Koreatown

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Koreatown is a neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire district of the city of Los Angeles, California known for its concentration of Korean American people and institutions. Home to a population of over 120,000 and covering just under 3-square-mile (7.8 km2), it has one of the highest population densities of all neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
The neighborhood is in the midst of a construction boom that has helped fuel an influx of new residents priced out from nearby Los Feliz and West Hollywood. The neighborhood is known for its many commercial and residential mid and high rise towers, its rich collection of pre-1940 brick colonial revival buildings, Asian high fashion boutiques, and holding the largest concentration of nightclubs and 24-hour businesses and restaurants in Southern California. It is also the location of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

The city of Los Angeles has set the official boundary for Koreatown as Olympic Boulevard from Western Avenue to Vermont Avenue on the south, Vermont Avenue from Olympic Boulevard to Third Street on the east, Third Street from Vermont Avenue to Western Avenue on the north, Western Avenue from Third Street to Olympic Boulevard, including a business corridor along Western Avenue from Third Street to Rosewood Avenue situated inside the East Hollywood area on the west. The proposed boundaries include both sides of the street. The Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles Unified School District, Wilshire Center-Koreatown Neighborhood Council (WCKNC), Los Angeles County, US Census Bureau and the Koreatown Cultural Center all maintain their own set of boundaries, none of them in agreement.

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[princyjel]

yay! i love this vid:) i work around wilshire/ardmore. thanks much <3

[poolboyinla]

@princyjel Glad to hear that!

[mirrorzerkalo]

korea town :) i use 2 live on wilshire n normandie the ambassador tower kinda miss it lotsa memorries

[poolboyinla]

@mirrorzerkalo Hopefully this brings back some memories for you.

[TheAnnafisher]

love this!

[poolboyinla]

@TheAnnafisher Glad to hear that. This is one of my older videos and it doesn't get much traffic but I think it is worth a look. Also, people are used to seeing Los Angeles on film but probably not this part of L.A.

[poolboyinla]

@FrankieGgoes Very cool.

[FrankieGgoes]

0:17 lol i live right there.

[lhardync]

great, like the vid

[blastdouble]

Travis, who is the petty lady? This is one of your old team mates from EMU by the way.