Baldwin Village, Los Angeles

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Baldwin Village
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Street sign marking the border of the Baldwin Village neighborhood, located at the intersection of Obama Boulevard and
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Nickname: 
The Jungle
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Baldwin Village
Location within West Los Angeles
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Baldwin Village
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Baldwin Village
Location within California
Coordinates: 34°00′54″N118°20′52″W / 34.0150°N 118.3478°W / 34.0150; -118.3478
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Time zone Pacific
Zip Code
90008
Area code 323

Baldwin Village is a neighborhood in the south region of the city of Los Angeles, California.

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Geography

In 1988, Baldwin Village became a distinct community in the city's General Plan, and signs were to be posted to identify the area. [1] It is bounded by La Brea Avenue, Marlton Avenue, Obama Blvd, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Santo Thomas Drive. [2]

History

Baldwin Village was developed in the early 1940s and 1950s by architect Clarence Stein, as an apartment complex for young families. Baldwin Village is occasionally called "The Jungles" by locals because of the tropical trees and foliage (such as palms, banana trees and begonias) that once thrived among the area's tropical-style postwar apartment buildings. [3] The Los Angeles City Council changed the name in 1990, after residents complained that it reinforced the neighborhood's image as a wild and menacing place. [4] They renamed it Baldwin Village after the Baldwin Hills neighborhood. [5]

Development

Marlton Square

Development of Marlton Square was stalled in bankruptcy after years of work and millions of dollars of public and private funds until 2012.

Kaiser Permanente

The neighborhood houses a 100,000 square foot Kaiser Permanente medical office building and outdoor plaza which opened on September 7, 2017. [6]

Costco

A first-of-its-kind, mixed-use development featuring a Costco store beneath 800 residential units has broken ground in the neighborhood as of September 2024. Occupying the former site of a cable company facility, the development will include over 180 units of affordable housing and surpass the Baldwin Village Apartments as the largest single residential complex in the area. Originally conceived as only a retail development, the project took advantage of new state laws streamlining development approvals and loosening zoning laws for projects with large amounts of affordable housing. [7]

Education

Media

Film

Baldwin Village served as a location for the 1992 film White Men Can't Jump . [8] The neighborhood also appears in the 2001 film Training Day . [9]

Television

It was also in episode 1 of Season 3 of the NBC television series Southland .

It was a prominent setting in the S.W.A.T. episode "Local Heroes" (Season 4, Episode 15).

Music Videos

Waka Flocka Flame's "Hard in Da Paint" music video was also filmed in Baldwin Village. [10] [11]

See also

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References

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  6. "Care near you". thrive.kaiserpermanente.org. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  7. Lloyd, Jonathan; Valles • •, Michelle (September 18, 2024). "New Costco with apartments breaks ground in South LA". NBC Los Angeles. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
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  9. "Film locations for Training Day (2001)". Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
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