Baldwin Hills is a district in southwestern Los Angeles, California, in South Los Angeles. It is located on the central hills overlooking the Los Angeles Basin, and in the flats immediately to their north. Baldwin Hills and other surrounding geography are named for the famous 19th century horse racing pioneer, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. Baldwin Hills Estates is one of the wealthiest majority-African American areas in the United States. Baldwin Hills is known as the African American Beverly Hills. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Los Angeles Basin is the coastal sediment-filled plain located between the peninsular and transverse ranges in southern California in the United States containing the central part of the city of Los Angeles. ... Elias Jackson Lucky Baldwin (April 3, 1828 - March 1, 1909) was a prominent California businessman and investor of the second half of the 19th century. ...

Sub-divisions of Baldwin Hills include Baldwin Hills Estates (east of La Brea, southwest of Santo Tomas Drive, south of the Jim Gilliam Recreation Center and north of Stocker Street). It includes the so-called Dons, winding streets with "modernistic" homes, panoramic views of the city, and such names as "Don Luis", "Don Felipe", etc. The area is characterized by hillside houses with swimming pools, and some condominiums (the latter often jut out from steep hillsides, perched on stilts). The southern portion of Baldwin Hills is actually outside the Los Angeles City limits; it resides in the unincorporated Los Angeles County area that also shares its space with View Park-Windsor Hills and Ladera Heights. Stocker Street divides Baldwin Hills from View Park. The northeast face of the former overlooks the Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Mall. This article refers to a form of housing. ...

West of the major thoroughfare, La Brea, is Baldwin Vista, with slightly smaller homes, but a more secluded ambience.^[1] North of Coliseum Street, Baldwin Vista consists largely of the Village Green, a "garden city" housing development, which was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2001. The units seldom have more than two bedrooms, and tend to attract seniors and younger professionals as residents. Ebenezer Howards 3 magnets diagram which addressed the question Where will the people go?, the choices being Town, Country or Town-Country The garden city movement is an approach to urban planning that was founded in 1898 by Ebenezer Howard in England. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ...

The flats consist largely of two-story, apartment buildings of ten or more units, often originally surrounding a swimming pool, built in the late 1950s. Called "The Jungle" because of its lush landscaping, since the mid-1980s the city has promoted use of the name "Baldwin Village".^[2] Originally occupied mostly by adults, young families not yet able to afford home purchase began to move in around the same time that de-segregation evoked white flight in the early 1960s. In the 1970s, black gangs took up illicit drug trade in the vicinity. "Sherm Alley", near Coliseum Street and Santa Barbara Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard), became a notorious drive-through drug market (a "Sherm" is a PCP-laced cigar in U.S. slang). By the 1990s the area had become a low-income, predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhood, its glass entryways gated, and its swimming pools filled in. PCP can be used to describe many things including: Partido Comunista del Peru, a. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... // The term Latino is a linguistic identity that refers to an individual that has significant ancestry from a nation-state where a Latin derived language is spoken or is the offical language of the government. ...

Geography

Baldwin Hills is bordered on the southeast by Inglewood, on the south by View Park-Windsor Hills, on the west by Culver City, on the north by Mid-City, and on the east by the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles. The district's ZIP code is 90008. Nickname: Location of Inglewood in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Los Angeles Established 1888 Incorporated February 14, 1908 Government  - Mayor Roosevelt F. Dorn Area  - City  9. ... View Park View Park-Windsor Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Motto: The Heart of Screenland Location of Culver City in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1917-09-07 [2] Government  - City Manager Jerry Fulwood [1] Area  - City  5. ... Mid-City is a district in west-central Los Angeles, California. ... Crenshaw Boulevard exit sign on the Santa Monica Freeway. ... Mr. ...

The hills that are the namesake of the neighborhood have long been drilled for petroleum. As the oil companies leave, some of their properties are being taken over by public agencies. One section has been designated the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area. Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ...

Demographics

African Americans make up approximately 78.5% of Baldwin Hills' population,^[3] the largest predominantly white section being Village Green. It is one of the wealthiest majority-black areas in the United States. Prior to 1965, it was known as "Pill Hill" because a large number of doctors were believed to live there. After African Americans began moving into the area, especially musicians and film actors still excluded from upscale westside neighborhoods, it was given nicknames such as the Golden Ghetto and the Black Beverly Hills. It has been home to such celebrities as Ray Charles, Tina Turner, Nancy Wilson (singer), and the late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. Like nearby Ladera Heights and View Park -Windsor Hills, it has seen a recent small influx of white, Asian, and Latino families drawn to its relatively affordable yet high-quality housing. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Ray Charles was the stage name of Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. ... Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock) November 26, 1939) is an 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive Producer, Film Producer, Actress, Writer, Performer, Songwriter, Author and occasional Painter whose career has spanned from 1956 to present. ... Nancy Wilson (born February 20, 1937) is an American singer with sixty-plus albums. ... Thomas J. Tom Bradley (December 29, 1917 – September 29, 1998) was the mayor of Los Angeles, California from 1973 to 1993 (five terms) and only the second African American mayor of a major U.S. city. ... Ladera Heights is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in southwestern Los Angeles County, California. ... View Park View Park-Windsor Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

Disasters

Baldwin Hills has experienced several natural and human-caused disasters. On December 14, 1963, the Baldwin Hills Reservoir (in what is now Kenneth Hahn State Park), situated in the hills above many expensive homes, began to crack. Within a few hours, the leak from the small crack had expanded to a torrent of water that cascaded through a growing gaping hole down the canyon along Cloverdale Avenue. Many homes were washed away and destroyed. Most of Baldwin Vista, including the historic Village Green community, was flooded as well. The crack in the dam was ultimately attributed to subsidence caused by overexploitation of the Inglewood oil field. The disaster caused the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to phase out small local reservoirs such as Baldwin Hills and Silverlake. The dam was not repaired, and it was eventually filled in to form part of Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area. is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Baldwin Hills Reservoir was a man-made water storage basin located on a low hilltop in Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles. ... A road destroyed by subsidence and shear. ... Nickname: Location of Inglewood in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Los Angeles Established 1888 Incorporated February 14, 1908 Government  - Mayor Roosevelt F. Dorn Area  - City  9. ... Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3. ... La Cienega Blvd. ...

During the summer of 1985, an arsonist started a brush fire along La Brea Avenue. The fire spread up the canyon towards the expensive homes along Don Carlos Drive in the Baldwin Hills Estates tract. Many homes were destroyed despite the efforts of the Los Angeles fire department to suppress the flames. The fire killed three people and destroyed 53 homes^[1]; the arsonist was never caught. La Brea Avenue is a prominent north/south thoroughfare in Los Angeles. ...

Education

Dorsey High School

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The schools include:

• Baldwin Hills Elementary School
• Audubon Middle School
• Susan Miller Dorsey High School

The area is served by several other schools, including Windsor Math/Science/Aerospace Magnet (K-5, zoned only for Kindergarten) and Hillcrest Drive Elementary School. Susan Miller Dorsey High School is a high school located in the South Los Angeles section of Los Angeles, California. ...

The Marlton School and the New Designs Charter School are also in the area. Marlton School is a public school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Los Angeles. ...

Los Angeles Public Library operates the Baldwin Hills Branch. The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) system serves the residents of Los Angeles, California. ...

Media

There is a TV show called Baldwin Hills which features youth from the neighborhood.^[4] This reality docudrama^[5] explores African-American teenage life from the point of view of 11 upper-middle-class teens.

Baldwin Hills, also known as the Black Beverly Hills, is an upscale Black neighborhood in Los Angeles, where pro athletes, TV and movie stars, entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers and engineers live. This reality show will focus on kids who split their time between school, the beach, pool parties, high-end shopping, and driving their parent’s luxury cars(see The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County). The Hills is an MTV reality drama spinoff of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pollard-Terry, Gayle, "Neighborly Advice: [Baldwin Hills Estates:] Years Later, The Pitch Still Delivers," Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct 2006, p. K2.
2. ^ Hayasaki, Erika (2006-09-30). "Gang Violence Fuels Racial Tensions". Los Angeles Times. 
3. ^ U.S. Census Bureau data on zip code 90008
4. ^ About The Show
5. ^ Can "Baldwin Hills" become the black "Laguna Beach"?

External links

• Friends of the Baldwin Hills
• The Baldwin Hills Conservancy
• Article on Village Green
• Village Green Web site
• Kenneth Hahn State Park
• Baldwin Hills dam

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