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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Of course, John Lautner is best known as the architect of the iconic Chemosphere House (1960), built the same year as the Midtown School.


Julius Schulman http://www.archdaily.com/64345/ad-cl...uliusshculman/

The Chemosphere House is situated just off Mulholland Drive on the San Fernando Valley side of the Hollywood Hills.


Unbelievably, the home is only accessible by a funicular (shown on the right).


http://www.funimag.com/photoblog/ind...e-chemosphere/


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I used to know and visit the family that lived in the house immediatley below the Chemosphere (hidden by trees in the first photo).

The view of the Chemosphere was ominously oppressive from below (see second pic).

When I knew it, the funicular was often on the fritz. The couple that lived there used the stairs.

Re the school in Sacatela Creek's bed, I'm pretty sure the Scientologists had hold of that for a while. They called it the Apple School.