Talk:Rancho Park, Los Angeles, California

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[edit] border of Westwood / Rancho Park -- it's not S.M. Blvd

The area between Olympic/S.M.Blvd is Westwood, not Rancho Park.

Westwood (or "Westwood Hills") went all the way to Pico originally (see original Janss map at [1]) – it was split off at Olympic for Rancho Park only later in the late 30s when Olympic was extended through the area, bisecting it (see 2004 LA Times article [2]).  : “ . . . residents south of the newly extended Olympic Boulevard clamored for their own identity by the late '30s. "We thought it was time to have our own community and separate ourselves from Westwood," said Bob Hindall, longtime area resident. "Many names were suggested, but pioneer real estate broker Bill Heyler is credited with naming the area Rancho Park."