May 23, 2018
West Adams
Previously we looked at the eastern neighborhoods(Chester Place and St. James Square) of West Adams, today we’ll visit the western portion in the area around Adams Blvd. and Western Ave. Most of the residences here were built in the early 1900’s, which is about a decade later that the residences to the east. During the 20’s and 30’s many of the original residents either passed from this mortal coil or moved further west to Beverly Hills. They were replaced by African-Americans who couldn’t buy property in Beverly Hills and had the money to buy these large houses. The area was officially known as Arlington Heights but unofficially became known as “Sugar Hill”. The area is home to the First AME Church as well as UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Library(they are doing restoration work on the library and I wasn’t able to get any good pictures).
The impetus for this urban hike was to take pictures of the LA Sports Arena before they completely tore it down to build a soccer stadium(it just opened this month) and to see the pyramids at the Rosedale Cemetery.
Read MorePreviously we looked at the eastern neighborhoods(Chester Place and St. James Square) of West Adams, today we’ll visit the western portion in the area around Adams Blvd. and Western Ave. Most of the residences here were built in the early 1900’s, which is about a decade later that the residences to the east. During the 20’s and 30’s many of the original residents either passed from this mortal coil or moved further west to Beverly Hills. They were replaced by African-Americans who couldn’t buy property in Beverly Hills and had the money to buy these large houses. The area was officially known as Arlington Heights but unofficially became known as “Sugar Hill”. The area is home to the First AME Church as well as UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Library(they are doing restoration work on the library and I wasn’t able to get any good pictures).
The impetus for this urban hike was to take pictures of the LA Sports Arena before they completely tore it down to build a soccer stadium(it just opened this month) and to see the pyramids at the Rosedale Cemetery.
The Shatto Pyramid
This is the final resting place of George Shatto who was a real estate invest in Los Angeles. This is in Rosedale Cemetery which George Cochran was an investor. The Shatto mansion was at the corner of Wilshire(then called Orange Street) Blvd. and Lucas Street. Good Samaritan Hospital now stands on it’s location. If you’re in LA, you can still see some remnants of the old Shatto mansion at the corner, it’s stone wall is still there.
This is not the only pyramid grave at Rosedale, there are either 3 or 4; there’s also a pyramid grave here in Glendale behind the Brand Library.
