Jordan Downs facts for kids

Jordan Downs is a 700-unit public housing apartment complex in Watts, Los Angeles, California, next to David Starr Jordan High School. It consists of 103 buildings with townhouse style units ranging from one bedroom to five bedrooms. The complex is owned and managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA).

The complex is bounded by Grape Street to the west, 97th Street to the north, Alameda Street to the east, and 103rd Street to the south. This large area had been used as a truck farm for years and during the second World War it supplied vegetables for the surrounding communities of Watts, South Gate and Lynwood.

Education

Jordan Downs residents are zoned to the following public schools:

• Jordan High School.

All three are in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Notable residents

• Florence Griffith-Joyner - American track and field athlete.
• 03 Greedo - rapper

• Tyrese Gibson - Actor

• Isabell Masters - United States Third-party Presidential candidate