Eastside Los Angeles

Urban area in California, United States

Not to be confused with East Los Angeles, California.

Eastside Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times

The Eastside is an urban region in Los Angeles County, California. It includes the Los Angeles City neighborhoods east of the Los Angeles River—that is, Boyle Heights, El Sereno, and Lincoln Heights—as well as unincorporated East Los Angeles.

## History

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Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, 2007

East Los Angeles was founded in 1870 by John Strother Griffin (1816–1898), who was called "the father of East Los Angeles".[1] In late 1874 the two men offered an additional thirty-five acres, divided into 65x165-foot lots, for $150 each.[2][3] They planned the laying out of streets of the present community of East Los Angeles and gifted East Side Park (the present Lincoln Park) to the city of Los Angeles.[3][4]

The Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times defines the Eastside as comprising Boyle Heights, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights, and East Los Angeles.[5] However, the boundaries are a matter of perennial discussion and debate among the residents of Los Angeles.[6]

The Mapping L.A. definition corresponds to the traditional boundaries, but, beginning in the early 21st century, residents of some of the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods west of Downtown Los Angeles but on the eastern side of Central Los Angeles, such as Echo Park and Silver Lake, began to refer to their neighborhoods as part of the Eastside.[6] This debate generated some friction, which, according to Ali Modarres, an expert on the geography of Los Angeles from the University of Washington Tacoma, is to be expected because neighborhood names are "full of meaning, nuances, history, cultural and political relationships". Eric Garcetti, former mayor of Los Angeles and a fourth generation resident, is a traditionalist, stating that "true east is east of downtown".[6]

Map of annexations to Los Angeles: Occidental Addition, Arroyo Seco Addition, Garvanza Addition, Highland Park Addition, and Bairdstown Addition; locations of Rancho San Rafael and Rancho San Pascual

The trend led the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council to declare officially in February 2014 that Silver Lake is not part of the Eastside.[6]

The Sixth Street Viaduct, also known as the Sixth Street Bridge was demolished. Prior to the demolition, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti recorded the rap song "101SlowJam", backed by musicians from Roosevelt High School, and issued it via a video on his own YouTube channel. The public service announcement video advertised the closure of parts of the 101 Freeway to accommodate the demolition of the viaduct.[7][8]

## Communities

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California State University, Los Angeles, Student Union and Luckman Auditorium, 2010

### City of Los Angeles

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The official East Area Planning Commission area of the City of Los Angeles is divided into the following communities:[9]

* Boyle Heights
* Lincoln Heights
* El Sereno
* Northeast Los Angeles[10]
* Atwater Village
* Cypress Park
* Eagle Rock
* Garvanza
* Glassell Park
* Hermon
* Highland Park
* Montecito Heights
* Mount Washington
* Rose Hills

### Mapping L.A.

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Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School

The Mapping L.A. project by the Los Angeles Times lists the following City of Los Angeles neighborhoods in its definition of the Eastside:[5]

* Boyle Heights[11]
* El Sereno
* Lincoln Heights

## Education

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High Schools

Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School
Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School
James A. Garfield High School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
Woodrow Wilson High School
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School
Esteban Torres High School

## Population and housing

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The following data applies to the boundaries of the Eastside established by Mapping L.A.:

In 2000, 286,222 people lived in the 20.66 square miles of the Eastside region, amounting to 13,852 people per square mile. The neighborhood was "not especially diverse" ethnically, with a high percentage of Latinos. The ethnic breakdown was Latino, 91.2%; Asian, 5.2%, white, 2.3%; black, 0.7% and other, 0.6%. Just 5.1% of residents aged 25 and older had a four-year college degree. More than two-thirds (66.8%) of the inhabitants lived in shared housing, and 33.2% were homeowners.[5]

## Notable places

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Sears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building (Los Angeles, California)

* Latino Walk of Fame \- East Los Angeles
* Mariachi Plaza \- Boyle Heights
* El Mercado de Los Angeles \- Boyle Heights
* Calvary Cemetery (Roman Catholic) - East Los Angeles
* Home of Peace Cemetery (Jewish) - East Los Angeles
* Evergreen Cemetery \- Boyle Heights
* Estrada Courts Murals \- Boyle Heights
* El Pino (The Pine Tree) \- East Los Angeles

## Notable people

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* will.i.am (William James Adams, Jr.), musician, producer, philanthropist[12]
* Herb Alpert, trumpeter, producer
* Narciso Botello (about 1813–1889) Mexican Army officer, California State Assembly member[13]
* Anthony Quinn, actor[14]
* Howard E. Dorsey, engineer, politician[15]
* Jaime Escalante, educator[16]
* Kid Frost, musician[17]
* John Strother Griffin (1816–1898), surgeon, founder of East Los Angeles, member of Los Angeles Common Council[3]
* Oscar De La Hoya, boxer
* Edward James Olmos, actor[18]
* Dan Peña, financial analyst on Wall Street
* Luis J. Rodriguez, writer and activist[19]
* Andy Russell, international recording artist
* Hope Sandoval, singer-songwriter[20]

## Gallery

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* The Self-Help Graphics & Art building

* CASA 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights[21]

* L Line Mariachi Plaza Station, 2009

## See also

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* Los Angeles portal
* Latino and Hispanic American portal
* Greater Los Angeles portal
* California portal

* My Family/Mi Familia, Motion Picture of life in East Los Angeles
* Born in East L.A., motion picture
* Chicano, ethnic term
* East LA Classic, football game
* Blood In Blood Out, motion picture
* City Times in Los Angeles Times suburban sections
* Zoot Suit Riots, 1943
* Ten Latino neighborhoods in Los Angeles County

## Further reading

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* Romo, Ricardo (1983). East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-72041-6.
* "Jewish American Heritage". The Los Angeles Conservancy. Retrieved December 20, 2015.

## References

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1. ^ Barrows, H.D. (1898). Memorial Sketch of Dr. John S. Griffin. Vol. 4\. Los Angeles: University of California Press, Historical Society of Southern California. pp. 183–185\. doi:10.2307/41167720. JSTOR 41167720. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)
2. ^ "Street Name". EastLosAngeles.net. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
3. ^ a b c Founder of Cities. August 24, 1898. p. 1\. ProQuest 163923464. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)
4. ^ Griffin, John S. (John Strother), 1816–1898. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)
5. ^ a b c "The Eastside". Mapping L.A. Los Angeles Times.
6. ^ a b c d Esmerelda Bermudez (February 18, 2014). "East is East, but Eastside is open to debate". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
7. ^ Pedersen, Erik (January 28, 2016). "[WATCH] 101 Freeway Closure: LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Slow-Jams Reminder". Deadline. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
8. ^ #101SlowJam on YouTube
9. ^ Area Planning Commission (APC), Boundaries for the seven (7) Area Planning Commissions as established by Ordinance No. 173,492. Feature Layer by GIS@LADCP. Created: Feb 28, 2018. Updated: Dec 31, 2019.
10. ^ "Historic Resources Survey Report" (PDF). Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan Area. lacity.org.
11. ^ "Los Angeles Times Neighborhood Project". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
12. ^ "will.i.am's Aha! Moment". Oprah.com. April 14, 2009. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
13. ^ "Death of Narciso Botello". Los Angeles Herald. November 21, 1889. p. 2.
14. ^ "Anthony Quinn Public Library". Los Angeles County. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
15. ^ "Reference file" (PDF). Los Angeles Public Library. "This file was compiled in 1937 by Works Progress Administration worker Clare Wallace from an interview with Dorsey on June 23 of that year and from newspaper articles."
16. ^ "Honoring a legendary teacher and his legacy". Los Angeles Herald. April 17, 2010.
17. ^ Huey, Steve (2006). "Frost Biography". allmusic. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
18. ^ Bethel, Kari Francisco (2002). Henderson, Ashyia N. (ed.). Edward James Olmos. Vol. 1\. Detroit: Gale. p. 156\. ISBN 0-7876-6538-X. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)
19. ^ "Luis J. Rodriguez".
20. ^ "The Official Website". Hope Sandoval.
21. ^ "CASA 0101 Theater".

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Los Angeles.

* The Eastsider LA
* East Los Angeles travel guide from Wikivoyage
* East LA Guide

* v
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Eastside/Northeast, Los Angeles

Districts and
neighborhoods|

* Annandale
* Atwater Village
* Boyle Heights
* Cypress Park
* Eagle Rock
* El Sereno
* Garvanza
* Glassell Park
* Hermon
* Highland Park
* Pisgah Home Historic District
* Lincoln Heights
* Montecito Heights
* Monterey Hills
* Mt. Washington
* Rose Hills
* University Hills

Points of interest|

| Cemeteries|

* Evergreen
* Odd Fellows

|

Hospitals|

* Keck (USC)
* Linda Vista
* Los Angeles General
* White Memorial

Libraries|

* Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
* Lincoln Heights
* Malabar
* Richard Henry Dana
* Robert Louis Stevenson

Museums|

* Heritage Square
* Los Angeles Police
* Southwest American Indian
* Vincent Price Art

Parks and
nature|

* Arroyo Seco
* Eagle Rock (formation)
* Ernest E. Debs Regional Park
* Glendale Narrows
* Hazard Park
* Hollenbeck Park
* Lincoln Park
* Los Angeles River
* Los Angeles River Center and Gardens
* Rio de Los Angeles State Park

Religious|

* Breed Street Shul
* Church of the Epiphany
* Hillsong Church LA
* Self Realization Fellowship Headquarters
* St. Mary's Catholic Church
* Temple Beth Israel

Residences|

| Homes|

* Hale
* Halstead
* Lummis
* Montecito View
* Mount Pleasant
* Octagon
* Pisgah
* Smith
* Wilkins
* Ziegler

|

Other|

* Boyle Hotel
* Estrada Courts
* Pueblo del Sol
* Ramona Gardens

Restaurants|

* El Tepeyac Café
* Galco's Soda Pop Stop
* Morihiro
* San Antonio Winery
* Tam O'Shanter

Schools|

| High
Schools|

* Abraham Lincoln
* Academia Avance
* Alliance
* College Prep Academy
* County High School for the Arts
* De La Hoya Animo
* Eagle Rock
* Francisco Bravo
* Franklin
* PUC CALS and PUC eCALS
* Ribet
* Sacred Heart
* Salesian
* Sonia Sotomayor
* Marc and Eva Stern
* Theodore Roosevelt
* Woodrow Wilson

|

Other|

* CSULA
* Eagle's Nest Arena
* East Los Angeles College
* Occidental College
* USC Health Sciences Campus

Theaters|

* Bob Baker Marionette Theater
* Highland Theatre

Other
buildings|

* Central Juvenile Hall
* Fire Station No. 1
* Highland Park Masonic Temple
* Highland Park Police Station
* Lincoln Heights Jail
* Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
* Sears, Roebuck & Company Distribution Center
* Van de Kamp Bakery

Other sites|

* Brewery Art Colony
* El Mercado de Los Ángeles
* Highland Park Bowl
* Judson Studios
* La Kretz Bridge
* Latino Walk of Fame
* Mariachi Plaza
* Public Art

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| Bike paths|

* Arroyo Seco
* Los Angeles River

|

Freeways|

* I-5
* I-10
* I-710
* SR-2
* SR-60
* SR-110
* Arroyo Seco Parkway
* SR-134
* US-101
* Colorado Street Extension
* East Los Angeles Interchange
* Metro ExpressLanes

Metro|

* A Line
* E Line
* J Line
* El Monte Busway
* Silver Streak
* Eastside Transit Corridor

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| East-west|

* 1-10
* 1st
* 6th
* Sixth Street Viaduct
* Avenues
* Cesar Chavez
* Colorado
* Huntington
* Los Feliz
* Olympic
* Valley
* Whittier
* York

|

North-south|

* Eagle Rock
* Figueroa
* Glendale
* Glendale-Hyperion Bridge
* Mission
* San Fernando
* Soto

Intersections|

* Dolores Huerta Square
* Fletcher Square

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* Arroyo Seco Railroad Bridge
* Redondo Junction
* San Bernardino Line

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* City Terrace
* Commerce
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* Glendale
* Montebello
* Monterey Park
* Pasadena
* South Pasadena

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* Agoura Hills
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Under 10k|

* Avalon
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* Bradbury
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