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27-531: The complex occupies the blocks northeast of the corner of Imperial Highway and Central Avenue , and southwest of 111th St and Compton Avenue . It is on the border of both Watts (a district of South Los Angeles ) and the Census Designated Place (CDP) of Willowbrook . It was first opened for occupancy in March 1954, although construction was still underway. The original architect was Paul R. Williams . It

54-481: A new playground, featuring a gym, a carousel, misting poles and canopies for evaporative cooling , climbing nets, slides, and swings.The lead bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers , Flea, arranged funding for the park, while NBBJ and ESI Design did designwork for the park free of charge . The Watts Gang Task Force spoke at the unveiling, highlighting the park as a measure against gang activity. The complex

81-558: A portion of the highway still exists. The original route was replaced with other highways, leading the older portions of the Imperial Highway to fall out of use. The total length of the Greater Los Angeles portion of the Imperial Highway is approximately 41 miles (66 km), of which 14 miles (23 km) run through Orange County and 27 miles (43 km) through Los Angeles County. Between SR 91 and SR 39, Imperial Highway

108-563: Is a state highway in the U.S. state of California , running along Lakewood Boulevard and Rosemead Boulevard in the Los Angeles area. An additional "hidden" state highway, State Route 164 ( SR 164 ), is also signed as part of SR 19, despite having a legal description separate from Route 19. The combined route is a north–south four-to-six lane suburban roadway, lying east of the Long Beach Freeway ( Interstate 710 ) and west of

135-569: Is a west-east thoroughfare in the counties of Los Angeles , Orange , Riverside , San Diego , and Imperial in the U.S. state of California . The main portion of the existing route begins at Vista Del Mar in Los Angeles near the Los Angeles International Airport and ends at the Anaheim – Orange city line at Via Escola where it becomes Cannon Street. Historically, the Imperial Highway extended from Vista Del Mar to Calexico , where

162-809: Is owned and managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles . Nickerson Gardens consists of 156 buildings with townhouse style units made up on single bedroom units. Nickerson Gardens is assigned to the following Los Angeles Unified School District schools: World famous rapper Kendrick Lamar was seemingly raised in these projects, as Nickerson Gardens has been referenced in many of his songs such as DUCKWORTH. , wacced out murals & Not Like Us . Lamar also performed some of his songs here in 2015. 33°55′56″N 118°14′52″W  /  33.93229°N 118.24769°W  / 33.93229; -118.24769 Imperial Highway The Imperial Highway

189-692: Is signed as State Route 90 . A de facto freeway portion of the route in Yorba Linda is also known as the Richard M. Nixon Freeway . The portion in Los Angeles County between Lakewood Boulevard and Valley View Avenue is located about one mile north of, and runs parallel to, Rosecrans Avenue . Starting from Cannon Street & Via Escola in Orange , going east to west Cannon Street becomes Imperial Highway upon entering Anaheim . The highway then passes through

216-629: The City of Lakewood , intersecting with Interstate 405 , passing under a runway of the Long Beach Airport (the part through the airport has been relocated to the east; parts of the old alignment remain as airport service roads), then running to the west of Lakewood Center Mall before passing through the neighborhood of Mayfair. Since the California Legislature relinquished segments of the highway, state control of SR 19 now officially begins at

243-698: The Metro A and C Lines at Wilmington Avenue in Willowbrook at the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station . There is also another C Line station at Aviation Boulevard . Western terminus coordinates (El Segundo): 33°55′50.91″N 118°26′5.42″W  /  33.9308083°N 118.4348389°W  / 33.9308083; -118.4348389 Eastern terminus coordinates (Anaheim): 33°50′7.76″N 117°47′43.32″W  /  33.8354889°N 117.7953667°W  / 33.8354889; -117.7953667 Imperial Highway

270-613: The Whittier Narrows Recreation Area and intersecting with State Route 60 . After this, the road enters South El Monte before crossing the Rio Hondo and straddling the city boundary between Rosemead and El Monte . It then intersects with Interstate 10 . This portion of Rosemead Boulevard between Gallatin Road and Interstate 10 is still maintained by the state and built to expressway standards. State maintenance ends again at

297-588: The Rosemead– Temple City city limits near Grand Avenue. Rosemead Boulevard then continues north through Temple City and the unincorporated areas of East San Gabriel and East Pasadena and into the City of Pasadena . (The highway was relinquished to Temple City, and those portions in the unincorporated areas were transferred to Los Angeles County.) In Pasadena, the state still maintains the short portion of Rosemead Boulevard from Interstate 210 to Foothill Boulevard , with SR 164's legal northern terminus at

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324-601: The San Gabriel River Freeway ( Interstate 605 ), and connecting the eastern parts of Long Beach and Pasadena via the Whittier Narrows . Under their legal descriptions, SR 19 runs north to Gallatin Road in Pico Rivera , then SR 164 goes from Gallatin Road to Pasadena. Since 1998, several pieces have been relinquished to local governments, and more transfers are authorized by state law. Locals generally refer to

351-533: The cities and communities of Anaheim Hills , Yorba Linda , Placentia , Brea , Fullerton , La Habra , La Mirada , Santa Fe Springs (some sections in La Mirada and Santa Fe Springs are next to unincorporated LA County), Norwalk , Downey , South Gate , Lynwood , Los Angeles ( Watts , and South LA – a portion after South LA is in unincorporated LA County), Inglewood , Hawthorne , El Segundo (southside of street only), and Westchester (part of Los Angeles on

378-845: The combined SR 19/164 route as either Lakewood Boulevard or Rosemead Boulevard, not by its numerical designation. The two highways are part of the National Highway System , a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . The original official southern terminus of SR 19 was at the Los Alamitos Circle in Long Beach , where Lakewood Boulevard, State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway), and Los Coyotes Diagonal converge. SR 19 then proceeded north along Lakewood Boulevard through Long Beach and

405-637: The large site formerly occupied by North American Aviation, Rockwell International and Boeing Reusable Space Systems and interchanging with Interstate 5 . At Telegraph Road at the Downey- Pico Rivera city limits, Lakewood Boulevard turns into Rosemead Boulevard. Rosemead Boulevard continues north through Pico Rivera (where this segment of SR 19 has been relinquished to the city as well ) to Gallatin Road. The hidden SR 164, but signed as part of SR 19, begins north of Gallatin Road, traveling along Rosemead Boulevard across Whittier Narrows Dam before entering

432-405: The latter. Rosemead Boulevard continues northwest under Pasadena's control from Foothill Boulevard to Sierra Madre Villa Avenue. Bus service is provided by Metro Local line 266 (between Foothill Boulevard and Del Amo Boulevard) and Long Beach Transit line 111 (south of Del Amo Boulevard) throughout Rosemead Boulevard and Lakewood Boulevard. The Metro C Line is also provided by a station in

459-411: The median of Interstate 105 under Lakewood Boulevard. Before the present SR 19 was constructed, San Gabriel Boulevard, which extended from Lamanda Park south to Downey , and was widened and repaved by an assessment tax in 1925, was the main road through the Whittier Narrows , requiring several turns to stay on it and to continue south to Long Beach . The state legislature added Route 168 to

486-417: The name, Westland's version runs a mere three blocks, north from Bock Street, then northeast from Hambleton Street, across John Hauk Road and stopping at Pardo Street. (It used to continue to Ford Road , but this section has been a hardware store parking lot since the 1970s.) [REDACTED] Media related to Imperial Highway at Wikimedia Commons Lakewood Boulevard State Route 19 ( SR 19 )

513-540: The northside). Imperial Highway ends at Dockweiler Beach on Vista Del Mar near Playa Del Rey, just past LAX . Along its route, Imperial Highway crosses over or under these freeways from west to east: Metro Local lines 120 and formerly 625 run via Imperial Highway, as well as Norwalk Transit line 4; Metro line 625 ran between Pershing Drive and La Cienega Boulevard . Metro line 120 runs between Aviation Boulevard and Norwalk Station , and Norwalk line 4 between Norwalk Station and Beach Boulevard. Imperial intersects with

540-642: The point where Lakewood Boulevard crosses the Lakewood– Bellflower city limits at Rose Street (SR 19 in Bellflower is also planned to be relinquished by the state ). SR 19 then intersects State Route 91 before straddling the city border between Bellflower and Paramount and later Bellflower and Downey . State control of SR 19 then ends north of Gardendale Street when Lakewood Boulevard fully enters into Downey. Lakewood Boulevard continues north through Downey, intersecting with Interstate 105 before passing by

567-512: The present transition between SR 164 and SR 19, and it was originally planned as the Rio Hondo Freeway . Many segments of SR 19 have since been relinquished to the cities that they run through. Caltrans relinquished Long Beach's portion of SR 19 to the city on January 27, 1999, and Downey's segment of SR 19 was relinquished to the city on July 3, 2001. However, the segment in Pico Rivera

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594-445: The relinquishment process in Bellflower began. Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964 , based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ( for

621-566: The state highway system in 1933, which followed this general alignment between Route 60 ( SR 1 ) in Long Beach and Route 9 ( Foothill Boulevard , then US 66 ) near Lamanda Park. SR 19 was later designated out of the 1964 state highway renumbering . The 9.56-mile (15.39 km) piece of SR 19 north of Gallatin Road in Pico Rivera has legally been State Route 164 since the 1964 renumbering , but has always been signed as SR 19. Original plans for SR 164 took it southeast to Interstate 605 from

648-732: Was built in large part because of lobbying from the Imperial Highway Association, founded in 1929. The Imperial Highway Association lobbied city and county governments to build Imperial Highway, gaining cities along the way until the highway finished construction in 1961. Imperial Highway was initially conceived as a commercial route connecting Imperial County to Los Angeles County. A segment remains today as California County Route S2 in Imperial County which connects Interstate 8 near Ocotillo . A segment in San Diego County

675-665: Was named after William Nickerson Jr. , the founder and former CEO of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company . In the mid-1970s, Nickerson Gardens was 95% African American; by 2004, the African American population had decreased to 75% and continued to drop. Nickerson Gardens was occasionally known as the recognized birthplace of the Bounty Hunter Bloods gang. A Los Angeles Times article on November 17, 2007, detailed they were gangs that had patrolled in and around Nickerson Gardens. In 2023, Nickerson Gardens received

702-411: Was not relinquished to that city until June 22, 2004. On October 27, 2006, the northern portion of SR 164 that went through an unincorporated area of the county from Callita Street to I-210 was relinquished to the county. In April 2008, the section of SR 164 through Temple City was relinquished to that city. On April 9, 2012, the section of SR 19 through Lakewood was relinquished to that city. In 2017,

729-650: Was renamed the Great Overland Stage Route of 1849. Another segment adjacent to Lake Elsinore (Riverside County) was once indicated on 1960s vicinity maps by H.M. Gousha ( Gousha ), publisher of street maps. There are other Imperial Highways in the United States, including one in San Diego (better known as Imperial Avenue) and in the Detroit suburbs of Redford Township, Michigan and Westland, Michigan . Despite

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