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| population_density_sq_mi= autoUnited States House of Representatives>U.S. HouseJimmy Gomez (Democratic Party (United States)>D)}}Eagle Rock is a neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles, abutting the San Rafael Hills in Los Angeles County, California.The community is named after Eagle Rock, a large boulder whose shadow resembles an eaglewww.eaglerockcouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=72 Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council, History of. Retrieved June 24, 2010 Eagle Rock was once part of the Rancho San Rafael under Spanish and Mexican governorship. In 1911, Eagle Rock was incorporated as a city, and in 1923 it was annexed by Los Angeles.The neighborhood is the home of Occidental College.{{Citation needed |date= June 2021}} As with other neighborhoods in Northeast Los Angeles, Eagle Rock experienced significant gentrification in the 21st century.WEB, Lin, Jan, June 4, 2015, Northeast Los Angeles Gentrification in Comparative and Historical Context,www.kcet.org/shows/departures/northeast-los-angeles-gentrification-in-comparative-and-historical-context, June 17, 2020, KCET, en,

History

(File:EagleRock-1900.jpg|thumb|left|View of Eagle Rock, 1900)File:Johnson hall.jpg|thumb|left|Occidental CollegeOccidental CollegeFile:Eagle Rock City Hall (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The Spanish Colonial RevivalSpanish Colonial RevivalBefore the arrival of European settlers, the secluded valley below the San Rafael Hills that is roughly congruent to Eagle Rock’s present boundaries was inhabited by the Tongva people, whose staple food was the acorns from the valley’s many oak trees.Eagle Rock Historical Society Time Line. Retrieved June 24, 2010 These aboriginal inhabitants were displaced by Spanish settlers in the late 18th century, with the area incorporated into the Rancho San Rafael. Following court battles, the area known as Rancho San Rafael was divided into 31 parcels in 1870. Benjamin Dreyfus was awarded what is now called Eagle Rock. In the 1880s Eagle Rock existed as a farming community.The arrival of American settlers and the growth of Los Angeles resulted in steadily increasing semi-rural development in the region throughout the late 19th century. The construction of Henry Huntington’s Los Angeles Railway trolley line up Eagle Rock Boulevard to Colorado Boulevard and on Colorado to Townsend Avenue commenced the rapid suburbanization of the Eagle Rock Valley.Although Eagle Rock, which is geographically located between the cities of Pasadena and Glendale, was once incorporated as a city in 1911, its need for an adequate water supply and a high school resulted in its annexation by Los Angeles in 1923.WEB,eaglerockhistory.org/timeline/, Important Dates – Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society, eaglerockhistory.org, en-US, April 8, 2018, Several major crime sprees occurred in the neighborhood during the late 20th century. An early victim of the Hillside Strangler was discovered in an Eagle Rock neighborhood on October 31, 1977. The discovery, along with the successive murders of at least 10 other women in the area over the course of five months, frightened local residents. According to an opinion piece by a resident under the pseudonym Deirdre Blackstone that was published in the Los Angeles Times on December 6, 1977: Groups of gum-chewing girls in look-alike hairdos and jeans who used to haunt the Eagle Rock Plaza—they too are keeping close to home ... We are all afraid. For women living alone, ours is an actual visceral fear that starts at the feet. Then it hits the knees—and finally it grips the mind.{{Citation needed |date=August 2023}}Two men, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, were subsequently convicted of the murders.On the night of March 20, 1985, an 8-year-old girl was abducted from her home in Eagle Rock and sexually assaulted by a man dubbed the “Valley Intruder”, “Walk-in Killer”, and “The Night Stalker,” later identified as Richard Ramirez. This was the seventh in a long string of murders and sexual assaults committed by Ramirez in Los Angeles and San Francisco before he was apprehended.NEWS, Baker, Bob, A Chronology of the Night Stalker’s Spree,articles.latimes.com/1985-09-01/news/mn-25732_1_night-stalker, April 9, 2018, Los Angeles Times, September 1, 1985, In 2002, an effort to designate an area of the community as “Philippine Village” for the large Filipino American population was stopped.BOOK, David Weberman, Space and Pluralism: Can Contemporary Cities Be Places of Tolerance?,books.google.com/books?id=6mUSDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA186, July 8, 2016, Central European University Press, 978-963-386-124-0, 186, BOOK, Anthony Ocampo, The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race,books.google.com/books?id=Av5hCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA45, March 2, 2016, Stanford University Press, 978-0-8047-9754-2, 45, WEB,laist.com/2017/03/16/ten_things_eagle_rock.php, Ten Things You May Not Know About Eagle Rock, Loc, Tim, March 16, 2017, LAist, Gothamist LLC, March 20, 2017, dead,laist.com/2017/03/16/ten_things_eagle_rock.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20170317002753laist.com/2017/03/16/ten_things_eagle_rock.php,">web.archive.org/web/20170317002753laist.com/2017/03/16/ten_things_eagle_rock.php, March 17, 2017, NEWS, Watanabe, Teresa, November 26, 2005, Artesia Thinks the World of Itself,articles.latimes.com/2005/nov/26/local/me-littleindia26, Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2017, Other times, the actions have brought conflict. A few years ago, a move by Filipino merchants to declare a strip of Eagle Rock Boulevard as Philippine Village sparked an uproar -- and a near fistfight -- among the community’s residents, NEWS, Gorman, Anna, August 22, 2007, Mall anchors thriving Filipino community,articles.latimes.com/2007/aug/22/local/me-filipino22, Los Angeles, March 20, 2017, Like the surrounding areas of Northeast Los Angeles, Eagle Rock has undergone gentrification. Beginning in the 2000s, the area attracted young professionals and fostered a hipster culture.WEB, Eastsider, The, Who is responsible for the gentrification of Eagle Rock & Highland Park?,www.theeastsiderla.com/lifestyle/gentrification/who-is-responsible-for-the-gentrification-of-eagle-rock-highland-park/article_979f3fa3-f6c4-5e51-b446-cd908c32e0cb.html, June 17, 2020, The Eastsider LA, June 10, 2015, en, NEWS, Kamin, Debra, October 22, 2019, Highland Park, Los Angeles: A Watchful Eye on Gentrification, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/realestate/highland-park-los-angeles-a-watchful-eye-on-gentrification.html, June 17, 2020, 0362-4331, As a result, housing prices have dramatically risen and a new wave of restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and art galleries have appeared over the last decade.

Demographics

File:OxyThorne cropped.jpg|thumb|left|The Santa Cecilia Orchestra, founded in 1993 by Sonia Marie De León de VegaSonia Marie De León de VegaThe neighborhood is inhabited by a wide variety of ethnic and socioeconomic groups and the creative class. Over the past decade the Eagle Rock and neighboring Highland Park have been experiencing gentrification as young professionals have moved from nearby neighborhoods such as Los Feliz and Silver Lake. A core of counter-culture writers, artists and filmmakers has existed in Eagle Rock since the 1920s.According to the “Mapping L.A.” project of the Los Angeles Times, the 2000 U.S. census counted 32,493 residents in {{convert|4.25|mi2|abbr=on}} Eagle Rock neighborhood, 7,644 people per square mile; a population density considered average for the city and Los Angeles County. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 34,466. In 2000, the median age for residents was 35, about average for city and county neighborhoodsprojects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/eagle-rock “Eagle Rock,” Mapping L.A., Los Angeles TimesThe neighborhood was considered “highly diverse” ethnically within Los Angeles, with a relatively high percentage of Asian people. The breakdown was Latinos, 40.3%; whites, 29.8%; Asians, 23.9%; blacks, 1.8%; and others, 4.1%. The Philippines (35.1%) and Mexico (25.1%) were the most common places of birth for the 38.5% of the residents who were born abroad—an average figure for Los Angeles.The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $67,253, considered high for the city. The neighborhood’s income levels, like its ethnic composition, can still be marked by notable diversity, but typically ranges from lower-middle to upper-middle class.“Mapping America,” New York Times Renters occupied 43.9% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment-owners held 56.1%. The average household size of 2.8 people was considered normal for Los Angeles.Thirty percent of Eagle Rock residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, an average percentage for the city.

Geography

Eagle Rock is bordered by Glendale on the north and west, Highland Park on the southeast, Glassell Park on the southwest, and Pasadena on the east. Major thoroughfares include Eagle Rock Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard, with Figueroa Street along the eastern boundary. The Glendale and Ventura freeways run along the district’s western and northern edges, respectively.

Landmarks

File:2007September formerEagleRockBranchLibrary.jpg|thumb|right|Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, built in a Mission RevivalMission RevivalThe neighborhood is home to many historic and architecturally significant homes, many done in the Craftsman, Georgian, Streamline Moderne, Art Deco and Mission Revival styles. There are nine Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Eagle Rock:

• The Eagle Rock - located at the terminus of Figueroa Street, it is Historic-Cultural Monument 10.
• Eagle Rock City Hall - Located at 2035 Colorado Boulevard, it is Historic-Cultural Monument 59. Once a separate municipality, this was Eagle Rock’s original City Hall.{{Citation

• Eagle Rock Branch Library - Located at 2225 Colorado Boulevard, it is Historic-Cultural Monument 292. The original library, which was built with the aid of a Carnegie grant in 1914, was replaced in 1927 with a new structure which used one wall and the basement of the old library. It now serves as the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock.Warren, Eric. Images of America Eagle Rock. Arcadia Publishing 2009
• Residence at 1203-1207 Kipling Avenue - It is Historic-Cultural Monument 383.
• Loleta House - Located on Loleta Avenue, it is a cultural hub and home to the Loleta Boys.
• Argus Court - Located at 1760-1768 Colorado Boulevard, it is Historic-Cultural Monument 471.
• Eagle Rock Playground Clubhouse - Located at 1100 Eagle Vista Drive , it is Historic-Cultural Monument 536.
• Eagle Rock Women’s Twentieth Century Clubhouse - Located at 1841-1855 Colorado Boulevard, it is Historic-Cultural Monument 537.
• Swanson House - Located at 2373 Addison Way, it is Historic-Cultural Monument 542.
• Eagle Rock Women’s Christian Temperence Union Home - Located at 2222-2244 Laverna Avenue & 2225-2245 Norwalk Avenue, it is Historic-Cultural Monument 562.

The Bucket is a historic example of programmatic or novelty architecture meant to look live a 1930s ice chest and usually used as hamburger stand.BOOK, Andrews, J. C. C., The Well-Built Elephant, 1984, Confusing & Weed, 0-312-92936-6, 66,

Parks and recreation

• Eagle Rock Recreation Center - 1100 Eagle Vista Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90041WEB, Eagle Rock Recreation Center,www.laparks.org/reccenter/eagle-rock, LAParks.org, July 30, 2014, April 14, 2021,
• Eagle Rock Dog Park - 1100 Eagle Vista Drive Los Angeles, CA 90041.WEB, Eagle Rock Dog Park,www.laparks.org/dogpark/eagle-rock-dog-park, LAParks.org, August 19, 2019, April 14, 2021,
• Eagle Rock Hillside Park - North of the Ventura Freeway and South of Valle Vista, Los Angeles, CA 90041.WEB, Eagle Rock Hillside Park,www.laparks.org/park/eagle-rock-hillside, LAParks.org, September 11, 2014, April 14, 2021,
• Richard Alatorre Park - Figueroa and 134 Freeway, Los Angeles, CA 90041.WEB, Richard Alatorre Park,www.laparks.org/park/richard-alatorre, LAParks.org, September 2, 2014, April 14, 2021,
• Yosemite Recreation Center - 1840 Yosemite Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90041.WEB, Yosemite Recreation Center,www.laparks.org/reccenter/yosemite, LAParks.org, August 2014, April 14, 2021,

Education

File:Eagle Rock, LA, California Jan 1969 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Eagle Rock High SchoolEagle Rock High SchoolFile:Johnson Student Center (Occidental College, Los Angeles, California).jpg|thumb|Occidental CollegeOccidental College

Higher education

Eagle Rock is the site of Occidental College, which was first established in Boyle Heights in 1887. After a fire destroyed the original campus in 1896, it moved to Downtown Los Angeles, then Highland Park, until reopening permanently in Eagle Rock in 1914. The campus was designed by architect Myron Hunt.Occidental College; A long Tradition. Retrieved on June 24, 2010{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609013140www.oxy.edu/x2357.xml |date=June 9, 2012 }}Occidental College Timeline. Retrieved on June 24, 2010

Schools

Eagle Rock children attend schools in District 4WEB, Eagle Rock Jr./Sr. High School,the-rock.lausd.k12.ca.us/, August 7, 2011, dead,the-rock.lausd.k12.ca.us/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110728062102the-rock.lausd.k12.ca.us/,">web.archive.org/web/20110728062102the-rock.lausd.k12.ca.us/, July 28, 2011, of the Los Angeles Unified School District.“Eagle Rock: Schools”. Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times

• Eagle Rock High School, 1750 Yosemite Drive. Eagle Rock High School was built in 1927 by the city of Los Angeles, as promised at the time of Eagle Rock’s annexation. The original building was demolished in 1970 over concerns about its earthquake safety. It was replaced by a contemporary brutalist style building at the rear of the same school site.
• Renaissance Arts Academy, charter high school, 1800 Colorado Boulevard
• Dahlia Heights Elementary School, 5063 Floristan Avenue
• Santa Rosa Charter Academy, middle school, 3838 Eagle Rock Boulevard
• Eagle Rock Elementary School, 2057 Fair Park Avenue
• Rockdale Elementary School, 1303 Yosemite Drive
• Delevan Drive Elementary School, 4168 West Avenue 42
• Toland Way Elementary School, 4545 Toland Way
• Annandale Elementary School, 6125 Poppy Peak Drive
• Celerity Rolas Charter School, 1495 Colorado Boulevard. Closed for 2018–2019 school year.Clelrity Rolas School website

Notable residents

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• Ben Affleck, a former Occidental College student, lived on Hill Drive with then-roommate and co-writer Matt Damon while they wrote the script for ‘’Good Will Hunting’.“Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society”. Retrieved on February 23, 2009.
• Maria Bamford (comedian)Deborah Vankin, “Maria Bamford Releases a Comedy Special Direct to Fans,” Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2012
• Marlon Brando (actor)Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society“Once official production on The Men began, Brando moved out of the veterans hospital and into a small bungalow owned by his aunt, Betty Lindemeyer, in Eagle Rock, Calif.” WEB,life.time.com/culture/marlon-brando-rare-early-photos-of-the-hollywood-legend-in-1949, Marlon Brando, 1949 &124; Marlon Brando: Rare Early Photos of the Hollywood Legend in 1949 &124; LIFE.com, May 7, 2013, dead,life.time.com/culture/marlon-brando-rare-early-photos-of-the-hollywood-legend-in-1949/," title="web.archive.org/web/20130425075257life.time.com/culture/marlon-brando-rare-early-photos-of-the-hollywood-legend-in-1949/,">web.archive.org/web/20130425075257life.time.com/culture/marlon-brando-rare-early-photos-of-the-hollywood-legend-in-1949/, April 25, 2013, “Life With Marlon Brando: Early Photos,” Life, undated
• Mike Carter (American-Israeli basketball player)
• John Dwyer (musician)MAGAZINE,www.rollingstone.com/music/features/oh-sees-john-dwyer-on-diy-ethic-memory-of-a-cut-off-head-w512076, Oh Sees’ John Dwyer on What Drives His Endless DIY Quest, Rolling Stone, November 20, 2017,
• Zack de la Rocha (musician)Metro Boston News Sunday October 5th {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926053208www.metrobostonnews.com/us/article/2008/09/22/20/1721-66/index.xml |date=September 26, 2008 }}
• Paul Ecke (botanicals)
• M.F.K. Fisher (writer)WEB, O’Neill, Molly, M.F.K. Fisher, Writer on the Art of Food and the Taste of Living, Is Dead at 83,www.nytimes.com/books/98/01/18/home/fisher-obit.html, The New York Times, November 1, 2012,
• Lloy Galpin (suffragist, teacher)Frank Parrello, “The Galpins of Eagle Rock” Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society Newsletter (Summer 2012): 3-5.
• Jack Kemp (Congressman, quarterback, HUD Secretary - Occidental College alumnus)
• Terry Jennings (Early Minimalist Composer and Jazz pioneer)
• Carlos R. Moreno (jurist)
• Barack Obama (44th President of the United States - Occidental College student)
• Zasu Pitts (actress)
• Hanson Puthuff (artist)
• Mark Ryden (artist)“Ryden and Peck,” Bizarre, June 2009.
• Robert Shaw (conductor)
• John Steinbeck (author)The Faster Master Plaster Caster
• Madeleine Stowe (actress)Los Angeles magazine
• Bill Tom (Olympic gymnast)NEWS, November 22, 2012, Tom, William,newspapers.com/image/203565839, Los Angeles Times, AA5, November 29, 2023,
• Marshall Thompson (actor)
• Dalton Trumbo (screenwriter, author)
• Lindsay Wagner (actress)WEB,www.biography.com/people/lindsay-wagner-585880, Lindsay Wagner, Biography, A&E Television Networks, LLC, March 20, 2017, Her parents divorced when Wagner was 7 years old, and she moved with her mother to Eagle Rock, a suburb outside Pasadena, California.,
• Virginia Weidler (actress)WEB,www.cinephiled.com/tcms-starring-virginia-weidler-honors-one-hollywoods-finest-actors/, TCM’s ‘Starring Virginia Weidler’ Honors One of Hollywood’s Finest, Danny Miller, November 12, 2014, CinePhiled, March 20, 2017, BOOK, Barry Monush, Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965,books.google.com/books?id=toTIb1Ek2WwC&pg=PA777, 2003, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 978-1-55783-551-2, 777,

• Keith Wyatt (Musician, educator)

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See also

• Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East and Northeast Side
• List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles

References

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External links

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• Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council
• Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society
• Eagle Rock crime map and statistics

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