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TheFairfax District is aneighborhood in theCentral region ofLos Angeles, California.
Historically the Fairfax District has been a center of theJewish community in Los Angeles. It is known for theFarmers Market,The Grove,CBS Television City broadcasting center, theLos Angeles Museum of the Holocaust inPan Pacific Park, theBeverly-Fairfax Historic District neighborhood, andFairfax Avenue restaurants and shops.
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Beverly–Fairfax (sometimes simply calledFairfax)[1] is a 3.2-square-mile neighborhood bordered by Willoughby Avenue on the north,Wilshire Boulevard on the south,La Brea Avenue on the east, andLa Cienega Boulevard on the west.[2][3]
ArcGIS,Here Maps,Bing Maps, andMapQuest do not mark boundaries, but center the words "Fairfax" or "Fairfax District" near the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.[4][5][6][7]
TheMapping L.A. project of theLos Angeles Times, in a departure from itsfirst draft, reduces the Fairfax District to the 1.23 square miles of the neighborhood that lie east of Fairfax Avenue. Using the Mapping L.A. boundaries, the Fairfax District is flanked on the north and northeast by the city ofWest Hollywood, on the northeast byHollywood, on the east byHancock Park, on the south byMid-Wilshire, and on the west byBeverly Grove.[8] Street boundaries are Willoughby Avenue or Romaine Street on the north,La Brea Avenue on the east, WestThird Street on the south, andFairfax Avenue on the west.[9] The Beverly–Fairfax (or Fairfax) neighborhood, as it has historically been called, includes both Fairfax and Beverly Grove.[2][10][3][11] In the first draft of Mapping L.A., "Beverly Grove" was not included as a distinct neighborhood; rather, the area was shown as part of Fairfax.[12] An even earlierL.A. Times profile of the Fairfax District described the boundaries as "Santa Monica Boulevard on the north andSixth Street on the south; La Brea Avenue forms its eastern edge with Sweetzer Avenue as its western border."[13]
The following data applies to the boundaries of Fairfax set by Mapping L.A.:
The 2000 U.S. census counted 12,490 residents in the 1.23-square-mile neighborhood—an average of 10,122 people per square mile, about the samepopulation density as all of Los Angeles. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 13,360.
The median age for residents was 33, a general average within Los Angeles. The percentage of residents aged 65 and older was among the county's highest.[9]
Fifty-four percent of Fairfax residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high figure for both the city and the county.[9]
The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $65,938, average in comparison to the rest of Los Angeles. The average household size of two people was low for the city of Los Angeles. Renters occupied 71.5% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment owners 28.5%.[9]
The percentages of never-married men (54.9%) and never-married women (45.5%) were among the county's highest.[9]
The neighborhood was "not especially diverse" ethnically, with a high percentage of white people. The breakdown waswhites, 84.7%;Latinos, 5.9%;Asians, 4.5%;blacks, 2.2%, and others, 2,8%. Ukraine (8.9%) and Mexico (7.8%) were the most common places of birth for the 23.2% of the residents who were born abroad, a low ratio compared to the rest of Los Angeles.[9]
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Historically, the Fairfax District has been a center of theJewish community in Los Angeles, after the earlierBoyle Heights period, which was home to the largest Jewish community west of Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s.[14]
In 1935, there were foursynagogues in the Fairfax District; by 1945, there were twelve. AfterWorld War II, more Jews began to populate the area. As more families moved in, religious schools and a Jewish Community Center sprang up. In 1974,Bet Tzedek Legal Services - The House of Justice, a legal aid charity, opened its doors across from theFarmers Market.
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TheFarmers Market at Fairfax Avenue and3rd Street still retains a 1930s atmosphere, with open-air vegetable stalls and cafes, and many Jewish residents of the area still frequent the market as part of their shopping orkibbitzing routine.The Grove, a commercial retail and entertainment center, opened in 2002 next to the Farmer's Market.
The neighborhood east of Fairfax Avenue and north of Beverly Boulevard, consisting primarily of still-standing 1920s apartment buildings, was named theBeverly Fairfax Historic District by the City of Los Angeles in 2019. Now listed on theNational Register of Historic Places, buildings in the neighborhood must have any exterior alterations approved by the Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources.[15]
The intersection of Fairfax Avenue and Beverly Boulevard is officially recognized asRaoul Wallenberg Square, in honor of the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation to Nazi death camps.[16] TheLos Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is located nearby, withinPan Pacific Park.
CBS Television City was built in 1952 on the former site ofGilmore Stadium at Fairfax Avenue andBeverly Boulevard. The facility has been used to tape several shows both for CBS and other entities, the most notable beingThe Price is Right, which has shot in Studio 33 (later renamed for the game show's longtime host,Bob Barker) continuously since 1972.
TheLos Angeles Fire Department operates Fire Station 61, serving the Fairfax community.[17]
The schools within Fairfax include:[18]
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