videosTALKS BY GAILYN SAROYAN
Artist and cultural historian Gailyn Saroyan created and delivered these talks at Village Green (formerly Baldwin Hills Village). Gailyn lived at the Village Green from 2000 until her death, at the age of 74, in 2020. She began researching the community soon after moving in and worked to restore the historic paint colors and landscape, among other activist activities. Fascinated by the visionaries responsible for the Village Green, Gailyn began writing a book about their enduring cultural legacy within the international context of the Garden Cities Movement. The 75th Anniversary of Village Green
Rico Lebrun and His Mural
FILM BY REGINALD JOHNSON
Reginald D. Johnson, the lead architect at Baldwin Hills Village, took 16mm Kodachrome color films as ground broke on the development in early 1941, and followed the construction and the early occupancy of the Village. He, like the others involved in the development, lived in the Village during the 1940s, and his own apartment is pictured in the film below, along with footage of amenities now lost - like our tennis and badminton courts, playgrounds, Rico Lebrun mural and Clubhouse. Kodachrome Film of Village Green
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Articles & Press
An Urban Oasis Curbed Los Angeles, July 11, 2019 The '40s live on in restored Village Green apartment Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2014 The Village Green: A Gem in Our Midst by former manager, Robert Bonfiglio FOCUS Magazine, July/August 2010 Village Green in Baldwin Hills: A utopia for laughter and living Los Angeles Times, September 20, 2009 No. 174 - Village Green Big Orange Landmarks, August 19, 2008 Complex love: Village Green (Baldwin Hills Village) Apartment Therapy, August 2007 Spotlight on the Garden: Baldwin Hills Village The Cultural Landscape Foundation, June 28, 2005 Homeward Found: Ten Great Neighborhoods Los Angeles magazine, January 2003 The Village Green, Its Designer Both Stand Test of Time Los Angeles Times, May 29, 1990 Toward New Towns for America Clarence S. Stein, 1966 Baldwin Hills Village - Design or Accident? (109MB PDF) Arts & Architecture, October 1964 Description and Appraisal . . . Baldwin Hills Village by Catherine Bauer with an introduction by Lewis Mumford Pencil Points: The Magazine of Progressive Architecture , Sept. 1944 Links Baldwin Hills Village... and the Village Green blog with historical articles by former resident Steven Keylon Baldwin Hills Village (now Village Green) Digital Collections Cornell University Library The Village Green Los Angeles Conservancy page Flickr Group: Baldwin Hills Village (Village Green) photo pool |
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