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West LA
Sawtelle's old town by the Soldiers' Home, annexed in 1922. Sawtelle Japantown's noodle shops, low-rise apartments and post-war bungalows on both sides of the 405.
History
How West LA came to be.
- 1896
The Pacific Land Company develops Sawtelle, named for its later president W. E. Sawtelle.
- 1899
Sawtelle incorporates as a city.
- 1922
Sawtelle joins the City of Los Angeles, its 36th addition.
- 1941
Twenty-six Japanese American garden nurseries line Sawtelle Boulevard, before wartime incarceration.
- 2015
The district is officially named Sawtelle Japantown.
Points of interest
Places that define West LA
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
A studio of legends.
Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan and Bob Dylan all recorded at The Village.
Garden-nursery roots.
Sawtelle's Japanese American nurseries shaped the street before World War II.
A food street.
Sawtelle Boulevard is one of the city's best-known eating streets.
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