
Beverly Grove is a
neighborhood
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within the
Mid-City West region of
Los Angeles, California
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, adjacent to
Beverly Hills
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.
The median household income in 2024 dollars was $119,223, among the highest for Los Angeles and the county.
Geography
City of Los Angeles
The term "Beverly Grove" was first used in 2006 to unofficially refer to a small residential 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 bounded by Colgate Avenue on the north, Fairfax Avenue on the east, Lindenhurst Avenue on the south, and San Vicente Boulevard on the west.
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''Los Angeles Times Mapping L.A. boundaries
In a departure from it
first draft
the ''Los Angeles Times
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'' Mapping L.A.
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project maps Beverly Grove as bounded on the north and west by the West Hollywood and Beverly Hills city limits, on the east by Fairfax Avenue and on the south by Wilshire Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard. It abuts the city limits of Beverly Hills to the west, West Hollywood to the north, Fairfax and Mid-Wilshire
Mid-Wilshire is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. It is known for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Petersen Automotive Museum, and the Miracle Mile shopping district.
Geography
City of Los Angeles bo ...
to the east, and Carthay to the south.[http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/beverly-grove "Beverly Grove," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times''][http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/region/central-la/ "Central L.A.," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'']
In the first draft of Mapping L.A., "Beverly Grove" was not included as a distinct neighborhood; rather, the area was shown as part of the Fairfax District. The ''Times'' database editor and its map project's coordinator later acknowledged in 2014 that "Beverly Grove" had not been a well established name.
History
According to the Los Angeles Conservancy, the Beverly Grove area was built primarily in the 1920s and has a "combination of quiet charm and close proximity to shopping, restaurants, and museums".
In 2008, the city adopted ordinance 182754 which amended Section 12.04 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code by amending the zoning map because "the area unofficially known as Beverly Grove (located in the Wilshire Community Plan and 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) continues to experience out-of-scale development with a noticeable increase in demolitions and the construction of new single-family dwellings. A Residential Floor Area Supplemental Use District (RFA) was created to "in order to ensure that new development matches the scale and character of existing buildings in the surrounding area".
Demographics
The following data applies to the boundaries set by Mapping L.A.:
The 2000 U.S. census counted 21,417 residents in the 1.65-square-mile neighborhood—an average of 12,990 people per square mile, fairly normal for Los Angeles. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 22,855. The median age for residents was 38, old for both the city and the county.[
The percentage of white people living in the area was 82%. Other ethnicities in 2000 were ]Latinos
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, 6%; Asians
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, 5,1%; blacks
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, 2%; and others, 4.9%. Iran (20.2%) and Poland (7.4%) were the most common places of birth for the 36.3% of the residents who were born abroad, a figure that was considered average for the city as a whole.[
The median household income in 2024 dollars was $119,223, among the highest for Los Angeles and the county. Renters occupied 72% of the housing units, and house or apartment owners the rest.][
The percentages of never-married men and women, 53.2% and 40.5%, respectively, were among the county's highest.][
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Education
Half of Beverly Grove residents aged 25 and older possessed a four-year degree in 2000, a high rate for both the city and the county. The percentage of residents with a master's degree
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was also high.[
Perutz Etz Jacob Hebrew Academy, a private elementary school at 7951 Beverly Boulevard, was the only school operating in the neighborhood.][http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/beverly-grove/schools "Beverly Grove Schools," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times'']
Notable places
* The Beverly Center
The Beverly Center is a shopping mall in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is an eight-story structure located near the West Hollywood, California, West Hollywood border but within Los Angeles city limits, bounded by Beverly Boulevard, ...
. Opened in 1982 by developers A. Alfred Taubman, Sheldon Gordon and E. Phillip Lyon, it features various designer stores and restaurants. The site's former occupant was a small amusement park known as Beverly Park.
*Edinburgh Bungalow Court: Spanish Colonial Revival complex, Los Angeles historic-cultural monument No. 1105 designated in 2016 on the corner of Edinburgh and Waring avenues.
* The Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. A luxury, five-star hotel.
* Third Street shopping district. Located between Fairfax and La Cienega.
Notable people
* Shawn Mendes
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, singer, songwriter, model, and actor
See also
* List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past. It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvemen ...
References
External links
''Los Angeles Times:'' Beverly Grove map and statistics
''Los Angeles Times: ''Beverly Grove crime map and statistics
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Neighborhoods in Los Angeles
Wilshire, Los Angeles
Central Los Angeles
Westside (Los Angeles County)