Westwood
is a district in western
Los Angeles, California, not to be confused with
Westwood, California. Westwood is best known as the
home of the University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA). The eastern portions of the district are
often thought of as a distinctly different
neighborhood, Holmby Hills. Westwood was carved from
the old Wolfskill Farm, a 3,000-plus-acre tract that
was purchased in 1919 by wealthy retailer Arthur
Letts. Letts' son-in-law, Harold Janss, was vice
president of Janss Investment Co., which developed
the area and started advertising new homes in 1922.
Because there is a census-designated place (CDP) in
Northern California's Lassen County named Westwood,
California, the United States Postal Service has
declared that all mail addressed to the Westwood
district of Los Angeles must be labeled "Los
Angeles, CA" instead of "Westwood, CA". In general,
all districts of Los Angeles located south of the
San Fernando Valley (with one or two exceptions) are
addressed "Los Angeles, CA".
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Century
City
is a 176 acre (712,000 m²) commercial and
residential district on the West Side of the City of
Los Angeles. It is bounded by Westwood on the west,
Rancho Park on the southwest, Cheviot Hills and
Beverlywood on the southeast, and the city of
Beverly Hills on the northeast. Its major
thoroughfares are Santa Monica, Olympic, and Pico
Boulevards (its northern boundary, central artery,
and southern boundary, respectively), as well as
Avenue of the Stars and Century Park East and West.
Century City is an important business center, and
many law firms and executives—particularly those
with ties to the film, television, and music
industries—have offices there. Its Westfield-owned
shopping mall is one of the major retail centers in
Los Angeles. It was originally designed as a
'second' downtown for Los Angeles.
Skyscrapers and other important landmarks
The high-rise buildings along Wilshire Boulevard in
Westwood appear to blend in with those of Century
City when seen at a distance, although they are
separated by over three-fourths of a mile (1.2 km).
Its gleaming high-rises stand in stark contrast to
the small apartment buildings and single-family
detached homes in the lower-density neighborhoods
surrounding it, and were some of the first
skyscrapers built in Los Angeles after the lifting
of earthquake-related height restrictions in the
early 70's.
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