A designer overcame one of the steepest streets in the U.S. to create a dream house

LA’s Baxter Street is reputed to be one of the steepest streets in the United States. With a 32 per cent gradient (on both sides), not only do you have to see it to believe it; you’re also left wondering who in their right mind would build on it.
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