Hancock Park

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Hancock Park is a neighborhood in the American metropolis of Los Angeles .

history

What is now Hancock Park was a derrick-riddled area on which the Hancock family extracted oil . When the oil was exhausted, G. Allan Hancock divided the property into lots and sold it as building land.

In keeping with the time of construction, Hancock Park is home to buildings in all of the styles popular in the 1920s , by architects such as Wallace Neff and Lloyd Wright , among others . In Hollywood's golden age , stars like Mae West , Ava Gardner , and Clark Gable settled here. Even Nat King Cole lived here.

location

Hancock Park is bounded by Melrose Boulevard to the north, Arden Street to the east, Wilshire Boulevard to the south , and La Brea Avenue to the west . The neighborhood is bordered by Hollywood to the north, Larchmont and Windsor Square to the east, Mid-Wilshire to the south and Fairfax to the west.

population

In 2000, according to the census at that time, 9,804 people lived in the district. According to estimates by the planning authority of the city of Los Angeles, there were 10,671 inhabitants in 2008. The residents were predominantly (70.7%) white. Only 26.3% of residents were born outside of the United States. The median income per household was $ 85,277.

Attractions

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is located on Wilshire Boulevard in Hancock Park and the La Brea Tar Pits and the associated Page Museum are in the immediate vicinity . In addition to the LACMA, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures , dedicated to film history , is expected to open in 2020 . Behind the lavishly restored facade of a department store built in 1939, the museum will consist of a spherical structure planned by Renzo Piano .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Scott Garner, Neighborhood Spotlight: Hancock Park , Los Angeles Times on April 22, 2016th
  2. ↑ a b Hancock Park in the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project .
  3. ^ Academy Museum Opening Delayed Until at Least 2020 , Hollywood Reporter June 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ Chris Nicols, The Academy Museum Is Restoring This 1939 Mid-Wilshire Landmark , Los Angeles Magazine, April 5, 2018.