Angelino Heights, Los Angeles, California
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Angelino Heights is a small district in Los Angeles, California. It is most notable for its impressive wellkept Victorian era residences, although these are small in number.
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[edit] Geography
Angelino Heights is bordered by Westlake on the south and by Echo Park on all other sides. Its boundaries are roughly Echo Park Avenue on the west, Sunset Boulevard on the north and east, and the Hollywood Freeway on the south. No major thoroughfares run through the district.
[edit] The Neighborhood
Originally spelled Angeleno Heights, Angelino Heights is the oldest district in Los Angeles outside of downtown. Founded in 1886, it was originally connected to downtown by cable car and later, electric streetcar. Like Echo Park and Chinatown, it is known for its steep hills. The district contains several notable examples of Victorian architecture, especially on Carroll Avenue. One of these residences served as the house used for the TV show "Charmed", used in the show as a San Francisco Victorian residence.
Angelino Heights was the City of Los Angeles' first recognized historic district, or Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). Enacted in 1983 and spelled out in Angelino Heights' Preservation Plan, this zoning prohibits unsympathetic remodelling of historic houses & requires new construction to resemble original architecture in scale, massing & materials.
[edit] Education
Angelino Heights is zoned to Los Angeles USD schools [1].
All residents are zoned to Betty Plasencia Elementary School.
Some residents are zoned to King Middle School, while some are zoned to Virgil Middle School.
All residents are zoned to Belmont High School.
[edit] External links
- Los Angeles Times, West Magazine: "Angelino Heights" (12 Feb 2006)
- Los Angeles Times, Real Estate section, Neighborly Advice column: "Preserving L.A.'s past in Angelino Heights" (13 Feb 2005)
- Angelino Heights Trolley Line
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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