Eagle Rock is a neighborhood in northeastern Los Angeles, California. It is bordered by the city of Glendale on the north and west, Highland Park on the south, and the cities of Pasadena and South Pasadena on the east. Major thoroughfares include Eagle Rock Boulevard, Colorado Boulevard, and Figueroa Street. 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 vaguely bird-shaped shadow on the
rock at certain times of day; the neighborhood derives its name from
this geological feature. Some claim to be able to point out two
different eagles, the bird-shaped shadow, the entire head of the eagle.
The entire city has been experiencing gentrification for the last
few years as young urban professionals, finding themselves priced out
of Los Feliz, Silver Lake and Echo Park,
have found still affordable housing in this city. A core of
counter-culture writers, artists, and filmmakers has existed in this
town since the 20s, and is being supplemented by the recent influx of
hipsters. The town was well known during the late 50s, 60s and 70s for
its sizable Hot Rodder culture, which is now almost defunct. Eagle Rock
boasts a significant Filipino population.
Eagle Rock is the site of Occidental College, designed by famed architect Myron Hunt, and built in 1914.
Eagle Rock is home to many historic and achitecturally significant
homes, many done in the Craftsman, Georgian, Streamline Moderne, Art
Deco and Spanish/Mission style.
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