The LA Times is trying to
map the neighborhoods in the city.
And it's first major fix, also seems to be a snafu for this area:
"Our toughest decisions came from the powerful and often irreconcilable associations people make with names and places. Among the bitter rifts we encountered were the
competing claims to the name West Adams. One of the less fraught comments on the subject went like this: "Over here by Adams and Fairfax we like to think of ourselves as West 'West Adams.' how about West (squared) Adams? OK then, the 'real' West Adams? Never mind, just trying to lighten the conversation."
Historical purists would reserve the designation West Adams for the once-upper-crust district of Victorian mansions now falling in the shadow of USC. But residents farther west have appropriated the name for that hard-to-define area between the 10 Freeway and Baldwin Hills. To bolster their case, the area's Neighborhood Empowerment Zone bears that name.
The discussion has taken on powerful emotional content in recent years as part of a larger debate over gentrification and changing demographics in that part of the city. We resolved the argument as best we could,
using the West Adams label for the region west of Crenshaw Boulevard and including the old mansions east of Vermont Avenue as part of University Park."
It's a tough topic for this area - for people who live around USC and Expo Park what do you all home?
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