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The Arroyo Register

Houses, hills and paperwork along the Arroyo.

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The Houses

the housing stock of Northeast LA: bungalow courts, Craftsman, hillside boxes

4 slips · latest filed 09/10/2026

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What makes a Northeast LA bungalow

A reader asks why her whole block repeats itself, and the desk opens the bungalow file: the porch post, the low roof, the clinker brick, the sleeping porch.

6 min

The bungalow court form

A reader asks about a dozen small cottages sharing one planted walk: the slip explains the bungalow court form and why it survived a century.

5 min

Craftsman houses along the Arroyo

Why the porch posts and beams along the Arroyo Seco look hand-fitted: a reader's question, the Craftsman stock, and what the planning record confirms.

5 min

The Spanish stucco boxes of the twenties

A reader's question about the white stucco houses with red tile roofs opens the twenties wave that filled Northeast Los Angeles, one parcel at a time.

5 min