Mid-City is a district in Los Angeles, California. It is 2.5 miles south of Hollywood and 3.5 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. The Lafayette Square, Victoria Park, Wellington Square, and Vineyard neighborhoods are part of the district.
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Mid-City's boundaries are roughly Hoover Street on the east, Pico Boulevard on the north, Fairfax Avenue on the west, and the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) on the south. Picfair Village is to the northwest, Wilshire Park is to the northeast, Arlington Heights is to the east, Jefferson Park is to the southeast, and Crenshaw and Baldwin Hills are to the south. Major thoroughfares within the district include Washington Boulevard, Pico Boulevard, Redondo, and Hauser Boulevards and Fairfax and La Brea Avenues. Most of Mid-City lies within ZIP code 90019 and 90016.
Ballona Creek rises in the hilly Vineyard neighborhood.
Mid-City is a very ethnically diverse neighborhood, with an uncommonly wide range of incomes represented within the district. Lafayette Square, in particular, is one of the wealthiest majority-black neighborhoods in Los Angeles; famed architect Paul Williams called it home. The demographics of mid-city (zip code 90019) are: 28.27% of people are black, 26.70% are white, 12.22% are Asian, 0.96% are native American, and 32.15% claim 'Other'. 47.94% of the people claim Hispanic ethnicity (meaning 52.06% identify as non-Hispanic).
As part of their long-range plans, the Los Angeles County MTA has proposed the Metro Crenshaw Line, which would place a rail transit stop in Mid-City. The proposed rail stop is at the intersection of Pico and San Vicente Boulevards -- site of the old Vineyard Junction. That same intersection was a former rail stop of the Pacific Electric Red Car lines more than 50 years ago.
The Pacific Electric Red Car lines heading west from downtown Los Angeles diverged at Vineyard Junction. One line continued on to Beverly Hills, while the other went out to Venice Beach. The old Vineyard Junction site is now occupied by the end terminal for the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus.
The Crenshaw Light Rail Line would allow Mid-City residents to easy access to the city's east/west rail lines: the Purple Line along Wilshire Boulevard, the Expo Line from Downtown Los Angeles to Culver City, and the Green Line from Norwalk to Redondo Beach.
Currently, the Mid-City alignment is unfunded, and part of the Crenshaw Corridor's "Northern Feasibility Study".
The neighborhood is served by the Los Angeles Public Library system. There are two branches that serve Mid-City.
In the song "Los Angeles Daze" by People Under the Stairs Thes One makes reference saying "Thes born in South America Moved to South Bay, Run with crew from Mid-City, That's where I stay... ".
People Under the Stairs also had a song entitled “Mid-City Fiesta” from The Next Step album.
MURS is from Mid City and makes many references in many of his songs.
Ray Charles was a longtime resident of nearby Baldwin Hills and had his recording studio headquartered on Washington Boulevard near Western Avenue. The building was designated a national historic landmark in 2004 and remains to this day.[9]
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