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The Boyle Heights and Hollenbeck Heights Controversy!

Posted on June 6, 2012February 19, 2022Author Paul SpitzzeriPosted in UncategorizedLeave a Reply

A recent question about when the name “Hollenbeck” was applied to the Los Angeles Police Department station in Boyle Heights led to an interesting aspect of the history of the neighborhood. First, a police station was contemplated for the community as far back as the mid-1890s, though it was a few years before one was…

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