The crown jewel in the hipster kingdom is chock full of experimental modern architecture by the likes of Richard Neutra, Rudolf M Schindler and John Lautner. Once forgotten staircases that lace the steep-streeted hillsides serve as historical reminders of a time when this was a city connected by trolleys not cars. And true to its pioneering spirit, Silver Lake is also the locus of the first LGBT civil rights demonstration at the Black Cat (predating Stonewall). Casita del Campo on Hyperion Avenue is one of the last remaining outposts of its counter culture roots. Today a new tribe gets to make a splash in Silver Lake’s unfathomable reservoir of coolness. Still the hipster OG? Dam right!