2477 Canyon Oak Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068

There are houses that belong to the city, and there are houses that resist it. This 1937 Streamline Moderne estate in The Oaks - a neighborhood carved into the Hollywood Hills where the city exhales - does the latter. A rare offering, the home spans 4,804 square feet, set discreetly on a 20,415-square-foot lot, buffered by mature trees and the quiet knowledge that privacy is a kind of wealth. The architecture curve walls bend like the deck of a ship, a nod to a time when even stillness was designed to move. Double-height ceilings lift the living room into a volume of light; a 20-foot fireplace anchors the space like a memory you return to. Skylights diffuse L.A.'s stubborn sun into something more forgiving. The kitchen, fitted with a SubZero fridge and Viking range, is a place for rituals: morning coffee in the built-in breakfast nook, the pond just outside offering its reflection without asking for attention. Upstairs, the primary suite watches the city from a distance, its balcony suspended above it all. Downstairs: a screening room, wet bar, and two bedrooms opening to a pool carved with intention - waterfalls, grotto spa, and a lawn wide enough to remember how to breathe. This is The Oaks, near Griffith Park trails, Los Feliz's cafes, and just far enough from the noise to hear yourself think.