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The highly debated Eastside is defined by three neighborhoods: Boyle Heights, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights
Since City Hall can't do it, it's the people's turn, and oh boy, this is going to be fun. Los Angeles has around 180 official neighborhoods, marked by those blue signs, but ask the city for a map defining borders or for a complete list and you won't get much. Defining a neighborhood, a region or anything gets people angry. It's just one of those super passionate issues where neighborhood council meetings turn into screaming matches.
With that said, the LA Times has embarked on a true community project called Mapping L.A. where citizens can help define Los Angeles' neighborhoods, whether they be city designated (Venice, Sherman Oaks, Little Ethiopia), unofficial but commonly used communities (Universal City, East Hollywood, the Shoestring) and the larger regions (dare we say the Eastside?).
"Keep in mind that this is just our first public draft," explained Megan Garvey, a Metro section editor, in an e-mail to LAist. "So far, we have drawn lines for 87 neighborhoods and seven larger regions... Now we open it up for readers to give us their feedback, including posting their own versions of the overall neighborhood boundaries, carving up the smaller enclaves... or just disagreeing with us entirely about something."
There's a lot of work for all of us here to contribute. It's pretty easy to help out, too. Just click on a neighborhood, post a comment, draw a map in their map toolbox (if you want) and click submit. Over time, the Times' map will develop into something that hopefully reflects the real Los Angeles. And then maybe, just maybe, we can all march up to City Hall and set their records straight.
Previously: The LA City Nerd neighborhood map based on found city documents.
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"The highly debated Eastside is defined by three neighborhoods: Boyle Heights, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights"
I'd highly debate the eastside's restriction to those three neighborhoods.
There was any debate, just a small number of people who believed whatever was printed by people hoping to profit from using the term "Eastside."
Will, this map is about the neighborhoods withing the City of Los Angeles. Those three neighborhoods of the Eastside are in Los Angeles. The other big two, City Terrace and East Los Angeles, are unincorporated.
CORRECTION: There never was any debate...
Good point Soledad.
1. use the term "eastside"
2. ???
3. PROFIT!
I support this project in theory, but think perhaps it's "not quite ready for primetime." What I mean is, at this very cursory stage of development, to launch the maps and ask for interaction reveals how poorly researched this project is. For example, I looked at their "Hancock Park" map, which lumps several distinct neighborhoods as being part of Hancock Park, when there is absolutely no reason to do so. Windsor Square, for example, is its own neighborhood--and one that pre-dates Hancock Park. It also contains the neighborhood of Larchmont Village, which they leave off their map completely. So much of this "research" can be accomplished by just typing in "Windsor Square" into the LA Times 1881-1986 database--a resource I would be hard pressed to believe the Times itself didn't have access to. I mean, good for them, but maybe do a bit more work before they put it to the public. It's laughable.
What's that little uncolored square in the Valley near San Fernando? Unincorporated?
San Fernando, like Burbank and Glendale, is its own city.
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