Their dramatic hillside homes — often cantilevered, always stylish — made Silver Lake a showcase of midcentury-modern design.
And then, there it was — one of the most dramatic hillside homes in a city flush with them, a place where the lines between indoors and outdoors can be nearly invisible, the scene of countless Hollywood parties and immortalized in "The Big Lebowski" as the abode of the loan-sharking porno kingpin played by Ben Gazzara.
From there, the route climbs again (it's a regular thoroughfare, but not well traveled) through woods and dramatic hillsides, up over Rowena Crest, where the views upriver are spectacular, and then snakes down to The Dalles in thrilling fashion, a cyclist's version of a roller-coaster descent.
For more than a millennium, Buyukada has lured travelers from the Golden Horn to its lush hillsides, dramatic cliffs and romantic coves.
The lush green hillsides, dramatic moors, wide expansions of marsh land and stunning coastal countryside are defining features of the UK, and should be explored.
"In Rio, he turned hillsides into dramatic visual landscape by applying images to the facades of favela homes," the statement says.
Untouched, they are especially striking on hillsides.
Human and animal trails on steep hillsides often exhibit dramatic switchbacks and shortcuts.
Embarking this far north, along a wild stretch of the river, gives you the chance to see a wonder few outsiders have ever witnessed: the Irrawaddy's Second Defile, a dramatic passage between soaring limestone cliffs, past hillside monasteries, and along vast swaths of undisturbed forests.
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It may not be as dramatic as a wall of flames, but a hillside of embers is more unusual, and that's why I like this photograph – it shows you something in a way you're not used to seeing it.
