A is for Architecture

My son attends an LAUSD charter school South of downtown.
He's learning the essentials, letters and numbers, social skills and spanish, and a little about the nearby residential architecture--that's my contribution.

I perform most of the pickups and drop-offs, varying my route, sometimes heading aimlessly East or South, criss-crossing the surrounding neighborhoods, furthering his education.

There's a series of choice tracts around the school: the A.J. Blake tract (a gun shaped block between Maple and Crawford, E. 36th Pl. and E. 37th St., plus the area between 36th St. and Pl.), Strong and Dickinson's Woodlawn Tract (a triangular shaped block South of E. 37th St. pinched between Woodlawn Ave and Woodlawn Ct.), the Ford tract East of Crawford, and the topper: Potter's Woodlawn.

All of these images are from the astonishing collection of homes in the Potter's Woodlawn tract.
The oldest homes in Potter's Woodlawn were built in 1886, but most date 1899 to 1904, though there's a great range including some 1920's infill.

Like any L.A. neighborhood with superb, albeit sometimes neglected, turn of the century architecture, and a less than affluent core of residents, L.A.U.S.D. has gobbled up dismayingly large swaths. Still E. 36th St. between Main and Maple is a sight to behold. I'll return to some of these images for more detailed descriptions.