Windsor Square (Los Angeles, California)

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The Windsor Square Land Company purchased 200 acres of the former Plummer Homestead in 1885 for $400 an acre. The property was sold for $5,000 an acre in 1911.

Sometime between 1900 and 1910 a gentleman named George A.G. Howard envisioned a beautiful tranquil park as a setting for family homes such as one sees in the English countryside. He pushed the early city fathers to make his vision come true, and in 1911, Mr. Robert A. Rowan initiated a unique residential development and called it Windsor Square.

The older Windsor Square development is bounded by Irving Blvd., Plymouth Blvd., Third Street and Wilshire Blvd. It characterized by wide streets, wide walkways, ornamental metal light standards with "WS" on their bases, and concrete street surfaces. This section of Windsor Square opened in 1913.

www.wshphs.org/windsor.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Square,_Los_Angeles
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Coordinates:   34°4'8"N   118°19'10"W

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  • Please correct this map. It is called Windsor Square. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=114525700044902338596.000451031d6804b9b970d&z=16
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