Hyde Park, Los Angeles, California

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Hyde Park is a district in South Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is bordered by Inglewood to the south and east, by Leimert Park and Crenshaw to the North, and by Vermont Square on the east. Hyde Park's boundaries are roughly Slauson Avenue on the north, the city limits of Los Angeles on the west and south, and Western Avenue on the east. The area is largely residential. Major commercial corridors include West and Crenshaw Boulevards and Slauson and Florence Avenues. A large industrial tract occupies the northeast portion of the district; the large former factory site of the Weber's Bread Company at the southwest corner of Slauson and Western has recently become a "big box" retail shopping center anchored by Home Depot.

Hyde Park is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles. It was established in 1888 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. 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.

[edit] Demographics

Hyde Park is a majority Black area, just like most of this portion of Los Angeles. Some Blacks moved to this area from nearby places, like Compton, and Watts. 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.

[edit] Education

Residents are served by the Los Angeles Unified School District through two schools:

• Crenshaw High School
• Angeles Mesa Elementary School

Near Angeles Mesa Elementary is the Hyde Park Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.

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