I’m looking for a new apartment. But, my many personalities can’t agree on what we want. We want an industrial loft with oversized windows in Downtown L.A. We want a cool hipster joint in Hollywood. We want a historic Victorian in Echo Park. We want a place close to the studios.
The one thing that all of my personalities do agree on, is that we want a place that is easily accessible to public transit. We don’t believe in buses, because they get stuck in traffic too. We want a place near a Metro Rail station. Within walking distance. Near bars, and coffee houses, and theaters.
And we want all of this for less than $1200 a month.
Sure, we’d love to buy a loft overlooking 8th & Broadway, or Hollywood & Vine, but none of my personalities have that kind of cheddar.
Your assignment today is to submit suggestions. The dwelling must include ALL of the following:
1) Location between Downtown Los Angeles and the NoHo Arts District
2) Walking distance to a Red Line station
3) Rent for $1200 or less, give or take a few bucks
4) Parking for a car that I will never use
We’re serious about this. We want to move, now. My personalities need your help.
Go.
Multiple personalities need big places might I suggest a multi-unit apartment jungle so you have a friend for each personality?
Either that or try a quick hit of trazadone for a reset and work with the personality that wakes up first.
wow, i just turned in my deposit on a studio and art space that matches that exact description!
Check out the Picadilly at http://www.swelgroup.com/
Right near the Wilshire/Normandie stop. Walking distance to a fun karaoke bar, a bunch of restaurants, and some other stuff…
Parking isn’t included, but a one bedroom goes for about $995 and to park in the nearby garage is only $95 a month.
my dad lived in the Picadilly’s pent house back in the day, nice building
Highland Park, Lincoln Heights or Boyle Heights. Check where the rail lines go; it’s the gold line, but it’s not that far-flung. There are bars a-plenty, markets and bakeries. It’s still low-priced.
I will now run away while EL CHAVO! yells at me for contributing to the gentrification the neighborhood.
I have a perfect secret neighborhood for you. I shall peruse the apartment listings to see if I can find something for you…
Don’t hate on our busses. If you live on the Red Line you’ll find that many more destinations are just a quick transfer to a Rapid bus away. For example how else are you going to travel down Wilshire or Santa Monica Blvd? And really if you only have to go a short distance a bus might be quicker and less tiring especially since all Red Line stations have like 5 flights of stairs from the surface to the platform.
Los Feliz/Little Armenia of coure! Find a place that is either close to the vermont/sunset or hollywood/western. It is a 15 minute walk for me so I either use the dash or just take my bike and park it at the station.
Westsiderentals.com w/Google Maps :) You can map apt positions in relation to metro stations. I hated having to pay the money for the subscription to WSR service, but I found a great place (Little Armenia, between Hollywood & Franklin, with parking!) within 12 hours of subscribing.
“wow, i just turned in my deposit on a studio and art space that matches that exact description!” cutter
Does it have a trap door that leads out to the street?
Browne
Hey jozjozjoz and cutter… or even Jason Burns if these two people have e-mailed you in private… Any chance anyone wants to be kind enough to share these “secret” and amazing locations that fit Jason’s descriptions exactly??
I mean, understandable you don’t want to make public a private gem, but cut me some slack, I’m a soon-to-be college grad (b.a. fine arts = huge piles of money… right?) and am basically looking for the exact same thing Jason is. If anyone could give me any more of these specific pointers (especially because I am an out-of-stater, and 4 years in college can only teach you so much about the cool parts of town), that would be fabulous (thanks Adam, the Picadilly is a great starting point).
I’ve definitely checked out/will continue to check out west side rentals, but if you have specific areas of town to look at (which jozjozjoz and cutter seem to have) or specific apartment complexes I would be very very grateful.
-Jessica (jdruxman at gmail dot com)