Leimert Park

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Leimert Park is a historically significant Los Angeles neighborhood known as a center of African American arts, culture, and community life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district
neighborhood
adjacentTo Baldwin Hills NERFINISHED
Hyde Park NERFINISHED
Jefferson Park NERFINISHED
View Park–Windsor Hills
West Adams
continent North America
country United States
culturalIdentity Black Los Angeles cultural hub
designedBy Clarence Stein
Walter H. Leimert NERFINISHED
developedInDecade 1920s
developer Walter H. Leimert Company
fireJurisdiction Los Angeles Fire Department
governedBy Los Angeles City Council
hasCulturalVenue Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center
Eso Won Books
KAOS Network
Vision Theatre
World Stage
hasLandmark Leimert Plaza Park fountain
hasMetroStation Leimert Park station NERFINISHED
hasPart Leimert Park Village
Leimert Plaza Park
historicalEra 20th century
hostsEvent Leimert Park Art Walk
music festivals
knownFor African American arts
African American culture
Black cultural institutions
Juneteenth celebrations
Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations
community festivals
jazz music
locatedIn Los Angeles
South Los Angeles NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity City of Los Angeles
locatedInState California
majorStreet Crenshaw Boulevard
Leimert Boulevard
Vernon Avenue NERFINISHED
namedAfter Walter H. Leimert NERFINISHED
partOf Crenshaw District
plannedAs planned community
policeJurisdiction Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED
servedByTransit K Line (Los Angeles Metro Rail) NERFINISHED
significantFor African American middle-class community
Civil Rights–era organizing
zoningType commercial
residential

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Central Los Angeles
contains
Leimert Park ("Leimert Plaza Park")
hasPart

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