Glassell Park

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Glassell Park is a district in the northeast of the US metropolis of Los Angeles .

population

According to the 2000 census, 23,467 people lived there at the time. The city's planning commission estimates that Glassell Park had a population of 24,816 in 2008. 66.1% thought they were Latinos , 17.4% said they were Asians and 13.7% said they were white. The median income for the neighborhood in 2008 was $ 50,098 per year.

location

Glassel Park is bordered by the city of Glendale and the boroughs of Atwater Village , Cypress Park , Eagle Rock , Echo Park , Elysian Park , Elysian Valley , Highland Park , Mount Washington, and Silver Lake . The neighborhood is in the San Rafael Hills.

history

Like the area of ​​the neighboring districts of Atwater Village, Highland Park and Eagle Rock, what is now Glassell Park belonged to Rancho San Rafael , which was transferred in 1784 by the Spanish crown Jose Maria Verdugo. In the wake of foreclosure on an unpaid mortgage, the Verdugo family lost their land, which was divided up in 1871. The area of ​​the neighborhood fell to the southern lawyers Andrew Glassell and Alfred Chapman. Glassell built a house for himself and his family on a hill. After Glassell's death in 1901, his bereaved relatives sold the land, on which Craftman-style houses were built.

A Los Angeles Railway line made the area attractive to both railroad workers and employees as well as commuters to downtown Los Angeles . In 1912, Glassell Park was incorporated into Los Angeles. From 1911, the Southern Pacific built the Taylor Yard marshalling yard in Glassell Park, which further increased the importance of the railways for the district. Most of these plants were closed in the second half of the 1980s. Today the Rio de Los Angeles State Park is located there .

In the 1950s, the Glendale Freeway ran through the neighborhood, which contributed to the brain drain to the San Fernando Valley . Glassell Park became a popular place to live for immigrants from Latin America . Today these are gradually being replaced by gentrification .

Web links

Commons : Glassell Park, Los Angeles  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Glassel Park in the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project .
  2. ^ A b c Scott Garner, Neighborhood Spotlight: Glassell Park's future looks greener and livelier , Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2017.