Avalon Gardens

The Avalon Gardens is a public housing project located in the Green Meadows neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is one of the oldest housing project owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.[1]

Avalon Gardens
General information
Location701 East 88th Place, Los Angeles, California
Status164 units
Construction
Constructed1941
Other information
Governing
body		Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles

History

Avalon Gardens was constructed in 1941 and cost $638,000 during World War II for military families and veterans. In 1947, the housing projects were open to low income residents. Since there was a significant waiting list to get into the newly built homes, it was not until the 1950s that the residents went from military families to low-income families [2] In the late 1970s the buildings began to deteriorate and they experienced an increase in crime. It then become the headquarters for the Avalon Garden Crips gang lead by Jamel Barnes who lived in the project. By the early 1990s it was labeled as "war zone" and was dominated with drug activity and violence.[3][4] In 1996 Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles added a $1.7-million project in which a decorative wrought-iron fence and 11-foot-high wall were built around the complex was to decrease crime and gang activity. After the installment Avalon gardens became a gated community and crime and gang violence had decreased.[5]

Education

Residents are zoned to the following Los Angeles Unified School District schools:

References
  1. http://www.hacla.org/gallery/ID/30/Avalon-Gardens
  2. https://www.laconservancy.org/sites/default/files/files/documents/Garden%20Apartment%20Context%20Statement.pdf
  3. https://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-26/local/me-3271_1_avalon-gardens
  4. https://www.deseretnews.com/article/59327/LA-COALITION-PATROLLING-STREETS-TO-RID-COMMUNITY-OF-DRUGS-GANGS.html
  5. https://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-05/local/me-11821_1_avalon-gardens


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