Mount Washington (Los Angeles)

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Mount Washington is a district in the northeast of the US metropolis of Los Angeles .

location

Mount Washington is bordered by the boroughs of Eagle Rock to the north and Highland Park to the north and northeast, Montecito Heights and Lincoln Heights to the east, Cypress Park to the south, and Glassell Park to the east. The district extends over the hill known as Mount Washington and offers a view over the Los Angeles Basin to the Los Angeles Harbor near San Pedro .

population

According to the 2000 census, there were 12,728 people in Mount Washington at the time. According to estimates by the Los Angeles Planning Commission, there were 13,531 residents in the area in 2008. The majority of the residents (61.2%) were 2000 Latinos , 20.8% were white. 41.5% were born outside of the United States.

history

Development of the neighborhood began in 1909 when Robert Marsh built a hotel on top of Mount Washington. He acquired the land of what is now the district with a partner. Following the example of the Angels Flight, the hotel was connected by a funicular to a station at the foot of the elevation. The hotel was supposed to serve as an advertisement for the sale of the land around it. This was supported by an advertising campaign. In 1912 Eldred Street was laid out, which leads to the top of Mount Washington. This street is the steepest street in Los Angeles with a gradient of 33% just before Baxter Street in Echo Park (32%), and also the steepest street in California . The hotel closed in 1916. The building was briefly used by the Mount Washington Military School boys' school and then as a hospital, but was vacant from 1925. The funicular was closed in 1918 by inspectors from the City of Los Angeles due to safety concerns. The former hotel was finally acquired by the Indian yoga teacher Paramahansa Yogananda and has since been used as a center by the Self-Realization Fellowship .

The development that has emerged over time ranges from simple houses to expensive villas and includes stylistically Craftman-style houses and works by modern architects such as Richard Neutra , Gregory Ain or John Lautner .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mount Washington in the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project .
  2. ↑ a b c Scott Garner, Neighborhood Spotlight: Mt.Washington keeps a rustic slant , Los Angeles Times, July 9, 2016.
  3. ^ A b c Hadley Meares, From Hip Hotel to Holy Home: The Self-Realization Fellowship on Mount Washington , KCET, August 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ Sandi Hemmerlein, Where to Discover the Most Unusual Streets in LA , KCET, May 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Nathan Masters, Three Forgotten Incline Railways from Southern California History , KCET , Nov. 3, 2011.