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'''Franklin Hills''' is a small community in the the City of [[Los Angeles, California]]. It is part of the [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California|Los Feliz]] district.▼
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▲'''Franklin Hills''' is a
==History==
Franklin Hills is a residential neighborhood, set in the hills east of Los Feliz Village. The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described it as a "diverse community" with a "collage of architectural styles".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mothner |first1=Linda Beth |title=At Home: Diverse Franklin Hills |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106742246/franklin-hills-is-a-diverse-community/ |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |quote=Franklin Hills is a diverse yet neighborhly community displaying a collage of architectural styles.}}</ref>
Franklin Hills is home to the [[Shakespeare Bridge]]. The ravine over which the bridge crosses was once a perennial stream called Arroyo de la Sacatela. To the east of the bridge is the Franklin Hills public stairway system, which provides pedestrian linkages among the curvy streets, a series of 14 staircases originally built in the 1920s to provide hillside homeowners pedestrian access to the trolley lines below.
[[Prospect Studios]] is on Talmadge Street. Opened in 1915 as the [[Vitagraph]] Studio, the lot later became the [[Warner Brothers Studios]] East Hollywood Annex, then home of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Television Center and local affiliate [[KABC-TV|KABC]], finally becoming part of the [[Walt Disney Company]] in 1996.
Brothers [[Roy O. Disney|Roy]] and [[Walt Disney]] both owned homes at the corner of Lyric Avenue and St. George Street <ref name=Disney>{{cite web |last1=Cochran |first1=Jason |title=Walt Disney's Los Angeles |url=https://www.frommers.com/slideshows/848423-walt-disney-s-los-angeles-the-most-complete-tour-online |website=Frommers.com |access-date=31 July 2022 |quote=The brothers commissioned a pair of matching homes on a hillside near their new studio... Walt lived in the one on the corner of St. George Street and Lyric Avenue, while Roy took the twin to the east.}}</ref> during the late 1920s so that they could walk to their new [[animation]] studio, located a few blocks away at 2719 Hyperion Avenue <ref name=Disney /> (at the intersection of Hyperion and Griffith Park Boulevard).
==Geography==
[[File:Shakespeare Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|Shakespeare Bridge on Franklin Avenue]]
Franklin Hills borders [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California|Los Feliz]] proper on the northwest and west, [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California|Silver Lake]] on northeast, east, and southeast and [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|East Hollywood]] to the south.▼
Franklin Hills is bounded on the north by Franklin Avenue and St. George Street, on the west by Talmadege Street, on the south by Fountain Avenue, and on the east by Tracy Street and Hyperion Avenue.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mothner |first1=Linda Beth |title=At Home: Diverse Franklin Hills |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106741710/map-of-franklin-hills-los-angeles/ |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 28, 1997}}</ref>
▲Franklin Hills
==Landmarks and attractions==
* [[Shakespeare Bridge]] - Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #126
* [[Prospect Studios]] - 4151 Prospect Avenue
==Government==
Franklin Hills is within the Los Feliz [[Neighborhood councils of Los Angeles|Neighborhood Council]].<ref name="Boundary Map"/> Section E comprises Franklin Hills and a few neighboring blocks on the west.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://losfeliznc.org/interest-areas/district-e/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703041502/http://losfeliznc.org/interest-areas/district-e/ |archive-date=2019-07-03 |publisher=Los Feliz Neighborhood Council|title=District E|access-date=2021-01-13|quote=Franklin Hills and a few other neighboring blocks {{sic|hide=y|comprise}} District E}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://losfeliznc.org/interest-areas/district-e/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703041502/http://losfeliznc.org/interest-areas/district-e/ |archive-date=2019-07-03 |publisher=Los Feliz Neighborhood Council|title=Interest Area District E|access-date=2021-01-13|quote=Franklin Hills, along with a few more of the streets lying directly to the West of it (“Franklin Hills adj.”) makes up District E}}</ref>
==Education==
There is one public school within the Franklin Hills boundaries:
* Thomas Starr King Middle School - 4201 Fountain Avenue
==Parks and recreation==
* Franklin Hills Community Garden <ref>{{cite web |title=Franklin Hills Community Garden |url=http://franklinhillscommunitygarden.org/ |website=franklinhillscommunitygarden.org |access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref>
==Notable residents==
*[[Kalman Bloch]], clarinetist <ref name="latimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-michele-zukovsky-la-phil-clarinetist-20151219-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|title=L.A. Philharmonic's notable lead clarinetist scales down her career after 54 years - LA Times |date=17 December 2015 |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Roy O. Disney]]<ref name=Disney />
* [[Walt Disney]]<ref name=Disney />
*[[Kim Gordon]], musician<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Alex |title=Kim Gordon's Other Life |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/style/kim-gordons-other-life.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage |accessdate=15 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=14 September 2019}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]], actor <ref>{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Jack |title=Joseph Gordon-Levitt takes a loss on Franklin Hills home |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2020-02-07/joseph-gordon-levitt-takes-a-loss-on-franklin-hills-home |access-date=31 July 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 7, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Zoe Saldana]], actor <ref>{{cite web |last1=Berry |first1=Eric D. |title=For Sale: Zoe Saldana Lists LA Home On Market |url=https://www.hiphollywood.com/2013/09/sale-zoe-saldanas-lists-la-home-market/ |website=HipHollywood.com |access-date=1 August 2022 |quote=newly married actress Zoe Saldana has listed her Franklin Hills home for sale with an asking price of $1.2 million}}</ref>
*[[Joey Waronker]], drummer <ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Connor |first1=Pauline |title=6 open houses to check out around LA this weekend |url=https://la.curbed.com/2019/11/15/20964393/los-angeles-open-houses-venice-los-feliz-historic |access-date=31 July 2022 |publisher=Curbed.com |date=November 15, 2019 |quote=The home of musician/producer Joey Waronker, this 1934 Spanish in Franklin Hills is loaded with beautiful period details}}</ref>
*[[Kristen Wiig]], actor <ref>{{cite news |last1=David |first1=Mark |title=Kristen Wiig Sheds Three-Story Home in L.A.'s Franklin Hills |url=https://www.dirt.com/more-dirt/real-estate-listings/kristen-wiig-los-angeles-house-franklin-hills-1203494753/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |publisher=Dirt.com |date=June 30, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Trevor Moore (comedian)|Trever Moore]], comedian <ref name="NYT-obit">{{Cite news|last=Paybarah|first=Azi|date=9 August 2021|title=Trevor Moore, a Founder of 'The Whitest Kids U' Know,' Dies at 41|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/arts/television/trevor-moore-dead.html|access-date=9 January 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904163314/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/arts/television/trevor-moore-dead.html|archivedate=4 September 2021|url-status= live|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[Michele Zukovsky]], clarinetist <ref>{{cite news |last1=NG |first1=David |title=L.A. Philharmonic's notable lead clarinetist scales down her career after 54 years |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-michele-zukovsky-la-phil-clarinetist-20151219-story.html |access-date=31 July 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 17, 2015 |quote=“I’m 72 and I don’t look a day over 71!” she proclaimed during an interview at her Franklin Hills home, a simply furnished two-story house that she’s owned for nearly 40 years.}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.franklinhills.org/fh-map.html Franklin Hills Area Map]
* [http://www.franklinhills.org/stairwaywalk.pdf Franklin Hills Public Stairway Map]
{{Los Angeles}}
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