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t's been said that Mandeville Canyon Road, the quiet,
narrow artery of the exclusive Mandeville Canyon enclave,
is Los Angeles' "longest dead end street." Certainly, it seems
more country lane than the main thoroughfare. Animals
and birds roam wild. Bicyclists and joggers share space
with riders on horseback. Leafy trees provide cooling
shade. It's hard to believe that the bustling neighborhoods
of Brentwood, Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica, with
their award-winning restaurants, exclusive stores, world-
class museums and top-tier schools, are just moments away. Here, in
Lower Mandeville Canyon, just a quarter mile from Sunset Boule-
vard, one finds a long tree-lined driveway that angles upwards to the
tranquil estate at 1744 Reedvale Lane.
Poised against a dramatic verdant hillside, the sprawling Monte-
rey Colonial-style property designed by Santa Monica architect
John Byers in 1929 and sensitively updated by the current owner to
embrace modern needs was one of the area's first homes. e cattle
ranch that spanned this canyon had come under the aegis of the
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