Palms, Los Angeles, California
Palms is a lower middle-class neighborhood in western Los Angeles. The San Diego Freeway bounds it to the southwest, Culver City to the southeast, and the Santa Monica Freeway to the north. The major north-south thoroughfares are Sepulveda Blvd, Overland Avenue, and Motor Avenue. The major east-west thoroughfares are National Blvd, Palms Blvd, and Venice Blvd.The oldest community in West Los Angeles, Palms was founded in 1886 at a midpoint on an electric rail line between Los Angeles and Santa Monica. In 1915, during the short term of mayor Charles E. Sebastian, the residents of Palms voted to be annexed to Los Angeles.
It is home to the International Society of Krishna Consciousness on Watseka Avenue and the Iranian-American Muslim Association of North America (IMAN) on Motor Avenue. The neighbourhood boasts two unusual museums, the Museum of Jurassic Technology and the Center for Land Use Interpretation. It also boasts a large number of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and businesses.
Palms is largely residential and lacks a centralised business and commercial district. It is ethnically diverse: 53% White, 26% Hispanic, 17% African-American, and 16% Asian/Pacific Islander. This 17% is the largest percentage of African-Americans west of La Cienega Blvd. General population is upwards of 50,000 persons and household income is roughly $45,000 annually.