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| Coordinates:34°08′20″N118°12′47″W / 34.13889°N 118.21306°W /34.13889; -118.21306 | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  California |
| County |  Los Angeles |
| City |  Los Angeles |
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| • U.S. House | Jimmy Gomez (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.0 km2 (4.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 173 m (568 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 34,644 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Zip codes | 90041, 90042, 90065 |
| Area code(s) | 213,323 |
Eagle Rock is a neighborhood ofNortheast Los Angeles, abutting theSan Rafael Hills in Los Angeles County, California.The community is named afterEagle Rock, a large boulder whose shadow resembles an eagle.[3] Eagle Rock was once part of theRancho San Rafael under Spanish and Mexican governorship. In 1911, Eagle Rock was incorporated as a city, and in 1923 it was annexed byLos Angeles.
The neighborhood is the home ofOccidental College. As with other neighborhoods in Northeast Los Angeles, Eagle Rock experienced significantgentrification in the 21st century.[4]
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Before the arrival of European settlers, the secluded valley below the San Rafael Hills that is roughly congruent to Eagle Rock's present boundaries was inhabited by theTongva people, whose staple food was the acorns from the valley's many oak trees.[3][5] These aboriginal inhabitants were displaced by Spanish settlers in the late 18th century, with the area incorporated into theRancho San Rafael.[5] Following court battles, the area known as Rancho San Rafael was divided into 31 parcels in 1870. Benjamin Dreyfus was awarded what is now called Eagle Rock.[5] In the 1880s Eagle Rock existed as a farming community.
The arrival of American settlers and the growth of Los Angeles resulted in steadily increasing semi-rural development in the region throughout the late 19th century. The construction of Henry Huntington's Los Angeles Railway trolley line up Eagle Rock Boulevard toColorado Boulevard and on Colorado to Townsend Avenue commenced the rapid suburbanization of the Eagle Rock Valley.
Although Eagle Rock, which is geographically located between the cities ofPasadena andGlendale, was once incorporated as a city in 1911, its need for an adequate water supply and a high school resulted in its annexation byLos Angeles in 1923.[6]
Several major crime sprees occurred in the neighborhood during the late 20th century. An early victim of theHillside Strangler was discovered in an Eagle Rock neighborhood on October 31, 1977. The discovery, along with the successive murders of at least 10 other women in the area over the course of five months, frightened local residents. According to an opinion piece by a resident under the pseudonym Deirdre Blackstone that was published in theLos Angeles Times on December 6, 1977:
Groups of gum-chewing girls in look-alike hairdos and jeans who used to haunt the Eagle Rock Plaza—they too are keeping close to home ... We are all afraid. For women living alone, ours is an actual visceral fear that starts at the feet. Then it hits the knees—and finally it grips the mind.[citation needed]
Two men, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, were subsequently convicted of the murders.
On the night of March 20, 1985, an 8-year-old girl was abducted from her home in Eagle Rock and sexually assaulted by a man dubbed the "Valley Intruder", "Walk-in Killer", and "The Night Stalker," later identified asRichard Ramirez. This was the seventh in a long string of murders and sexual assaults committed by Ramirez in Los Angeles andSan Francisco before he was apprehended.[7]
In 2002, an effort to designate an area of the community as "Philippine Village" for the largeFilipino American population was stopped.[8]
Like the surrounding areas of Northeast Los Angeles, Eagle Rock has undergonegentrification. Beginning in the 2000s, the area attracted young professionals and fostered ahipster culture.[9][10] As a result, housing prices have dramatically risen and a new wave of restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and art galleries have appeared over the last decade.
The neighborhood is inhabited by a wide variety of ethnic and socioeconomic groups and the creative class.[3][5] Over the past decade the Eagle Rock and neighboringHighland Park have been experiencing gentrification as young professionals have moved from nearby neighborhoods such asLos Feliz andSilver Lake.[5] A core ofcounter-culture writers, artists and filmmakers has existed in Eagle Rock since the 1920s.[5]
According to the "Mapping L.A." project of theLos Angeles Times, the 2000 U.S. census counted 32,493 residents in 4.25 sq mi (11.0 km2) Eagle Rock neighborhood, 7,644 people per square mile; apopulation density considered average for the city andLos Angeles County. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 34,466. In 2000, the median age for residents was 35, about average for city and county neighborhoods.[1]
The neighborhood was considered "highly diverse" ethnically within Los Angeles, with a relatively high percentage of Asian people. The breakdown wasLatinos, 40.3%;whites, 29.8%;Asians, 23.9%;blacks, 1.8%; and others, 4.1%. ThePhilippines (35.1%) andMexico (25.1%) were the most common places of birth for the 38.5% of the residents who were born abroad—an average figure for Los Angeles.[1]
The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $67,253, considered high for the city. The neighborhood's income levels, like its ethnic composition, can still be marked by notable diversity, but typically ranges from lower-middle to upper-middle class.[11] Renters occupied 43.9% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment-owners held 56.1%. The average household size of 2.8 people was considered normal for Los Angeles.[1]
Thirty percent of Eagle Rock residents aged 25 and older had earned afour-year degree by 2000, an average percentage for the city.[1]
Eagle Rock is bordered byGlendale on the north and west,Highland Park on the southeast,Glassell Park on the southwest, andPasadena on the east. Major thoroughfares include Eagle Rock Boulevard andColorado Boulevard, withFigueroa Street along the eastern boundary. TheGlendale andVentura freeways run along the district's western and northern edges, respectively.
The neighborhood is home to many historic and architecturally significant homes, many done in theCraftsman,[3]Georgian,Streamline Moderne,[5]Art Deco andMission Revival styles.[3] There are nineLos Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Eagle Rock:
The Bucket is a historic example of programmatic or novelty architecture meant to look live a 1930s ice chest and usually used as hamburger stand.[14]
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Eagle Rock is the site ofOccidental College, which was first established inBoyle Heights in 1887. After a fire destroyed the original campus in 1896, it moved to Downtown Los Angeles, then Highland Park, until reopening permanently in Eagle Rock in 1914. The campus was designed by architectMyron Hunt.[20][21]
Eagle Rock children attend schools in District 4[22] of theLos Angeles Unified School District.[23]
In March 2022, then Councilmember for Eagle Rock,Kevin De Leon and then Mayor Of Los AngelesEric Garcetti opened Eagle Rock'sTiny Homes Village, the tenth such community in Los Angeles. These communities are sometimes included as part of theTiny-house_movement. The community was placed near the junction of North Figueroa Street and Colorado Blvd, near the 134 Freeway exit, and just a few hundred yards from the Eagle Rock geological landmark.[25]
Like other Tiny Homes Villages in Los Angeles, the community serves astransitional housing for homeless people formerly living in tents or their cars.[26]
Other times, the actions have brought conflict. A few years ago, a move by Filipino merchants to declare a strip of Eagle Rock Boulevard as Philippine Village sparked an uproar -- and a near fistfight -- among the community's residents
Her parents divorced when Wagner was 7 years old, and she moved with her mother to Eagle Rock, a suburb outside Pasadena, California.
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