2022 Blackbirds Way
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Listing Price: $899,000
2 bedrooms | 2.5 bathrooms
Last Friday it was International Women’s Day and it also happened to be the day I once again came across Barbara Bestor’s Blackbirds micro-neighborhood when 2022 Blackbirds Way hit the market. Perfect timing, as Barbara Bestor is one of Los Angeles’s great modern day architects, female or otherwise. Let’s take a look inside the house, part of a groundbreaking and iconic project Bestor and her architecture firm undertook and completed in 2015.
First, a bit about the Blackbirds community. Blackbirds is a group of 18 homes nestled in the bohemian hills of Elysian Heights and inside the great Elysian Elementary School district. Blackbirds represents a progressive design solution for high quality dense housing in a crowded city landscape. It’s an experimental contemporary urban living where community, nature, and design are in balance with each other. The placement of the houses in the hills mimics the early 20th century craftsman cabins of the area. The 18 houses are situated in a drought tolerant landscape with mature trees that is woven into the surrounding neighborhood fabric. The Blackbirds community is an old school yet modern blend of private, semi-private and public space that promotes connections with neighbors and the community.
From your private outdoor space you enter into a sophisticated open plan living area, with a small entrance foyer, and a sleek kitchen.
The home boasts white oak flooring, custom lighting, custom cabinetry, and Bestor’s signature book shelves. I know what you’re thinking – a bookshelf is a bookshelf is a bookshelf – but there’s something special about these beauties, and Bestor’s commitment to fostering a home full of books and inspiration.
For bibliophiles especially, it will be a relief and a dream come true to be able to house all your books in your main living area. After all, ooks are meant to be displayed and picked up often, right?
A dining and living area, plus a half bath, complete the main floor interior.
The living room opens to a a private patio overlooking Preston Avenue and offers eastward views of the canyon and Echo Park hills.
It’s an excellent spot for outdoor entertaining, al fresco dinners, and perhaps a hot tub.
Upstairs rests the peaceful master suite. Tall and expansive windows throughout take full advantage of the hillside views and create an abundance of light.
The en suite master bath is all class and elegance.
A second bedroom suite with its own en suite bath offers private accommodations for guests, children, or roommates.
Often when touring Bestor’s architectural gems you may think to yourself: She really thought of everything. 2022 Blackbirds Way also enjoys a cozy office nook. Plus a laundry closet.
Each of the 18 Blackbirds residences feel a bit like modern treehouses. The landscape design is by the seriously talented Mia Lehrer + Association and the communal grounds have Afghan pine and honey locust trees, Mexican elderberry, lavender and feather grass.
Gated courtyard entry provides a sense of security and removal. Blackbirds is just moments from great hiking in Elysian Park, games at Dodger Stadium, plus, of course all of the boutiques and eateries on Sunset Boulevardand Echo Park Avenues. Nicely priced at $899,000, if you’re hoping to get into the great neighborhood of Echo Park in an architecturally significant modern home, this is a great bet.
Don’t miss 2022 Blackbirds Way. Call me today at (937) 243-2349 or email me at tatiana.tensen@sothebyshomes.com.
Listing provided courtesy of Courtney Smith, Compass.