Baldwin Vista | |
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Coordinates: 34°00′22″N118°21′45″W / 34.0060°N 118.3624°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | County of Los Angeles |
City | City of Los Angeles |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 9,984 |
ZIP Code | 90008 |
Area code | 323 |
Baldwin Vista is a neighborhood located next to the Baldwin Hills Mountains in the South region of the city of Los Angeles, California. It is located in the western Baldwin Hills, and partially borders on Culver City.
The Baldwin Vista neighborhood is bounded by La Cienega Boulevard to the west, La Brea Avenue to the east, Coliseum Street to the north, and Kenneth Hahn Park to the south. [1]
Baldwin Vista is part of what was once Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera, later owned by Lucky Baldwin. [2] Developed in 1954, houses originally cost $35,000 to $50,000. [3] Real-estate ads read "If yours is the long view ahead, you'll know the perfect site for your family's home-for-keeps when you see it at Baldwin Hills Vista, where the view's long, the air's fresh, and the value is enduring." [4]
In 20222, LAist noted that Baldwin Vista is a "part of a collection of affluent wealthy and middle-class areas including Baldwin Hills Estates, Ladera Heights, Baldwin Vista, and especially View Park" that are known as "The Black Beverly Hills." [2]
Karen Bass, the former U.S. representative for California's 33rd congressional district and current Mayor of Los Angeles, lives in Baldwin Vista. [5]
View Park−Windsor Hills is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California. The View Park neighborhood is the community surrounding Angeles Vista Boulevard and the Windsor Hills neighborhood is on the southern end to the north of Slauson Avenue.
Fairfax Avenue is a street in the north central area of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard in Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end. From La Cienega Boulevard to Sunset Boulevard between West Hollywood and Hollywood, Fairfax Avenue separates the Westside from the central part of the city along with Venice Boulevard, La Cienega Boulevard, Hauser Boulevard, San Vicente Boulevard, South Cochran Avenue, Wilshire Boulevard, 6th Street, Cochran Avenue, 4th Street, La Brea Avenue, Fountain Avenue and Sunset Boulevard.
The Los Angeles Westside is an urban region in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. It has no official definition, but sources like LA Weekly and the Mapping L.A. survey of the Los Angeles Times place the region on the western side of the Los Angeles Basin south of the Santa Monica Mountains.
Leimert Park is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California.
Baldwin Hills is a neighborhood within the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California.
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The Baldwin Hills are a low mountain range surrounded by and rising above the Los Angeles Basin plain in central Los Angeles County, California. The Pacific Ocean is to the west, the Santa Monica Mountains to the north, Downtown Los Angeles to the northeast, and the Palos Verdes Hills to the south—with all easily viewed from the Baldwin Hills.
South Los Angeles, also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central, is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles, south of downtown. It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as a 16-square-mile (41 km2) rectangle with two prongs at the south end.” In 2003, the Los Angeles City Council renamed this area "South Los Angeles".
Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera was a 4,219-acre (17.07 km2) Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Vicente Sánchez. "La Cienega" is derived from the Spanish word ciénega, which means swamp or marshland and refers to the natural springs and wetlands in the area between Beverly Hills and Park La Brea and the Baldwin Hills range.
Rancho Las Ciénegas was a 4,439-acre (17.96 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1823 to Francisco Avila by Governor Luis Antonio Argüello. "La Ciénega" is derived from the Spanish word ciénega, which means swamp or marshland and refers to the natural springs and wetlands in the area between the Baldwin Hills range and Baldwin Hills district, and Beverly Hills. The rancho was north of Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera and east of present-day La Cienega Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Jefferson Boulevard. The Los Angeles River would periodically change course historically, and flowed westerly through the rancho's lowlands to Ballona Creek and the Santa Monica Bay until 1825, when it returned to the southerly course through Rancho San Pedro to San Pedro Bay.
Los Angeles's 6th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Imelda Padilla.
Trousdale Estates is a neighborhood of Beverly Hills, California, located in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains. It was developed in the 1950s and 1960s and is named after Paul Trousdale, a real estate developer.
Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw is a neighborhood in the south region of the city of Los Angeles defined by the Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times in 2009. The Times combines two city-designated neighborhoods: the upscale, principally home-owning Baldwin Hills residential district to the south and the more concentrated apartment area of the Crenshaw district to the north.
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President Barack Obama Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in South Los Angeles. It stretches 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from Baldwin Hills to Leimert Park.
Karen Bass was born in Los Angeles, holds a B.S. in Health Science from CSU Dominguez Hills and a post-graduate degree as a physician's assistant from the University of ... Bass resides in the Baldwin Vista community of Los Angeles.
34°00′22″N118°21′45″W / 34.0060°N 118.3624°W