Atwater Village
Hello Atwater Village, California
Atwater Village is an extremely diverse, comfortable neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles. A more mature neighborhood that mainly focuses on family values and farmers’ markets, Atwater Village balances a variety of palettes of local flavors, vintage threads, and modern accents.
Quieter than its more trendy Eastside of Los Angeles neighborhoods, Atwater Village truly has a close village feel and individuals are just as warm and welcoming.
ITS ALL ABOUT LOCATION
Atwater Village Real Estate
Typical neighborhood boundaries are the Ventura Freeway on the north, San Fernando Road on the east, and the Los Angeles River on the south and west. Aspects of Forest Lawn Cemetery and the Glendale Fwy are also included. Atwater Village is flat and exceedingly bicycle-friendly.
Atwater Village Community
Atwater Village is adjoining to the Los Angeles River, and the aesthetics of the community is completely an appreciation for the natural and natural with a modern flare. The heart of the village, about a quarter-mile stretch along Glendale Boulevard, is where residents come together for the annual street festival, the weekly farmers market, and an assortment of other art and music sidewalk events.
Additionally, you’ll also find hipsters perusing the vinyl selection at Jacknife Records and couples with strollers enjoying an afternoon coffee at Al Fresco.
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Atwater Village Art and Shopping
The main thoroughfares of Atwater Village are also the central commercial corridors, Glendale, and Los Feliz Boulevards. Glendale Boulevard is where you’ll discover local vendors and coffee shops, foodie spots, and yoga studios. A mini-scale pedestrian-centric corridor, the stretch is dense with shops to keep you busy the entire day through.
The stretch is as eclectic as the individuals…go over to Velvet Threads for one-of-a-kind vintage, Pampered Birds for exotic sights, Grain for home furnishings, or 55 Wine Degree for a bottle of reserve cabernet – now we’re talking!
The southern end of Los Feliz Boulevard carries over the sense of a small-town village with coffee shops, bakeries, and local eateries. If you’re searching for a serious market haul, head to the Costco on the northern stretch of the Boulevard, located within the more mainstream commercial development with such stores as Best Buy and Toys/Babies ‘R’ Us. All, however, nicely scaled to the small-town feel that is Atwater Village.
Atwater Village Eateries & Nightlife
More and more residents are venturing into Atwater to check out what all the buzz is about other than just buying Atwater Village Real Estate. Non-pretentious bars and neighborhood foodie gems are what you can expect in Atwater Village. Favorite local foodie spots include the Viet Noodle Bar and Canele’s Mediterranean fare.
Wanna to go back in time? Head over to the Tam O’Shanter which was opened in 1922 and serves a mean Whiskey Smash.
Bigfoot Lodge
The local bar scene has a laid-back attitude and cool vibe. Go over to Bigfoot Lodge to feel like you’ve stepped onto a set of Huckleberry Fin, Golden Road Brewery for a pint of your favorite IPA, or the Roost for an authentic dive.
3172 Los Feliz Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(323) 662-9227
Bon Vivant Market and Cafe
Bon Vivant Market and Cafe is a favorite along Glendale Blvd in Atwater Village. As its name suggests, it’s a hybrid space that serves as a gourmet shop as well as a cafe. That said, it takes its yummy dishes, cheeses, and cocktails, just as seriously as the market side. Bon Vivant Market and Cafe is an eye-opening space that takes on the shape of a French countryside slash enchanted garden scene.
3155 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 284-8013
Atwater Village Architecture and Real Estate
A large percentage of the homes in Atwater Village have never been turn-down, resulting in the neighborhood having one of the largest numbers of structures created before 1939 in Los Angeles County.
Developed during the time of the “fantasy bungalows”, as well as the result of being so close to movie studios, the neighborhood of Atwater Village has a variety of architecturally exotic, such as those created by Barbey Kenoffel on the 3600 block of Brunswick, to the much plainer Cap Code houses dispersed throughout the community, to the Spanish Colonial Revival houses along Glenfeliz.
All, however, were within the fantasy American dream home of comfort, attractive, affordable, single-family, detached housing for working and middle-class Americans.
In today’s day and age, the scale of Atwater Village Real Estate remains quaint and mostly single-story with bungalows mixed in with more modern redos. Residents take pride in their manicured lawns.
Atwater Village Historical Fun Facts
Like much of the northeast part of the city, Atwater Village was part of the Rancho San Rafael until 1868, when parts of it were purchased by W.C.B. Richardson, who renamed it Rancho Santa Eulalia. The entire region was subdivided and sold to home builders in 1902, with the Atwater portion being named as such due to its proximity to the Los Angeles River.
The area was known for sheep ranching and dairying and in 1903 five hundred acres were sold to Japanese tenants for the cultivation of strawberries. The area was initially named “Atwater,” while the “Village” was added in 1986.
After the turn of the century, Atwater Village was experiencing increasing traffic between downtown and its fast-growing urban neighbors to the north. L.C. Brand organized the latest of his Glendale municipal institutions, the Glendale and Los Angeles Electric Railway in 1903, with operating schedules of twenty minutes through the strawberry and flower fields of today’s Atwater Village.
A drive along Fletcher Drive, just west of Riverside Drive, reveals concrete pilings that still exist that once led to a Pacific Electric “Red Car” station.
The first developed portion of Atwater Village in the 1920s took place towards the north, and today still holds the highest number of the very oldest residential structures in Atwater. A combination of light industrial facilities, traffic corridors, and the influx of workforce shaped Atwater Village. A disastrous flood in 1927 severed the Glendale Boulevard/Hyperion Bridge and a new viaduct was built in 1928, with an overpass paid by Pacific Electric in order to put its tracks on the median strip of Glendale Boulevard. Commercial development began spreading along the main corridors, which are still the main thoroughfares today.
The neighborhood of Atwater Village is among the city’s most rapidly growing neighborhoods. A new breath of life is coming with an influx of hipsters and businesses catering to them, spilling over from the popular Silver Lake, Los Feliz, and Echo Park areas. Most noticeably, young couples start families like the subtle edginess while still embracing progressive family values.
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