Westwood (Los Angeles)

View of Westwood from the Getty Center with the San Diego Freeway in the foreground. Behind it are the office buildings on Wilshire Boulevard and Century City . Downtown Los Angeles can be seen in the background on the left .

Westwood is a district in the west of Los Angeles . According to the 2000 census , 47,844 people live here in an area of 9.55 square kilometers. Westwood has the zip code CA 90024 ( ZIP code )

Settlement as a suburban residential area began in the early 1920s. As early as 1925, the relocation of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to Westwood led to national fame. In 1929, the settlement of Westwood Village on Westwood Boulevard, which is also considered a student and shopping district for the nearby university, led to further growth.

On March 16, 2014, the suburb was hit by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter of the Beverly Hills quake occurred at 6:25 a.m. However, the authorities did not issue a tsunami warning.

location

The neighborhood is bounded by Sunset Blvd to the north (bordering Bel Air ), Beverly Hills to the east, and Santa Monica Boulevard (bordering Century City ) to the south, and Los Angeles National Cemetery and Interstate 405 (to Brentwood ) to the west.

By concentrating high-rise office buildings along Wilshire Boulevard , Westwood is one of the most important office locations in Los Angeles, alongside Downtown Los Angeles and Century City. The section of Wilshire Boulevard that runs through Westwood also has the intersection with Westwood Boulevard, which some sources claim to be the busiest intersection in the world. Large parts of Westwood are still characterized by single and two-family houses and low apartment blocks.

Partly the villa district Holmby Hills , or at least parts of it, is counted to Westwood. This is where the Los Angeles Country Club and the Playboy Mansion are located .

Attractions

Westwood Village is home to many listed Art Deco buildings , including B. the Fox Village Theater and the 1929 Janss Investment Company Building . Other attractions include the Hammer Museum, founded in 1990 .

Another section of Westwood Boulevard, south of Wilshire Boulevard, is also known as Little Iran or Tehrangeles . After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, many Iranians moved to this area and set up shops and restaurants. Westwood is also home to the Los Angeles California Temple , the second largest temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . The temple opened on Santa Monica Boulevard in 1956 .

The cemetery Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery (1218 Glendon Avenue) is the final resting place of many Hollywood hitmakers, including Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin .

Sons and daughters

Heather Locklear , American actress
Sasha Cohen , American figure skater

Janss Investment Company Building
The Mann Bruin Theater in Westwood, built in 1939
Royce Hall, the main building of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Janss Steps, UCLA
Powell Library, UCLA
Westwood Village Memorial Park, Westwood
Junction of Wilshire and Westwood Boulevard
Persian shops on Westwood Boulevard