Westwood

This map is the same as the map designed by the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment. Westwood Sam is correct. D.O.N.E divided the city into over 100 Neighborhood Council areas. The area designated for the Westwood NC is exactly the same as in this map. However as Westwood Sam points out, that map reflects more about what people think and less about what is actually fact.

Westwood Village is the perfect place to be a college student -- where everything is in walking distance but it still has that "big city" feel. There are quality restaurants, good happy hours, and a Trader Joe's right in the Village.

Only downsides: landlords who charge exorbitant amounts of rent (at least north of Wilshire) because they know students want to live close to campus; street parking is pretty crowded and the streets themselves are in terrible condition. Be prepared for pedestrians EVERYWHERE.

Barbara Abler: try to stick to the issue. The issue is not what the memories of Barbara Abler were as a 12 year old at Emerson Jr. High. Nor is the issue how long a boulevard traverses.

The facts are that the Janss Co developed the area as Westwood, that the school called "Westwood" is in this area, that it's always been Westwood (although Rancho Park broke itself off 60 years ago south of Olympic).

We might not like those facts or even care about those facts, but no one has seen any contrary facts (other than anecdotal chat and personal memories). One person's memories do not trump the factual record.

I grew up smack dab in the middle of this map and went to Fairburn Avenue Elementary School. I had no doubts as to the boundaries of Westwood and this map reflects them exactly. When I got to Emerson Jr. High I met kids who'd gone to Westwood Elementary School and played with them after school at their homes but I never, ever, thought of anybody living south of Santa Monica Blvd. as living in Westwood. Just because Westwood Blvd runs south of Santa Monica doesn't mean that section is part of Westwood. If that logic held what do you do about other long streets like Wilshire and Santa Monica Blvd.?

The commenter "Silly Bickering" is confused, of course. Century City is east of the area in question, so the comment is simply irrelevant.

This L.A. Times map is baseless. I guess that's the Times' prerogative (?).

It's a map; they CHANGE. Anyway, the reason Westwood isn't extended is probably because there's a tiny place, sometimes referred to as Century City, in the way.

C'mon LAT. As Sam rightly points out, Westwood Charter, formerly named Westwood Elementary School, has been serving children in the area *south* of Santa Monica Blvd for longer than most current Westwood resident have been alive, much less living in the area. There is no doubt, expect apparently in the LAT offices, that Westwood extends south at least to Olympic, and arguably to Pico. Can you explain why you continue to ignore this obvious fact?

This is Westwood Village, not Westwood.
Westwood, California is some where in Northern California.

Here we go again . . . "Westwood" has always extended past Santa Monica Blvd.

"Westwood" currently extends all the way to Olympic. Sheesh, long-established "Westwood Charter" elementary school has always been right smack in that area! And the main drag Westwood Blvd runs right on through to this area.

The original Janss development of Westwood in the 1920s was called "Westwood Hills" and went from Sunset to Pico in exactly this area. Obviously the name has shortened in those years.

In the 1930s, Olympic Blvd came through, and those south of Olympic formed their own neighborhood: "Rancho Park".

Then, nothing else happened . . . except for these weird LAT maps that reflect some confused folk chat. All of this information is set forth in more detail (including links) in the prior LAT version of maps.