Whitley Heights 101

2032 N. Las Palmas Avenue

2032 N. Las Palmas and 2034 N. Las Palmas Avenue were both built in 1926 by contractor Edward Grupp for widower Lota Hendricks and her son, John. 2034 Las Palmas sits on a downslope with street access on Las Palmas Avenue. 2032 Las Palmas also sits on a downslope but is directly behind 2034 Las Palmas, does not have a driveway and can only be accessed by foot. Below 2032 N. Las Palmas is indicated by the red arrow and 2034 N. Las Palmas is indicated by the yellow arrow.

A walkway up to this property is on the right of 2034 N. Las Palmas Avenue as seen below:

Mrs. Hendricks and her son, a geologist, lived at this address until 1936 when they moved around the corner to a duplex at 6796 Milner Road where she died in 1953. This Spanish villa consists of 1,734 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The home is traditional in that the living room, dining room and kitchen are on the first floor and the bedrooms are on the second floor. Off of the kitchen there is a separate stairway that leads to an office/bonus room. As the property sits on a downslope, there is a patio off of the back bedroom on the second floor. There is also a separate mother-in-law unit that had an additional bathroom that had been rented out throughout its lifetime.

Actor and producer Jonathan Haze rented the mother-in-law unit in 1960. Haze’s early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as the western “Five Guns West” (1955) with John Lund, “East of Eden” (1955) and “The Oklahoma Woman” (1956). He also appeared in “The Day the World Ended” (1956), the crime flick “Swamp Women” (1956) with Marie Windsor and the western “The Gunslinger” (1956) with John Ireland. He kept working in film throughout the fifties, starring in “Viking Women and the Sea Serpent” (1957) with Abby Dalton, “Not of This Earth” (1957) with Paul Birch and “Stakeout on Dope Street” (1958). He also appeared in the Robert Vaughn horror film “Teenage Caveman” (1958) and “Little Shop of Horrors” (1960). Haze later branched into other aspects of film making. He wrote the 1962 science fiction/comedy film Invasion of the Star Creatures. He also worked in production for such films as Premature Burial (1962), The Terror (1963), Medium Cool (1969), Another Nice Mess (1972), and Corman’s own The Born Losers (1967).

Screenwriter and journalist Denis R. O’Neill resided at 2032 N. Las Palmas Avenue in 1994. O’Neill began his career in public television at WGBH in Boston and has also written and produced episodes on Frontline and Masterpiece Theater. O’Neill graduated from Dartmouth College in 1970 and wrote a memoir WHIPLASH – When the Vietnam War Rolled a Hand Grenade into the Animal House, about his senior year in college when the class of 1970 became the first to graduate with a diploma and a Vietnam war draft number. O’Neill has also written short stories, poems, and magazine articles for various publications. He is also responsible for writing four screenplays including; The River Wild (1994) with Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon, and A Shot at Glory (2000) with Robert Duvall and Michael Keaton.

Between 1996-1997 Rand Sagers resided at 2032 N. Las Palmas Avenue. Sagers is a set decorator, production manager, and art director. Sagers had worked on set design on several films including; White Squall (1996), Glass House (2006), and Torque (2007). He is also responsible for set design on the videos of Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Rihanna, and Ariana Grande. He has worked on episodes of The Client List and The Bold and the Beautiful and on tons of commercials.