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The Outpost Estates is one of Hollywood’s finest real estate developments.  In 1927, Hollywood developer, Charles E. Toberman, purchased 325 acres rrom candy heiress, Myra Hershey for the development of the Outpost Estates. a few months later, he purchased ten and a half acres from film maker, Jesse Lasky for an enormous amount of $275,000.

Once he acquired all the property, he embarked on a development program.  He installed streets of concrete, very ornate street lights, underground utilities, concrete sidewalks and began grading lots to sell to waiting buyers.  The lots were priced from $30,000 to $50,000.

The architectural designs were limited to Spanish with sloped tile roofs.  Flat roofs were prohibited and landscape...