LaFayette Square is a historic semi-gated neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.
The LaFayette Square neighborhood sign at St. Charles Place, around 2015
A proposed level crossing at the Pacific Electric tracks (today's Venice Boulevard) would result in "the worse death trap in Los Angeles," a traffic engineer warned in 1915, because of the impaired view of the railway from West Boulevard on both sides. A viaduct was built instead, in 1920.
Los Angeles Express advertisement for Lafayette Square tract, January 1913
Mediterranean Revival style home in Lafayette Square, 2012
Victoria Park, Los Angeles
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Victoria Park is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. There are three Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments located in Victoria Park.
Lafayette Square, Los Angeles
…the homeowners were assessed $40 per year for 10 years. LaFayette Square is situated about 7 miles (11 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles. It is south of Victoria Park, east of Arlington Heights and north of Wellington Square. The neighborhood consists of eight blocks, centered on St. Charles Place, and situated between…
Victoria Park sign located at the intersection of Pico Boulevard & Windsor Boulevard.
Victoria Park sign (front and back) installed in 1995
Craftsman Home 4318 Victoria Park Place Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #654
Holmes-Shannon House 4311 Victoria Park Drive Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #885