Baldwin Village, Los Angeles facts for kids
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Baldwin Village
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Street sign marking the border of the Baldwin Village neighborhood, located at the intersection of Obama Boulevard and
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard |
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| Nickname(s):
The Jungle
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 Baldwin Village
Location in Western Los Angeles
Baldwin Village
Location in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Baldwin Village
Location in California
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County |  Los Angeles |
| City |  Los Angeles |
| Time zone | Pacific |
| Zip Code |
90008
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| Area code(s) | 323 |
Baldwin Village is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County, California.
History
Baldwin Village was developed in the early 1940s and 1950s. Baldwin Village is occasionally called "The Jungle" 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. The Los Angeles City Council ostensibly changed the name in 1990, after residents complained that it reinforced the neighborhood's image as a wild and menacing place. They officially renamed it Baldwin Village, to reflect the affluent and peaceful Baldwin Hills neighborhood nearby, one of the most affluent African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
Redevelopment
Recently, former NBA star Magic Johnson and others have begun revitalization plans for the area, which have already begun to boost the area economically and socially. While redevelopment has shown many successes, not all efforts have yielded results; development of Marlton Square, for instance, was stalled in bankruptcy after years of work and millions of dollars of public and private funds until 2012.
Construction
It is now constructing a state of the art 100,000 square foot Kaiser Permanente medical office building and outdoor plaza next to the village neighborhood, to open in 2017.
In popular culture
It appeared in the film White Men Can't Jump starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes The neighborhood appears in the film Training Day. It was also in episode 1 of Season 3 in the NBC and later TNT 's Television series Southland features a police traffic stop gone bad in Baldwin Village which incites gang members and onlookers to riot and attack police officers, as well as brief footage in the video for "Hard in da Paint" by Waka Flocka Flame.
Education
- Hillcrest Drive Elementary - 4041 Hillcrest Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90008
