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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Baldwin Hills is in the western part of Rancho La Cienega o Paso de la Tijera (My sister used to work at the corner of "Swamp and Scissors", as she termed it.). This was just one of the properties lost by FPF Temple when Lucky Baldwin foreclosed on the loan for the Temple & Workman Bank back in 1876. The Baldwin Hills are named for Lucky Baldwin. What a scoundrel.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13948
The oldest house in LA (pictured below) is still there:
http://www.archives.gov/espanol/herencia.html