Village Green, Los Angeles facts for kids
Baldwin Hills Village
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Village Green sign located at the intersection of Obama Blvd and Hauser St
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Location | Los Angeles, California |
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Area | 64 acres (26 ha) |
Built | 1942 |
Architect | Clarence Stein; Reginald D. Johnson |
Architectural style | Modern Movement |
NRHP reference No. | 93000269 |
Quick facts for kids Significant dates |
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Added to NRHP | April 1, 1993 |
Designated NHLD | January 3, 2001 |
Village Green, originally named Baldwin Hills Village, is a neighborhood at the foot of Baldwin Hills, within the city of Los Angeles, California. Village Green consists of a large condominium complex that is both a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and a National Historic Landmark. Designed in the late 1930s and built out by 1942, it is one of the oldest planned communities of its type in the nation. Village Green was named by The American Institute of Architects as one of the 100 most important architectural achievements in U.S. history.
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History
The Baldwin Hills Village complex was built in 1942 as one of the most ambitiously planned communities in Los Angeles at the time, with 627 apartments grouped in buildings on a very large landscaped site. The Modernist Garden city style complex, which encompassed 627 units, was designed by architect Reginald D. Johnson, consulting architect Clarence S. Stein, with the firm of Wilson, Merill & Alexander, and landscape architect Fred Barlow, Jr. in the "" style. The units seldom have more than two bedrooms, and tend to attract seniors and younger professionals as residents. As one of the first such establishments, the Village Green was also designed with the requirements of car-owners in mind.
Landmark
As Baldwin Hills Village, Village Green was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in 1977, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, and a National Historic Landmark historic district in 2001.
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Baldwin Hills Village National Historic Landmark plaque