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There's a gate on Fisher Street, and once you're through it, you'd never guess how close you are to everything. Tucked into one of the oldest corners of Highland Park, 342 Fisher rests in the historic neighborhood of Garvanza. What's behind the gate is really three places in one: a main house, a separate garage-studio, and a junior ADU, all sharing the same green, happily overgrown grounds. It boasts an orchard of various avocado, olive, kumquat, grape, and passionfruit trees, attracting gorgeous butterflies and hummingbirds. There's somewhere to sit in just about every direction: under the pergola where the string lights catch the grape vines, on the new bench swing, or out by the fire pit once the evening cools off. It's the kind of yard that pulls you outside and keeps you there. The small stuff adds up too: a dog run with its own outdoor shower, fully paid-off solar panels, a 220V outlet, Moen fixtures, a Nostalgie oven, a stainless microwave drawer, fresh paint -- it's turnkey but in a personal way. And the neighborhood is half the draw. You're a minute from Garvanza Park and Luther Burbank Middle School, with York, Figueroa, and South Pasadena all close by. Amara Kitchen and Highly Likely are right around the corner, and so is Villa's Tacos, tspot Bad Bunny pulled into his Super Bowl LX halftime show. It comes down to something rare: a real garden to disappear into, with the best of Northeast LA a few steps past the gate. Welcome to 342 Fisher.