The Los Angeles Westside is an urban region in western Los Angeles County, California , United States. It has no official definition, but sources like LA Weekly and the Mapping L.A. survey of the Los Angeles Times place the region on the western side of the Los Angeles Basin south of the Santa Monica Mountains .
51-509: Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Bordering the campus on the south is Westwood Village, a major regional district for shopping, dining, movie theaters, and other entertainment. Wilshire Boulevard through Westwood is
102-513: A bus rapid transit line to operate along the corridor. In the future, Measure M funding is expected to become available for an extension of the B Line subway down Vermont Avenue at least as far as the neighborhood of Athens (just south of the 105 Freeway ), possibly as a combination of both underground and elevated heavy rail. Bus rapid transit implementation is expected as part of the Twenty-eight by '28 initiative, in anticipation of
153-674: A master's degree or higher was the third-highest in the county. Westwood is home to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Los Angeles Unified School District operates public schools. Schools in Westwood are The zoned senior high school is University High School in West Los Angeles . UCLA Lab School Corinne A. Seeds Campus, formerly the Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School and renamed in 2009,
204-497: A 1985 study by Gruen and Associates identified the following buildings of historic architectural significance: In 2018, about 50,288 people lived in the 90024 ZIP code, which grossly corresponds to Westwood, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The 2000 U.S. census counted 47,916 residents in the 3.68-square-mile Westwood neighborhood—or 13,036 people per square mile, an average population density for
255-469: A 24-story office building now known as the Oppenheimer Tower was built in the neighborhood and the design of new buildings soon became a blend of styles. The Oppenheimer Tower was used for the primary location in the 1978 episode of Emergency! , "The Steel Inferno". Wilshire Boulevard through Westwood is would become a major corridor of condominium towers, from Westwood Boulevard east towards
306-618: A Visitors' Center open to the public and the headquarters for the Church's missionary efforts in Los Angeles. The church purchased the land for the temple from silent film star Harold Lloyd in 1937 and opened the temple in 1956. The temple grounds are also home to the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center (LARFHC), which is open to the public as well. It is the second-largest branch in
357-488: A cultural hub for the Persian community in Los Angeles since the 1960s. Westwood has a Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csb ) with dry summers, relatively wet winters, and mild temperatures year-round. Like the rest of coastal Los Angeles County, Westwood experiences an Indian summer , where its warmest highs, in the upper 70s, are towards the end of summer and early fall. After mid-October temperatures dip down quicker. as
408-502: A major corridor of condominium towers, on the eastern end and of Class A office towers, on the western end. Westwood also has residential areas of multifamily and single family housing, including exclusive Holmby Hills . The neighborhood was developed starting in 1919, and UCLA opened in 1929, while Westwood Village was built up starting in 1929 through the 1930s. According to the Westwood Neighborhood Council,
459-526: A major setback in the late 1980s, when gangs began to frequent the neighborhood and crime increased. The problems culminated in January 1988 when a gang shootout resulted in the death of a 27-year-old bystander. On January 30, 1988, gang violence brought nationwide attention to Westwood Village when Karen Toshima , a 27-year-old graphics artist, was killed as she crossed a Village street in a shootout between gang members. Her killer, Durrell DeWitt Collins, 23,
510-539: A six-lane road with a wide median. From 164th Street, an abandoned railway runs through the median to a point just north of Redondo Beach Boulevard, afterwards the median becomes tree-lined. From 88th Street to Gage Avenue, Vermont Avenue includes adjacent frontage roads. North of Gage, Vermont thins down to 4 lanes. Vermont Avenue then passes at the western end of the University of Southern California and Exposition Park in South Los Angeles . In August 2012,
561-657: A wide range of disciplines. With an approximate enrollment of 28,000 undergraduate and 12,000 graduate students, UCLA is the university with the largest enrollment in the state of California and the most popular university in the United States by number of applicants. Other post-secondary schools in the Westside are as follows: Other regions of Los Angeles County 34°02′30″N 118°25′31″W / 34.04153°N 118.425392°W / 34.04153; -118.425392 Vermont Avenue Vermont Avenue
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#1732765091325612-520: Is a playground developed for joint use by handicapped and non-handicapped children. Holmby Park is also in Westwood. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Westwood. In 2018, Westwood stakeholders voted to subdivide the area into two official neighborhood council districts. Since then the North Westwood Neighborhood Council has represented UCLA, Westwood Village,
663-465: Is just north of San Pedro at a five-point intersection with Anaheim Street, Gaffey Street and Palos Verdes Drive . After a short distance, Normandie Avenue branches off due north while Vermont turns northeast towards its intersection with Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) . Afterwards, it travels roughly in a straight line north for 22 miles (35 km), parallel to the Harbor Freeway (I-110) to
714-531: Is one of the longest running north–south streets in City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County , California . With a length of 23.3 miles (37.5 km), is the third longest of the north–south thoroughfares in the region. For most of its length between its southern end in San Pedro and south of Downtown Los Angeles , it runs parallel to the west of the Harbor Freeway (I-110). Vermont Avenue's southern point
765-526: Is part of Bel Air . Together, Holmby Hills, Bel Air and Beverly Hills form the " Platinum Triangle " of Los Angeles. North Westwood Village (or North Village ) consists mainly of multifamily residential units where many UCLA students live, west of Gayley, north of Weyburn, and east of Veteran aves. Tehrangeles , also known as "Little Persia", refers to the large number of Persian restaurants, grocery stores, bookstores, art galleries, travel agencies, and rug stores along Westwood Boulevard that has served as
816-835: Is the University of California, Los Angeles laboratory school. The Los Angeles Public Library opened a branch in Westwood in 2005. Westside (Los Angeles County) According to the LA Weekly , there are different perspectives on where the Westside ends and the Eastside begins. Generally, the Westside is the area south of the Santa Monica Mountains and Sepulveda Pass , and west of either: Los Angeles Times readers submitted more than 300 maps, with borders ranging from Lincoln to La Brea and beyond. The most common east/west dividing lines were: Downtown, La Cienega Boulevard (the most common street cited), and
867-593: The Bruin Theater ( S. Charles Lee , 1937), which hosted many Hollywood premieres over past decades. The Hammer Museum , which is affiliated with UCLA, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur-industrialist Armand Hammer to house his personal art collection, the museum has since expanded its scope to become "the hippest and most culturally relevant institution in town." Particularly important among
918-597: The Children's Hospital Los Angeles , and Hollywood Boulevard , to the east of the Barnsdall Art Park . At the intersection with Los Feliz Boulevard, it becomes a divided road with one lane in each direction as it heads to Griffith Park . Entering the park, it then becomes signed as Vermont Canyon Road before it passes by the Greek Theatre . The road then ends at the intersection with Observatory Road,
969-637: The Family History Library system of the LDS Church , and contains more than 100,000 microfiche and 30,000 books. The Westwood Recreation Center is in Westwood. The facility includes barbecue pits, a lighted baseball diamond, lighted outdoor basketball courts, racquetball courts, a children's play area, a community room, an indoor gymnasium with weights, and a picnic table. The center also has Aidan's Place, which opened on December 5, 2001. The place, named after wheelchair-bound Aidan James,
1020-614: The L.A.P.D. assigned a 30-member antigang unit to capture Toshima's killer. — "The Price of Life in Los Angeles: Is one killing in Westwood worse than hundreds in the ghetto?", Margaret Carlson, Time magazine, February 22, 1988 There was a conviction in December 1988 for a September 1985 abduction and double-murder that started as an auto theft in Westwood. The neighborhood's well-known bookstores and some movie cinemas began closing with
1071-500: The 1920s - the second such district ever to be built in the nation's history. It was planned by Janss and businesses started to open in 1929. It was the Westside's busiest such district through the 1980s. A portion of Holmby Hills , home to the Playboy Mansion , south of Sunset Blvd., east of both Beverly Glen Bl. and Comstock Av., and west of the L.A. Country Club , is within Westwood. The northern section of Holmby Hills
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#17327650913251122-531: The 405 freeway (the most common answer). The Times analyzed the results and no one definition approached a majority. Ultimately, the Los Angeles Times Mapping Project settled on a definition comprising 101.28 square miles (262 km ), encompassing not only districts in the city of Los Angeles but also two unincorporated neighborhoods, plus the cities of Beverly Hills , Culver City , and Santa Monica , but excluding all of
1173-582: The Beverly Hills city line, and of Class A office towers, at Westwood Boulevard and westward. The 1980s saw Iranian immigration to the area after the 1979 Iranian Revolution , and the beginnings of the Tehrangeles business corridor along Westwood Boulevard south of Wilshire Boulevard. Westwood Village's popularity as a shopping, dining, and nighttime entertainment district continued to rise, with commercial rents peaking in 1988. The Village suffered
1224-754: The City of Los Angeles designated a portion of Vermont Avenue in Pico-Union as the "El Salvador Community Corridor." Between the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) and the Hollywood Freeway ( US 101 ), Vermont Avenue crosses Wilshire Boulevard and passes through Koreatown . It then forms the eastern boundary of the East Hollywood district of Hollywood as it passes through Little Armenia . It intersects Sunset Boulevard , next to
1275-625: The Los Angeles Country Club on Santa Monica Boulevard and the Rancho Country Club on Pico Boulevard." Meanwhile, the Southern Branch of the University of California had been established on Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, where enrollment expanded so rapidly that by 1925 the institution had outgrown the site. The selection of a new campus in the Westwood hills was announced on March 21, 1925. The owners of
1326-790: The North Westwood Village, and Persian Square areas, while the Westwood Neighborhood Council has continued to represent the surrounding residential areas. The Los Angeles Police Department operates the West Los Angeles Community Police Station at 1663 Butler Avenue, which serves the community. Law enforcement for the UCLA campus is the responsibility of the UCLA Police Department , a division of
1377-505: The Village's image and reputation suffered. Even a quarter century later, Los Angeles Magazine referred to the 1988 gang‐related murder of an innocent bystander as a cause of Westwood Village's diminished activity. Limited and expensive parking remained a problem. Macy's (originally Bullock's ) closed in 1999, leaving the district without a department store anchor. In that quarter-century, multiple nearby districts lured customers away from
1428-500: The Village, such as Westfield Century City , The Grove , the now-closed Westside Pavilion , and Downtown Santa Monica with its open air and enclosed shopping malls. Westwood Village was master-planned in the late 1920s and Janss carefully selected not only the architects, but also the style of the buildings and their juxtaposition. Towers were built as landmarks and businesses on corner lots were carefully selected for their attractiveness and as landmarks. Buildings which according to
1479-552: The Westwood Homeowners Association, and the Los Angeles Times Mapping L.A. project, Westwood is bounded by: Westwood Village is immediately south of the UCLA campus, bounded by LeConte, Gayley, Thornton (between Lindbrook and Wilshire: Glendon) and Wilshire Boulevard. Westwood Village north of Wilshire is an on-street shopping, dining and entertainment district that was planned in
1530-547: The advent of large chain stores, Amazon.com and multiplex theaters. A 2014 report for the Westwood Village Improvement Association reported that Westwood Village, although still a busy place, was no longer the Westside's dominant retail and entertainment destinations as it had been for decades. The Village suffered from deteriorating public spaces and a high number vacancies. Multiple revitalization efforts over decades were unsuccessful and
1581-547: The area and started to advertise for new homes in 1922. The Los Angeles Times reported the news: "Westwood, the subdivision of the Wolfskill Ranch, 3,300 acres (13 km) of scenic territory between the city and Santa Monica, is to be opened to homeseekers and investors today by the Janss Investment Company. The tract comprises approximately 1000 residential and business lots, situated west of
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1632-524: The city of West Hollywood – even areas west of La Cienega Boulevard. According to the Mapping L.A. survey of the Los Angeles Times the Westside includes all of the below neighborhoods that are part of the city of Los Angeles: In the 2000 census , the Westside (as defined by the Los Angeles Times Mapping Project ) had a population of 529,427. In 2000, non-Hispanic whites made up 63% of
1683-477: The city. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 52,041. The median age for residents was 27, considered young for the city; the percentages of residents aged 19 to 34 was among the county's highest. The neighborhood was considered moderately diverse ethnically, with a high percentage of Asians and of whites. The breakdown was whites , 62.9%; Asians , 23.1%; Latinos , 7.0%; blacks , 2.0%; and others, 4.9%. Iran (23.5%) and Taiwan (7.3%) were
1734-466: The cold season approaches, than they rise from late spring to summer. Ocean temperatures tend to moderate the climate more than inland locations. The average precipitation in Westwood is 17.43 inches which tends to be higher than most populated places in LA County. This is due to its proximity to the ocean andhillside location resulting in heavier and abundant rainfall. The most rainfall in a wet season
1785-407: The design was considered one of the nation's best-planned and beautifully laid out commercial areas. Harold Janss had hired major architects and instructed them to follow a Mediterranean theme, with clay tile roofs, decorative Spanish tile, paseos, patios and courtyards. Buildings at strategic points, including theaters, used towers to serve as beacons for drivers on Wilshire Boulevard . Janss picked
1836-599: The east. North of PCH, it passes through the unincorporated area of West Carson before crossing the San Diego Freeway (I-405). Between a point south of the intersection with Artesia Boulevard /western end of the Gardena Freeway ( SR 91 ), and El Segundo Boulevard , Vermont marks the eastern boundary of the City of Gardena . At 164th Street in Gardena, Vermont widens from a four-lane thoroughfare to
1887-464: The estate, the Janss brothers , agreed to sell the property for approximately $ 1 million ($ 14 million in 2023 dollars), less than one-third the land's value. Municipal bond measures passed by Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and Venice provided for that amount. Proposition 10, a state bond measure passed that year, provided $ 3 million for construction. Thus the University of California at Los Angeles
1938-469: The first slate of businesses and determined their location in the neighborhood; the area opened with 34 businesses, and, despite the Great Depression , had 452 businesses in 1939, including Bullock's ( Parkinson & Parkinson ), Desmond's ( Percy Parke Lewis ) and Sears department stores, and a Ralphs grocery ( Stiles Clements ). The architectural style met a turning point in 1970, when
1989-639: The independent, statewide University of California Police Department . As a state police agency, the UCLA PD has full law enforcement powers on and off campus. Fire and emergency medical services are provided by the Los Angeles Fire Department . UCLA Emergency Medical Services , a division of the UCLA Police Department, operates a Basic Life Support ambulance for the UCLA campus and supports LAFD on medical aid calls in
2040-582: The main route to the Griffith Observatory . Vermont Avenue has the most Metro Rail stations of any street in the Metro subway and light rail system, that include: Metro lines 204 and 754 use 60-foot (18 m) NABI & New Flyer buses (9500-9594) & (8700-8834) Metro is planning to rebuild the roadway between the Sunset B Line station and 120th Street. Initial plans call for
2091-506: The median income of the neighborhood was about $ 96,300. The Westside is home to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a public research university in the Westwood neighborhood. It is the second-oldest of the ten campuses of the University of California system. UCLA is considered a flagship campus of the University of California system, along with UC Berkeley . It offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in
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2142-406: The most common places of birth for the 31.3% of the residents who were born abroad—about the same percentage as in the city at large. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $ 68,716, a high figure for Los Angeles. The percentages of households that earned $ 125,000 yearly and higher or that earned $ 20,000 or less were high for Los Angeles County. The average household size of two people
2193-412: The museum's critically acclaimed exhibitions are presentations of both historically overlooked and emerging contemporary artists. The Hammer Museum also hosts over 300 programs throughout the year, from lectures, symposia, and readings to concerts and film screenings. As of February 2014, the museum's collections, exhibitions, and programs are completely free to all visitors. The Geffen Playhouse Theater
2244-623: The population. The areas within the city of Los Angeles that Los Angeles Almanac recognized as part of the Westside had a population of 413,351. Fifty-three percent of West Los Angeles residents aged 25 and older had earned a 4-year degree (or higher) by 2000, according to Census Bureau figures quoted by the Los Angeles Times. They included 89,620 people with master's degrees or higher and 117,695 with bachelor's degrees . In addition, 95,187 people in that age range had some college experience. There were 46,823 with high school diplomas but 40,451 who had dropped out before graduating. As of 2019,
2295-411: The surrounding community. UCLA also maintains a small fire suppression apparatus staffed by campus fire marshals that responds to university-owned properties and helps the outside community when requested to by LAFD. Sixty-six percent of Westwood residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high figure for both the city and the county. The percentages of residents of that age with
2346-462: Was 43.55 from September 1997 to June 1998. Westwood was developed on the lands of the historic Wolfskill Ranch, a 3,000-acre (12 km) parcel that Arthur Letts , the successful founder of the Broadway , and Bullock's department stores, purchased in 1919. Upon Arthur Lett's death, his son-in-law, Harold Janss, vice president of Janss Investment Company , inherited the land. He began to develop
2397-627: Was built in 1929 at 10886 LeConte Avenue as the Masonic Affiliates Club, or the MAC, for students and alumni at UCLA. One of the first dozen structures built in Westwood Village, it was designed by architect Stiles O. Clements . The Los Angeles California Temple , the second-largest temple operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , is on Santa Monica Boulevard in Westwood. The temple grounds also includes
2448-596: Was created by the Janss Investment Company , run by Harold and Edwin Janss and their father, Peter, in the late 1920s as a shopping district and headquarters of the Janss Company. Its boom was complemented by the boom of UCLA which opened in 1929 and served not only faculty, staff and students but also affluent shoppers from the surrounding upscale single-family-home neighborhoods. Opening in 1929,
2499-461: Was established in Westwood; ground was broken on September 12, 1927, and the campus opened for regular classes on September 20, 1929. Westwood Village, a planned, 55-acre suburban shopping district (22 ha) immediately south of the UCLA campus, was only the second such district on this scale ever to be built worldwide, preceded only by Country Club Plaza (1922–23) in Kansas City . It with
2550-596: Was low for Los Angeles. Renters occupied 64.1% of the housing stock and house-or-apartment owners held 35.9%. The percentages of never-married men and women were among the county's highest. In 2000 there were 309 families headed by single parents, a low percentage for the city. Five percent of the population had served in the military, a low figure for both the city and the county. Besides the many facilities of UCLA itself, cultural and entertainment facilities include: The Village has two historic movie theaters Fox Village Theater (opened 1931, architect Percy Parke Lewis and
2601-410: Was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 27 years to life in prison. In 2016, he was again denied parole until at least 2021. The episode led to the widespread impression that even affluent Westwood was not immune to the crime wave then ravaging Los Angeles. The Los Angeles establishment reacted with horror. Newspapers and television headlined the story for days. Police patrols in Westwood tripled, and
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