Ryan Murphy’s latest streaming foray, Hollywood, may be getting some serious side-eye from critics (as evidenced here and here), but I’ve got nothing but love for it! Sure the Netflix miniseries is campy, idealistic, and not entirely factual despite depicting some real-life characters and circumstances. But it is also fun, upbeat, and joyous – not to mention delivered at a time when audiences most need all of the above! And boy, does it showcase some fabulous Los Angeles locales! One spot that immediately caught my eye was the apartment screenwriter Archie Coleman (Jeremy Pope) secured for his actor love, Rock Hudson (Jake Picking), in episode six, “Meg.”
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It is there that Archie, down on one knee, professes his love to Rock and presents him with a key to their new place, a fabulous two-story apartment complete with a gorgeous stone fireplace, carved ceiling beams, retro sconces, and a towering wrought iron staircase. Though the dreamy space only appeared in one brief segment, it sure made an impression! Thankfully, it was a snap to track down!
At the top of the scene, Rock is shown making his way through the building’s lush central courtyard. One look at the French Normandy-style architecture and abundance of foliage, and I knew the locale was most likely in or near Park La Brea, a neighborhood in L.A.’s Miracle Mile District abundant with similar complexes. So I used Street View to poke around the area and wound up locating Archie and Rock’s new place at 6412 West Olympic Boulevard in Carthay, just a few blocks south of where I thought I would.
The 8-unit building was originally constructed in 1934, so its fits the late ‘40s-era setting of Hollywood perfectly, though its architecture really is timeless.
God is in the details, as they say, and this spot is chock full of them!
From the stucco work to the wrought iron grating to the door and window framing, the design is sublime.
I was especially taken with the boy and girl silhouette portraits that decorate the two turrets on either end of the building.
It is the complex’s northwesternmost unit, which can just barely be seen in my photo below, that stands in for Archie and Rock’s new home on Hollywood.
Addressed with a “3” in the episode, the door (which was swapped out for the shoot) is actually marked “6418 1/2” in real life.
Though pretty enough to have been a set, for inside shots the production utilized the unit’s actual interior! You can check out some listing photos of it taken by Apartment Equities LLC here.
The space couldn’t be more Old Hollywood if it tried, so it is easy to see how it wound up on the show. I was smitten with every last bit of the ambiance featured in the scene – the candles, the single lit lamp, the staircase, the ceiling beams, the ornate fireplace, and the warm wooden floors. Talk about romantic!
The interior reminds me quite a bit of the apartment where Emily Friehl (Amanda Peet) lived in A Lot Like Love, one of my favorite spaces in the entire history of moviedom, which likely explains why I was so drawn to it.
Pretty much every unit in the building is spectacular in real life, as you can see in the various MLS photos below. That front door, amirite! Sadly, per apartments.com, there are currently no vacancies, otherwise I might be tempted to pack my bags and leave the desert!
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Stalk It: Archie and Rock’s new apartment complex from the “Meg” episode of Hollywood is located at 6412-6418 West Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles’ Carthay neighborhood.
