Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-28
BOYLE HEIGHTS.
A VERY HANDSOME RESIDENCE
QUARTER OF THE CITY.
Fine Streets, Fine Views, Fine Resi-
dences and Fine Atmospheric Beau
tiful Suburb.

What lovely quarter of the city
Boyle Heights is! Hon. w. H. Work
man must look on it with delight, as he
sees its lovely homes, embowered in
trees, where 5000 people dwell, and re-
fleets on what it was some fifteen years
ago, when he brought the water in there
on the sheep pastures. Boyle Heights
was always place to attract attention.
Nature made it attractive. 1t commands
a view of all the city, of the mountains
and of the plains to the sea. 1t is very
difficult to find place its equal in these
respects. The bluff rises nearly 100 feet
above the river, and there are many
commanding sites for residences in all
parts of this quarter OF the angelic CITY.
From there the valley to Downey and
even to Anaheim is to be seen
on one side and to San Pedro
or Santa Monica on another.
All the mountain ranges rise up on the
north in full view. Such combination
of valley, sea and mountain scenery is
not easily found on the globe. These
natural beauties are much enhanced by
the art of man. Fine streets have been
laid out and graded. Many of these
have cement sidewalks. Then people
of means and culture have been at
tracted by the fine building sites and
fine views. Along the river bank ex-
Mayor w. H. Workman has built a
charming home. Beyond him joseph
Workman and Al. Workman have
places that no description can do Justice
to. Mrs. Hollenbeck's lovely home is
known to all Los Angeles people, as it
was one of the first, if not the very first,
fine house built there. Just beyond
this is the unique and magnificent resi-
dence of Mr.. Fidel Ganahl. 1t has
usually been known as the Perry-Davis
place. 1t would ornament any city in
the country. South of this the massive
walls of the Sisters school rise up in all
their substantial grandeur. The Messrs.
McNally and Grant are doing fine
piece of work ON this edifice. There are
still hundred handsome sites along
this bluff on the two sides of that fine
drive, Boyle avenue. Mr.. w. H. Work
man has the iron on hand to build
street car line from the cable, at First
street, to the Sisters school. In other
parts of the city are the elegant homes
OF Judge S. c. Hubbell, Mr. Geo. Cum
mings, Mr.. Joseph Hyans, Mr.. r. E.
Wirsching and Mr.. Samuel Rees. They
are all notably fine homes, surrounded
by great wealth of foliage.
First street is being rapidly devoted
to business. 1t will bye and bye be a
very prosperous business center. A pop
ulation of 5000, soon to increase
to 10000, and so on indefinitely,
Will support very good business
in many branches of trade. When
the rich Laguna ranch shall have been
cut up and settled in small farms as will
be the case in few years, a large num-
Der of people will naturally do business
along First street. 1t is only about
ten miles to Rivera or Downey, and
that is a pleasant drive in the comfort
able California air. From these points
people will drive to Boyle Heights to do
shopping. Some day when we awake to
the advantage of our position great
boulevards- will be built from Boyle
Heights to Downey and Rivera and be-
yond. They will be sprinkled and set
with shade trees, and then drive be-
tween these points will be a treat, and
no end OF business will come to Boyle
Heights.
Mr.. George Cummings sees all this in
advance, and has seized time by the
forelock. He has put up solid 4-story
brick block on the corner of First street,
Pleasant avenue and Boyle avenue at a
cost Of 100000. There are tifty-eight
rooms on the upper floors and five stores
below. Mr.. E. r. Threlkeld, the ex-
councilman, says he has been a resident
of the Heights for eight years since he
came here, and has seen it all grow UP
about him in that period. He still be-
lieves in it as the very best residence por-
tion OF Los Angeles. The longerh he lives
there the better he likes it, and he says
so he finds it to be with all who come
there. He seems to be right.