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34-551: This station is in West Los Angeles , on an elevated structure spanning Bundy Drive, just south of Olympic Boulevard . The area is a busy commercial center, with heavy traffic on nearby boulevards partly due to the two major freeways nearby. Directly to the west (across Centinela) is the proposed site of the Expo Vehicle Maintenance Facility . The elevated station structure stands 30 feet above Bundy Drive. To

68-521: A capacity of 300 people, picnic tables, a lighted soccer field, lighted tennis courts, and lighted volleyball courts. The Annual Cherry Blossom Festival, co-sponsored by the West Los Angeles Japanese American Community Center, is held at the park. Other parks and recreations in the area are Cheviot Hills Park, Rancho Park Golf Course and Reynier Park. Sawtelle Boulevard has become one of the most prominent food streets in

102-679: A result, the Pacific Electric ordered its future cars to be made of steel, and it was recommended that signaling be introduced on the PE's lines. As part of their long-range plans, the Los Angeles County MTA has proposed an extension of the K Line , which would place a rail transit station in Mid City. The proposed rail stop is at the intersection of Pico and San Vicente Boulevards—site of the old Vineyard Junction. The old Vineyard Junction site

136-484: Is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles , California. Attractions include restaurants and a post office named for singer Ray Charles , who had his recording studio in Mid City. The neighborhood hosts eleven public and private schools. A northern extension of the K Line from north-south is proposed to serve this area. The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation has posted Mid City signage to mark

170-520: Is approximately every 20 minutes every day. As of June 23, 2024, the following connections are available: West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA West Los Angeles is an area within the city of Los Angeles , California , United States. The residential and commercial neighborhood is divided by the Interstate 405 freeway, and each side is sometimes treated as a distinct neighborhood, mapped differently by different sources. Each lies within

204-547: Is book-ended with Mid-City , Mid-City West and Mid-Wilshire on the east and Sawtelle on the west. Century City, Rancho Park, and Cheviot Hills are shown (without boundaries) as sub-neighborhoods in West Los Angeles. Together, the areas east and west of Sepulveda Boulevard/I-405 comprise a large portion of the official West Los Angeles Community Plan area. The Frommer's Guide described West Los Angeles as "a label that generally applies to everything that isn't one of

238-516: Is its own place, not just a toponym to be used interchangeably with " the Westside ." For the area west of the 405 freeway, Mapping L.A. gives the population of the 2.69-square-mile "Sawtelle" neighborhood as 35,844 according to the 2000 U.S. census, with a rise to 38,698 in 2008 as estimated by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. Its density of 13,319 people per square mile, about

272-480: Is now occupied by the end terminal for the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus . The K Line would allow Mid City residents to easy access to the city's east/west rail lines: the D Line along Wilshire Boulevard, the E Line from East and Downtown Los Angeles to Downtown Santa Monica, and the C Line from Norwalk to Redondo Beach and soon near LAX. Currently, the Mid City alignment is unfunded and part of

306-541: The Harvard Heights area is a graduate and undergraduate college. The Los Angeles Public Library operates the West Los Angeles Regional Library. The Stoner Recreation Center is situated in the area. The center includes a waterpark, barbecue pits, a lighted baseball diamond, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a lighted football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights and

340-651: The 3.47-square-mile neighborhood—an average of 15,051 people per square mile, among the highest population densities in Los Angeles County . In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 55,016. The median age for residents was 31, about average for both the city and the county. Mid City was said to be "highly diverse" when compared to the city at large, with a diversity index of 0.637. The ethnic breakdown in 2000 was: 45.2% Latino , 38.3% Black , 9.5% Non-Hispanic White , 3.9% Asian , and 3.1% of other groups. Mexico (46%) and El Salvador (15.6%) were

374-483: The K Line's proposed northern extension . DASH Midtown serves the Mid City area. Mid City residents aged 25 and older holding a four-year degree amounted to 16.8% of the population in 2000, about average for both the city and the county. These are the elementary or secondary schools within the neighborhood's boundaries: The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) operates public schools: Community Magnet School , an arts and humanities magnet primary school,

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408-972: The West Los Angeles Community Police Station at 1663 Butler Avenue. Los Angeles Fire Department Station 59 at 11505 W. Olympic Boulevard serves the area. West Los Angeles is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District . Neighborhood elementary schools are Brockton Avenue , Canfield Elementary School, Castle Heights Elementary School, Charnock Road Elementary School, Cheviot Hills Continuation School, Clover Avenue Elementary School, Crescent Heights Boulevard Elementary School, Nora Sterry Elementary School, Overland Elementary School, Shenandoah Street Elementary School and Warner Avenue . Middle schools are Emerson , Palms, and Webster. High schools are Hamilton High School , Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies , University High School and Indian Springs Continuation, both on

442-506: The area. City installed signs are at the following intersections (from east to west): Hoover Street and Washington Boulevard, Vermont Avenue and Pico Boulevard, Western Avenue and Pico Boulevard, Normandie Avenue and the Santa Monica Freeway, and La Brea Avenue and the Santa Monica Freeway. Google Maps outlines an area labeled "Mid City" that roughly runs from Hoover Street on the east to La Cienega Boulevard and Robertson Boulevard on

476-585: The city and the entire 90025 ZIP code, encompassing both sides of the 405 freeway, is undergoing more teardowns of old residences than anywhere other in the city. Fox Broadcasting Company maintains studio operations on South Bundy Drive for local stations KTTV and KCOP-TV , as well as national Fox Sports programming. West Los Angeles is also home to The Village recording studio, which has been used for musical projects including albums, motion picture and television soundtracks, and radio programming. Mid-City, Los Angeles Mid City (also Mid-City )

510-424: The city of Los Angeles and high for the county. The percentages of never married males and never married females are among the county's highest. For the area east of the 405 freeway, Mapping L.A. gives the population of the 1.05-square-mile neighborhood as 12,659 according to the 2000 U.S. census, with a rise to 13,582 in 2008 as estimated by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. Its density of 12,061 people

544-546: The east, the track descends a retained fill embankment before crossing Barrington Avenue. To the west, the track descends a retained fill embankment after crossing Centinela Avenue . Parking is located at-grade in the right-of-way near the station. E Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service

578-580: The electric railways from the early 1900s through the end of service in 1963. The Rimpau Loop in Mid City was an important terminus of the Los Angeles Railway ("Yellow Cars") streetcars. The Pico Blvd. city streetcar line "P" turned around here in the Rimpau Loop. From here, Santa Monica city buses ran to Downtown Santa Monica, and to this day, Pico and Rimpau is the terminus for several Santa Monica Transit lines. Vineyard Junction in Mid City

612-603: The gamut from stylish Cheviot Hills to a cluster of generic homes east of Bundy Drive. That report on the meaning of West Los Angeles also included Rancho Park , located at Pico and Beverly Glen, and the Westdale Trousdale area near National Boulevard and Barrington Avenue. The 2004 City of Los Angeles & Communities map by the Los Angeles Almanac shows West Los Angeles as a neighborhood south of Santa Monica Boulevard and north of Culver City. West Los Angeles

646-406: The housing units, and home- or apartment owners the rest. The percentages of never-married men (43.2%) and never-married women (35%) were among the county's highest. The census found 2,748 families headed by single parents, the 23.4% rate being considered high for both the city and the county. Smaller neighborhoods within Mid City include: Mid City was a key junction and terminus in the days of

680-409: The larger Westside region of Los Angeles County . The West Los Angeles Community Plan area recognized by the city of Los Angeles is generally bounded by Centinela Avenue on the west; Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard on the north; National Boulevard, Pico Boulevard , and Exposition Boulevard on the south; and Durango Avenue, Robertson Boulevard, and Canfield Avenue on the east. Among

714-443: The most common places of birth for the 35.1% of the residents who were born abroad, a figure that was considered average for the city and county. The median household income in 2008 dollars was $ 43,711, considered average for the city. The percentage of households earning $ 20,000 or less was high, compared to the county at large. The average household size of 2.8 people was just about average for Los Angeles. Renters occupied 68.9% of

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748-580: The neighborhood in 2018, the Times described it as follows: Nowadays, West L.A. is a marooned rump of the once-mighty West Los Angeles of old, which stretched from Century City to the Santa Monica city limits, and which has atomized over the years into a handful of disparate neighborhoods. ... Many people assume West Los Angeles refers to all that lies between the sea and Robertson Boulevard (or wherever their own arbitrary border of central Los Angeles lies). But it

782-595: The neighborhoods included within it are Sawtelle , Rancho Park , Beverlywood , Cheviot Hills , Castle Heights , and Century City . The Community Plan area itself is part of the larger West Los Angeles Area Plan Commission area (i.e., the Westside region ). The Automobile Club of Southern California does not mark boundaries on its map, but centers the neighborhood of West Los Angeles proper as south of Santa Monica Boulevard, west of Interstate 405 , north of Olympic Boulevard and east of Barrington Avenue. The borders of

816-501: The northwest by Cadillac Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard . It is flanked by Carthay and Mid-Wilshire to the north, Arlington Heights to the east, Culver City and West Adams to the south, Palms to the southwest, Beverlywood to the west and Pico-Robertson to the northwest. Three bridges in Mid-City cross over Ballona Creek , at Hauser Blvd., Burnside Ave. and Thurman Ave. The 2000 U.S. census counted 52,197 residents in

850-549: The official West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council correspond closely to this definition. Specifically, its district stretches from the 405 freeway in the east to Centinela Avenue in the west and Wilshire Boulevard in the north and the 10 freeway in the south. This is roughly the same area labeled as "Sawtelle" in the Mapping L.A. website of the Los Angeles Times . In 2003, a Los Angeles Times correspondent noted: The meaning of

884-478: The other Westside neighborhoods." It lies "south of Santa Monica Boulevard , north of Venice Boulevard , east of Santa Monica and Venice , and west and south of Century City . In 2009, the Los Angeles Times Mapping L.A. project defined West Los Angeles as south of Santa Monica Boulevard , west of Beverly Glen Boulevard , north of Pico Boulevard and east of Sepulveda Boulevard . Profiling

918-414: The same site. YULA High School , Yeshivat Ohr Chanoch Boys High School, Vista School, Temple Issiah Preschool and Kindergarten, Saint Sebastian School , St. Mary Magdalen Elementary School, Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy, Lycee Francais de Los Angeles, Bais Chaya Mushka Chabad , West Los Angeles Baptist School and First Lutheran School of Venice are nearby private schools. Pacific States University in

952-429: The term West Los Angeles varies widely. Some use it to describe the entire Westside including Santa Monica , Venice and stretching east to Western Avenue . More precisely, though, it is the portion of incorporated Los Angeles between the Santa Monica city limits on the west, Wilshire Boulevard on the north, Century City to the east and extending just beyond National Boulevard on the south. Sections of West L.A. run

986-487: The west. The north is roughly bordered by Olympic Boulevard, and the Santa Monica Freeway is on the south. The Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times states as follows: Mid City is bounded on the north by Pico Boulevard , on the east by Crenshaw Boulevard , on the south by the Santa Monica Freeway , on the southwest by Washington and National boulevards, on the west by Robertson Boulevard and on

1020-463: Was about average for the city of Los Angeles. 76.7% of residents were non-Hispanic white , 11.4% were Asian-American ; 5.3% were Hispanic or Latino of any race; 2.3% were African American and 4.1% identified themselves with other or mixed race categories. The median household income in east Mapping L.A. area was $ 86,403 in 2008 dollars, which was considered high for both the city and the county. The percentage of households earning $ 125,000 and up

1054-406: Was average for the city of Los Angeles but among the highest densities for the county. The percentage of Asian people is high for the county and the area is highly diverse compared to both City of Los Angeles and County of Los Angeles averages. Mexico (29.0%) and Iran (13.8%) are the most common foreign places of birth. Notably, 49.8% of residents 25 and older have a four-year degree, which is high for

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1088-415: Was high for the county. Median age of residents was 38, old compared with other locality in the city and the county. The average household size was 1.9, low for both the city and the county. 51% of residents rented their living quarters, and 49% owned them. The percentage of widowed men and women was among the county's highest. Iranian and Russian were the most common ancestries. The east Mapping L.A. area

1122-401: Was highly educated, with 60.4% of residents 25 and older holding a four-year degree, a higher ratio than found in the rest of the city or the county. In 2022, there were 412 homeless individuals in West Los Angeles. Neighborhoods include: The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves West Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Department operates

1156-528: Was where Pacific Electric "Red Car" lines converged. The lines ran from Downtown Los Angeles south to Venice Boulevard, then West along Venice to Vineyard Junction. From here they went along Venice Blvd. to Venice and Redondo Beach ; while others went along San Vicente Blvd. northwest toward what is now West Hollywood as well as via Beverly Hills to Santa Monica . It was the site of an accident on July 13, 1913, in which two wooden streetcars crashed into each other, with 14 people dead and 200 people injured. As

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