Map of Larchmont neighborhood, Los Angeles, California

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Larchmont is a half-square-mile

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in the

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region of the City of

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, California. It has three schools and one small park. It has been the site of early and recent motion picture shoots.

Geography

According to the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council and the Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association, Larchmont's boundaries are

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on the north, Wilton Place on the east,

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on the south, and Arden Boulevard on the west.Thomas Guide, Los Angeles County, 2004, pages 593 and 633 Adjacent neighborhoods are

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to the north,

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to the east,

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to the south, and

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to the west. According to the

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project of the ''Los Angeles Times,'' Larchmont is flanked by

to the north,

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to the east,

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to the southeast,

to the south and

to the west. Street boundaries are

on the north, Western Avenue on the east,

on the south and North Arden Boulevard on the west.

History

Larchmont Village was developed in the late 1800s. By 1920, it had become a

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of Los Angeles. Julius LaBonte (1879-1968), a developer from the midwest, is credited as the visionary who made Larchmont Village what it is today. Larchmont was originally named Glenwood. The name was changed to Larchmont in 1912, most likely after

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on the Long Island Sound. In the early 1920s, Larchmont, New York (a village in the Town of Mamaroneck) was a center of movie making. According to the New York Times, "In those days, the area was less the"East Coast Hollywood" than Hollywood was “the West Coast Mamaroneck.”"

Population

The 2000 U.S. census counted 8,631 residents in the 0.49-square-mile neighborhood—an average of 17,747 people per square mile, one of the highest densities in the county. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 9,195. The median age for residents was 34, about average for Los Angeles; the percentages of residents aged 19 to 49 and above were among the county's highest. Larchmont was highly diverse ethnically, and the percentage of Asians was comparatively high. The breakdown was

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, 37.2%;

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, 30%;

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, 24.6%;

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, 3%, and others, 5.3%. Korea (28.3%) and Guatemala (16.8%) were the most common places of birth for the 56% of the residents who were born abroad, a high figure compared to rest of the city. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $47,780, average for Los Angeles, but a high percentage of households had an income of $20,000 or less. The average household size of 2.5 people was average for the city of Los Angeles. Renters occupied 72.9% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment owners 27.1%. The percentages of never-married men and women, 42.1% and 36.9%, respectively, were among the county's highest.

Education

About thirty-two percent of Larchmont residents aged 25 and older had earned a bachelor's degree, with over 60% percent having a high school education level, an average figure for the city. The schools operating within the Larchmont borders are:
"Schools," ''Mapping L.A. *Christ the King School, private, 617 North Arden Boulevard (Opened 1959, Transitional kindergarten, TK– 8) * Frances Blend Special Education Center, public, 5210 Clinton Street (Opened 1926, merged with Van Ness in 2013) * Van Ness Avenue Elementary School,

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, 501 North Van Ness Avenue Setting up on location

Recreation and parks

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Park, 4900 Beverly Boulevard, unstaffed pocket park with a play area and picnic tables.

Businesses

Chevalier's Books, the oldest

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in Los Angeles, is on its main boulevard. Page Academy, which sits on the largest continuous parcel of property on Larchmont Blvd.

Notable residents

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, Los Angeles City Council member, 1927–31 *

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, actress *

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, writer, producer, actress, comedian *

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, actress and singer, original voice of

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in the iconic 1937

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film ''

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References

External links

Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association (LVNA)

Larchmont crime map and statistics

Larchmont Boulevard Online/Larchmont Boulevard Association (LBA)

Updates daily on events in Larchmont Village

LarchmontBuzz.com Updates daily on news and events in Larchmont Village

''Larchmont Chronicle''
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