The Village Green: South LA's Award-Winning, Planned Community in Baldwin Hills
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2022
- South LA has several secrets, but very few like this one.
The Village Green, formerly known at The Baldwin Hills Village, and Thousand Gardens, is a diverse, award-winning planned community in Baldwin Hills, the heart of Black Los Angeles.
Built in 1941, the planned community began as a luxury rental unit that initially broke rental records, and bridged the gap between community and nature in the bustling, car-centric city of Los Angeles. However, more than 80 years after its first rental left the market, The Village Green has found itself--a predominantly white community-- struggling with reconciling the changing colors of Los Angeles’ Baldwin Hills community.
In this extended look at The Village Green, we’ll chronicle the development of the community, and how this community dealt with its diversity pains.
Special thanks to Daniel Millner for coordinating interviews and campus visits for this documentary.
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Have you heard of The Village Green?
As a lil boy I knew for sure those condos were not the jungles
My Family brought in the early 60's. It went through soo many transitions from Baldwin Village to "The Jungle" (Because of soo many dead-end streets and culdesacs and primarily 90% Black) The crack epidemic brought gang influences there in the 80's and turned into mostly renters. But now it's changed for the better and looking as beautiful as ever. I love the mid-century esthetic and glad we didn't sell it. We rent it out to a great family of three and couldn't ask for a better tenant. I live down the way in Ladera Hts another area that's named "The Black Beverly Hills" Great content.
I love learning about LA history. I've lived not too far from this area for most of my life and since I was a little girl we just always knew to not go in there.
I like the historical facts given. I lived in Los Angeles since the late 1960's and I like your channel because it is accurate.
I lived here for about 3 years, my family still owns a unit there. We rent it out now.
It's been in our family since the 60s or 70s (before the dam broke and flooded everything on Baldwin Hills
I moved out around 2015. Though there was a lot of diversity, there was still some awkward racial tension.
While the green was nice, on more than one occasion, while out walking the green (former golf course) or letting my son play outside, I got approached by white residents asking if I lived there and where, was I visiting someone, did I have permission to back there, etc.
Annoying at minimum. I stopped using the green after a few of those experiences.
I also had conflict with a neighbor under me who ended up harassing me and my family -- we ended up in court and getting restraining orders.
Security was a joke. HOA was unhelpful. Left Village Green and move to (near) the Hyde Park area of LA (Slauson and Wilton), and I was at peace.
There's a high demand for the unit we rent. Many people have tried to buy it from us.
Garden City design was the blueprint for housing projects. This looks exactly like the projects but clean.
I’m my research, I learned that garden apartments was the dominant design thought in the 40s-but the main concept that separated this from public housing developments was the fact it was a private development. But yes, they have very similar attributes
Lots of interesting history! Also great too see how you’ve gone at a bit of a different approach with this mini doc and the interviews were great as well. Thanks for sharing the history of a community that is often overlooked!
Thanks, Moses! I'm looking forward to completing more longer form projects like this in the future. It's a lot of work, but it feels great to tell stories in more depth. Looking forward to sharing more.
When I was a kid in the 1950's the Baldwin Hills had a lot of open space. Kids went there to "park". Some of us plinked with .22's. One fellow I knew set off explosives he made there.
I had just started college when that reservoir cracked. It washed out a big shopping center below it. Also wrecked many cars and even washed away some houses.
When I was still teaching in Pacoima some students described "the jungle" as a pretty rough place.
Great overview of Village Green history. Very proud to be an owner since 2004. It's a great place to live.
Im a black brit planning on moving to south LA from South London. your channel is dope, gives a great insight on south LA. I'll subscribe for sure
I appreciate this! Thanks so much for taking a look. I’m glad it’s helpful
This was excellent storytelling!
Thanks so much!
Bravo, what a wonderful film. Fond memories of Baldwin Hills, and the Jungle.
Thanks, Chris! I’m really glad that this could spark some memories for you! I’m very interested in exploring the history of The Jungle/ Baldwin Village on this channel
Very well done. Brief and full of interesting history. Makes me proud to co-own a Village Green condo with our son.
Thanks so much, Tony! I’m really glad I’m able to share this info with Village Green residents
I been going up to Kenneth Hahn Park for years and always seen this place from on high and never knew what it was. I walked down from the park yesterday through Baldwin Vista down to Coliseum Street and came across it. I couldn’t believe how beautiful & peaceful it was. I found this video this morning because I wanted to know more about the place. Thank You for making this, very well done!
Thank you, Max! I’m really glad I can share the history of this place with you! There’s nothing like it in the city-especially at the community level. Glad I made it just in time for you, though!
I just want to say kudos to you on a great mini documentary. It was really interesting to hear the history of that area, which I didn't know even though I grew up in South LA. Also I enjoyed the interviews and hearing the perspectives of the residents you spoke to. Thank you for educating us! You have now raised the bar so all your loyal fans will be looking out for more documentaries, interviews and overall history of the area. Thank You in advance!!
Thanks so much, Heather! I appreciate this. And yea, I’m looking forward to doing more interviews!
We walked early in the morning to our elementary school in the late 1960’s and it felt close to heaven it was so quiet there. Glad to hear it’s still doing well. Our house was rebuilt on Cochran Ave after the dam break. We moved to Palos Verdes Estates in 1971.
A great video and very well researched! I thought Village Green had always been a condo community. A nice touch adding the interviews too. Well done!!
Thanks, nosyrosy1! I really appreciate this. I'm looking forward to expanding my content to incorporate even more interviews. Really glad you liked it!
I’ve driven by Village Green before. It’s layout of structures stood out to me. I imagine there is a strong sense of community among those who live there. I like that it has ample green space.
Nice work! Very interesting stuff! I especially enjoyed the interviews.
Natese! Thanks so much watching. I really appreciate this!
Excellent doc.
Fantastic job
Good video! We still need them high school history videos 😴
Haha, I can promise they're on the way, Tyler! Manual Arts, Verbum Dei, they're coming lol
@@SouthLARecap clutch! Have a good one Eric.
Wow. I jevef heard of thus place. Beautiful. The old guy in the yellow us a big phony though.
I grew up in around this area as a kid to adult late 1960's to 2005 Windsor hills area, going to Baldwin shopping center, BaldwinTheater, friends in "The Jungles." I always liked the layout,landscape, and design of these apts everytime id walk through there going to friends houses in Baldwin hills , going to the movies or driving through to go to Lacienga. Interesting they made " village green" a historical land mark but did nothing to preserve the Baldwin Theater historically. They didn't even mention The Baldwin Theater. smh 🤔😳
I was at the grand opening of the Baldwin theater in 1949 and met Roy Rogers there. I saw many a movie in that theater until I moved away in 1964.
I know its not south central but damn something on park la brea apartments would be nice
They won't do it unless it condo like the village green and it would have some exclusituvity..like background checks and be able to afford to buy the condo apts..NOT rent them..and this would exclude many people..and exclude gang violence..BUT..another solution must be found..I hope so.
They are pretty special.
i used to pass by there and always looked really good but old. Still good tho. Never really thought much about it.
Does anyone know where I can contact the people that made this documentary. My friend and his dad are shown in the video playing baseball and I would love to obtain the picture they used for him has his dad is long gone and he had no idea they were in this documentary.
Hi there. Please email me at eric@southlarecap.com
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Expensive, exclusive, monthly fees are about $1,000... not necessarily child friendly... lots of elderly from ajoining neighborhoods like to walk there, for exercise because it sort of safe, they generally drive there instead of walking a few blocks - the surrounding neighborhoods you can't buy anything for less than a million to a million five.... at least they've managed to keep the transient tent people from setting up...
Where exactly are the boundaries for South LA… smh
I’ve got a video on the rough boundaries if you’re interested
@@SouthLARecap that would be interesting, as it seems the media changes the area with which ‘South LA’ encompasses. My mom says ‘South LA is wherever Black people live’… 🤷🏽♀️
@@Grrrr8Day Yeah, your mom is kinda right. South LA, really the idea of "South Central" has expanded with the migration of blacks, beginning in the 1950s when housing covenants were deemed illegal. Before that point, when South Central was limited to the Historic South Central neighborhood, practically anything west of Figueroa was considered "Southwest Los Angeles" and was intentionally considered separate from the working class "Southeast Los Angeles," which included the Historic South Central neighborhood.
As Blacks migrated, news agencies reported South Central expanding from the original neighborhood bounds to more west neighborhoods that formerly had name distinctions. Really crazy history. Check out my video on South LA vs South Central if you're still curious about it.
@@SouthLARecap I am guessing I can find it if I search here for it
@@Grrrr8Day Yep. Here's a link to the playlist if you or anyone else is interested - ruclips.net/p/PLJKh4TSXxS1AumJMSqXnRYr7HlbVnfKQX