We invite your interest in our neighborhood and hope you will discover why Carthay Circle is a great place to live in Southern California. We are an older neighborhood surrounded by an ever growing, exciting city. Our sidewalks are lovely and safe to walk, our homes perfect for starting and raising families. And we are constantly working to keep it that way. Join our Association
“To Protect and Enhance the Beauty and Quality of Life in Carthay Circle.”
Start your exploration here and, if you like what you see, come visit.
Homes
The homes in Carthay Circle come in many different sizes and architectural styles. Most of the houses were built from the late 1920s thru the 1940s. The unusual layout of streets in Carthay, designed to feature the classic old theater and adjust to San Vicente Blvd, diagonally slashing through the community, means many of the home lots come in varied shapes.
Inter-mixed with the majority of single family homes in Carthay, you’ll discover quite a few classic duplexes, a street featuring beautiful old chateau-style L.A. apartments and three handsome office buildings where the theater used to be. Everywhere you look in Carthay Circle it’s one of a kind – there’s no other neighborhood in L.A. quite like it.
Carthay Circle Elementary School
Carthay Circle Elementary School, which opened in 1924 on Olympic Blvd, was a complementary structure to the Carthay Circle Theater on San Vicente. Today the lovely old building, beautifully refurbished, stands as a reminder of the past, but more importantly serves the future as an Environmental Studies Magnet School. Learn More
Parks
Carthay Circle’s west boundary abuts La Cienega Park. Okay, so we know this is part of Beverly Hills, but it’s a short walk for our residents to enjoy the sand-filled playground for the tots and the baseball/soccer fields for kids of all ages. Carthay youngsters are eligible to play in Beverly Hills Little League and Ayso Soccer. Miner’s Park, with the iconic statue of the early California miner panning for gold, is on San Vicente directly across from where the old theater stood. Recently re-landscaped, it’s a great place to sit and read the paper or simply walk the dog.
History
Carthay Circle was conceived and built around the Carthay Circle Theater complex. In 1968, developers with the approval of the Los Angeles City Council, demolished the grand old landmark to construct new office buildings. That rallied the neighborhood to protect and preserve the special character of the area to this day. To see what the old theater was like visit Disney;s California Center in Anaheim.,
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HPOZ
Carthay Circle is proud to be designated by the City of Los Angeles as an Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ). Being an HPOZ helps preserve the historic character of our neighborhood, limits and oversees development. Learn More
What’s Nearby
In short, just about everything. Carthay Circle is located in the west side of Los Angeles right next to Beverly Hills. Major streets bordering “The Circle” are Wilshire and Olympic Boulevards on the north and south, Fairfax and La Cienega on the east and west. They make driving access in and out of Carthay Circle easy to all points in the Greater Los Angeles area.
Petersen Automotive Museum
Beverly Center
The Grove
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Farmers Market
Cedars Sinai
But why drive when it’s just a short walk to some of the best shopping, museums and restaurants in Southern California? Here’s just a short list of the attractions close by: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Peterson Automotive Museum, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Museum, The Grove, Farmers Market, Beverly Center, Beverly Hills, Third Street restaurants and shopping, The Miracle Mile, Cedars-Sinai Hospital Complex…
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