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Neighborhoods Of Los Angeles
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles, California, present and past. It includes residential and commercial areas and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions or sales tracts. The guiding precept is Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features)#Geographic regions, areas and places. AE * Adams-Normandie * Alsace * Angelino Heights''The Thomas Guide: Los Angeles County'', Rand McNally (2004), pages N and O * Angeles Mesa * Angelus Vista * ArletaNeighborhoods , Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'' * Arlington Heights * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Air, Los Angeles
Bel Air (or Bel-Air) is a residential neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Founded in 1923, it is the home of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden and the American Jewish University. History The community was founded in 1923 by Alphonzo Bell. Bell owned farm property in Santa Fe Springs, California, where oil was discovered. He bought a large ranch with a home on what is now Bel Air Road. He subdivided and developed the property with large residential lots, with work on the master plan led by the landscape architect Mark Daniels. He also built the Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades and the Bel-Air Country Club. His wife chose Italian names for the streets. She also founded the Bel-Air Garden Club in 1931. Together with Beverly Hills and Holmby Hills, Bel Air forms the Platinum Triangle of Los Angeles neighborhoods. Fires On November 6, 1961, a fire ignited and devastated the community of Bel Air, destroyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brookside, Los Angeles
Brookside is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It is an enclave of eight tree-lined streets and 400 homes. The neighborhood consists primarily of one-story and two-story, predominantly single-family residences in various Period Revival styles including Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mediterranean Revival, and French Revival; later buildings were constructed in the Minimal Traditional and Ranch styles. Geography Located in Mid-Wilshire, Brookside is located between Olympic Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard, and includes the homes on both sides of, and between, Highland and Muirfield Avenues. A minor tributary of Ballona Creek, known as El Rio del Jardin de las Flores, runs through Brookside.Riviera, Carla, “In the center of the Mid-Wilshire district lies an enclave of 1920s elegance,” LOS ANGELES TIMES, 1998-09-28, p. 3. “The stream originates in the Hollywood Hills and wanders from one side of Longwood Avenue to the other.” The Park Mile commercial c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway-Manchester, Los Angeles
Broadway-Manchester is a 1.5-square-mile neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. The neighborhood, part of the South Los Angeles area, is home to over 23,000 residents. "Broadway-Manchester," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'' 
Geography The Broadway-Manchester neighborhood touches Florence, Los Angeles, Florence on the north, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brentwood Glen, Los Angeles
Brentwood Glen is a neighborhood in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California. Location The community is situated between the West Los Angeles Veterans Center and Sepulveda Boulevard, south of Sunset Boulevard. History In the early 1920s four Ratteree Brothers-Judge Earnest Ratteree, Dr. Ira Ratteree, James Ratteree and Allan Ratteree-bought a walnut grove now known as Brentwood Glen. They came from the south, spending most of their time in Arkansas and South Carolina before arriving in Los Angeles. The Ratterees divided their land into five parcels, referred to as the Ratteree Tract, and filed for subdivision in the mid-1920s. They named all the streets as they stand today, but they did not market the property until after the onset of the Great Depression. The streets and sidewalks were poured in 1927. In 1932, Harold and Helen Ives built the first house at 11344 Albata Street. It is still the original structure. The majority of the houses were constructed between 1935 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brentwood Circle, Los Angeles
Brentwood Circle is a small neighborhood within the larger neighborhood of Brentwood on the Westside of Los Angeles. Geography Brentwood Circle is a gated community located north of Sunset Boulevard and adjacent to the Getty Center. History In 1995, Brentwood Circle became the first established neighborhood in Los Angeles to be enclosed with security fences. (The city’s other gated neighborhoods were enclosed when they were built.) The Los Angeles City Council voted to allow residents to cut off public access to five streets just off Sunset Boulevard. Each household pays up to $300 a month for street maintenance and other costs. The primary concern for gating the community was the potential traffic increase due to the Getty Center museum being built. In 2003, to protest gated communities, activists Heavy Trash deposited viewing platforms in front of the gated neighborhoods of Brentwood Circle, Laughlin Park, and the Palazzo at Park La Brea. Education Residents are zoned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brentwood, Los Angeles
Brentwood is a suburban neighborhood in the Los Angeles Westside, Westside region of Los Angeles. History General Modern development began after the establishment of the Sawtelle Veterans Home, Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors in the 1880s. A small community sprang up outside that facility's west gate, taking on the name ''Westgate''. Annexed by the City of Los Angeles on June 14, 1916, Westgate's included large parts of what is now the Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades and a small portion of today's Bel-Air, Los Angeles, Bel-Air. Westgate Avenue is one of the last reminders of that namesake. Local traditions include a Maypole erected each year on the lawn of the Archer School for Girls, carrying on that set by the Order of the Eastern Star, Eastern Star Home previously housed there. This building was the exterior establishing shot for the "Mar Vista Rest Home" that provided a key scene in the 1974 film ''Chinatown (197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Boyle Heights, historically known as Paredón Blanco, is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located east of the Los Angeles River. It is one of the city's most notable and historic Chicano/Mexican-American communities and is known as a bastion of Chicano culture, hosting cultural landmarks like Mariachi Plaza and events like the annual Día de los Muertos celebrations. History Boyle Heights was called ("White Bluff") during the Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods. During Mexican rule, what would become Boyle Heights became home to a small settlement of relocated Tongva refugees from the village of Yaanga in 1845. The villagers were relocated to this new site known as Pueblito after being forcibly evicted from their previous location on the corner Alameda and Commercial Street by German immigrant Juan Domingo (John Groningen), who paid Governor Pío Pico $200 for the land. On August 13, 1846, Los Angeles was seized by invading American forces during the Mexic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverlywood, Los Angeles
Beverlywood is a neighborhood in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California. History Beverlywood was developed in 1940 by Walter H. Leimert, who also developed Leimert Park. The neighborhood consists of 1,354 single family homes, and was one of the first neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area to have binding CC&Rs. These regulations, which are administered by the Beverlywood Homes Association, strictly limit housing size, style, color, and design along with additional restrictions on landscaping, and are enforced by a review committee. Additionally, all residents are required to pay the fees to the Beverlywood Home Association. In recent years, the neighborhood has become a hotspot for mansionization. Despite complying with HOA regulations, many residents believe that the newer and larger houses ruin the feel of the neighborhood, and have been successfully campaigning the Los Angeles City Council for regulations to restrict new home sizes. Geography Beverlywood Homes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Park, Los Angeles
Beverly Park, divided into North Beverly Park and South Beverly Park, is a gated community in Los Angeles, California primarily known for its large houses and famous residents. It is between Mulholland Drive and Sunset Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon Drive and Beverly Glen Boulevard, east of the Beverly Glen neighborhood. The communities have a Beverly Hills Post Office address (90210 ZIP Code), but are located in the city of Los Angeles. North Beverly Park, with a main entrance at 13100 Mulholland Drive, is the larger 64-home section, while South Beverly Park has 16 homes. Property covenants require that homes in Beverly Park be at least 5,000 square feet. Beverly Park is the highest-earning neighborhood in Los Angeles, with a mean household income of $502,440. Photography is prohibited. History As early as the 1960s, the area was under development as "a golf course and country club, named after Dean Martin." By 1979, developers Elliot Gottfurcht and Brian Adler, togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Hills Post Office
Beverly Hills Post Office (BHPO) is the name given to a section of Los Angeles, California, that lies within the 90210 ZIP code, assigned to the Beverly Hills Post Office. Los Angeles mailing addresses with the ZIP code 90210 may be written as "Beverly Hills, CA 90210", though the properties themselves lie outside of the Beverly Hills city limits. Description Beverly Hills Post Office (BHPO) is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, that is adjacent to the city of Beverly Hills. Because the United States Postal Service in Beverly Hills serves the neighborhood, residents have a Beverly Hills mailing address with zip code 90210, while other wealthy neighborhoods Bel Air and Holmby Hills have Los Angeles mailing addresses. While the Beverly Hills connection makes BHPO—about one-third the size of the city—attractive, land is available in larger sizes, and with lower prices, better views, and more seclusion, than in Beverly Hills itself. The BHPO area itself contains a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Grove, Los Angeles
Beverly Grove is a neighborhood within the Beverly–Fairfax neighborhood in the Mid-City West area of Los Angeles, California. Geography City of Los Angeles The term "Beverly Grove" was first used in 2006 to unofficially refer to an area that was proposed to be subject to an anti-mansionization ordinance.Motion by Jack Weiss Councilmember, 5th District, February 24, 2006. "An ordinance imposing interim regulations on the issuance of building permits on any R1-zoned lot fronting on and within the area generally bounded by Colgate Avenue on the north, Fairfax Avenue on the east, Lindenhurst Avenue on the south, and San Vicente Boulevard on the west, hereby unofficially referred to as 'Beverly Grove' in the Wilshire Community Plan Area." It referred to an area in the Wilshire Community Plan area that was generally bounde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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