Hyde Park, Los Angeles, California
- Hyde Park, Los Angeles, California
Hyde Park is a district in South Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California.
History
Hyde Park is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Los Angeles. It was established in 1887 as a stop on the Santa Fe Railroad's Harbor Subdivision, which ran from Downtown Los Angeles to the port at Wilmington in a westward loop. Facts|date=June 2008
It was incorporated as a city in 1922, with its own government, but on May 17, 1923, its convert|1.2|sqmi|km2 was consolidated with the larger city after a favorable vote by Hyde Park residents. The city of Hyde Park was bordered by 60th Street on the north, Van Ness Avenue on the east, and the city of Inglewood on the south and west. (Sources: "Annexation and Detachment Map," City of Los Angeles, 2005, and Leonard Pitt and Dale Pitt, "Los Angeles A to Z," 1997, page 214).
Hyde Park grew slowly until the 1920s, during which time developers erected thousands of single-family houses and duplexes along its streets (many of which were replaced by apartment buildings in the 1950s and 1960s). During the 1960s, it became a predominantly African-American area, which it has remained into the 21st century.
Demographics
Hyde Park is a majority black area, as is most of this portion of Los Angeles.The population is around 37,000. As of 2006, the racial make up of Hyde Park was 1.63% White, 68.73% Black, 0.38% American Indian & Alaskan Native alone, 0.71% Asian, 0.06% Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander alone, 17.11% some other race, 3.95% two or more races, and 27.32% Hispanic of any race.
Education
Residents are served by the Los Angeles Unified School District through two schools:
* Crenshaw High School
* Angeles Mesa Elementary School
ee also
[http://www.lapl.org/branches/Branch.php?bID=33|The Hyde Park Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.]
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