Baldwin Village, Los Angeles


Baldwin Village is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County, California.

Geography

In 1988, Baldwin Village became be a distinct community in the city’s General Plan, and signs were to be posted to identify the area. It is bounded by La Brea Avenue, Marlton Avenue, Rodeo Road, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Santo Thomas Drive.

History

Baldwin Village was developed in the early 1940s and 1950s by architect Clarence Stein, as an apartment complex for young families.
Baldwin Village is occasionally called "The Jungle" by locals because of the tropical trees and foliage that once thrived among the area's tropical-style postwar apartment buildings. The Los Angeles City Council changed the name in 1990, after residents complained that it reinforced the neighborhood's image as a wild and menacing place. They renamed it Baldwin Village after the Baldwin Hills neighborhood.

Development

While redevelopment has shown many successes, not all efforts have yielded results.

Marlton Square

Development of Marlton Square was stalled in bankruptcy after years of work and millions of dollars of public and private funds until 2012.

Kaiser Permanente

The neighborhood houses a 100,000 square foot Kaiser Permanente medical office building and outdoor plaza which opened on September 7, 2017.

Education

Film

Baldwin Village served as a location for the 1992 film White Men Can't Jump. The neighborhood also appears in the 2001 film Training Day.

Television

It was also in episode 1 of Season 3 of the NBC and later TNT's television series Southland.

Music Videos

"Hard in Da Paint" music video.