| Geography | | | | 20,000-40,000 dollars, and among the highest |
| Atwater Village lies between the Los Angeles | | | | amount of asians in the city. 59.6% of people rent |
| River to the west and Glendale to the north and | | | | in Atwater. |
| east. In addition, the neighborhood shares borders | | | | Education |
| with the neighborhoods of Silver Lake to the | | | | Los Angeles Unified School District operates the |
| south, Elysian Valley to the southeast, Glassell | | | | following public schools: |
| Park to the northeast, and Los Feliz and Griffith | | | | Atwater Avenue Elementary School |
| Park across the river to the west. Much of | | | | Glenfeliz Boulevard Elementary School |
| Atwater lies in the old river flood plain, which | | | | Washington Irving Middle School |
| resulted in deep, fertile soil. | | | | John Marshall High School |
| Principal thoroughfares include San Fernando Road, | | | | National Catholic Educational Association operates |
| Fletcher Drive, and Los Feliz and Glendale | | | | the following schools: |
| Boulevards. The Golden State and Glendale | | | | Holy Trinity School |
| Freeways run along the district's western and | | | | Los Angeles Public Library operates the Atwater |
| southeastern borders, respectively. | | | | Village Branch. |
| History | | | | References |
| What is now Atwater Village began originally as a | | | | ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographical |
| part of Rancho San Rafael, which covered much | | | | Names Information System: Atwater Village, Los |
| of what is now Glendale and northeastern Los | | | | Angeles, California |
| Angeles. In 1868, W.C.B. Richardson purchased a | | | | ^ a b "Future looks brighter in urban Atwater", LA |
| portion of the rancho and renamed it Rancho | | | | Times, May 25, 2003 |
| Santa Eulalia. This land eventually fell into the | | | | ^ a b LA Conservancy Atwater Village Historic |
| family of Harriet Atwater Paramore, for whom | | | | Profile |
| the neighborhood was originally named as | | | | ^ Hidden Magic in Hollywood: Disney's connection |
| "Atwater Park", which was a poppy field at the | | | | to the historic Tam O'Shanter Restaurant |
| time it was first subdivided in 1912. | | | | External links |
| In subsequent decades, residents began to settle | | | | Friends of Atwater Village |
| in the area. Many new residents were newly | | | | Atwater Village Neighborhood Council |
| prosperous workers, including many working at | | | | Councilman Eric Garcetti's website, 13th |
| the nearby DWP substation. Spanish-style houses | | | | districtv d e |
| and bungalows were built in the 1920s to 1940s, | | | | |
| many of which still retain their original details. | | | | Griffith Park, Los Angeles |
| Growth was aided by the construction of a line of | | | | Atwater Village, Los Angeles |
| the Pacific Electric Railway with its distinctive "red | | | | Glendale, California |
| cars", which ran down Glendale Boulevard. The | | | | Los Feliz, Los Angeles |
| line, along with the rest of the streetcar system, | | | | Silver Lake, Los Angeles |
| however, was dismantled in favor of freeways | | | | Glassell Park, Los Angelesv d e |
| and buses. | | | | City of Los Angeles |
| The Tam O'Shanter Inn, established in 1922, is | | | | Topics |
| one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles | | | | History Transportation Culture Landmarks Historic |
| County. Walt Disney was a frequent patron there. | | | | Places Skyscrapers Demographics Crime Sports |
| Franciscan Pottery, a well-known manufacter of | | | | Media Music Notable people |
| pottery and dinnerware, was located in Atwater. | | | | Government |
| The company moved the plant to China in 1978 | | | | Mayors City Council Other elected officials Fire |
| and the large property is now occupied by | | | | Department Police Public schools |
| Costco, Best Buy, and Toys R Us. | | | | Regions |
| Before Interstate 5 there was a drive-in movie | | | | Downtown Eastside Harbor Area |
| theatre at the corner of Riverside Dr. and Los | | | | Greater Hollywood Westlake & Silver Lake |
| Feliz for a brief period in the late 1950s. | | | | Los Feliz San Fernando and Crescenta Valleys |
| Demographics | | | | South Los Angeles Westside Wilshirev d e |
| As of mapping , there are 14,888 people in the | | | | Eastside/Northeast, Los Angeles, California |
| neighborhood. The makeup of the neighborhood is | | | | Districts andneighborhoods |
| 51.3% Hispanic, 19.7% Asian, 1.4% Black, , 19.09% | | | | Atwater Village Boyle Heights Brooklyn Heights |
| Asian, 22.2% White, and 5.4% other, 49.3% are | | | | Cypress Park Eagle Rock El Sereno Glassell Park |
| from other countries 27.2% were born in Mexico | | | | Hermon Highland Park Lincoln Heights Montecito |
| and 12% were born in The Phillipines. It has | | | | Heights Monterey Hills Mt. |
| among the highest amount of people that make | | | | |