Carroll Avenue Historic Neighborhood

Often called Los Angeles' first suburb, the hilltop residential area of Angelino Heights lies two miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, near the communities of Echo Park and Silver Lake. The area was planned as a respectable, genteel Victorian neighborhood for Los Angeles' late 19th century upper-middle class. Neighborhood of Victorian and Queen Anne homes with sidewalks, street lamps, telephone poles, picket fences, paved streets. Active Homeowners Association.