Vermont Knolls is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, within the South Los Angeles region.[1][2]
Vermont Knolls | |
|---|---|
 Vermont Knolls city signage at Vermont Avenue and 77th Street | |
  Vermont Knolls Location within Central Los Angeles | |
| Coordinates: 33°58′13″N 118°17′30″W / 33.97023°N 118.29165°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County |  Los Angeles |
| Time zone | Pacific |
| Zip Code | 90044 |
| Area code | 323 |
Geography
editVermont Knolls a 1.14-square-mile (3.0 km2) neighborhood. The neighborhood is bounded by Florence Avenue on the north, the 110 Freeway on the east, Manchester Boulevard or the Los Angeles city limits on the south and Normandie Avenue on the west.[1][2]
It is bordered by Vermont-Slauson on the north, South Park and Florence on the east, Vermont Vista and Westmont on the south and Manchester Square on the west.[3]
History
editVermont Knolls is a subdivision of single- and multi-family homes that was initially planned by the Walter H. Leimert Company. The company subdivided it in 1928, originally calling it the Vermont Avenue Knoll, and promoted it in conjunction with Leimert Park, a larger-scale subdivision to the northwest. The subdivision was marketed as a low-price, middle-class neighborhood.[4]
Pepperdine University
editIn February 1937, George Pepperdine founded Pepperdine University as a Christian liberal arts college in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of Los Angeles. On September 21, 1937, 167 new students from 22 different states and two other countries entered classes on a newly built campus on 34 acres at West 79th Street and South Vermont Avenue.[5][6][7]
Pepperdine University moved to a new and larger campus in Malibu, California, in September 1972.[7] The old campus was sold to the Crenshaw Christian Center, whose minister, Frederick K.C. Price, then oversaw construction of the "FaithDome", a $9 million geodesic structure with seating for 10,145 worshipers. When it opened in 1989, it was the largest church in the nation.[8]
Economic redevelopment
editIn the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the 165-acre Vermont/Manchester Recovery Redevelopment Project was adopted by CRA/LA on May 14, 1996.[9] The project area included Vermont Avenue between 79th and 89th streets.
Vermont Shopping Center
editIn 1999, "Designs for Development Guidelines" were adopted for a proposed 100,000-square-foot mixed-use shopping center. The "Vermont Entertainment Village" at Vermont and Manchester Avenues officially broke ground in April 2015.[10] A year later, development had not progressed.[11]
Demographics
editThis section needs to be updated. (August 2023) |
A total of 20,616 people lived in Vermont Knolls' 1.14 square miles, according to the 2000 U.S. census—averaging 18,057 people per square mile, among the highest population densities in the city as a whole. Population was estimated at 21,568 in 2008. The median age was 24, considered young when compared to the city as a whole. The percentages of residents aged birth to 18 were among the county's highest. [1]
Within the neighborhood, Latinos made up 54.5% of the population, with black people at 42.6%, Asian 1.2%, white 1% and other 0.7%. Mexico and El Salvador were the most common places of birth for the 33.2% of the residents who were born abroad, an average percentage of foreign-born when compared with the city or county as a whole.[1]
The $27,730 median household income in 2008 dollars was considered low for the city and county. The percentage of households earning $20,000 or less was high, compared to the county at large. The average household size of 3.3 people was high for the city. Renters occupied 72.1% of the housing units, and homeowners occupied the rest.[1]
In 2000 there were 1,533 families headed by single parents, or 33.7%, the second-highest rate for any city neighborhood, after Watts.[1][12]
Vermont Knolls' residents with a four-year bachelor's degree amounted to 5.4% of the population aged 25 and older in 2000, which was a low figure when compared with the city and the county at large; the percentage of those residents with less than a high school diploma was high for the county.[1]
Government
editLos Angeles Fire Department Station 46 is in Vermont Knolls.
Education
editThere are three schools within the Vermont Knolls boundaries.[2][13]
- Raymond Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 7511 Raymond Avenue
- Loren Miller Elementary, LAUSD, 830 West 77th Street
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited, LAUSD alternative, 915 West Manchester Avenue
Notable residents
edit- Joel Wachs (born 1939)— City Council (1970–2001), president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City.
- Maxine Waters, [14] City Council member
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Vermont Knolls". Mapping L.A. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ a b c The Thomas Guide, 2006, pages 674 and 704
- ^ "South L.A." Mapping L.A. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ South Los Angeles: Historic Districts, Planning Districts and Multi-Property Resources - March 2012, SurveyLA.
- ^ Collier, Aldore (December 1989). "FaithDome: A grand-slam homer for Jesus. - Ebony".
- ^ Jahn, Vanessa (Spring 2006). "GSEP 35th Anniversary: A Celebratory Evening to Remember". Colleague Alumni Magazine. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
- ^ a b Domingo, Tracy (November 14, 2002). "Miracle at Malibu Materialized". Graphic.pepperdine.edu. Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
- ^ DART, JOHN (9 September 1989). "Pastor Frederick Price's 'FaithDome' : Largest Church in Nation Set to Open Doors in L.A." Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "About the Project Area". Crala.org. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Crews Break Ground On $200M Retail Center At South LA Site Destroyed In Riots". Losangeles.cbslocal.com. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Jennings, Angel (4 June 2016). "In South L.A., there are more groundbreakings than ribbon-cuttings as commercial development lags". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Single Parents," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Kaplan, Erin Aubry (14 July 2005). "Bamboozled in South L.A." Laweekly.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
External links
edit- [2] Comments about living in Vermont Knolls
- University Park Family is a collaborative online community focused mainly on University Park, Expo Park and the surrounding areas.
- Leimert Park Beat is a collaborative online community focused mainly on Leimert Park: The Soul of Los Angeles and the African American cultural center of the city.
- [3] 81st Street Block Club of Vermont Knolls
- [4] Vermont Knolls crime map and statistics
