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Barnsdall Art Park

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Barnsdall Art Park is a city park located in the East Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.Aline Barnsdall donated Barnsdall Park to the City of Los Angeles for arts and recreational purposes, including the preservation of the historic architecture and landscape features. Located at the crest of Olive Hill, Barnsdall Art Park overlooks the city of Los Angeles, and the Hollywood Hills, including Griffith Park. The park is centered on Barnsdall's Hollyhock House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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4800 Hollywood Blvd
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Hollyhock House at Barnsdall Art Park
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Residence A at Barnsdall Art Park
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Located at the crest of Olive Hill, Barnsdall Art Park overlooks the city of Los Angeles, and the Hollywood Hills, including Griffith Park

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Selecting a thirty-six acre site in East Hollywood known as Olive Hill, Barnsdall and Wright worked together to develop a plan that included a home for Barnsdall and her young daughter, two secondary residences, a theater, a director's house, a dormitory for actors, studios for artists, shops, and a motion picture theater

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Aline Barnsdall donated Barnsdall Park to the City of Los Angeles for arts and recreational purposes, including the preservation of the historic architecture and landscape features

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In the 1950s and 1960s additional art center buildings, including a modern theatre, an art gallery, and studios, were built on Olive Hill in the park, centered on Wright's Hollyhock House.

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The Barnsdall Art Center provides college-level art instruction at low cost in a Frank Lloyd Wright building

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Residence A at Barnsdall Art Park
1920 - Residence A at Barnsdall Art Park

Frank Lloyd Wright

Los Angeles, California, 1645 N Vermont Ave

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Hollyhock House at Barnsdall Art Park
1923 - Hollyhock House at Barnsdall Art Park

Frank Lloyd Wright,Rudolph M. Schindler,Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. (Lloyd Wright),Richard Neutra

Los Angeles, California, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA

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