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On May 7, 1873, Gorman died on the ride home from Los Angeles after he fell out of his supply wagon and was run over by its own wheels. The first post office at Gorman Station was established sometime between December 1, 1877, and March 1, 1878, with Mary E. Wilson – likely James Gorman's sister-in-law – as postmaster.
Westmont is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, a part of the South Los Angeles area, just east of Inglewood. The population was 33,913 at the 2020 census, [5] up from 31,853 at the 2010 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Westmont as a census-designated place (CDP).
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past.It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.
Google Maps identifies an irregularly shaped area labeled "Miracle Mile" that runs from Ogden Drive on the west to Citrus Avenue and La Brea Avenue on the east. The area is roughly bordered on the north by 4th Street and on the south by 12th Street.
Baldwin Village was developed in the early 1940s and 1950s by architect Clarence Stein, as an apartment complex for young families.Baldwin Village is occasionally called "The Jungles" by locals because of the tropical trees and foliage (such as palms, banana trees and begonias) that once thrived among the area's tropical-style postwar apartment buildings. [3]
Many homes were destroyed despite the efforts of the Los Angeles Fire Department to suppress the flames. The fire killed three people and destroyed 69 homes; [9] the arsonist was never caught. In 1985, the Los Angeles Times noted that Baldwin Hills is "now often called the Black Beverly Hills". [10]
City Terrace is an unincorporated area of East Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County, California, east of Downtown Los Angeles.It contains City Terrace Elementary School, Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School, Esteban Torres High School, Harrison Elementary School, William R. Anton Elementary School, Hammel Street Elementary School, Anthony Quinn Library, City Terrace Library, and City Terrace Park.
The following data applies to Beverly Glen within the boundaries set by the Los Angeles Almanac: The 2010 U.S. census counted 4,341 people in Beverly Glen, of whom 83.21% were white, 0.90% black, 0.12% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.70% Asian, 0.02% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 1.24% other, 4.81% of two or more races, and 4.79% Hispanic or Latino.