East Hollywood
East Hollywood is a district of the US metropolis of Los Angeles in the state of California .
Location and structure
East Hollywood is bounded by Hollywood Boulevard to the north, Sunset Boulevard to the northeast, Houston Street to the east, Beverly Boulevard to the south and Western Avenue to the west. The neighborhood is bordered by Hollywood , the Hollywood Hills , Koreatown , Larchmont , Los Feliz , Silver Lake , Westlake and Windsor Square . The boundaries of the neighborhood, like the boundaries of the neighborhoods in Los Angeles in general, were not officially set. Many neighborhoods were therefore defined using the Los Angeles Times' Mapping LA project . In 2001, the City of Los Angeles began a process that allowed the official registration of neighborhood councils . The East Hollywood Neighborhood Council was registered in 2007 as the 89th district of Los Angeles, with the southern border being placed on the 101 Freeway , in contrast to the LA Times Map .
The location is relatively central, Hollywood, the hip Silverlake and downtown can all be reached within minutes.
The officially registered Neigborhood East Hollywood is divided into 6 districts :
- Thai Town
- Hollymont Junction
- Hollyset Junction
- Little Armenia
- College Village
- Virgil Village
Thai Town and Little Armenia are designated ethnic enclaves , and Thai Town is the first officially designated Thai enclave in the United States . Melrose Hill , which was formerly part of East Hollywood, is now part of the Hollywood Studio District neighborhood .
Virgil Village is bounded by Freeway 101 to the south, North Vermont Avenue to the west, Santa Monica Boulevard to the north, and North Hoover Street to the east. In 1994, more than 70% of the Virgin Village was inhabited by Latinos and almost 20% by people of Asian roots. As of 2018, a process of gentrification can be observed in this quarter .
The active earthquake fissure of the Hollywood Fault runs slightly north of Hollywood Boulevard .
population
According to the 2000 census , there were 73,967 people in East Hollywood. The city of Los Angeles estimated in 2008 that 78,192 people lived in the neighborhood. At the census, 60.4% of residents said they were Hispanic , 17.5% said they were white, and 15.5% said their ancestors were from Asia. The most common ethnicities mentioned were Mexican (20.4%) and Armenian (11.3%). 66.5% of East Hollywood residents were not born in the United States. For non-American countries of birth, El Salvador dominated (21.2% of migrants) ahead of Mexico (20.1% of migrants). 91.3% of the residents live in rented housing, only 8.7% in property. The median income is relatively low at $ 29,927 per year.
history
The Tongva originally lived in what is now East Hollywood . There was a Tongva settlement called Cahug-Na , from which the Spanish name Cahuenga developed for the area. In 1887, the city of Prospect City was founded, the area of which included the northern part of the area of East Hollywood and the neighboring present-day Los Feliz . Prospect City was opened up by the Cahuenga Valley Railroad , which ran along what is now Western Avenue. The southern part of East Hollywood belonged to the city of Colegrove , founded by Cornelius Cole, a friend of Abraham Lincoln . In 1900 Prospect City was renamed East Hollywood to capitalize on the reputation of nearby Hollywood. In 1910, Hollywood, East Hollywood and Colesgrove voted to incorporate Los Angeles to take advantage of the city's water system. The children's hospital was opened in 1914. On December 4, 1916, the Andrew Carnegie- funded Cahuenga Branch Library opened on Santa Monica Boulevard. Like Hollywood, East Hollywood benefited from the booming film industry. Among other things, it was the location of the William Fox Studio , one of the forerunners of 20th Century Fox . In 1919 the Los Angeles Normal School was renamed the University of California , Southern Branch . In the 1920s refugees from the October Revolution and survivors of the Armenian genocide settled in East Hollywood. In 1927, the heiress Aline Barnsdall donated what is now Barnsdall Art Park with the Hollyhock House to the City of Los Angeles. In 1929 the University of California, Southern Brench moved to Westwood and was later renamed the University of California, Los Angeles . The 1930s saw a boom in residential buildings in East Hollywood. In the 1940s, the Japanese-American minority, previously strongly represented in East Hollywood, was deported. In the 1950s, the neighborhood was shaped by the construction of the Hollywood Freeway through the area and the construction of more residential buildings. In the 1960s, mainly immigrants from China , Thailand , the Philippines , India and South Korea settled here. In addition, more and more Afro-Americans moved here . In 1970, 53.3% of the population were first or second generation immigrants. In the 1980s, East Hollywood was one of the most mixed-up areas in the United States. The area suffered significant setbacks from the fires during the Los Angeles riots in 1992 and the Northridge earthquake in 1994 . On the other hand, the subway stations at Santa Monica / Vermont, Sunset / Vermont and Hollywood / Western were opened. On October 27, 1999, Thai Town was officially expelled. On October 6, 2000, Little Armenia was expelled.
Education and Public Institutions
The Los Angeles City College (LACC) campus is located in East Hollywood . With this community college, the district has a further educational institution.
East Hollywood has six public elementary schools, two of which are considered good. Otherwise there are still a few private schools of all grades in the quarter itself.
With the Cahuenga Branch Library of the district has a for Library Network belonging to the public libraries of the city of Los Angeles (Los Angeles Public Library) library . The building, built in 1916 in the style of an Italian neo-Renaissance , is one of three Carnegie libraries remaining in Los Angeles and is a National Landmark .
Parks
Barnsdale Art Park is located between Hollywood Boulevard , Vermont Avenue, Sunset Boulevard and Edgemont Street . The park and its associated facilities are owned by the City of Los Angeles, but are maintained and maintained by the Barnsdale Art Park Foundation . The architecturally significant Hollyhock House is the central part of this complex . Facilities also include the Barnsdale Art Center , which offers art classes for adults, the Junior Art Center , which offers art classes for teenagers, a theater building, and a gallery for exhibitions.
The park was established on top of an olive grove hill known as Olive Hill . The olive grove served, among other things, as a backdrop for DWGriffith's film Intolerance in 1916 . In the 1920s, Aline Barnsdale bought the hill and had Frank Lloyd Wright design the site , which included the Hollyhock House. In 1927 Mrs. Barnsdale donated what is now the city's park in memory of her father.
traffic
By East Hollywood, the Red Line (leads Red Line ) of the Los Angeles Metro Rail . The Hollywood / Western, Vermont / Sunset and Vermont / Santa Monica subway stations are three stops within East Hollywood. The Red Line connects North Hollywood with Downtown Los Angeles .
US Highway 101 or Hollywood Freeway runs through East Hollywood from southeast to northwest . The Hollywood Freeway connects the neighborhood with downtown and leads into the San Fernando Valley .
People related to the neighborhood
Charles Bukowski lived in East Hollywood for a long time. He wrote much of his work here in the 1960s and 1970s.
Leonardo DiCaprio spent part of his youth in East Hollywood.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Profile of East Hollywood in the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project .
- ↑ LA neighborhoods, you're on the map , Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2009
- ↑ a b c d Scott Garner, Neighborhood Spotlight: East Hollywood is a diverse, affordable spot that's just this side of hip , Los Angeles Times of September 2, 2016.
- ^ East Hollywood Neighborhood Council Map
- ↑ Kennedy Hill, 20 Years Ago, LA Became Home to the Country's First and Only Thai Town , Los Angeles Magazine, October 11, 2019.
- ↑ Description of the location of Virgil Village in the Constitutional Charter of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council (2018), PDF
- ^ Ethnic composition of the population of Virgil Village (1994) according to Mahyar Arefi: Revisiting the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) . In: Journal of Planning Education and Research , Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, No. 22 (2003), DOI = 10.1177 / 0739456X03252687, pp. 384-399.
- ^ ICP Projected: This Side of Hoover . Exhibition at the International Center of Photography , New York, 4. – 17. December 2018, photos on the gentrification of Virgil Village
- ↑ Stacy Suaya: The Creative Wave Lifting Los Angeles' Virgil Village . In: Life and Money by Citi. from June 27, 2018
- ↑ Aaron Blevis, California Geological Survey releases Hollywood Fault map , Beverly Press, Jan. 16, 2014.
- ^ History of East Hollywood on the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council website
- ↑ Homepage of the LACC
- ^ Schools in East Hollywood in the Los Angeles Times' Mapping LA project
- ^ Homepage of the Cahuenga Branch Library
- ↑ Entry in the US Register of National Landmarks
- ↑ a b Homepage of the Barnsdale Art Foundation
- ↑ Nathan Masters, Lost LA: When East Hollywood's Barnsdall Art Park Was An Olive Orchard , KCET, September 15, 2014.
- ↑ The Guide to the Metro Red Line: Part One DiscoverLosAngeles.com of March 14, 2019.
- ↑ a b The Guide to Los Angeles Freeways , Discover LA (Tourist Information), May 14, 2019.
- ^ Matt Kettmann, Saving Bukowski's Bungalow , Time Magazine , Sept. 14, 2007.
- ^ John Dullaghan, The Bukowski tour , Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2004.
- ^ Dennis Romero, No, Leonardo DiCaprio you are not from East Los Angeles , LA Weekly, February 29, 2016.