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Koreatown, Los Angeles

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along Western and Vermont for three miles, and to the east and west along Olympic for two miles. South Korean investment has been a large contributor to the neighborhood economy since the 1960s. Since the early 2000s, that investment has increased greatly, ballooning to an estimated $ 1 billion in new construction investment. Jamison Services, Inc is Koreatown's biggest landlord and most prolific residential builder. The area also has a vibrant nightlife with many lively restaurants and clubs, especially Korean barbeque restaurants and karaoke bars.
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in the danger. One resident said, "It was containment. The police cut off traffic out of Koreatown, while we were trapped on the other side without help. Those roads are a gateway to a richer neighborhood. It can't be denied." Some Korean Americans who survived the riot have said that people of minority races and ethnicities were not served fairly by the current social system.
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The next major shift began in the 1960s. As the African American population increased in southern Los Angeles, middle-class White Americans began to move out of the mid-Wilshire district. The area north of Olympic Boulevard transitioned from a predominantly white suburb to a home for Asian residents.
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at the former site of the Ambassador Hotel highlighted the challenge of balancing resource expansion with business development and historic preservation. The schools were constructed with the intention of increasing educational opportunities for low-income Latina/Latino and Korean students, but the $
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In the late 1960s, the surrounding neighborhood began to enter a steep economic decline. The once-glamorous mid-Wilshire area became filled with vacant commercial and office space that attracted wealthier South Korean immigrants. They found inexpensive housing and many opened businesses in Koreatown.
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bus lines in the district. Rapid lines include the 720 Wilshire and 754 Vermont. Local lines include the 207 Western, 14 Beverly, 16 3rd Street, 18 6th Street, 20 Wilshire/Westwood, 66 8th Street, 28 Olympic, 204 Vermont, 206 Normandie, and 210 Crenshaw. Many MTA bus lines in Koreatown offer 24-hour
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Olympic Boulevard has blocks dominated by Korean-language signs and new blue-tile-roofed shopping centers. This initial Korean business area has spread to an area bounded by Olympic Boulevard, Vermont Avenue, 8th Street and Western Avenue. The Korean business area also sprawls to the north and south
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The median annual household income in 2008 dollars was $ 30,558, a low figure for Los Angeles, and the percentage of households that earned less than $ 20,000 was high. The average household size of 2.7 people was about the same as the rest of the city. Renters occupied 93% of the housing units, and
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and 24-hour businesses and restaurants in the country. Other developments, such as the opening of new metro stations, shopping centers, and strip malls, have made Koreatown a popular tourist destination while also increasing economic inequality for locals. Protests against and in favor of building a
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The city of Los Angeles has set the official boundaries for Koreatown as Vermont Avenue on the east, Western Avenue on the west, Third Street on the north, and Olympic Boulevard on the south. A business corridor running about 3/4 of a mile along Western Avenue to Rosewood Avenue is also included as
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The week-long rioting and looting destroyed much of Koreatown. There was $ 50 million worth of damage done, half of which was on Korean-owned businesses. During the riots, roads between Koreatown and safer neighborhoods were blocked off. Some Korean-Americans speculated that they were being trapped
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population, Korean business owners are creating stronger ties to the Latino community in Koreatown. The community is highly diverse ethnically, with half the residents being Latino and a third being Asian. Two-thirds of the residents were born outside of the United States, a high figure compared to
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line and Cityride. Koreatown is served by DASH Hollywood/Wilshire line and Dash Koreatown. The DASH lines are meant for local neighborhood transportation; their routes are shorter than MTA lines. DASH service ends at 7pm weekdays and only Dash Koreatown operates on weekends, ending service at 6pm.
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The Koreatown Regional Commercial Center runs along Olympic Boulevard and is "generally bounded by Eighth Street on the north, Twelfth Street on the south, Western Avenue on the west, and continues east towards Vermont Avenue", according to the Wilshire Community Plan of the City of Los Angeles.
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By the late 1970s, most businesses in the Olympic Boulevard and 8th Street areas were owned by Koreans. This economic boom led to the creation of Korean media outlets and community organizations, which played a key role in developing a sense of communal identity in the neighborhood. The ethnic
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During the time of the riots, there was racial strife between Black and Korean Americans. In many predominantly Black neighborhoods, Korean citizens owned the majority of businesses. When White residents left the area, Koreans purchased their businesses from them for little money. Rapper
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Festival & Parade on Olympic Boulevard, with a march to the Seoul Peace Park. The Wilshire Center Business Improvement District (WCBID) holds the annual Earth Day / Car Free Day Festival every April 22 on Wilshire. KTOWN Night Market holds an annual festival at
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The boundaries of Koreatown are blurry; The most familiar thoroughfare is Wilshire Boulevard, from Vermont to Western avenues. But the area extends south as Olympic Boulevard and north to Beverly Blvd, with spillover into adjacent Westlake and Hancock Park.
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The effects of the riots and looting, which displaced Korean Americans and destroyed their sources of income, combined with little aid having been given to those who suffered, are still being felt today as LA-based Koreans continue to struggle with poverty.
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and economic constraints limited Korean residents to an area bounded by Adams Boulevard to the north, Slauson Avenue to the south, Western Avenue to the west, and Vermont Avenue to the east. The 1930s also saw the height of the area's association with
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In 2010, the City of Los Angeles considered expanding Koreatown further west to include Wilshire Park and Park Mile. The request was rejected, and the committee reiterated that the western boundary for Koreatown was at Western Avenue.
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By the 1930s, approximately 650 Koreans resided in Los Angeles. They established churches, restaurants, and community organizations, as well as businesses that primarily focused on vegetable and fruit distribution. In 1936, the
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ceremony in 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1934. As the entertainment industry grew in the surrounding Koreatown area, Koreans remained segregated into low-income districts because of discriminatory housing policies. After the 1948
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21.4% of Koreatown residents aged 25 and older have a four-year degree, an average rate for both the city and the county. The percentage of residents with less than a high school diploma was high for the county.
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The Wilshire Center - Koreatown Neighborhood Council is designated by the City of Los Angeles to represent the area's citizens' concerns to the city. The area represented by the council includes Koreatown and
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speaking Korean with customers or Korean store owners engaging Latino customers in Spanish. An example of a cultural interchange between Koreans and Latinos in Koreatown is the popularity of Korean-inspired
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enclave was able to establish itself as the primary hub of the Korean community in Southern California, and the residents successfully lobbied for the installation of the first Koreatown sign in 1982.
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The percentages of never-married men and women, 44.6% and 36.2%, respectively, were among the county's highest. There were 2,833 military veterans in 2000, or 3.3%, a low figure for Los Angeles.
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The 1992 unrest had a significant impact on the community, solidifying the importance of community-based nonprofit organizations, such as the Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC) and
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stimulated a new wave of political activism among Korean-Americans, but also split them into two camps. The liberals sought to unite with other minorities in Los Angeles to fight against
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578 million construction cost made the complex the most expensive public school in United States history. By 2020, Koreatown was "known for having one of the largest concentrations of
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An 18-year-old Korean American, Edward Song Lee, and his three friends went to protect a Korean-owned pizza shop, along with other store owners and volunteers who would constitute the
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Google Maps draws the following boundaries for Koreatown: Vermont Avenue on the east, Western Avenue on the west, Third Street on the north and Olympic Boulevard on the south.
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Many of the area's Art Deco buildings with terracotta facades were preserved because they remained economically viable with the new commercial activity that occupied them. The
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The 2000 U.S. census counted 115,070 residents in the 2.7-square-mile neighborhood—an average of 42,611 people per square mile, the highest density of any community in
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Kim, Rose M. (2012). "3. "Violence and Trauma as Constitutive Elements in Korean American Racial Identity Formation: The 1992 L.A. Riots/Insurrection/Saigu."".
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Supreme Court case prohibited racially restrictive housing policies, Koreans began to move north of Olympic Boulevard to establish new homes and businesses.
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that restricted them to mixed-race, low-income districts. By the 1930s, Koreans began to move to Jefferson Boulevard between Western and Vermont Avenue.
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The popular Anderson-Munger YMCA at 3rd and Oxford offers swimming, exercise programs, child and teen programs, and social services to the community.
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H.C. Laux and G. Theme, "Koreans in Greater Los Angeles: socioeconomic polarization, ethnic attachment, and residential patterns," in W. Li, ed.
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The area has become the mainstay of the Korean American community, although varying sources have established different boundaries for Koreatown.
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Park, Kyeyoung; Kim, Jessica (2008). "The Contested Nexus of Los Angeles Koreatown: Capital Restructuring, Gentrification, and Displacement".
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In late 2008, the City of Los Angeles designated Koreatown a special graphics district (along with Hollywood and the downtown neighborhood of
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Youngmin Lee and Kyonghwan Park, "Negotiating hybridity: transnational reconstruction of migrant subjectivity in Koreatown, Los Angeles,"
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Chung, A. (2005). "Politics without the politics: The evolving political cultures of ethnic nonprofits in Koreatown, Los Angeles".
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area. Many opened businesses as they found rent and tolerance toward the growing Korean population. Many of the historic
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Yu, Eui-Young; Choe, Peter; Han, Sang Il; Yu, Kimberly (2004). "Emerging diversity, Los Angeles' Koreatown 1990-2000".
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The Korean Education Center, affiliated with the government of South Korea, is in Suite 200 at 680 Wilshire Place.
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Lee, Dong Ok. "Responses to Spatial Rigidity in Urban Transformation: Korean Business Experience in Los Angeles,"
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on the north and south respectively, and St. Andrews Place and Shatto Place on the west and east respectively.
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removed restrictions on Asian migration and helped further the growth of the immigrant community in Koreatown.
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provides weekday service while Cityride offers door to door dial-a-ride service for the elderly and disabled.
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provides police service to the City of Los Angeles, broken up into 21 local divisions. Koreatown is served by
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is at 443 Shatto Place, while the passport and visa office is on the third floor of 500 Shatto Place. The
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Since Koreatown has a Latino majority, it is not unusual to find Latino employees in restaurants and
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On March 16, 1991, a Korean store owner, Soon Ja Du, shot and killed a 15-year-old Black customer,
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have been preserved because the buildings remained economically viable for the new businesses.
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The neighborhood lies 3 miles (5 km) west of downtown, 4 miles (6 km) southeast of
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From urban enclave to ethnic suburb: New Asian communities in Pacific Rim countries
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offers degree and non-degree programs in the Westmoreland Building and the former
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operates a Los Angeles-area TACA Center in Suite 100P at 3600 Wilshire Boulevard.
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Koreans began immigrating in larger numbers in the 1960s and found housing in the
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on the north, Virgil Avenue, Wilshire Place and Westmoreland Avenue on the east,
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In 1980, the neighborhood of Koreatown was officially designated by Los Angeles.
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spoke of this, along with Asian suspicion of Black residents in his 1991 album
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Population changes significantly depending on areas included and recent growth.
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Korean Pavilion and parklet, Normandie Avenue just north of Olympic Boulevard
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Station 13 serving Southeast Koreatown at Pico Blvd. and Westmoreland Avenue.
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New Horizon School/Los Angeles, private elementary, 434 South Vermont Avenue
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Station 52 serving Northwest Koreatown at Melrose Avenue and Western Avenue.
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Station 29 serving Southwest Koreatown at Wilshire Blvd. and Wilton Avenue.
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Station 6 serving Northeast Koreatown at Temple Street and Virgil Avenue.
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Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, LAUSD charter, 697 South Burlington Avenue
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Making and remaking Asian America through immigration policy, 1850-1990
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Koreatown is considered "highly diverse" ethnically. The breakdown is
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Koreatown
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Hobart Boulevard Elementary School, LAUSD, 980 South Hobart Boulevard
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Koreatown is one of the densest neighborhoods in the United States.
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Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles
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Red Line Train at the Wilshire-Vermont Metro station in Koreatown
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Berendo Middle school - 1157 S Berendo St, Los Angeles, CA 90006
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Pilgrim School, private preK-12, 540 South Commonwealth Avenue
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Mariposa-Nabi Primary Center, LAUSD, 987 South Mariposa Avenue
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and generally favored the economic and social policies of the
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In addition to the two subway lines, Metro operates numerous
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Wilton Place Elementary School, LAUSD, 745 South Wilton Place
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Cahuenga Elementary School, LAUSD, 220 South Hobart Boulevard
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and Wilton Place on the west. The neighborhood is flanked by
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View of high-rises along Wilshire between Western and Vermont
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Lee, Sum Tin Wong, " The Ups and Downs of Koreatown" (1997)
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Pio Pico Koreatown Branch Library (피오 피코 코리아타운 도서관) of the
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In 2022, there were 435 homeless individuals in Koreatown.
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Koreans in Los Angeles, 1965-1982
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Jamison Begins Clearing Way for Another K-Town Development
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The Korean American National Museum - 3727 West 6th Street
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In the early 1900s, Koreans clustered around the downtown
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Kim, Katherine Yungmee, "Los Angeles's Koreatown" (2010)
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Pilot School Network: Robert F Kennedy Community Schools
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Construction Finally Ramps Up at 3980 Wilshire Boulevard
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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This version of Koreatown includes the neighborhoods of
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Neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States
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Blue dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles riots
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Sastry, Anjuli; Bates, Karen Grigsby (April 26, 2017).
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Blue dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles riots
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subway station, Western Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.
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operates three district-to-district DASH routes, one
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operates two subway lines in or near Koreatown — the
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School, private elementary, 238 South Manhattan Place
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Virgil Middle School, LAUSD, 152 North Vermont Avenue
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In 1882, the United States and Korea established the
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East to America : Korean American life stories
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As of 2023, it is represented on the 541:District-inspired buildings lined with 440:Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 368:Despite the name evoking a traditional 4300:Korean-American culture in Los Angeles 4267: 3163:"City Directory | City of Los Angeles" 2910: 2604: 2057: 1778: 1776: 1760:Los Angeles Times Neighborhood Project 1648:Liberty Park - 3700 Wilshire Boulevard 1354:Ambassador School of Global Leadership 1272:United States House of Representatives 1130:operates a sales office in Koreatown. 1100: 693:Map of Koreatown as delineated by the 4077: 3770: 3478: 3438:Oct 2008, Vol. 25 Issue 3, pp 245–262 3424:March 1995, Vol. 19 Issue 1, pp 40–54 3318:"The Korean American National Museum" 2582:. Los Angeles Almanac. 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Kennedy Community Schools 1453: 557:Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools 92:Approximate location in Los Angeles 13: 2980:Ferrell, David (November 8, 2007) 2940:"Homeless Count by City/Community" 2543: 2506: 2487:Zahniser, David (April 18, 2008). 2381: 2180: 2034: 1541:, beneath Vermont Avenue, and the 1435: 1225: 392:United States-Korea Treaty of 1882 14: 4316: 3978:Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 3463: 3369:Piccalo, Gina (October 21, 2000) 3276:. Wilshire Center. April 22, 2011 3112:. Retrieved on December 24, 2008. 3020:Navarro, Mireya (August 8, 2004) 2963:Holley, David (December 8, 1985) 1885: 1596: 1520: 1462:Pio Pico Koreatown Branch Library 1298: 619:Los Angeles International Airport 585:infused with Korean ingredients. 79: 4105: 3988:Los Angeles County Museum of Art 3961: 3203:Vives, Ruben (January 18, 2009) 3138:. Retrieved on January 30, 2009. 3083:. Retrieved on January 27, 2009. 2667:2006, page 593, 594, 633 and 634 2337:Mock, Brentin (April 25, 2017). 2161:Mock, Brentin (April 25, 2017). 1706: 1694: 1682: 1159:Consulate General of El Salvador 613:, 12 miles (19 km) east of 520: 78: 71: 47: 4290:Koreatowns in the United States 4112:Koreatowns in the United States 3427:Light, Ivan and Edna Bonacich. 3378: 3352: 3338: 3324: 3310: 3288: 3266: 3254: 3229: 3214: 3197: 3180: 3155: 3141: 3115: 3067: 3048: 3029: 3014: 3003: 2992: 2974: 2957: 2932: 2911:Kiefer, Peter (July 26, 2019). 2904: 2879: 2830: 2819: 2789: 2774: 2752: 2738: 2712: 2685: 2625: 2598: 2480: 2410: 2356: 2330: 2304: 2270: 2257: 2254:1998, Vol. 24 Issue 1, pp 41-57 2234: 2209: 2154: 2118: 2090: 1277: 1173:are at 3550 Wilshire Blvd. The 1051: 487:. The conservatives emphasized 465:during the song "Black Korea". 348:central Los Angeles, California 266:2.7 sq mi (7 km) 3436:Journal of Cultural Geography, 3298:SweetandtastyTV. June 26, 2016 3064:. Accessed September 20, 2008. 3045:. Accessed September 20, 2008. 2127:"The Koreatown That Never Was" 2125:Quinones, Sam (June 3, 2001). 2008: 1958: 1927: 1834: 1179:Consulate General of Indonesia 1163:Consulate General of Guatemala 676: 652:City of Los Angeles boundaries 385: 1: 4295:Ethnic enclaves in California 3406:Nancy Abelmann and John Lie, 2989:. Retrieved January 27, 2009. 2720:"Where Exactly Is Koreatown?" 2263:Nancy Abelmann and John Lie, 2190:Lah, Kyung (April 29, 2017). 1736: 1488:Annual festivals include the 1305:Los Angeles Police Department 1242:. The area is represented by 1192: 1167:Consulate General of Honduras 287:46,208/sq mi (17,841/km) 4280:Neighborhoods in Los Angeles 3332:"The Korean Cultural Center" 3296:"KTOWN NIGHT MARKET IN L.A." 2609:. Urbanphoto. Archived from 2466:10.1080/01419870.2011.602090 1934:Loc, Tim (October 4, 2016). 1483: 1377:, LAUSD, 615 S. Shatto Place 1323:Camino Nuevo Charter Academy 1314: 1175:Consulate General of Bolivia 596: 7: 2454:Ethnic & Racial Studies 1668: 1627:Korean Pavilion and parklet 1284:Los Angeles Fire Department 1270:represents the area in the 900:Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 830:Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 629:The beginnings of Koreatown 408:Korean National Association 40:Neighborhood of Los Angeles 10: 4321: 3993:Petersen Automotive Museum 2982:"Glitter Babies Vs. Thugs" 1614:The Korean Cultural Center 1469:Los Angeles Public Library 1331:Southwestern School of Law 1282:Four Fire Stations of the 1108: 1043: 780: 772: 380: 18:For other Koreatowns, see 17: 4118: 4001: 3970: 3959: 3808: 3694: 3609: 3516: 3360:Postcard of original site 2838:"Wilshire Community Plan" 2431:10.1080/13691830500177701 1841:Ong., Hing, Bill (1993). 1726:Korean Bell of Friendship 1616:- 5505 Wilshire Boulevard 969: 899: 829: 824: 821: 818: 815: 812: 809: 806: 803: 800: 797: 794: 791: 788: 785: 333: 311: 299: 291: 283: 275: 270: 262: 257: 239: 221: 203: 182: 177: 167: 155: 143: 135: 100: 66: 58: 46: 37: 30: 3838:Byzantine-Latino Quarter 2247:August 26, 2013, at the 1731: 1420:Larchmont Charter School 555:The construction of the 3646:Other elected officials 3401:Further reading/viewing 3263:Southwestern Law School 3191:August 2, 2010, at the 2785:NBC Southern California 1501:Community organizations 1444:Southwestern Law School 1429:Los Angeles Senior High 1402:Saint Gregory Nazianzen 1189:at 3435 Wilshire Blvd. 1187:Equitable Life Building 1086:, 32.2%; whites, 7.4%; 685:Mapping L.A. boundaries 635:Los Angeles Bunker Hill 4275:Koreatown, Los Angeles 4032:Greater Hollywood 3725:Greater Hollywood 3022:"It's Koreatown, Jake" 2918:The Hollywood Reporter 2762:. Cityclerk.lacity.org 2000:: CS1 maint: others ( 1638:, 3405 West 6th Street 1628: 1606: 1530: 1480: 1463: 1360:New Open World Academy 1332: 1324: 1230:Koreatown lies within 1222: 1202:, as well as parts of 1124: 1061: 697: 661: 606: 593: 477:1992 Los Angeles riots 450:1992 Los Angeles riots 377:the rest of the city. 338: 4305:Wilshire, Los Angeles 3346:"The Koreatown Plaza" 1626: 1604: 1528: 1478: 1461: 1375:Young Oak Kim Academy 1366:UCLA Community School 1330: 1322: 1220: 1120: 1060:6th Street at Kenmore 1059: 692: 659: 604: 591: 4158:Asian Trade District 2724:Los Angeles Magazine 569:took place in 2020. 412:racial covenant laws 284: • Density 120:34.0618°N 118.3006°W 4285:Central Los Angeles 4252:Annandale, Virginia 4047:San Fernando Valley 3798:Central Los Angeles 3740:San Fernando Valley 3221:"Koreatown Schools" 2845:City of Los Angeles 2586:on January 11, 2010 1822:on December 4, 2014 1636:Chapman Park Market 1605:Chapman Park Market 1101:Homeless population 665:part of Koreatown. 592:Aerial view in 2014 363:terra cotta façades 306:90010, 90005, 90006 116: /  3971:Points of interest 3928:West Adams Heights 3128:2009-02-09 at the 3102:2008-12-30 at the 3025:The New York Times 2726:. 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Koreatown
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
City of Los Angeles Koreatown marker
Koreatown is located in Los Angeles
34°03′42″N 118°18′02″W / 34.0618°N 118.3006°W / 34.0618; -118.3006
State
California
County
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
City Council
Heather Hutt
Nithya Raman
Mitch O'Farrell
State Assembly
Miguel Santiago
D
State Senate
Maria Elena Durazo
D
U.S. House
Jimmy Gomez
D
ZIP Code
Area code(s)
213, 323
Korean
neighborhood
central Los Angeles, California
Mid-Wilshire

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