Kinney Heights, Los Angeles

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Kinney Heights neighborhood sign at Gramercy Place and 24th Street

Kinney Heights is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, bounded by Arlington, 23rd, Adams, and Hermosa (originally Gramercy Place), just south of Interstate 10. Kinney Heights is a subdistrict of the West Adams district of South Los Angeles, California; Curbed also associates it with Jefferson Park. [1]

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Before it was subdivided the land was owned by General Hanford Gordon Lennox. [2] The area was developed in 1899 by developer Abbot Kinney, for whom it is named. [3] [4] It was a suburban tract of large Craftsman style homes at what was then the western edge of Los Angeles. The homes featured amenities like "beveled-glass china cabinets, marble fireplaces and mahogany floors". [5] It was accessible to downtown via streetcar and attracted upper-middle-class families. [6] At least one house in the neighborhood had a carriage house built on the property. [1]

Many of the hundred-year-old homes are still standing and have been renovated and upgraded. The neighborhood is part of the West Adams Terrace Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). Neighboring subdistricts included Gramercy Park, Adams Place, and Berkeley Square. [7]

The Williams Andrews Clark Library is located in Kinney Heights. [8]

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  1. 1 2 Chandler, Jenna (July 18, 2017). "Enchanting Craftsman with original carriage barn asks $899K in Jefferson Park". Curbed LA. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Pioneer Dies". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. November 13, 1920. p. 15. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ "West Adams Heritage Association | in Historic West Adams, Los Angeles, California". westadamsheritage.org. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "West Adams Terrace | Los Angeles City Planning". planning.lacity.org. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  5. ↑ Mithers, Carol (April 17, 2005). "Vanishing: The history of one house in L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ Oliver, Marilyn Tower (October 1, 1995). "In Touch with the Past: Craftsman-style homes in three neighborhoods recall gracious days of yore. Today they rate among L.A.'s best buys". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 4, 2023. & "HOMES: Neighborhoods' Craftsman-Style Houses (part 2 of 2)".
  7. ↑ Mandel, Jennifer (March 29, 2022). The Coveted Westside: How the Black Homeowners' Rights Movement Shaped Modern Los Angeles. University of Nevada Press. ISBN   978-1-64779-035-6.
  8. ↑ Cooper, Suzanne Tarbell; Lynch, Don; Kurtz, John G. (2008). West Adams. Arcadia Publishing. p. 93. ISBN   978-0-7385-5920-9.

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