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Apr 27, 2022 · May 10, 2022 at 1:49 PM PDT. West Adams Boulevard runs east and west through central Los Angeles. To the north rise the skyscrapers of Mid-Wilshire, California’s new Wall Street, and...
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Gang violence and racial tension from the 1992 uprising has mostly been swept away and trendy restaurants and shops have moved in. Alta Adams, a Black-owned soul food restaurant and wine shop, is a spot where Issa Rae and Kelly Rowland have dined. Highly Likely is a bougie coffee shop/wine bar that opened recently. Tartine Bakery has also set up sh...
West Adams isn’t a stranger to change. Back in the early 1900s it was a wealthy white neighborhood. Then in the 1930s Upper-middle-class people of color started moving here, and West Adams became a center of the Black community in Los Angeles — more specifically in an area that came to be called “Sugar Hill.” It was the place to be. There were salo...
Back at my childhood park I met Mario Luna. He’s been coming to this park since he was a teen. Mario used to roll with a gang and has first-hand experience with violence in West Adams. He’s now 42 and has a kid. “You'll see people from all over different neighborhoods, different races, religion, everything,” Mario says. “Coming here [at the park], ...
Just a few blocks from the park is Johnny's West Adams. (Don’t confuse it for the other pastrami restaurant in Culver City — they’re not even the same owners.) It’s been around for decades. Since then, they’ve closed and reopened and expanded with a bar next door. One of my favorite producers, Kaytranada, has spun there on their Sunday Funday a cou...
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West Adams is Los Angeles' first suburb dating back to the 1880s, with craftsman and Victorian designed homes, and mansions. The informal borders of the neighborhood run just south of...
May 24, 2022 · California. Los Angeles. Destinations. In Los Angeles, One of the City’s Oldest Neighborhoods Continues to Evolve. They say nobody walks in L.A.—but a creative renaissance in West...
Dec 14, 2021 · Dec 14, 2021. Photographed by Wayne Nathan. When it was first developed in the late 1800s, West Adams established itself as one of L.A.’s distinguished addresses. Delighting in its...
Apr 27, 2024 · An early Saturday morning two-vehicle car crash left one person dead and three others injured after one car slammed into a West Adams home and the other caught fire. Los Angeles Fire...
