Los Feliz

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Map of Los Feliz gem. the project ´Mapping LA deer Los Angeles Times .

Los Feliz is a district of the Californian city ​​of Los Angeles . Los Feliz is the residence of celebrities.

Surname

The name Los Feliz is not derived from the Spanish word for luck , but goes back to Jose Vicente Feliz , who owned Rancho Los Feliz during colonial times . The Los Feliz debate is considered controversial. There are at least four possible ways to pronounce the name. Today's most common accent corresponds to that of immigrants from the Midwest .

location

Los Feliz is bordered to the north by Griffith Park , to the east by Atwater Village and Silver Lake , to the south by East Hollywood, and to the west by Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills . Los Feliz stretches from Western Avenue in the west to the Los Angeles River in the east. Hollywood Boulevard to the south and Sunset Boulevard to the east is the border of the district. It has an area of ​​2.61 square miles (6.76 square kilometers ). By Los Feliz leading Hollywood rejection ( Hollywood Fault Line ). It is an earthquake fissure that can cause earthquakes up to 7.0 on the Richter scale .

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, 35,238 people lived in Los Feliz at the time. According to estimates by the Los Angeles Planning Commission, in 2008 there were 36,933 residents. The largest ethnic group is whites (57.6%), followed by Latinos (18.7%) and people of Asian descent (13.7%). 44.5% of those living in Los Feliz were born outside of the United States. The median income per household in 2008 was $ 50,793, with three quarters of residents renting.

Blackburn Residence, built by Paul R. Williams in 1927 .

Los Feliz is known as the home of celebrities. On the one hand, because both Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles are easily accessible from here. On the other hand, the heights of nearby Griffith Park offer privacy and privacy. The quarter has been divided into three parts. To the north of Los Feliz Boulevard are the villas of the rich and famous, along the boulevard are shops and to the south there is living space for the middle class.

Celebrities with apartments in Los Feliz include Scarlett Johansson , Katy Perry , and Angelina Jolie .

history

Los Feliz was originally the settlement area of ​​the Tongva people. Remnants of a Tongva settlement can be found at Fern Dell Canyon near Griffith Park.

Griffith J. Griffith (1850-1919) around 1900.

Los Feliz was part of an early land donation for Jose Vicente Feliz. The Feliz family owned the land until 1863, when Anthony Coronel chatted away the land from the head of the family. A member shall thereupon Coronel and the country cursed haben.Später acquired Elias "Lucky" Baldwin , the Rancho Los Feliz , the land but had to sell at a loss. Eventually Griffith J. Griffith acquired the land and tried to market the hillside location. However, he was unsuccessful and separated the northern part and donated it to the city of Los Angeles as a park, today's Griffith Park. With the rise of the film industry and the booming oil industry, however, wealthy people were interested in residential properties in what is now Los Feliz.

The neighborhood hit the headlines with the murder of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca on August 10, 1969 by supporters of Charles Manson .

architecture

Ennis House by Frank Lloyd Wright .
Lowell House by Richard Neutra .

The buildings in Los Feliz reflect the history of the home of the rich and beautiful. The majority of the buildings were erected between the First and Second World Wars . Stylistically, you will find houses of the modern age as well as in different revival styles. The district has works by architects such as Wallace Neff , Frank Lloyd Wright , Richard Neutra , Gregory Ain and Rudolph Schindler . Well-known works include Wright's Ennis House or Neutras Lovell House , which was shown in the film LA Confidential . An example of the houses built in a revival style is the Blackburn Residence, built in 1927 by Paul R. Williams .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gina Pollack, How To Speak LA: Your Guide To The City's Most Debated And Mispronounced Words , LA is July 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Los Feliz in the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project .
  3. ↑ Gracie Zheng, NEW HOLLYWOOD FAULT MAP CURBS DEVELOPMENT IN HOLLYWOOD, WEHO, LOS FELIZ , LA Weekly January 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ a b c d Scott Garner: Neighborhood Spotlight: Los Feliz , Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Take a tour of 'Avengers: Infinity War' star Scarlett Johansson's $ 3 million LA home , ArchitecturalDigest on April 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ Inside the Katy Perry Convent That Sparked a Real Estate War: Never-Before-Seen Photos , Hollywood Reporter, October 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ Angelina Jolie Real Estate Deal Shines Light On LA's Los Feliz Neighborhood , Forbes, June 19, 2017.
  8. ↑ www.tongvapeople.org .
  9. ↑ Nathan Masters: How LA Got One of the Country's Largest Urban Parks KCET, August 22, 2012.
  10. ↑ Angela Serratore: What You Need to Know About the Manson Family Murders , Smithsonian Magazine, July 25, 2019.
  11. ↑ Los Feliz on exitingla.com.
  12. ↑ Chris Eggertsen: 'LA Confidential': The ultimate filming locations map LA Curbed from September 29, 2017.
  13. ^ Blackburn Residence in the Paul R. Williams Project.