My mom had an aunt who lived on Pelham Pl. Her sister (my grandmother) would park her 1948 Buick down on Beachwood and walk up the "150 stairs" to visit. The Buick had no power steering or brakes so it was too difficult to drive up the narrow canyon roads. We as kids would also visit and walk down the steps to the Beachwood Market. It's surprising, 60 years later how little the area has changed. Thanks for a very nostalgic trip.
OK so glad that the younger generation that you are are experiencing Los Angeles the way I did when I lived there in the 80s and 90s. The history is rich and not much is changed in a lot of areas. I used to run around all of this and I am so glad you are enlightened by old Hollywood history. Keep up the good work and enjoy what’s left of the old world there.
Believe or not, the residence, quite possibly the resident that lives right next to the blocked staircase probably found some city barricades and used them to block off that set of stairs to prevent public access for their on benefit (privacy). Tell-tale sign is that the city wouldn't mount plywood behind a barricade in that fashion without clearly visible signs and flashing lights. And most definitely wouldn't block a pathway for a couple of months unless there was some sort of catastrophic issue. I'd check with Street Services, that smells like foul play. LOL
I found reference online that the homes had to be built in French Normandy, English tutor, Spanish or Mediterranean style but many veered into what’s called “storybook” design so you’re not wrong about the Castle theme.
That castle-like house is called The Wolf's Lair, constructed in 1928! It was owned by Doris Day and her son Terry Melcher lived with her for a time after the August 1969 murders.
There’s a book with all the “secret” stairs in the LA area including all of these. I found the author on Facebook and he would post where he would be and lead the hike through these great neighborhoods and these wonderful secret stairs. As we did the hike, he’d give us a history of the area we were around. The book is called “Secret Stairs” but I can’t remember the author’s name.
I just found your channel thru this vid! I’m older now, there’s no way I could do those stairs but how wonderful to see them this way! Good job! Subscribed!
I grew up in Hollywood and was never a fan of Beachwood ! I remember hearing about the stairs but never experienced it ! Thank you for posting this content
Thank you so much for the tour! Thirty years ago, I visited a dear, old friend who lived on Hollyridge Drive and we walked up and down the Westshire Pelham Stairs. It was a great experience, and thank you for reactivating my memories. I understand the Westshire Pelham Stairs were featured in the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), one of my very favorite movies.
I ride my bicycle up and down the streets all the time. Add no idea about the secret stairs. Great video I appreciate it. No I have a new place to explore in the Hollywood Hills.
Late to the party! Fun video but enjoyed your narration even more! Too many vloggers try too hard to be funny or like they are auditioning for TV/Movie parts. I will continue to watch your travel vids because I like your style of vloging.
I have been on that staircase I worked in Hollywood from 64 to 82. Mostly on western TV shows I was an extra I did set design I painted I was a general labor I did almost everything that you could do making TV and movies I started when I was eight years old.
Really shocked how lush and green it is. Always thought of LA and Hollywood as a desert. Also I'm pretty sure I saw some of those on The Hills. Thanks Spencer Pratt.
We had an unusually high amount of rain in 2021 through 2022. Very much a desert climate, which can be shockingly lush and vibrant after significant rainfall. The desert super blooms are a testament to that 😊
I remember seeing a Three Stooges Short where they were delivering ice.. it was filmed I believe in that area.. there were houses with steps like that the Stooges delivered ice to!!! 👍
I don't know how this popped up but I'm glad to see this and you're very beautiful to go along with your video I will never make it to this location in Hollywood but thank you this is very interesting.
I love running steps! Manayunk ( a neighborhood in sea level-ish Philadelphia - 4 miles from DT) Extremely hilly w/17 “ staircases.”( We just say, “ Steps” to encompass all the staircases) Manayunk has a 12-17percent grade thruout the neighborhood. Quite the work-out! Nice vistas!
In 1992 I lived half way up Beachwood Drive (at Gower) when a lot of tourist stop and get a pic in the middle of the street (as it is a large, wide area of the street heading up to the sign. That was my favorite apartment I ever lived in anywhere in LA. Beachwood Drive was still kind of a best kept secret so prices were still reasonable then. I lived there during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Our 2/1 in a retro 1940’s building then was $850. I got the price for that apt from the landlord in 2019 and it was well under market for $2,750.
That specific area you showed on Beechwood Drive was where some scenes in the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers was filmed. You can still see some of the stone arches on the street.
Katie, I am so glad that you walked those steps! I got back and knee pain, Watching you! I'll stick to Ruynon Canyon walks. Thanks for the awesome tour! 🚶♀️🚶♀️🚶♀️😂
Pretty sure that white castle house when you looked at "Lake Hollywood" used to be Moby's. He moved after it was featured in an article and attracted too many uninvited guests.
I lived in Beachwood Canyon on Temple Hill in the 90s. Had the most amazing view of the city. One of the few places in Los Angeles that was truly awesome.
Hey Katie..Beautifull..What i like about california and pheonix arizona is the Sunshine its feels like reflection of Gold..its beautifull..hope i see it by myself one day..u should catch it at early morning or when its sunset.
The other day I was watching the movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", filmed in 1956. In the last 30 minutes or so from the end of the movie, the town folks were chasing a couple up one of these stair cases. Thanks to you I knew what they were. Thanks again!!! Your fan, Doc. B
Good video! I did that hike a few months ago, but I did the loop in the opposite direction that you did. The last set of stairs you came down was the 1st set I came up - it was brutal!! And the friend I went with was in much better shape than I was, so she was leisurely waiting for me at the top - haha! It was a fun hike & a really good workout, though!
i recognized that wall and luckily you noticed the gargoil and filmed the house but did you know its a famous house? at one time it belonged to singer "Moby" as well as film actress Doris Day, the house is called Wolf Lair Mansion, its also very haunted for many decades since like the 50s, house built in 1927 i think
This is such a cool walk/video. Have you considered uploading a longer edit, with just raw footage of your walk, without music. That would be also cool. Lots of walking channels do similar videos :)
If you think the walk was a challenge, imagine how much effort it ws to clear the paths, install the steps and rails, all by hand. No machinery or concrete pumps in those days. Moving all that material must have been awfully hard. That joint tooling used was very time consuming, each step and riser must have taken hours.
We have a few sets of stairs in Richmond...(Va.) They were built in the 1880's during the "City Beautiful" movement of that era. Libbie Hill has it's set Taylor's Hill as well Jefferson too...(Jefferson Hill actually has a train buried in it from 98yrs ago (Locomotive #231 which is a 4-4-0...LOOK UP HISTORY) Chimborazo has a set that leads down into a long flat green slope that at the bottom has a long drive with a cobbled wall possibly 1880's or 1930's C.C.C. Roosevelt era....at the end of the drive is the end of The Church Hill Train Tunnel with said train still left inside. 2006 a retired CSX exec. tried to get to it....the whole project was understandably shut down by the mayor due to environmental reasons.
Those little entrance stone walls are original and still say Hollywoodland. I have a friend that lives on Durand. You could see the Hollywood sign from her bed. I also liked the little Cafe for breakfast. And you use to be able to get to Lake Hollywood from her place but they closed it off, but we ran and walked around it often.
Actually the reservoir was an open reservoir and the color of the water was much prettier to me but I think it was after early 2000s they enclosed it with water on top. The color is not the same.
I found the prices of the houses to be a value, I have lived in Ca for a very long time, you can easily pay those prices for just cookie cutter houses, the biggest issues living up there is the cost of home insurance, aka fire insurance.
You should come up north, by the Mississippi there's old hidden in the weeds staircases that go down to a tunnel that goes under the train tracks to river houses along the shore.
Great video...one critique though..I would suggest a gimbal for phone..or whatever recording device you are using...The video will be so much smoother/stable...
I noticed you often point out animal statues, lions and decorative figurines. I will share with you something I only found out this year while visiting European castles (you might already know): The difference between a Gargoyle and a Grotesque: A gargoyle is a waterspout that carries rainwater away from the walls of a building, protecting it from damage (from the old French “Gargole” which means THROAT). Meanwhile, a Grotesque is a decorative carving that has no functional architectural purpose. Happy travels!
This is funny, I work on the hills and I have been up and down the stairs for the last 20 years, I never knew people would be interested. I wonder if you guys know about the other one around the Hollywood Bowl
They're probably called drives because they're meant for locally accessing destinations and not for moving distances (roads) and it's more scenic sounding that streets. A lot of these drives, while they aren't dead ends, they loop back on each other and don't really take you anywhere. They're like fancy parking lots
Katie, you have beautiful enormous eyes, and a smart, curious spirit, and NO TATTOOS visible, which gladdens my heart as an older person. I wish you success with your travels and your channel !
My mom had an aunt who lived on Pelham Pl. Her sister (my grandmother) would park her 1948 Buick down on Beachwood and walk up the "150 stairs" to visit. The Buick had no power steering or brakes so it was too difficult to drive up the narrow canyon roads. We as kids would also visit and walk down the steps to the Beachwood Market. It's surprising, 60 years later how little the area has changed. Thanks for a very nostalgic trip.
OK so glad that the younger generation that you are are experiencing Los Angeles the way I did when I lived there in the 80s and 90s. The history is rich and not much is changed in a lot of areas. I used to run around all of this and I am so glad you are enlightened by old Hollywood history. Keep up the good work and enjoy what’s left of the old world there.
Thank you, I can’t wait to keep exploring Los Angeles!
Looking for newer stuff like this by you😊
Never knew of these crazy but interesting stairs after 40 years of L.A. living. Thank you for the adventure.
Can't imagine trying to walk home from a Hollywood party drunk at 2:00 in the morning to get to your house
Nobody walks in LA
It happened and still does..
@@napoleon-sk5oc🎵 Only a nobody walks in LA 🎵
@@napoleon-sk5oc Not in the hills at least. These stairs are for rich people to walk their dogs or get to the reservoir trail
@@notlilyspears many hike for fun and fitness
Believe or not, the residence, quite possibly the resident that lives right next to the blocked staircase probably found some city barricades and used them to block off that set of stairs to prevent public access for their on benefit (privacy). Tell-tale sign is that the city wouldn't mount plywood behind a barricade in that fashion without clearly visible signs and flashing lights. And most definitely wouldn't block a pathway for a couple of months unless there was some sort of catastrophic issue. I'd check with Street Services, that smells like foul play. LOL
I agree with you totally! Bad juju energy lol. Of all the nerve🙄🤦♀️🤔
I found reference online that the homes had to be built in French Normandy, English tutor, Spanish or Mediterranean style but many veered into what’s called “storybook” design so you’re not wrong about the Castle theme.
I was thinking the samething.
City filled with Karen's. They payed to live at Disneyland. But hate the visitor's.
Even Google Earth doesn't allow viewing of stairs or House at 3020 Belden Drive!
That castle-like house is called The Wolf's Lair, constructed in 1928!
It was owned by Doris Day and her son Terry Melcher lived with her for a time after the August 1969 murders.
Sly Stone rented it?
it is for sale. A prior owner was Moby
The Manson murders?
Whoa
love the creativity in architecture for the residences...beautiful!
There’s a book with all the “secret” stairs in the LA area including all of these. I found the author on Facebook and he would post where he would be and lead the hike through these great neighborhoods and these wonderful secret stairs. As we did the hike, he’d give us a history of the area we were around. The book is called “Secret Stairs” but I can’t remember the author’s name.
Too cool! Thank you!
The author is Charles Fleming
I just found your channel thru this vid! I’m older now, there’s no way I could do those stairs but how wonderful to see them this way! Good job! Subscribed!
I think the castle style was part of "storybook style" which was popular in the 1920s.
Amazing though, isn't it. Would love a house like that.
I grew up in Hollywood and was never a fan of Beachwood ! I remember hearing about the stairs but never experienced it ! Thank you for posting this content
Thank you so much for the tour! Thirty years ago, I visited a dear, old friend who lived on Hollyridge Drive and we walked up and down the Westshire Pelham Stairs. It was a great experience, and thank you for reactivating my memories. I understand the Westshire Pelham Stairs were featured in the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), one of my very favorite movies.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@TravelCrazyKatie Liked it so much, I just watched it again! Nancy
That movie scared the crap outta me. I didn't sleep for two whole days straight!!! 🤪😅🤣😂
Born and raised here and never knew those stairs existed
thanks for the tour. And looking at the blocked stairway. You really had to go out of your way. Appreciate it.
Loved this video. Thank you.
Thanks for the walk along.
Castles in the early 1900's, Hollywood. A time of decadence that the wealthy displayed.
I love the stairs architecture.
Very interesting tour!
This was so unbelievably interesting.
I ride my bicycle up and down the streets all the time. Add no idea about the secret stairs.
Great video I appreciate it. No I have a new place to explore in the Hollywood Hills.
Pretty cool. I like finding old stairways when out on the bike.
This was fun to follow along on the trip! I love the architecture and all the built-in stairs. Thanks for making this!
Late to the party! Fun video but enjoyed your narration even more! Too many vloggers try too hard to be funny or like they are auditioning for TV/Movie parts. I will continue to watch your travel vids because I like your style of vloging.
What a charming young lady! I love to explore neighborhoods. Haven't been doing that enough lately, but this inspires me to resume that activity.
Adorable thank you. Im gonna have to do this
I have been on that staircase I worked in Hollywood from 64 to 82. Mostly on western TV shows I was an extra I did set design I painted I was a general labor I did almost everything that you could do making TV and movies I started when I was eight years old.
That’s amazing, I bet you have some great stories.
Just found your channel - great vlog! Never knew about these stairs and grew up in LA so really enjoyed the tour. Thanks!!
I lived in Malibu/L.A. in the 80's. I never heard of these staircases !! Thanks for sharing Amazing video !!!!
Some very cool hidden staircases in Berkeley too
Really shocked how lush and green it is. Always thought of LA and Hollywood as a desert. Also I'm pretty sure I saw some of those on The Hills. Thanks Spencer Pratt.
We had an unusually high amount of rain in 2021 through 2022. Very much a desert climate, which can be shockingly lush and vibrant after significant rainfall. The desert super blooms are a testament to that 😊
I remember seeing a Three Stooges Short where they were delivering ice.. it was filmed I believe in that area.. there were houses with steps like that the Stooges delivered ice to!!! 👍
That 3 Stooges short was filmed in Fair Oak View Terrace and Edendale Place (2257 Edendale Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90039) in the Silver Lake area.
@@miltoncallan1471 Thanks for that info. The zip code was especially useful. (nyuk nyuk)
Yes. I was thinking about that scene also. Except I was thinking it was Laurel and Hardy.
@davidclaycomb5496 Hello, You Tube has a lot of The Three Stooges movies I've seen it not long ago
@@miltoncallan1471 A movie historian 👍🏻 Thanks!
I’ve seen a lot of those places on old TV shoes and possible period movies…hence the castles…just my guess. Thanks for the tour. 😊
I moved to LA in 1980 and you’ve shown me something new. The only steps I knew where the Music Box in SilverLake.
Thank you for watching!
Where and not were?
*were
Silver Lake? Is that the stairs where at the top there are 4 or 5 houses that have no street or road, they can only be reached by walking?
@@sharksport01😮
Fascinating! I was 6 when we lived on the 2900 block of Beechwood Dr. So these videos are amazing! Thank you!
I don't know how this popped up but I'm glad to see this and you're very beautiful to go along with your video I will never make it to this location in Hollywood but thank you this is very interesting.
Thanks for sharing this gem of information. One day I will have to visit these amazing stairs.
My knees ache just watching the video great job young lady.
Thank you! Yes it was a lot of stairs!
I love running steps! Manayunk ( a neighborhood in sea level-ish Philadelphia - 4 miles from DT) Extremely hilly w/17 “ staircases.”( We just say, “ Steps” to encompass all the staircases) Manayunk has a 12-17percent grade thruout the neighborhood. Quite the work-out! Nice vistas!
There are some amazing house there!
Staircases add to that neighborhood!
In 1992 I lived half way up Beachwood Drive (at Gower) when a lot of tourist stop and get a pic in the middle of the street (as it is a large, wide area of the street heading up to the sign. That was my favorite apartment I ever lived in anywhere in LA. Beachwood Drive was still kind of a best kept secret so prices were still reasonable then. I lived there during the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Our 2/1 in a retro 1940’s building then was $850. I got the price for that apt from the landlord in 2019 and it was well under market for $2,750.
Wow!!! Never knew that these stairs existed!!! Nice tour & Thanks!
Quite lovely!!! Thanks for this fascinating trip (by stairs) to the Hills of Hollywood.
That specific area you showed on Beechwood Drive was where some scenes in the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers was filmed. You can still see some of the stone arches on the street.
10:09 A drive is a long winding road that can be shaped by mountains or a lake. Place is a narrow road with no throughway. I googled this
Katie, I am so glad that you walked those steps! I got back and knee pain, Watching you!
I'll stick to Ruynon Canyon walks. Thanks for the awesome tour! 🚶♀️🚶♀️🚶♀️😂
Pretty sure that white castle house when you looked at "Lake Hollywood" used to be Moby's. He moved after it was featured in an article and attracted too many uninvited guests.
Great video! Really enjoyed it. I lived in LA for a year and half a while ago. I heard about these stairs, but never walked them. Also, subscribed!
Beachwood Market is cool…. Get a reusable canvas shopping bag when you stop by!☺️😁
I lived in Beachwood Canyon on Temple Hill in the 90s. Had the most amazing view of the city. One of the few places in Los Angeles that was truly awesome.
Great video.
Headed to the Beachwood Cafe tomorrow for an IG shout out to Harry. We’ll definitely hit at least one of those stairs after.
Thanks
❤❤❤
Thank you! Have fun exploring Beachwood Canyon!
Hey Katie..Beautifull..What i like about california and pheonix arizona is the Sunshine its feels like reflection of Gold..its beautifull..hope i see it by myself one day..u should catch it at early morning or when its sunset.
It’s beautiful here! I hope you can visit one day!
A fascinating video! I love certain parts of California and this area is definitely one of them. Beautiful and full of charm. Thanks!!
The other day I was watching the movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", filmed in 1956. In the last 30 minutes or so from the end of the movie, the town folks were chasing a couple up one of these stair cases. Thanks to you I knew what they were. Thanks again!!! Your fan, Doc. B
👏Gr8 content presentation, very well done! Tkx for ur meticulous tour👍👍
Super cool stuff, I google mapped the neighborhoods street views, outstanding
Great coverage! Thanks!
Good video! I did that hike a few months ago, but I did the loop in the opposite direction that you did. The last set of stairs you came down was the 1st set I came up - it was brutal!! And the friend I went with was in much better shape than I was, so she was leisurely waiting for me at the top - haha! It was a fun hike & a really good workout, though!
Thank you! Yes the stairs are quite a workout, but it was a fun hike!
Nice video !
Love the vlog!!! May GODBLESS!
Thank you so much!
Great Job!!!
i recognized that wall and luckily you noticed the gargoil and filmed the house but did you know its a famous house? at one time it belonged to singer "Moby" as well as film actress Doris Day, the house is called Wolf Lair Mansion, its also very haunted for many decades since like the 50s, house built in 1927 i think
I did not know it was a famous house, that’s cool! Thank you for the information!
This is such a cool walk/video. Have you considered uploading a longer edit, with just raw footage of your walk, without music. That would be also cool. Lots of walking channels do similar videos :)
Really enjoyed your video ❤. I never knew these existed 😊
As usual, fantastic Katie!!!
Keep it going. You fan, Doc Boyle
Thank you!!
What an awesome find! Thanks!
Wow this was very cool to have those stairs, I wonder how many miles did you walk it look like 5 miles or longer. Great video.
If you think the walk was a challenge, imagine how much effort it ws to clear the paths, install the steps and rails, all by hand. No machinery or concrete pumps in those days. Moving all that material must have been awfully hard. That joint tooling used was very time consuming, each step and riser must have taken hours.
Wow 85 years! As a Scotsman I’m grateful I get to explore stairs that are 850 years old!!
@DonJuan-mp9pf he is probably safer in Scotland.
We have roads in Los Angeles that have been travelled by humans for 15,000 years. Is this a pissing contest?
Lolol
@@HollywoodF1yeah and you clearly LOSE, imagine getting defensive from OP’s comment 🙄
Those stairs are lovely, too. Let’s not forget all history must have an origin point.
We have a few sets of stairs in Richmond...(Va.)
They were built in the 1880's during the "City Beautiful" movement of that era.
Libbie Hill has it's set
Taylor's Hill as well
Jefferson too...(Jefferson Hill actually has a train buried in it from 98yrs ago (Locomotive #231 which is a 4-4-0...LOOK UP HISTORY)
Chimborazo has a set that leads down into a long flat green slope that at the bottom has a long drive with a cobbled wall possibly 1880's or 1930's C.C.C. Roosevelt era....at the end of the drive is the end of The Church Hill Train Tunnel with said train still left inside.
2006 a retired CSX exec. tried to get to it....the whole project was understandably shut down by the mayor due to environmental reasons.
Super Fun! Thanks!
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video!
Very cool
Nice tour. If you haven’t already, check out the movie historic “Music Box Steps”, and the “Three Stooges Stairs”.
Such an interesting video, Thank You.
Oh wow! That’s so neat
I'm pretty sure that Lake Hollywood is where they filmed the title scenes for the Andy Griffith show with Andy and Opie going fishing.
4:45 this bassline hits
Facinating thanks😊
I would love to walk there a bit
Thank you that was interesting
Hey it’s a Beautiful content thank you for sharing with us 🥰
Those little entrance stone walls are original and still say Hollywoodland. I have a friend that lives on Durand. You could see the Hollywood sign from her bed. I also liked the little Cafe for breakfast. And you use to be able to get to Lake Hollywood from her place but they closed it off, but we ran and walked around it often.
Actually the reservoir was an open reservoir and the color of the water was much prettier to me but I think it was after early 2000s they enclosed it with water on top. The color is not the same.
That’s so cool that you know someone who lives up there! I will have to go back and try the cafe one day.
great video i live in LA
Thank you!
Great tour . Thanks so much for sharing ❤
Love this !! Thanks
Thank you!
How far was the distance you hiked? What was the incline?
I found the prices of the houses to be a value, I have lived in Ca for a very long time, you can easily pay those prices for just cookie cutter houses, the biggest issues living up there is the cost of home insurance, aka fire insurance.
Ditto
Fire is really not a problem when you live in the city as in Hollywood. It is a problem in the remote areas of LA County.
@@xfhghe Hollywood Hills, a very big problem there.
You should come up north, by the Mississippi there's old hidden in the weeds staircases that go down to a tunnel that goes under the train tracks to river houses along the shore.
That lake played a prominent role in the old Andy Griffith Show.
I believe the Andy Griffith intro was shot at Franklin Canyon reservoir in Beverly Hills.
WRONG LAKE GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT.. THE ANDY GRIFFITH LAKE IS HIDDEN ITS ON A SIDE STREET OFF LAUREL CANYON AND MULHOLLAND DRIVE...
Great video...one critique though..I would suggest a gimbal for phone..or whatever recording device you are using...The video will be so much smoother/stable...
Thanks for the tip! I’ll look into that.
Thanks for sharing.
So cool thanks so much!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I noticed you often point out animal statues, lions and decorative figurines. I will share with you something I only found out this year while visiting European castles (you might already know):
The difference between a Gargoyle and a Grotesque: A gargoyle is a waterspout that carries rainwater away from the walls of a building, protecting it from damage (from the old French “Gargole” which means THROAT).
Meanwhile, a Grotesque is a decorative carving that has no functional architectural purpose. Happy travels!
This is One of the Most Awesome Videos I have seen in a long time. Really Fascinating.
thank you for sharing
This is funny, I work on the hills and I have been up and down the stairs for the last 20 years, I never knew people would be interested. I wonder if you guys know about the other one around the Hollywood Bowl
They're probably called drives because they're meant for locally accessing destinations and not for moving distances (roads) and it's more scenic sounding that streets. A lot of these drives, while they aren't dead ends, they loop back on each other and don't really take you anywhere. They're like fancy parking lots
Look at all those Wealthy Folks using those Stairs. Amazing
Katie, you have beautiful enormous eyes, and a smart, curious spirit, and NO TATTOOS visible, which gladdens my heart as an older person. I wish you success with your travels and your channel !
5:03 is Andrew Christian's house
I lived in that area for almost a year, took those stairs home drunk many times lol
Try the asensores of Valparaiso Chile. Also intriguing.