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House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

201 South Larchmont Blvd Los Angeles, CA Set in the much desired neighborhood of Larchmont Village is this uniquely crafted home with its bold architecture and sense of independence. Constructed primarily of cedar, inside and out, it has an almost organic nature about it. Deigned and built by Adriana Caselotti - best known as the voice of Snow White - in the original 1937 Walt Disney production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Architectural features include a hipped, cross-gable roof, 3 dramatic cross hatched clerestory windows and soaring 18' vaulted ceilings. With it's flared eaves and notched an exposed rafter tails this home has a clearly defined Asian feel and is reminiscent of a Japanese Tea Garden Pavilion. The open floor plan which spans 56' is ideal for intimate or large scale entertaining. Other features include 2 en suite bedrooms, custom designed bar, additional half bath and sliding doors leading to the side deck which create an effortless flow for indoor/outdoor living. 2 car attached garage. Text from: www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/201-S-Larchmont-Blvd-90004/...

House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

House of 'David' By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER November 17, 1997 It is one of most recognizable sculptures in the world, a monument to the perfect male form, a paramount symbol of Renaissance art. Michelangelo's "David." Norwood Young's got 17 of them. They line his mansion's semicircular driveway--two sets of eight 3-foot-high replicas on column pedestals, flanking each side of a diminutive "Venus de Milo." A lone "David" sits atop Young's roof, along with six plaster models of Greco Roman-style busts. The statues are irregular, each one slightly different from the other. Young, who set up the statues a year ago, thinks he's improved the neighborhood. The neighborhood--stately, affluent Hancock Park--strongly disagrees. "The house was a piece of ---- when I bought it and I brought it up," said Young, who refers to his mansion as Youngwood Court but refused to be interviewed at length. "I don't understand why it is such a big deal." The estate has become an object of curiosity and mockery for those passing by. However, nearby residents aren't laughing. "It's appalling," said one, who was showing what he described as the "novelty of the local architecture" to his out-of-town parents. "As funny as people think it is, it really isn't." The man's mother snapped a picture. "I am in real estate [in Chicago], and there, this would be considered a monstrosity," she said. "It is like spitting in somebody's eye," said Marguerite Byrne, a member of the Hancock Park Homeowners Assn.'s board of directors. "It is individualism run amok." The homeowners association has not taken an official position on Youngwood Court, but Byrne and other local residents say Young's flamboyant style damages the elegant and carefully nurtured character of Hancock Park. "A lot of people work hard to keep the neighborhood pretty," said Susan Fleishman, another member of the homeowners association. Youngwood Court "does not suit the neighborhood." Young, who described himself as a recording artist, refused to talk about his peculiar landscaping vision or his neighbors' reactions. "I don't give a ---- what my neighbors say," he said, refusing to be interviewed further unless promised that none of his neighbors would be quoted. Young has lived in the 35-year-old seven-bedroom, seven-bath house since 1994, paying a monthly rent ranging from $4,200 to $5,500, according to public records, and recently bought the house on Muirfield Road at 3rd Street for an undisclosed amount. When he moved in, "it was obvious the ownership had changed," said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. He did not change the house much at first, but sometime in the fall of 1996 he uprooted a line of old pine trees shading the front of the house, fenced it with metal gates and painted the house white. A couple of months later, the statues went up. Carla Fagan, a local real estate agent, said she has not seen any effect on the price of nearby homes but expects Young's immediate neighbors to be disappointed should they put their houses in the market. Nevertheless, many defend Young's right to decorate. "It is not our place to tell him to tone it down," said James Wolf, president of the homeowners association. The association is "not empowered to legislate taste." Turning Hancock Park into a city "historical preservation overlay zone," which would restrict changes residents are allowed to make on the exterior of their homes, could protect the neighborhood from future Youngwood Courts. But obtaining city approval is a lengthy and complicated process that would require, among other things, a costly survey of the area's more than 1,200 homes. Wolf said interest is lukewarm at best. The city Department of Building and Safety has cited Young for "over-height fences and some illegal electric wiring on the roof," a city official said. But otherwise, the house does not violate an

201 South Larchmont Blvd Los Angeles, CA Set in the much desired neighborhood of Larchmont Village is this uniquely crafted home with its bold architecture and sense of independence. Constructed primarily of cedar, inside and out, it has an almost organic nature about it. Deigned and built by Adriana Caselotti - best known as the voice of Snow White - in the original 1937 Walt Disney production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Architectural features include a hipped, cross-gable roof, 3 dramatic cross hatched clerestory windows and soaring 18' vaulted ceilings. With it's flared eaves and notched an exposed rafter tails this home has a clearly defined Asian feel and is reminiscent of a Japanese Tea Garden Pavilion. The open floor plan which spans 56' is ideal for intimate or large scale entertaining. Other features include 2 en suite bedrooms, custom designed bar, additional half bath and sliding doors leading to the side deck which create an effortless flow for indoor/outdoor living. 2 car attached garage. Text from: www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/201-S-Larchmont-Blvd-90004/...

201 South Larchmont Blvd Los Angeles, CA Set in the much desired neighborhood of Larchmont Village is this uniquely crafted home with its bold architecture and sense of independence. Constructed primarily of cedar, inside and out, it has an almost organic nature about it. Deigned and built by Adriana Caselotti - best known as the voice of Snow White - in the original 1937 Walt Disney production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Architectural features include a hipped, cross-gable roof, 3 dramatic cross hatched clerestory windows and soaring 18' vaulted ceilings. With it's flared eaves and notched an exposed rafter tails this home has a clearly defined Asian feel and is reminiscent of a Japanese Tea Garden Pavilion. The open floor plan which spans 56' is ideal for intimate or large scale entertaining. Other features include 2 en suite bedrooms, custom designed bar, additional half bath and sliding doors leading to the side deck which create an effortless flow for indoor/outdoor living. 2 car attached garage. Text from: www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/201-S-Larchmont-Blvd-90004/...

201 South Larchmont Blvd Los Angeles, CA Set in the much desired neighborhood of Larchmont Village is this uniquely crafted home with its bold architecture and sense of independence. Constructed primarily of cedar, inside and out, it has an almost organic nature about it. Deigned and built by Adriana Caselotti - best known as the voice of Snow White - in the original 1937 Walt Disney production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Architectural features include a hipped, cross-gable roof, 3 dramatic cross hatched clerestory windows and soaring 18' vaulted ceilings. With it's flared eaves and notched an exposed rafter tails this home has a clearly defined Asian feel and is reminiscent of a Japanese Tea Garden Pavilion. The open floor plan which spans 56' is ideal for intimate or large scale entertaining. Other features include 2 en suite bedrooms, custom designed bar, additional half bath and sliding doors leading to the side deck which create an effortless flow for indoor/outdoor living. 2 car attached garage. Text from: www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/201-S-Larchmont-Blvd-90004/...

201 South Larchmont Blvd Los Angeles, CA Set in the much desired neighborhood of Larchmont Village is this uniquely crafted home with its bold architecture and sense of independence. Constructed primarily of cedar, inside and out, it has an almost organic nature about it. Deigned and built by Adriana Caselotti - best known as the voice of Snow White - in the original 1937 Walt Disney production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Architectural features include a hipped, cross-gable roof, 3 dramatic cross hatched clerestory windows and soaring 18' vaulted ceilings. With it's flared eaves and notched an exposed rafter tails this home has a clearly defined Asian feel and is reminiscent of a Japanese Tea Garden Pavilion. The open floor plan which spans 56' is ideal for intimate or large scale entertaining. Other features include 2 en suite bedrooms, custom designed bar, additional half bath and sliding doors leading to the side deck which create an effortless flow for indoor/outdoor living. 2 car attached garage. Text from: www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/201-S-Larchmont-Blvd-90004/...

Echo Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. At the end of the 19th century, when the hills were still covered with native plants and grasses, a horse-drawn streetcar line served the dirt road that is now Echo Park Ave. The community of Echo Park was founded by Thomas Kelly, a carriage maker turned real estate developer. In the late 1880s Kelly teamed up with a group of local investors, selling off pieces of what they called "the Montana Tract." Legend says that the lake got its name after workers building the reservoir remarked that their voices echoed off the canyon walls. Echo Park was named Edendale before the construction of the park itself. The original name survives through the U.S. Post Office Edendale branch and the Edendale branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. The Los Angeles film industry was centered in Echo Park before the studios moved to Hollywood, just before World War I. Mack Sennett's studio was in Echo Park until the end of the silent era, and a large number of silent comedies were shot in the neighborhood, as were several Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Our Gang, Ben Turpin, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Charley Chase, Chester Conklin, and Three Stooges shorts. Tom Mix also built his studio just over the hill in the Silverlake area, and many Westerns were shot in hills of Echo Park, East Silverlake and the Elysian Hills. Some of the earliest screen performers, including Gloria Swanson and Tom Mix, bought homes in the Angelino Heights and surrounding neighborhoods before moving to Hollywood and other areas. The area has continued to be used as a location for films such as Chinatown, Echo Park, Kentucky Fried Movie, Mi Vida Loca, Tending Echo Park, Quinceanera and Columbus Day. The 1960s television series Gilligan's Island was shot in the area as well as scenes in Michael Jackson's 1983 music video Thriller, as were parts of the original 1953 film version, The War of the Worlds. The Manor, a house in the television series Charmed, is also located here. The area is popular with modern filmmakers for the pre-World War II look of some districts. Before World War I, Echo Park was a middle-class neighborhood, nicknamed "Red Hill" for a concentration of political radicals living there. (Itinerant folksinger Woody Guthrie lived on Preston Avenue at Ewing St. in the 1930s.) Since its earliest days, the neighborhood has been known to attract the creative, underground, independent, and iconoclastic elements of society. Postwar "white flight" to the suburbs resulted in the area becoming largely Latino, although there have been latinos living there since the founding of the city in the late 1700s. Many working-class Chinese immigrants also settled in Echo Park due to its proximity to Chinatown, and the area overlaps the Little Manila district of Los Angeles, home to thousands of Filipinos; a small enclave of African-Americans has existed there, east of Alvarado St. and west of Bonnie Brae Street, since the 1920s. Renowned 70s beauty queen, actress and model, Veronica Porsche, third wife of boxer Muhammed Ali, came from this neighborhood. Since the early 2000s, artists, actors, musicians and gay couples of all races have flocked the neighborhood for its relatively affordable housing and alternative feel, maikng it one of the most diversified communties in the United States. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Park,_Los_Angeles,_California

Echo Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. At the end of the 19th century, when the hills were still covered with native plants and grasses, a horse-drawn streetcar line served the dirt road that is now Echo Park Ave. The community of Echo Park was founded by Thomas Kelly, a carriage maker turned real estate developer. In the late 1880s Kelly teamed up with a group of local investors, selling off pieces of what they called "the Montana Tract." Legend says that the lake got its name after workers building the reservoir remarked that their voices echoed off the canyon walls. Echo Park was named Edendale before the construction of the park itself. The original name survives through the U.S. Post Office Edendale branch and the Edendale branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. The Los Angeles film industry was centered in Echo Park before the studios moved to Hollywood, just before World War I. Mack Sennett's studio was in Echo Park until the end of the silent era, and a large number of silent comedies were shot in the neighborhood, as were several Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Our Gang, Ben Turpin, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Charley Chase, Chester Conklin, and Three Stooges shorts. Tom Mix also built his studio just over the hill in the Silverlake area, and many Westerns were shot in hills of Echo Park, East Silverlake and the Elysian Hills. Some of the earliest screen performers, including Gloria Swanson and Tom Mix, bought homes in the Angelino Heights and surrounding neighborhoods before moving to Hollywood and other areas. The area has continued to be used as a location for films such as Chinatown, Echo Park, Kentucky Fried Movie, Mi Vida Loca, Tending Echo Park, Quinceanera and Columbus Day. The 1960s television series Gilligan's Island was shot in the area as well as scenes in Michael Jackson's 1983 music video Thriller, as were parts of the original 1953 film version, The War of the Worlds. The Manor, a house in the television series Charmed, is also located here. The area is popular with modern filmmakers for the pre-World War II look of some districts. Before World War I, Echo Park was a middle-class neighborhood, nicknamed "Red Hill" for a concentration of political radicals living there. (Itinerant folksinger Woody Guthrie lived on Preston Avenue at Ewing St. in the 1930s.) Since its earliest days, the neighborhood has been known to attract the creative, underground, independent, and iconoclastic elements of society. Postwar "white flight" to the suburbs resulted in the area becoming largely Latino, although there have been latinos living there since the founding of the city in the late 1700s. Many working-class Chinese immigrants also settled in Echo Park due to its proximity to Chinatown, and the area overlaps the Little Manila district of Los Angeles, home to thousands of Filipinos; a small enclave of African-Americans has existed there, east of Alvarado St. and west of Bonnie Brae Street, since the 1920s. Renowned 70s beauty queen, actress and model, Veronica Porsche, third wife of boxer Muhammed Ali, came from this neighborhood. Since the early 2000s, artists, actors, musicians and gay couples of all races have flocked the neighborhood for its relatively affordable housing and alternative feel, maikng it one of the most diversified communties in the United States. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Park,_Los_Angeles,_California

Echo Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. At the end of the 19th century, when the hills were still covered with native plants and grasses, a horse-drawn streetcar line served the dirt road that is now Echo Park Ave. The community of Echo Park was founded by Thomas Kelly, a carriage maker turned real estate developer. In the late 1880s Kelly teamed up with a group of local investors, selling off pieces of what they called "the Montana Tract." Legend says that the lake got its name after workers building the reservoir remarked that their voices echoed off the canyon walls. Echo Park was named Edendale before the construction of the park itself. The original name survives through the U.S. Post Office Edendale branch and the Edendale branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. The Los Angeles film industry was centered in Echo Park before the studios moved to Hollywood, just before World War I. Mack Sennett's studio was in Echo Park until the end of the silent era, and a large number of silent comedies were shot in the neighborhood, as were several Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Our Gang, Ben Turpin, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Charley Chase, Chester Conklin, and Three Stooges shorts. Tom Mix also built his studio just over the hill in the Silverlake area, and many Westerns were shot in hills of Echo Park, East Silverlake and the Elysian Hills. Some of the earliest screen performers, including Gloria Swanson and Tom Mix, bought homes in the Angelino Heights and surrounding neighborhoods before moving to Hollywood and other areas. The area has continued to be used as a location for films such as Chinatown, Echo Park, Kentucky Fried Movie, Mi Vida Loca, Tending Echo Park, Quinceanera and Columbus Day. The 1960s television series Gilligan's Island was shot in the area as well as scenes in Michael Jackson's 1983 music video Thriller, as were parts of the original 1953 film version, The War of the Worlds. The Manor, a house in the television series Charmed, is also located here. The area is popular with modern filmmakers for the pre-World War II look of some districts. Before World War I, Echo Park was a middle-class neighborhood, nicknamed "Red Hill" for a concentration of political radicals living there. (Itinerant folksinger Woody Guthrie lived on Preston Avenue at Ewing St. in the 1930s.) Since its earliest days, the neighborhood has been known to attract the creative, underground, independent, and iconoclastic elements of society. Postwar "white flight" to the suburbs resulted in the area becoming largely Latino, although there have been latinos living there since the founding of the city in the late 1700s. Many working-class Chinese immigrants also settled in Echo Park due to its proximity to Chinatown, and the area overlaps the Little Manila district of Los Angeles, home to thousands of Filipinos; a small enclave of African-Americans has existed there, east of Alvarado St. and west of Bonnie Brae Street, since the 1920s. Renowned 70s beauty queen, actress and model, Veronica Porsche, third wife of boxer Muhammed Ali, came from this neighborhood. Since the early 2000s, artists, actors, musicians and gay couples of all races have flocked the neighborhood for its relatively affordable housing and alternative feel, maikng it one of the most diversified communties in the United States. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Park,_Los_Angeles,_California