A typical thoroughfare in Country Club Park (Crenshaw Boulevard). Country Club Park is a neighborhood in west-central Los Angeles, California. It is bordered by Carthay Circle on the west, the Miracle Mile on the north, Koreatown on the east, and West Adams on the south. Principal thoroughfares include Olympic, Pico, Venice, and Crenshaw Boulevards and Arlington and Western Avenues.
Country Club Park is a generally upscale neighborhood of Art Deco bungalows and apartment buildings. It was developed in the 1920s as a whites-only neighborhood, but now has significant black (near West Adams), Asian (near Koreatown), and Latino (throughout the district) populations, making it one of the city's most diverse neighborhoods. Some of the district's more affluent blocks are quasi-gated communities, with access from the major thoroughfares barred by wrought iron fences.
Among the neighborhood's highlights are El Cholo, one of the oldest Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles, and a spectacular Art Deco-era Mormon church.
The neighborhood serves as a buffer or transition zone between the wealthier neighborhoods to the north and west, and South Central Los Angeles just south of the Santa Monica Freeway. The sprawling headquarters complex of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles is located on Crenshaw Boulevard.
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