View from corner of 4th and 25th.
The Wilshire house is….
Year, style
White-painted wood exterior with red brink fireplaces front and side.
This location’s wide doors and high ceilings provide easily accessible viewing angles. It’s interior work as a wide variety of time periods or places.
Community: West Adams Terrace, part of Historic West Adams
Just one short block from West Adams Blvd, it’s right by several turn of the century churches. There are also gas stations and supermarkets nearby.
Location Address
The side and front of the Wilshire House. Bottom right corner is the Study. Each back-side bedroom sports a balcony as well as the large front upstairs balcony/patio.
2501 4th Street
Los Angeles CA 90018
Features
This West Adams film shoot location contains:
- Wide front door on enclosed porch
- High ceilings
- Entry Room which meets the Living Room
- Adjoining Living Room and Dining Room
- Large Kitchen
- Office/Study
- Wide from stairs
- Back staff stairs
- Large shooting bedroom upstairs.
- Large shooting bathrooms upstairs.
- Second large upstairs bedroom which can be used by special arrangement.
- Second large upstairs bathrooms which can be used by special arrangement.
Production trucks parked on 25th Street in front of this location.
Crew conveniences:
- This corner house sits on two wide streets which easily accommodate parking for production vehicles and the cast.
- A Church across West Adams Blvd provides plentiful parking for the crew.
- This corner lot, its driveway and an adjacent driveway provide food service area.
- The same church is excellent for hot food service.
Shooting conveniences:
Several Porches for Camera Positioning
- A wide porch wraps 2 sides of this location, providing room for cameras to shoot from, equipment to be stored in an enclosed area, and shooting views.
Half of the upstairs patio. It is the same length and width as the enclosed patio below it.
- Upstairs, a wide porch fronts the main bedroom and bathroom, providing cameras and crew a comfortable place from which to shoot into this room through french doors or large windows. One porch window also provides a view into the large main bathroom. The bathroom can also been seen from the french doors.
- A small porch in the back provides a kitchen entrance.
Entrances on all 4 sides of the house
- 3 possible front entrances views from the porch
- Entrance into the kitchen through french doors.
Ultra-Wide Doorways
Double wide pocket doors provide camera view between Living Room and Dining Room. (Some film shoots set the Living Room up as a larger Dining Room.)
Main Level Sun Room
The sunroom at the end of the main level porch is another comfortable, out-of-the-way convenient place for a camera and provides excellent views into the two main rooms as well a view of the kitchen.
Excellent Film Shoot Kitchen
- An opened-up one-time Butler’s pantry provides full-width views of 3 sides of a large kitchen.
- Partially removed Butler’s pantry area ceiling to allow for lighting.
- Two wide doors enter into this excellent camera area, both providing easy out-door access.
- Additionally, one side of the kitchen sports a wide door as well, for camera views or character entry.
- Windows are on one side as are French Doors that can optionally be within camera view.
- There is foliage, not California tropical or palm at these windows and doors.
- A garden pathway provides area for curtains, entrances or staging.
Shoot-friendly Location Bedroom with Fireplace
- Three doors for shooting convenience.
- Long room with two large windows and french doors.
- Connects to location-friendly bathroom.
- 1900s fireplace.
- Molding from which to hang photos.
- This is the bedroom that sports the wide patio so cameras can shoot into the room.
- Can be set up as any other type of room as well.
Shoot-friendly Location Bathroom
- Two doors for shooting convenience.
- Two wide windows with porch access so cameras can shoot into the bathroom.
- The 1900s free-standing bath tub can be moved around, or out, as your film crew wishes.
- There is not working toilet in this location bathroom, so you can bring one from any period and position as desired.
- There is a working period sink and medicine chest.
- Adjoining walk-through closet.
- Build-in cabinet.
Other Details
Freeway access
10 Freeway: 1 block south of the 10 between the Crenshaw and Arlington exits. Just 3 blocks west of Arlington or 10 blocks east of Crenshaw.
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Parking information
- The best off-street parking is at Holman Methodist Church, located right at the foot of 4th Street.
3320 West Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018 ~ 323-731-7285
HolmanuMC.com - Street parking in the neighborhood is open during the day (except for street cleaning Monday and Tuesday mornings between 8 and 1o).
- There is no overnight parking, starting at 2:00 a.m.
Councilmen’s office
LA City Councilman
Grocery stores
RALPHS Supermarkets
• Pico & San Vicente Blvd: 4760 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019 ~ (323) 937-4107
• West Adams & Vermont: 2600 S Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007 ~ (323) 732-3863
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