Eagle Rock is a neighborhood in northeastern Los Angeles, California. According to “Mapping L.A.” from the Los Angeles Times, Eagle Rock’s median household income (2008 dollars) is $67,253, which is considered above average for the city of Los Angeles and about average for the County of Los Angeles.Eagle Rock was incorporated as a city in 1911, and the area was eventually annexed into the City of Los Angeles in 1923. Eagle Rock is bordered by the city of Glendale on the north and west, Highland Park on the southeast, Glassell Park on the southwest and the cities of Pasadena and South Pasadena on the east. Major thoroughfares include Eagle Rock Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard, with Figueroa Street along the eastern boundary. The Glendale and Ventura freeways run along the district’s western and northern edges, respectively. A massive boulder at the district’s northern edge contains an indentation which casts a bird-shaped shadow on the rock at certain times of day, giving the neighborhood its name.
Over the past decade the neighborhood has been experiencing gentrification, as young urban professionals have moved from nearby neighborhoods such as Los Feliz and Silver Lake. A core of writers, artists and filmmakers has existed in the town since the 1920s. The town was well-known during the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s for its sizable hot rod culture.
Eagle Rock is also the site of Occidental College, designed by famed architect Myron Hunt and founded in 1887. The neighborhood is home to many historic and architecturally significant homes, many done in the Craftsman, Spanish, Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Mission Revival styles.
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