life in the hills
modern people,
living modern lives
midcentury icons: mohra gavankar and her kandy-kolored, ultra-retro 1955 “road runner”
If you’re strolling down Elba Road on a sunny afternoon, prepare to be blinded — by the drop-dead gorgeousness of an absolutely pristine 1955 Road Runner mobile home, one of the great icons of the Atomic Age. You have never seen anything quite so red — or quite so amazingly retro — in your entire life.
romance: so … you’re in love with a hollin hiller!
Ok, we get it — we’re all in love with a Hollin Hiller. (And really — what’s not to love?) But if you’re new to this, you may be floundering — better read our guide to modern romance, stat!
adventure: sign to sign — ambling every street in hollin hills
Seth Styers takes to the streets of Hollin Hills in a journey of discovery — and finds an abandoned ghost, blasé snakes, a cow wearing a hat and other wonders, right here in our own back yard.
life: spring cleaning, freeganism,
and baby-proofing the black hole of despair
The Stuff is coming. No wait … it’s already here!
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
fame: public television likes us! they really, really like us!
When a Hollin Hills house was featured on PBS in 2023, we just about died from blushing. No, really, we did! But … we liked it.
books: a nature library comes to mccalley park
A park bench, a sunny morning, and a stack of books on butterflies and baby animals. What more could a bookworm want? We spent a morning exploring the new and very entertaining Little Free Library in McCalley Park — here’s why you should head there with the kids.
the writing life: hollin hills poet cliff bernier turns to the oceans for his new book
Poet Cliff Bernier is best known for his beat poetry and searing blues harp. But for his latest collection — titled Ocean Suite — he turns his ear to the sea for a suite of quiet, introspective poems that probe the deep waters of sound, language, and meaning itself .
friendship: birding with barry
Peter Kinzler remembers an avian outing with his friend Barry Pearson.
human beings: the joys and terrors of other people
Introverts abound in Hollin Hills, bringing creativity, productivity … and much-needed quiet.
poem: at 75
Hollin Hills poet Cliff Bernier took to the parks in 2024 for a spare, evocative poem marking the 75th Anniversary of Hollin Hills.
memoir: jennifer kabat: the fairytale
One of the most thoughtful and interesting pieces about the people and culture of Hollin Hills in its early years was written by Jennifer Kabat, and published in Granta magazine in 2016.
essay: michael sorkin: happy experiment in modernity
In 1999, the architect Michael Sorkin — who grew up in Hollin Hills and went on to become one of the most important critics of his generation — wrote this essay on life in the early years of the community, the “non-dogmatic” architecture of Charles Goodman, and the close connection between the two.