Landmarks
Music Box Steps
23 locals recommend,
Why locals recommend it
These are the stairs in Silver Lake where Laurel and Hardy filmed the 1932 short film The Music Box, about moving a piano. It’s world famous—it's commemorated by a plaque and a Music Box Steps Day (October 18), which you can’t say for most of these sites around the city. Walking the steps gives you a reason to explore an LA neighborhood, and to me neighborhoods are what make the city great. Its unrivaled variety, beauty, and downright weirdness can mostly be found in the details of daily life, maybe a flowering bird of paradise plant or a squawking Quaker parrot.
Location
Music Box Steps
Los Angeles, CA
Silver Lake
Tips from locals
These steps featured in the Laurel and Hardy movie "The Music Box." There are numerous flights of stairs around silverlake that make for fun walking and sightseeing.
Hike the staircase and loop around to see great views of downtown. Watch a clip of the famous stairs in the 1932 Film "The Music Box"
The Music Box (1932) is a Laurel and Hardy short film. Part of it was filmed on these steps.
If you're looking for a unique workout, try these outdoor steps that were made famous by the Laurel & Hardy 1932 short film "The Music Box" in which the comic duo attemped to haul a piano up an impossibly long flight of stairs. Google "Secret Stairs Silver Lake" for info and maps on these and many other secret hidden staircases all over the hills.