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Los Cerritos (sometimes called Los Cerritos/Virginia Country Club) is a neighborhood with approximately 700 homes and 2,000 residents located within the Bixby Knolls neighborhood of
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. Established in 1906, the Los Cerritos neighborhood has been used by the
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with its historic, estate-sized homes. It was one of three finalists in the 2007 Neighborhood of the Year national competition.


History

On October 7, 1906, surrounding Rancho Los Cerritos were designated as the Los Cerritos subdivision. Once streets were cut out into the designed tract, the lots began to sell. In 1920,
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purchased along La Linda Drive and in 1922 subdivided them into a development called La Linda,
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for "the pretty." In 1929, 20th century
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Kirtland Cutter designed three award-winning homes in the Los Cerritos Neighborhood. Until 1961, the neighborhood was served by the
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Long Beach Line. Now one of Long Beach's oldest gated communities, the residential make-up of La Linda has changed. Many of the newer homes are larger. In 2007, Los Cerritos Neighborhood was one of three finalists in Neighborhood USA's Neighborhood of the Year national competition in
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Architecture


Movies and television

In 1985, a home on Country Club Drive in the Los Cerritos neighborhood was used as the Bueller family home in the
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'' and subsequently used in the
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'' Not Another Teen Movie'', the
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thriller film '' Red Dragon,'' and in a
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commercial. In 1998, two homes on Cedar Avenue in the Los Cerritos neighborhood were used in the
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'' American Pie''. In August 2000, another home on Country Club Drive was used as the fictional home for the teenager
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Gallery

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See also

* Daugherty Field * Rancho Los Cerritos *
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Notes


References

* Andriesse, (Summer 1987) "Los Cerritos: The Development of a Neighborhood," The Branded Word (newsletter of the Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site). * Knatz, Geraldine. (2004) History of the Los Cerritos neighborhood. (as noted in
Preservation Honored.
') * Fugami, Caryn. (October 19, 2005)
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Morrison: Jewel of L.B.
' Section: News; page A12.


External links


Los Cerritos Neighborhood homes used in noted films.
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