Above is the gate to Portland Place, which is just north of Westmoreland Place. You get to it the same way as Westmoreland Place by going up Lake Avenue from Lindell. Watch out for the rent-a-cop.
I like these pictures that I took through the gates of the private streets, very intrusive in a way; I imagine if the residents could they would block the views entirely. I guess I need to get my parents to drive me around inside with their Benz.
What is most interesting is the varied styles of architecture that occur on these streets, from Tudor Revival (not my favorite) to Renaissance Revival, Gothic Revival and even Beaux-Arts Gilded Age Neo-Classicism.
Here are a few pictures of Hortense Place, or as I call, Pretense Place, that sits to the east of Kingshighway.
