View Park, California
| View Park−Windsor Hills | |
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| census-designated place | |
View Park sunset view
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 Location of View Park−Windsor Hills in Los Angeles County, California. |
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 View Park−Windsor Hills
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| Coordinates: 33°59′37″N 118°20′49″W / 33.99361°N 118.34694°WCoordinates: 33°59′37″N 118°20′49″W / 33.99361°N 118.34694°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County |
 Los Angeles
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| Area | |
| • Total | 1.842 sq mi (4.771 km2) |
| • Land | 1.841 sq mi (4.769 km2) |
| • Water | 0.001 sq mi (0.002 km2) 0.04% |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 11,075 |
| • Density | 6,000/sq mi (2,300/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 90043 |
| Area code(s) | 323 |
| FIPS code | 06-82667 |
View Park−Windsor Hills is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The View Park neighborhood is on the north end of the community along Angeles Vista Boulevard and the Windsor Hills neighborhood is on the southern end to the north of Slauson Avenue.
View Park−Windsor Hills is one of the wealthiest primarily African-American areas in the United States. The two neighborhoods are part of a band of neighborhoods, from Culver City's Fox Hills district on the west to the Los Angeles neighborhood of Leimert Park on the east, that compose the single largest and one of the wealthiest, well-educated geographically contiguous high upper-class black communities in the western United States. This corridor also includes Baldwin Hills and Ladera Heights neighborhoods. It was founded in the late 1930s.
The population was 11,075 at the 2010 census, up from 10,958 at the 2000 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined View Park−Windsor Hills as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area.
2010 11,075
2000 10,958
1990 11,769
1980 12,101
1970 12,268
View Park was developed between 1923-1970 as a high-upper-class neighborhood akin to the style of Cheviot Hills, Bel-Air, Brentwood, Carthay Circle, and Studio City by the Los Angeles Investment Company. Along with neighboring Ladera Heights and Baldwin Hills, it is one of the wealthiest African-American areas in the United States. It contains a collection of houses and mansions in the Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean styles, most of which remain today. View Park architecture features the work of many notable architects, such as the Los Angeles Investment Company, Postle & Postle, R. F. Ruck, Paul Haynes, Leopold Fischer, H. Roy Kelley, Raphael Soriano, Charles W. Wong, Robert Earl, M.C. Drebbin, Vincent Palmer, Theodore Pletsch and Homer C. Valentine. It is also rumored that renown African American architect, Paul Williams had built several homes in View Park.
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