| Baldwin Village | |
| Nickname: | The Jungle |
| Pushpin Map: | United States Los Angeles Western#Los Angeles#USA California |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within West Los Angeles##Location within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area##Location within California |
| Settlement Type: | Neighborhood of Los Angeles |
| Coordinates: | 34.015°N -118.3478°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Los Angeles |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Postal Code Type: | Zip Code |
| Postal Code: | 90008 |
| Area Code: | 323 |
| Timezone: | Pacific |
Baldwin Village is a neighborhood in the south region of the city of Los Angeles, California.
In 1988, Baldwin Village became a distinct community in the city's General Plan, and signs were to be posted to identify the area.[1] It is bounded by La Brea Avenue, Marlton Avenue, Obama Blvd, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Santo Thomas Drive.[2]
Baldwin Village was developed in the early 1940s and 1950s by architect Clarence Stein, as an apartment complex for young families. Baldwin Village is occasionally called "The Jungles" by locals because of the tropical trees and foliage (such as palms, banana trees and begonias) that once thrived among the area's tropical-style postwar apartment buildings.[3] The Los Angeles City Council changed the name in 1990, after residents complained that it reinforced the neighborhood's image as a wild and menacing place.[4] They renamed it Baldwin Village after the Baldwin Hills neighborhood.[5]
While redevelopment has shown many successes, not all efforts have yielded results.
Development of Marlton Square was stalled in bankruptcy after years of work and millions of dollars of public and private funds until 2012.
The neighborhood houses a 100,000 square foot Kaiser Permanente medical office building and outdoor plaza which opened on September 7, 2017.[6]
Baldwin Village served as a location for the 1992 film White Men Can't Jump.[7] The neighborhood also appears in the 2001 film Training Day.[8]
It was also in episode 1 of Season 3 of the NBC television series Southland.
It was a prominent setting in the S.W.A.T. episode "Local Heroes" (Season 4, Episode 15).
Waka Flocka Flame's "Hard in Da Paint" music video was also filmed in Baldwin Village.[9] [10]