· Nathan Marsak  · 1 min read

1844 N Alexandria Ave.

This handsome Los Feliz house was built in 1912. She needs a little love, but don’t we all? Like my aunt Gladys, nothing a coat of paint can’t fix.

This handsome Los Feliz house was built in 1912. She needs a little love, but don’t we all? Like my aunt Gladys, nothing a coat of paint can’t fix.

1844 N Alexandria Ave.

1844 N Alexandria Ave. — photograph 2

She needs a little love, but don’t we all? Like my aunt Gladys, nothing a coat of paint can’t fix. Plus she hasn’t been stuccoed, the windows are original, and the porch hasn’t been enclosed. And dig those dramatic gables. Bonus factoid: First Lieutenant Dale C. Tipton, when released from a Nazi POW camp in June of ’45, well, this is the house he came home to.

Though she’s to be torn down for an apartment building, remarkably, the developers are not going TOC with a five-story, forty-some unit structure.

1844 N Alexandria Ave. — photograph 3

Hate to see her go. But the YIYBY (Yes in YOUR Back Yard) says the SFD is evil, and must be replaced by the giant concrete box.

1844 N Alexandria Ave. — photograph 4

1844 N Alexandria Ave. — photograph 5

1844 N Alexandria Ave. — photograph 6

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