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Harry Bosch’s House from “Bosch”

I contemplated chronicling the best movie and television productions I discovered in 2018 as my first post of the new year.  Had I done so (and I still might later this month), Bosch would have topped the list.  As I mentioned in my recent write-up on Demitasse café , the Grim Cheaper and I started watching the Amazon original series just a few months ago and were immediately hooked.  A police procedural with a sarcastic and fabulously deadpan leading man set in Los Angeles – what more could this crime-obsessed, L.A.-loving stalker ask for?  The locations used are seriously phenomenal, by the way – none more so than the cantilevered hilltop home of titular character Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch (Titus Welliver).  The pad couldn’t be more quintessentially Los Angeles if it tried.  So I, of course, ran right out to stalk it shortly after viewing the first episode.

Bosch is based upon a bestselling series of novels by author Michael Connelly.  I have never read any of the books, but have been able to piece together the various info written about Harry’s house in them thanks to a detailed forum on MichaelConnelly.com .  In the novels, Detective Bosch is said to live on Woodrow Wilson Drive in the Hollywood Hills, though his specific address varies from “next to” 7203 Woodrow Wilson in 2010’s The Reversal to 8620 Woodrow Wilson in 2018’s Dark Sacred Night .  Per a commenter on the forum, Connelly has apparently stated that Harry’s pad doesn’t exist in real life, but that the site where he placed it in his stories is a burnt-out foundation of a former cantilevered residence that the author stumbled upon in 1992.  Additional commenters did some massive legwork on the subject and surmised that the location of said foundation is 7207 Woodrow Wilson Drive .  And they’re right – I came across a video of Connelly showing the exact spot where he imagined the home (a still of which is pictured below) and compared it to Street View imagery of that address (again, pictured below) and, sure enough, it’s the spot!  You can check out some photographs of the foundation and the land it sits on here .

In Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly’s Los Angeles , a special limited edition DVD released in 2004 in which, as Amazon notes, the author “provides an insider’s tour of the places that give his stories and characters their spark and texture,” a house located at 7143 Woodrow Wilson is shown to be Harry’s and Connelly describes it as such , “Bosch’s home was fourth from the end on the right side.  His home was a wood-frame, one-bedroom cantilever, not much bigger than a Beverly Hills garage.  It hung out over the edge of the hill and was supported by three steel pylons at its mid-point.”

When it came time to start shooting the series in November 2013, producers found an even more perfect embodiment of that Blue Neon Night description at 1870 Blue Heights Drive in Hollywood Hills West .

Sitting high atop a hill, the architectural stunner, which was built in 1958, boasts 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,513 square feet of living space, and a 0.26-acre lot.

Per Zillow , it is currently worth a whopping $2,130,000.

The striking pad first popped up in Bosch’s pilot and has gone on to appear in pretty much every episode since.  It is the rear of the residence – its cantilevered side, which stands on a cliff overlooking the Sunset Strip, Culver City and beyond – that is regularly shown on the series.

The street side of the house, which is much less spectacular than the rear, was featured briefly in Season 4’s “Devil in the House.”

While situated on a private cul-de-sac, that side of the property can be viewed from a portion of Blue Heights Drive that is open to the public – though there is not much to see.

Just west of the home’s front entrance, though, in an area that is also publicly accessible, is an open expanse of land where views matching those of Harry’s pad can be gleaned.

And let me tell you, those views are absolutely incredible!

I mean, come on!

Last one, I promise.

We know – thanks to this video – that the actual interior of the Blue Heights Drive residence was utilized in Bosch’s pilot.  And I am fairly certain that a few additional early episodes were shot on location inside the home, as well (quite possibly all of Season 1).  At some point, though, a set re-creation was built on a studio soundstage that has since been used for all subsequent seasons.

How does a cop afford such a stellar pad, you ask?  Per the storyline of both the books and the series, Paramount made a movie based upon one of Harry’s cases, for which he was paid handsomely.

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Stalk It: Harry Bosch’s house from the television series Bosch is located at 1870 Blue Heights Drive in Hollywood Hills West .  The best views of the structure can be seen from the 1600 block of Viewmont Drive and the 8800 block of Hollywood Boulevard .

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37 Replies to “Harry Bosch’s House from “Bosch””

Just started streaming Bosch. Love it! Fascinated by his TV house and this website:)

I’ve always wondered why the wall plates and light switches in the Bosch house were changed out to push buttons starting around season 2.

No, that’s the actual address. I live a block away and walk past it every day, walking my dog.

That might be his TV address, but in the Harry Bosch books his house is somewhere off Woodrow Wilson Drive near Mulholland, overlooking Universal Studios and Cahuenga Pass and the Hollywood Freeway.

Which street is the one “Just west of the home’s front entrance” where the open expanse of land is? I’ll be visiting LA on Friday and would love to get some cityscape pictures from that vantage point.

I always wonder about the heat from the windows in Bosch’s house. Unless it faces North ?

I live here in Ireland and also thought earthquakes but hey what a view love the balcony and patio interior a bit retro 70s never really liked jazz but the series is dragging me into the music would like to visit west coast sometime

1st thing I thought about when I saw it earthquakes

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It has stood there since 1958 so the foundations must have been expertly designed by an engineer. I agree it is daunting and one probably feels every tremor and earthquake.

Also DeNiros girlfriends place in heat

We’re all broken up by that, Karen.

I would never live in house like that especially in earthquake country.

My husband and I have watched the entire series at least 5 or 6 times. We have also read every Connelly Book have watched the movie Blood Work more times than we can count. Love the stories love the characters don’t know how we can live without them!

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‘Bosch’ is a modern noir that showcases an unadorned LA

The Amazon series is inextricably linked with the city

In Season 4 of the long-running Amazon crime procedural Bosch , a prominent civil rights attorney is murdered on Angels Flight , the historic funicular that runs between Bunker Hill and Downtown’s Historic Core. The location itself was important: Not only did the series’ creative team pull it directly from the sixth installment of Michael’s Connelly ’s bestselling Bosch book series, the book itself was actually called Angels Flight . Ironically, it almost didn’t get to shoot there at all.

“It came down to the wire,” says Bosch supervising location manager Paul Schreiber .

He’s not kidding. Angels Flight was decommissioned in 2013 following a derailment, and, as production on Season 4 loomed, it was unclear whether the railway, which was then undergoing safety upgrades for a planned summer 2017 relaunch, would even be ready in time for the production to film there.

“If we didn’t get that, our story would have suffered,” says Bosch writer and producer Tom Bernardo . As he puts it, the symbolic weight offered by Angels Flight made the prospect of using a different location difficult to imagine. “That’s a great example of where the city truly is a character... It’s one of those things [where] if you took it out, you can have the same plot elements, yeah—‘lawyer is murdered on a train’—but it has nowhere near the resonance that it does in the book or in our show.”

The Angels Flight shoot ultimately panned out, but the behind-the-scenes panic over the potential that it wouldn’t is indicative of how the series—which premieres its fifth season today—has become inextricably linked with the city itself. Unlike so many other shows that use LA as a setting, Bosch is filmed almost entirely within the city and its surrounding areas, and how it’s depicted feels unusually authentic to the way actual Angelenos experience it.

“I feel like our team is, creatively and production-wise, very committed to capturing that,” says Bernardo.

Indeed, Bosch isn’t dominated by iconography like so many other productions set in LA.

“If you’re living in LA or you’re from LA, one of the things is, the way the city is depicted people feel like it’s very on-the-ground… it is very matter-of-fact,” Bernardo says. “We don’t come off a big sign and tell you exactly where you are. We just sort of drop you into the story, and the story plays out as it is.”

Connelly, who created and executive-produces the series and remains intimately involved in the production, was determined to keep things real. Having optioned the first two Harry Bosch books to Paramount Pictures in 1995 (along with the rights to the character), he was prohibited from shopping the TV series for 15 years. In the intervening decade-and-a-half, the novels became wildly popular, making Connelly the new standard-bearer of an LA noir tradition kicked off by Raymond Chandler decades earlier. By the time the author got hold of the rights again (following a brief legal scuffle with Paramount that was ultimately settled for an undisclosed amount), his clout had substantially increased, and he used that clout to dictate the terms of the series’ production.

“He was in this really privileged position to be able to say, there’s certain non-negotiable terms,” says Bernardo. “And one of them is, we have to shoot in LA, and we have to capture LA.”

Given the city’s sprawling patchwork of diverse neighborhoods , “capturing LA” is a complicated proposition. But for Connelly and the show’s creative team, it means avoiding the Hollywood stereotypes that tend to reduce the city to a collection of stock images.

“Most of the [LA-set] shows that we see, a lot of it feels like it’s filmed west of the 405,” says Bernardo. “It’s a very different LA than being Downtown near Skid Row, like we were in Season 3.… there’s a lot of different versions of the city in this place. And I feel like we go to these places and depict them geographically and story-wise as they are.”

For Schreiber, this approach has resulted in a professional experience delightfully at odds with some of his previous LA-set projects. “I did two shows that shall be nameless where the characters—shocker—have some money, and it literally became [about finding] places for them to meet, eat, drink and sleep around,” he says. “It’s mind-numbing as a location scout to work on those shows.”

It’s not as if Bosch eschews the city’s landmarks altogether. Over the course of the previous four seasons, the series has featured such quintessential LA locations as the La Brea Tar Pits, Musso and Frank , LA City Hall, Norm’s Restaurant, and Du-par’s at The Original Farmers Market. The latter of these settings ticked a number of different boxes for a pivotal scene in which Bosch’s ex-wife Eleanor is gunned down in front of him by a mysterious figure on a motorcycle. For one thing, the restaurant fit Connelly’s mythology, having been name-checked as one of Bosch’s favorite haunts in the novels.

“I knew it was the right place to do it,” says Schreiber of the location, which was originally suggested by executive producer Pieter Jan Brugge . “Because Harry’s always going to Du-par’s… talking about the pie and whatnot.”

The location also made geographical sense as a meeting point for Bosch and Eleanor, who in the episode were commuting from Hollywood police department station and Park La Brea. After all, Schreiber rightly points out, “they’re not gonna meet in Sherman Oaks.”

This commitment to authenticity runs throughout Bosch ; its appeal in part hinges on an unusually faithful rendering of the streets the show’s LA-based fans navigate every day.

“It seems so small, but if we say that our characters are driving down Sunset… we are [actually] on Sunset,” says Bernardo. “We’re not like picking a place out in the Valley that’s easier to handle logistically and passing it off as Sunset.”

Perhaps the most sought-after location for fans of the show is Bosch’s hillside home, which provides a gorgeous view of the LA Basin. While it’s something of an upgrade from the house detailed in the books (Connelly describes it as “not much bigger than a Beverly Hills garage”), the space is nonetheless devoid of some of the plusher appointments normally found in a Hollywood Hills trophy home.

In Schreiber’s estimation, the house—a cantilevered two-bedroom, two-bath built in 1958 just north of Sunset Plaza —mirrors Harry Bosch’s unadorned ethos; for the single-minded detective with few hobbies outside of jazz, there’s no need for frills.

“Most of the houses in the Hollywood Hills, you walk into them, you’re going to find a wonderful kitchen, a beautiful pool, a beautiful driveway,” says Schreiber of the house, which Brugge had originally used for the 1995 Michael Mann classic Heat . “This house is so simple that it basically is one room with a view. And that’s why it works so well for this character.”

Bernardo views it slightly differently.

“The thing that strikes me is that there’s something about Harry Bosch that is intimately identified with the totality of the city, the whole of the city… he sees it and he feels it, but he’s also at a remove,” says Bernardo. “And he’s alone. He sort of plays into that sort of lone wolf character, and he’s up there by himself, but he’s a guy who can never leave LA—he is LA in so many ways—but [he] also wants a certain distance from it, a certain remove from it, a certain angle on it that most people might not otherwise get.”

With each season of the show tending to center its plot around a specific area of the city—last season, Downtown was extensively featured thanks to the prominent use of such locations as Angels Flight, the Bradbury Building , and the Biltmore Hotel—the fifth season, which will center its plot on a murder linked to the opioid epidemic, is looking to be San Fernando Valley -heavy.

“A lot of pharmacies and doctor’s offices in the Valley,” says Schreiber on what to expect from the season’s locations. “That, and zombie[-like] opioid people that are victims and their lives and the places that they inhabit.”

“We’ll be out in sunny Pacoima, because they [find] a pill mill out there,” says Bernardo, who adds, “It’s also near the [Whiteman] Airport out there, which will play a role in the story.” Agua Dulce will also be featured, he notes, as will a very iconic noir location on the other side of the hill.

“There’s a big reveal in this scene at the Frolic Room on Hollywood Boulevard,” says Bernardo, who wrote the historic bar into one of Season 5’s episodes without knowing whether they’d even be able to secure it. “I didn’t know because of where it’s located right there on Hollywood Boulevard... whether it was just gonna be logistically a tough pull for our team getting the permits and finding the time to bring our crew up there, etc.,” he says.

While future seasons will inevitably retain the vérité feel Bosch fans have come to depend upon (Bernardo and the other writers are already hard at work on Season 6), Schreiber has a few other iconic locations in mind going forward.

“I mean, we’ve never shot at Pink’s [Hot Dogs], at least not yet, [or] Pacific Dining Car,” says the location manager, who notes that the show once tried to incorporate French dip emporium Philippe’s but was ultimately unable to secure it. Having worked on the show now for five seasons, Schreiber is always on the lookout, even in the off-season.

“There’s this one street in North Hollywood … it’s light industrial, and there’s this warehouse building that’s been turned into a brewery,” he says. “And across the street and down a little bit is this big warehouse with a giant open door… I want to shoot on that street. I have no idea what scene, I have no idea what character, I have no idea what episode or season. But it’s in the back of my mind.”

Correction: An earlier version of this stated that Michael Connelly would make his first appearance on the show in Season 5. He made a cameo in the pilot .

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Is the House on ‘Bosch’ a Real House? Who Owns the Bosch House?

Is the House on ‘ Bosch ‘ a Real House? Who Owns the Bosch House? Where is it Located? Let’s get the answer of all these questions.

Both ‘ Bosch ‘ and ‘ Bosch: Legacy ‘ are throwbacks to Hollywood noir’s golden age. They are based on American novelist Michael Connelly’s ‘Harry Bosch’ series of novels. While the original series follows the titular character ( Titus Welliver ) as an LAPD detective assigned to the Hollywood homicide section, the spin-off follows him as a private investigator.

Harry’s modest but beautiful home is featured significantly in both shows. It gives a breathtaking perspective of the Los Angeles basin from its hilltop location. We’ve got you covered if you’re wondering if Bosch’s house is genuine and, if so, where it is located.

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Is the house on ‘bosch’ a real house.

Yes , Harry Bosch’s house is, in fact, real . The remarkable residential construction first appeared in the premiere episode of the original show and has since become an important aspect of the story. It has been the site for numerous sequences in both series on numerous occasions.

The pad is dangerously placed on numerous steel pylons, providing a spectacular view. Given that the drama is set in California, earthquakes must be a legitimate danger for the house’s owner. When an earthquake causes structural damage to Bosch’s home in the first episode of ‘ Bosch: Legacy ,’ this is handled.

The 1,513-square-foot mansion was supposedly built-in 1958 in real life. There are two bedrooms and two bathrooms in this apartment. Although the view from the street isn’t as spectacular, it’s still sunny Los Angeles, and the house is surrounded by natural and man-made beauty, so it’s still lovely. The mansion is now off the market and is said to be worth around $2.5 million.

Where is Bosch’s Residence Loated and Who Owns it?

Bosch’s home in Connelly’s books is somewhere on Woodrow Wilson Drive in Hollywood Hills, California . Harry’s house is at 7203 Woodrow Wilson in the 2010 novel “The Reversal,” and at 8620 Woodrow Wilson in the 2018 novel “ Dark Sacred Night .” This could be because Harry’s house was reportedly damaged during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Harry built a new one in the same neighbourhood, with the same overlooking view of the basin, after it was demolished.

Connelly uses the following terms to describe Harry’s home in his 1992 novel “ The Black Echo .” “Bosch’s house was on the right side, fourth from the end.” His house was a one-bedroom cantilever made of wood, about the size of a Beverly Hills garage. At its mid-point, three steel pylons supported it as it dangled over the edge of the hill.

During earthquakes, it was a terrible place to be, daring Mother Nature to twang those beams and send the home tumbling down the slope like a sled. But the vista was worth it… Looking out over the valley always gave Bosch a sensation of strength that he couldn’t put his finger on. But he was well aware that it was one of the key reasons he purchased the property and would never want to leave.”

Connelly pointed to the spot where Bosch’s house was supposed to be in a 2016 video he published on his YouTube account . Because of the sum he earned for a film based on a case he worked on, and Harry can afford such a high-end pad in the shows. The house is actually located at 1870 Blue Heights Drive in Los Angeles . In the first season of the original series, at least the interior sequences featuring Bosch’s residence were shot on location.

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Bosch Filming Location Guide

‘Bosch’ is not only known as one of the best noir drama offerings of Amazon Prime video but over the years, it has also garnered a huge following because of its modern-day LA setting. While most LA centric shows are more focused on depicting an iconographic perspective of the sprawling Southern California city, ‘Bosch’ creates an immersive experience for its viewers, which adds a whole new layer to its mysteries and drama.

In one of his interviews, ‘Bosch’ writer and producer, Tom Bernardo, further explained this by claiming that the show does not come with any big signs or tell tales that emphasize its locations. It instead just drops you in its overall atmosphere and allows you to have a personal experience of the city. While watching a show like ‘Bosch’, where the setting itself develops an identity in context with its plot, you can’t help but wonder where its filming took place. So to know more about all the places where it was shot, read on.

Where is Bosch Filmed?

‘Bosch’ is based on Michael Connelly of the same name. Just like the novel, the show creates a whole character out of its filming location— Los Angeles, California . In order to make sure that ‘Bosch’ manages to perfectly encapsulate the whole environment of its source, the creators of the show made sure that all of its filmings took place in real locations. However, since many of these locales mentioned in the book are straight out of the author’s imagination—especially Harry Bosch’s home—the creators of the show had to reimagine and then recreate similar setups in the show; which they have clearly pulled off quite well. So here’s a very detailed guide to the filming locations of ‘Bosch.’

Harry Bosh’s Home

Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch’s cantilevered hilltop home is one location that gets everyone’s attention from the get-go. His elevated “Pad” perfectly captures the essence of its LA set up and makes you wonder if it’s a real location. In the book, the address of his apartment is mentioned as “7203 Woodrow Wilson” in 2010’s The Reversal and as “8620 Woodrow Wilson” in 2018’s Dark Sacred Night . While the pad in the book was straight out of Connelly’s imagination and was derived from a burnt-out foundation in   7207 Woodrow Wilson Drive , the one featured in the series is at  1870 Blue Heights Drive in Hollywood Hills West . 

Bars and Restaurants

Throughout its runtime, ‘Bosch’ also features several bars and restaurants of the “City of Angels” and the major ones out of these include Little Dom’s (Season 4 Episode 6), Musso & Frank Grill (Season 1 Episode 3), Boardner’s by La Belle (Season 4 Episode 7, Episode 9), El Compadre (Season 3 Episode 4), Formosa Cafe (Season 3 Episode 5), Shake Shake (Season 3 Episode 5), Cactus Taquerias #1 (Season 1 Episode 2), The Smog Cutter (Season 3 Episode 1), Gabriel Golden Soup Restaurant (Season 4 Episode 8), Suzanne Tracht’s Jar, Swingers, Du-Pars Restaurant and Baker (Season 4 Episode 4), Original Tommy’s Hamburgers , Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles (Season 4 Episode 1), Cafe Demitasse (Season 3 Episode 4), Nickel Diner (Season 2 Episode 9), Cole’s (Season 3 Episode 4), and Espresso Yo Self (Season 3 Episode 4, Episode 7).

Other Major Locations

The police station featured in the show is shot in Red Studios, North Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood and all the scenes in the Coroner’s office are filmed in the actual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner . Even the scenes that feature the Glendale Police department have been filmed in Glendale, California itself. And finally, the scenes that depict the Forensics Lab have all been filmed at California State University .

To get a more detailed look at all the filming locations of the show, you can refer to the map below. And to know more about Michael Connelly’s outlook on all the filming locations, you also refer to his official journal notes.

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Bosch House: Harry Bosch’s Hollywood Hills Home

Perched high in the illustrious Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch’s home embodies the allure and sophistication of its prestigious location. This two-bedroom, two-bathroom sanctuary boasts 1,500 square feet of refined living space, offering a seamless blend of modern elegance and captivating vistas.

With its stucco exterior and an all-glass wall showcasing breathtaking panoramic views, this gated property exudes a sense of privacy and grandeur. Join us as we delve into the details of Harry Bosch’s Hollywood Hills abode, a dwelling that epitomizes the epitome of luxury living.

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House Description

The description of Harry Bosch’s Hollywood Hills home includes details such as its location, size, layout, and features, providing a comprehensive overview of the property. Situated in Hollywood Hills, CA, the single-family home boasts two bedrooms and two bathrooms, spanning 1,500 square feet of space.

The interior design features nine rooms, including an all-glass wall that offers breathtaking views of the surrounding area. The house also features a large balcony, perfect for entertaining and outdoor dining. With a flat roof and stucco exterior, the property exudes a modern and stylish aesthetic. Additionally, the gated property ensures privacy and security. Harry Bosch’s Hollywood Hills home offers a luxurious and comfortable living space, both indoors and outdoors.

Location Details

Located in the desirable neighborhood of Hollywood Hills, this property boasts a prime location with convenient access to the vibrant city of Los Angeles. Harry Bosch’s Hollywood Hills home offers a unique opportunity to live in one of the most iconic areas in the world.

The Hollywood Hills is not only known for its stunning views and luxurious properties but also for its rich entertainment history. Residents can explore the nearby Hollywood sign, a symbol of the entertainment industry, and visit other popular attractions such as the Hollywood Bowl and Griffith Observatory.

Harry Bosch’s favorite spots may include trendy restaurants, upscale shopping destinations, and vibrant nightlife venues. With its central location and proximity to various amenities, this Hollywood Hills home provides an unparalleled lifestyle for those seeking a combination of luxury and convenience.

Price and Address

Situated in the desirable neighborhood of Hollywood Hills, this property offers a unique opportunity to own a spacious single-family home with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, spanning 1,500 square feet of space. The house boasts a stucco exterior with a flat roof and is gated for privacy.

It features nine rooms, including an all-glass wall that provides stunning views of the surrounding area. The large balcony is perfect for entertaining and outdoor dining. Now, let’s take a closer look at the price and address of Harry Bosch’s Hollywood Hills home:

It is interesting to note that Harry Bosch’s net worth, as portrayed by Titus Welliver, is estimated to be $4 million. This successful career as a detective in the LAPD’s homicide division and his work as a private investigator have undoubtedly contributed to his impressive net worth.

Is Theo Von’s house also located in Hollywood Hills?

Is Theo Von’s house also located in Hollywood Hills? No, his house is actually in Covington, Louisiana. Known as theo von’s covington louisiana celebrity home , it’s a charming abode tucked away in the southern state, quite different from the glamorous Hollywood Hills.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did harry bosch’s upbringing shape his character and career.

Harry Bosch’s upbringing, shaped by being raised by a single mother who was murdered when he was 11, and his service in Vietnam, influenced his character and career trajectory. These experiences instilled in him a sense of justice and determination, leading him to become a detective in the LAPD’s homicide division and later a private investigator.

What are some notable cases that Harry Bosch worked on during his time in the LAPD’s homicide division?

During his time in the LAPD’s homicide division, Harry Bosch worked on several notable cases. Some of these cases include the Dollmaker murders, the Hillside Strangler case, and the murder investigation of a Hollywood producer.

How did Harry Bosch transition from being a detective in the LAPD to working as a private investigator?

Harry Bosch transitioned from being a detective in the LAPD to working as a private investigator due to his disillusionment with the bureaucratic limitations of the police force. His upbringing, raised by a single mother and serving in Vietnam, influenced his career choices.

What is the significance of the all-glass wall in Harry Bosch’s house?

The all-glass wall in Harry Bosch’s house holds significant psychological impact due to its architectural design. By seamlessly merging indoor and outdoor spaces, it creates a sense of openness and connectivity, enhancing the overall aesthetic appeal and providing a unique sensory experience.

Are there any unique features or amenities in Harry Bosch’s Hollywood Hills home?

Unique features of the Hollywood Hills home include an all-glass wall, providing stunning views. Amenities include a large balcony for outdoor dining and entertaining. These features enhance the property’s appeal and contribute to its luxurious atmosphere.

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LA’s stilt houses attract disaster film directors, peace-seeking residents

LA is famed for its architecturally inventive hillside homes, but perhaps the most iconic are those that jut out from the edge of mountain ridges over canyons. Stilt, or platform, houses are simple in concept – essentially boxes on slender, cross-braced columns – but hugely dramatic as they cantilever out over a precipitous drop. In the post-war years around 1,500 were built when they were a relatively affordable solution to building on very steep sites. For residents without a fear of heights, they offer a wondrous perch above the city.

Their bravado and seeming perilousness has also made them movie stars, typically portrayed as the home of a troubled soul – a drug dealer (“Lethal Weapon 2”) or a gambling addict (“The Gambler”) or a peeping Tom (“Body Double”). Or they serve as a strong visual in a disaster movie as they collapse down the hill; think “Earthquake.” Sometimes they are the fictional home of a good guy in a world of bad: Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, the LAPD homicide detective in Michael Connelly’s long running crime series, occupies a stilt house in the Hollywood Hills, which he was able to buy after selling a script based on one of his successful cases. Only in LA! From his deck he can eye the bright lights of the noirish city, while thugs creeping up from underneath are a routine threat. For the TV adaptation “Bosch,” producers used a 1959 house on Blue Heights Drive, designed by Frank L. Stiff. 

Or there is the stilt house in “Heat,” occupied by Trejo (Danny Trejo), the “good guy” getaway driver for Neil McCauley’s (Robert De Niro) band of thieves. The “Heat house,” incidentally, went on the market this year with much fanfare .

Now the nonprofit Friends of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles (FORT: LA), headed up by filmmaker Russell Brown, has created a free downloadable self-guided trail map of six of the “ Stilts on Screen .” 

The movies featuring stilt houses seem to suggest that people who live in them have a death wish, says Brown. A visit to some of these homes, however, tests those with vertigo, but reveals that they are treasured by homeowners who view them as much less menacing – and far more peaceful – than Hollywood might lead you to believe.  

“I think Hollywood is using these films for a very specific purpose,” reflects Brown. “But the reality is: A lot of people really love living here and have really warm emotional reactions to being here. So I don't know if the movies have totally gotten it right.”

In real life, the stilt-house-building trend was short-lived. It turned out that fire licking up from below could be a problem, and in 1966 new building codes for fireproofing made them prohibitively expensive to build. Then 13 stilt houses collapsed in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, causing three fatalities. Experts found that the stilt houses whose floor beams were not attached to foundations were vulnerable. When the stilts and cross bracing systems faltered, the floors slid forward and down the slopes. Existing stilt houses have been strengthened where necessary.

Hillside builders today either grade the land or create thick walls that extend right down to the ground, flattening the slopes or filling them with fortified structures that crowd out the flora and fauna of the hills. 

Looking up at the Garcia House on Mulholland Drive, one the grandest of LA’s stilt houses, designed in 1962 by the architect John Lautner, you see stork-thin, slanting legs seemingly holding up an immense and stunning house, with an eyelid-shaped parabolic roof over stained glass windows. Those 60 feet columns are buried deep into the hillside. 

The Garcia House was originally built for American composer Russell Garcia. Actor Vincent Gallo later owned it, and then a DreamWorks executive. On celluloid, it played the den of evil for the racist South African drug smuggler Arjen Rudd (Joss Ackland) in the film “ Lethal Weapon 2 ,” chased down by homicide detective Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) and narcotics officer Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson).

One nearby stilt house has lived out the darkest possibility for these homes on film, when it collapsed on screen in the 1974 disaster film, “Earthquake.” In the film the house nearly crushes Denise Marshall (Geneviève Bujold) when a 9.9 magnitude quake strikes while she is taking her morning stroll.

What was destroyed in the film was actually a model. The house itself is still standing on Alta Mesa Drive in Studio City. The film won a special Oscar for visual effects, and the same shot was actually repurposed for an episode of “The Incredible Hulk.” Brown says, “So this stilt house has died multiple times on screen.”

At the Stone-Fisher Speculative Platform Houses complex in Sherman Oaks, some 17 cliff-hanging houses leave the hillside barely touched. They were originally designed by the important modernist architect Richard Neutra, in collaboration with the structural engineer Arthur H. Levin , who wrote the book on hillside construction. According to Neutra’s son Dion, also an architect, there was a dispute with the developer about financial issues and the quality of construction, so another architect, William S. Beckett, completed the buildings and is credited for them. Unfortunately, Neutra’s early concerns may have been justified: Three of the houses broke from the street in the Northridge earthquake and a 4-year-old girl died. Since then, the houses have been tested and reinforced.

Lorraine Jonsson initially leased her home in that Sherman Oaks complex, and then, feeling totally stable and safe in the structure, she bought it. Her space features much of its original design: a free-flowing kitchen, plus dining and living room with windows on three sides, leading to a deck with a deep drop and a spectacular view. Even though it is in the hot San Fernando Valley, the home is filled with cooling breezes and the rustle of trees outside. 

“I love good architecture. I love nature. I love light. I love the unexpected. And I love the unusual. So I get all of that here,” says Jonsson.

In the same complex, homeowner Michelle Johnson says she and her family moved recently from Minnesota to Los Angeles. A self-described “farm girl,” she sought out a home that would have a connection to the wild, and found it in her updated stilt home — although the house was remodeled by the previous owner Donald M. Goldstein and is now encased in glass walls. “I wanted something that was interesting. I wanted something that was exceptionally well-made and exceptionally well-maintained. And something that had a great view,” she says.

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