Tasteful and Inspiring Freshome Reader’s Apartment in Hollywood

“My living room was Ronald Reagan’s office when he was the president of the Screen Actors Guild“. This is the way Tom, one of our readers, started the presentation of his delightful contemporary crib. Needless to say, our attention was triggered. Here is the rest of his description: “My apartment is in a historical building on Hollywood Blvd across from the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Hollywood Professional Building, is a prime example of Gothic Revival architecture. Completed in 1925, the building housed the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and was later home to the Screen Actor’s Guild. From its inception, these offices served industry stars, the seminal architect John Lautner and earned its listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Today, it reigns at the center of a new Hollywood heyday, this time as modern open spaces in which to live or work (or both), only two blocks from the Metro line, in one of the coolest and most dynamic neighborhoods in LA.” And your feedback is…