West Adams Heights, Los Angeles

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West Adams Heights
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
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West Adams Heights neighborhood sign
located at the intersection of Western Avenue
and the Santa Monica Freeway
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West Adams Heights
Location within Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34°02′22″N118°18′21″W / 34.0394°N 118.3058°W / 34.0394; -118.3058
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Time zone Pacific
Zip Code
90018
Area code Area code 323

West Adams Heights is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. It contains three Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.

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History

The West Adams Heights tract was laid out in 1902. The original neighborhood boundaries were Washington Boulevard on the north, La Salle Avenue on the east, Adams Boulevard on the south, and Western Avenue on the west. The development had improvements such as: 75-foot-wide boulevards, some of the first contoured streets not to follow the city grid, lots elevated from the sidewalk and ornate street lighting. The entrances on Hobart, Harvard, and Oxford streets, south of Washington Boulevard are marked with stone pillars with the inscription “West Adams Heights.” [1]

Between 1938 and 1945, African-Americans moved to West Adams Heights and it became known as the Sugar Hill section of Los Angeles. Residents included Golden State Mutual Insurance Company president Norman O. Houston, actress Hattie McDaniel, civil rights activists John and Vada Sommerville, actress Louise Beavers, band leader Johnny Otis, performers Pearl Bailey and Ethel Waters. [1]

In 1963 the Santa Monica Freeway cut through West Adams Heights and divided the neighborhood. [1] In 2006, West Adams Heights signage was installed in the section north of the freeway. [2] In 2012, the city named the section south of the freeway "The Sugar Hill Historic District". [3]

Geography

In April 2006, the city instructed the Department of Transportation to install four "West Adams Heights" signs. Three are along Washington Boulevard: the southeast corner of Washington Boulevard and Western Avenue, Washington Boulevard and LaSalle Street, and the northwest corner of Washington Boulevard and Normandie Avenue. The fourth is at the intersection of Oxford Avenue and Hobart Boulevard (exiting the 10 Freeway). [2]

Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments

There are three Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in West Adams Heights:

West Adams Heights stone pillar located at Washington Boulevard and Harvard Boulevard WestAdamsHeightsEntry.jpg
West Adams Heights
stone pillar located at Washington Boulevard and Harvard Boulevard

Historic Preservation Overlay Zone

West Adams Heights lies within the southern portion of the Harvard Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). [1] [6] [7] At the HPOZ public hearing, several speakers suggested an expansion of the proposed Harvard Heights HPOZ boundaries to the south so that the entire West Adams Heights Tract could be included. The survey stated that the area developed with similar architectural designs, and within the same time frame as the proposed preservation area, but the construction of the Freeway separated the neighborhood. [8]

Parks and recreation

West Adams Heights Park - Located at 1903 West Cordova Avenue, [9] the park is .08 acres with a children's playground, walking path, fencing, lighting, and landscaping. It was funded by Prop. 84 (Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program) and completed on May 18, 2015. [10] City Council President Herb Wesson attended the 2013 groundbreaking ceremony. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Smith, Michael; Stegall, Greg. "West Adams Heights: A Historic Neighborhood Faces Challenges". West Adams Heritage Association.
  2. 1 2 "Amending Previous Council Action Naming Various Communities in Council District 10 (CF 06-0749-81)" (PDF). October 18, 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sugar Hill Historic District". HistoricPlacesLA.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021. Historically, the area was known as West Adams Heights.
  4. ↑ "J.R. Dennison House". HistoricPlacesLA.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. 1 2 Office of Historic Resources, Newsletter, October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Harvard Heights HPOZ" (PDF). December 9, 2010. p. 18 & 93. Retrieved 5 March 2021. Stone marker placed by West Adams Heights tract realtors at Washington Boulevard.
  7. ↑ "Harvard Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone Architectural Survey" (PDF). LACity.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "CITY PLAN CASE NO. 99-0138 HPOZ" (PDF). Los Angeles City Planning Commission. July 17, 2000. p. 28-29. Retrieved 5 March 2021. "...expansion will permit the full historical extent of the West Adams Heights Tract to be included within the Harvard Heights HPOZ".
  9. ↑ "West Adams Heights Park". LAParks.org. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Project: West Adams Heights Park". CA.gov. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Wesson Breaks Ground at West Adams Heights Park". Los Angeles Sentinel. August 22, 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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