods to take our daily walk, and I must say that they have ended up being the highlight of our days. If you're interested in taking any of them, punch in the address we give in the beginning of each hike. Cool!
@@RockessentialTim good check it out...absolutely amazing scenery and homes. Also then head to: Linda Vista Dr/ Inverness Dr...head south . Old LA/Pasadena feel. Overlooking NASA JPL/ And then the rose bowl...Ill go with you!
Your vids are great! Imformative without being boring, quick, clever, and funny! As a LA native I appreciate these and look forward to visiting some of your recommendations.
Pasadena near Cal Tech is a wonderful place you will find Einstein’s old office, now a restaurant, long street covered by trees and no traffic lights just stop signs where many ironic movies were made and that academic vibe from the school campus. I wish I can afford to live there.
That's a really good idea and its really weird that its the 2nd time today West Adams has come up. The really cool Queen Anne house in Pasadena on the tour (The one on the video thumbnail), I just found out today originally was built in West Adams and moved over to Pasadena in 1982, If nothing else I think we'd like to go take a neighborhood walk there. Thanks!
@@RockessentialTim Looking at a map from West Adams up to the Sunset Gowers Studio are iconic appendages of Los Angeles ... Korea Town, Wilshire District, La Brea to the west, Melrose up to Santa Monica Blvd ... that would be fun. 👌
Boy, you nailed it. Almost 60, and I’ve seen1/2 these neighborhoods. You missed mine though. West Hollywood also has some awesome neighborhoods! From hill side mansions to dense hip neighborhoods (Kings Rd. Here).
Thank you. We lived on Flores way way back when Gelson's was Mayfair. Still occasionally go to the dog park up on DeLongpre. And when things open up the first place I'm going to is Norm's
I grew up in OC, my husband in South Pasadena, we met at UCLA. Loving all the neighborhoods and hiking trails you’ve highlighted. We need to take our kids to all spots. Great job!
@@RockessentialTim , the Wall Street Journal has a short article “South Pasadena Has a starring role in Movies and Television “ (Feb 5th). My husband says check out streets Garfield x Milan, Shelton Court, Mission Street (antique shops), and Fair Oaks (Fair Oaks Pharmacy and Soda Shop), and Gus’ BBQ.
If you visit our fair state (yeah, it is pricey; do not let the politicians or complainers fool you into thinking it is all bad), do make time to visit any one of those neighborhoods, even if only for a drive. You will also discover little gems of neighborhoods in cities like Pasadena, San Gabriel, or Monrovia. Many cities prize their Craftsman/bungalow neighborhoods, even the little ones.
You should do Sierra Madre. Next Norcal you should do Robin Williams house in S.F. Neil Young ranch & nearby home of Shirley Temple. Her daughter played in the Melvins. The Menlo Park Vets Hospital where Kesey worked , tripped and started writing One Flew Over... Kepler's Books where Joan Baez and then the Dead worked and played.
Years ago I worked in Century City. My favorite commute routes took me out Third or Sixth Streets. There are some really nice walks through there--I rarely saw anyone walking.
Hey there! This is funny cuz we're going to Carroll and Angelino Heights tomorrow. We have the dog with us so the bar might have to wait but the suggestion stands!
Cool video. I'm surprised these neighborhoods aren't in gated communities. I'm still hoping you get around to doing a video of Nichols Canyon. A lot of rock stars live/lived there.
Thanks, Jimmy. Really not too many gated communities here. A couple but I don't think anyone wants to see that nuevo rich architecture anyway. Rock on!
I really enjoyed this walk Tim. Some really excellent gardens on this one. Being an Aussie, the mix of eucalypts and deciduous trees, reminds me of some of the suburbs of Melbourne Australia. But I think gumtrees might have reached weed status in California [?!?]
The legend is that the railroads brought the eucalyptus here in the 1800's because it grows so fast for railroad ties and that's how it populated so quickly. It is practically our California state tree.
Hi Tim. Thanks for great video. Any chance you can do a video of you guys hiking the Bantam Trail in Tribec Open Space off Nicholas Canyon Rd. Hollywood Hills West? Michael from Baltimore
Great video! I would add Kenneth Village and Brand Park area in Glendale, great area to walk with some gorgeous houses, Gone with the Wind house is on Kenneth as well.
I'm really glad you responded cuz we're searching for a cool Glendale walk. I know where Kenneth is but is there another cross street we should be aware of to start at?
Call me crazy but I wrote down the addresses and planning to hike a few of them. Thank you for posting such a great video and making California great again! I’m so tired of all the negative videos. You gave me hope that it will all come back and better than before! Thank you thank you!!! 🙌🏼🏡🔑
.... I went for a stroll in Long Island. .... it wouldn't have surprised me to find a Jersey Whistle .... . I have seen something in the same likeness though ..... but it still ended up being a nice stroll! 👞👢👞 😄
Hi Tim and Nada, and I like your doggie Jett!🐕 have written once before, enjoyed this video too (& N Young Topanga. amazing.) & as one among so many I say Thank you! I’m a bit interested in architecture, can u tell me what style the white, 2 (or 3?) storey ‘possibly haunted house type’ interesting house at 2’55” is? (in I think Ocean Park\Pasadena) & do you know if it has been featured in any films or tv shows? 🌴🎶ps. also, is the ‘Marvin Gaye’ coming back any time? Would be intd to know, Liz S.
It is a Queen Anne style house. It was built in LA in 1893 and moved to Pasadena in 1982. The link below will give you all the details. Enjoy it! pasadena.cfwebtools.com/search.cfm?res_id=6296&display=resource
Hiked all of these neighborhood walks with my dogs...plus you could include the areas of Beverly Hills between Santa Monica Blvd and Sunset...and also further West on Sunset past UCLA on Mandeville Canyon Road....
Thank you. We saw the signs for the Arroyo Seco Park and we figured it was the area below the bridges. What a beautiful area. We'd like to go back and explore Pasadena and South Pasadena a little more. Anywhere we should start?
@Colette Dornblum Thanks! A couple people have mention South Pas and we are def going to check it out, so thanks for the specifics. In the process of making Vol. 2 so this info is awesome.
I don't remember the name of the street but somewhere in behind UCLA is the house that they used in the movie Mr. Mom and Leonard Nimoy lived just down the street from it.
since you asked for suggested future vids, how about a tour of Bukowski locals? (and again, thanks for these, very enjoyable, as a 60+ yr old I can appreciate many of the references and relate to your appreciation of "classic rock" in its many variations.)
You win the award for the most interesting suggestion! As a 60 something myself I don't really go to to many watering holes anymore. I think Santa Anita is still closed also but this is a great post Covid idea. Thanks!
It would be cool if you did walks of these neighborhoods and show homes of the former actors who owned them, similar to your Laurel Canyon walks. Love your narratives!!! Thank you!
@@RockessentialTim I'm not all that familiar with the street names. Got lost in there a few years ago and was amazed that it existed! We were looking for a house then, so drove around there area. Sadly, like much of L.A., out of our price range.
@@chrispiazza7487 I looked it up and we gonna go check it out in the next couple weeks. It looks like one of the houses was used in American Horror Story and it looks like a super interesting neighborhood not far from West Adams district. Thanks again!
@@RockessentialTim Have a good time! BTW, We used to live on Hart Ave. in Ocean Park for years! Such a nice area! Our landlord bought the place in 1970 for $30,000. Can't even begin to imagine the price these days.
If anyone is interested in fostering a dog (like the one in this wonderful video) check out Philozoia Animal Rescue's IG page! They are located in Santa Monica and their amazing dogs have been rescued from a rural shelter outside of Los Angeles. Here's a link to their page: instagram.com/philozoiaanimalrescue/?hl=en
Beautiful hikes! I am jealous, freezing my keister off here in NY. Was that the former Marie Dressler house at 5:22? That short driveway looked familiar.
I can complain about the traffic, the crowds and even the food, but I just can't complain about the weather out here. As far as the houses go on the Whitley Heights part of the tour, I don't know. It was our first time ever up there on foot. What a cool place though.
@@RockessentialTim I just realized that when you were in Cheviot Hills, if you headed north a few blocks to Tennessee Avenue and headed east, you'd hit the old Twentieth Century Fox gates. Not as impressive as the Paramount Gate or old MGM entrance, but still a piece of movie history. Definitely worth checking out next time you're in Cheviot Hills.
@@RockessentialTim .... but you can walk circles around him and if he tells you to take a hike...welll..... it's a beautiful thing! Nice Channel I just subbed
Great recommendations! I’m trying to see your second and third video of this series. It says it’s no longer available, though. Do you, by a chance, have any more resources or websites that have neighborhoods that are recommended for walks in Los Angeles? I really appreciate you. It’s how I’m going to be doing my daily exercise.
Thanks much, I enjoyed doing these and I'm glad you are finding them useful. I have since taken the other 2 down and they are not available at this time, sorry. I have pivoted my channel to be more music orientated.
Love your videos. I'm 68, from Colorado, but I get out to Southern California once or twice a year. I lived in Manhattan Beach right out of college and explored LA, but recently I've begun going back through places I missed, and I'm never disappointed. I've been to a lot of places you've highlighted in other posts. On this post, did you just park and begin walking without much of a plan, or did you use some sort of game plan on these outings?
Hey Mark. Did we have much of a plan--- No! At the time we started shooting we were under fairly severe Covid restrictions. Everything was closed and we were going stir-crazy in our own little hood. We just started driving around and if a neighborhood looked good we went for it. My sister in law lives in Alta Dena so that's why we got out that way a lot. After the first video came out people started giving us suggestions and that's how we ended up in a lot of those neighborhoods.
If you can will you please one day do a walk through carmel by the sea as I love that town. I think carmel has some notable actors that have lived there and it does have some beautiful walks. Santa cruz is another lovely town I really enjoyed but apart from the 1987 lost boys movie I don't know if it has enough history for one of your walks.
After this Covid mess is over. Have been to Carmel before and would like to spend the day going to Open House Real Estate showings and checking it out.
Thank you. I have promised myself next time I visit california I am going to go see carmel cottage. The house that was used in the film play misty for me. Last time I was there I stayed for a few days at the cypress inn and the bartender said I'd just missed clint Eastwood who had been having a drink in there. As you say though when this covid mess is over. I am a registered nurse at a hospital so I have been busy and will be for some months. You and your family keep safe. Liverpool UK 🇬🇧
The Dynasty Mansion near Shirley& Neil . Michelle Pheiffer & David E. Kelly estate for sale. Joan Baez place. The producer of Walking Dead lives there. In Menlo Park there was the Homebrew Computer Club which was alterative tech famous. The Whole Earth Truck Store & Catalog. None of this is in the real valley. It is like what people say about Hollywood. Edgar Mitchell the guy who walked on the moon and came back a spiritual guy was also there. You could do a tour of MKULTRA / all the bands & people/ Tech revolution.The home of the internet and Surveillance. Bing Crosby house and his role behind the Ampex tape recorder and the first VCR. This changed radio and tv. He gave one to Les Paul that changed the recording studio.
Oh my God your right! I will freely admit to not getting to that part of town very often, albeit one of the most beautiful places in the city. Pilot error! Thanks for the heads up.
Hi I like this site so the next time U are in northern. Cal U should go to Marin County take a hike up Sleepy Hollow in SanAnselmo. Its a who"s who in Rock N Roll (the Dead ,plus deep family ties ,Huey & the news ,the news was clover aka the attractions (Elvis Costello) the starship + deep musical family ties , John Cipoleania , Nick Gravonitus aka quick silver. messenger service Plus so many other rockers live up here
Thank you, we will! PS: Funny you should mention Clover cuz I just listened to "My Aim Is True" by Elvis Costello yesterday in its entirety for the first time in years and thought about them.
Thaxxx 4 the fast response about sleepy hollow I liked your take on the Haight begining with the Brass bunny that used 2B day glo pink aka upper playground .
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The homes in that neighborhood in Pasadena aren't "restored". That's an old money neighborhood and those homes have been maintained like that since being built.
@@RockessentialTim Pasadena is full of historic neighborhoods like that with old (by southern California standards), well maintained homes, large and small. There's even a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home here. South Pasadena and San Marino also have incredible homes and architecture, but Pasadena takes the cake in the San Gabriel Valley.
Not trying to be a creep but...Hombly Hills?!?!!? It's Holmby Hills with a long "O". Home of Hugh Hefner and the Playboy Mansion. Also, try Carrol St in L.A. with all the restored and moved on Victorians.
I know, I know, not only did I mispronounce it but I misspelled in the title card too! Oh well. BTW: Thanks for the Carrol St. idea, we'll check it out.
Depends on the city. One neighborhood we Iived in, we got two permits we could hang on friends cars. If we needed more, we call in and get a temp permit code we write on a piece of paper to hang in car. The temp ones were one night only. The permanent ones we had to renew.
As for pasadena u can pretty much park there. But if you plan to leave it there overnight you can get an overnight parking permit per day or buy one for a year.
