page_title: Harvard Heights, Los Angeles
section_title: Developments
hierarchical_section_title: Harvard Heights, Los Angeles / Developments
caption_attribution_description: English: Exterior view of the Ray Charles Memorial Library (Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #776).
context_page_description: Harvard Heights is a densely populated, mixed-income neighborhood of 20,000+ people in Central Los Angeles, California. Within in it lies a municipally designated historic overlay zone designed to protect its architecturally significant single-family residences, including the only remaining Greene and Greene house in Los Angeles.
  The neighborhood has one private and two public schools. It is the site of a private library dedicated to the memory of singer Ray Charles.
context_section_description: In September 2010, the original site of singer Ray Charles's recording studio and office on Washington Blvd (Historic Cultural Monument #776), was rededicated as the Ray Charles Memorial Library. The Library contains exhibit space including memorabilia, awards, and interactive music displays of the famous musician.
  In February 2013, the often filmed Spanish Colonial revival themed Pacific Bell Building (Historic Cultural Monument #331) was rehabilitated for adaptive reuse and reopened as the Jane B. Eisner charter middle school in the middle of the Harvard Heights neighborhood.
  In 2013, the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative, in partnership with the City of Los Angeles and local stakeholders, was scheduled to break ground on the Normandie Cordova Public Park project, located on the current vacant land at the west side of the intersection of Normandie and Cordova. This pocket park project is expected to amplify the community friendly green space, and will include recreational spaces for both adults and children in the Harvard Heights neighborhood.
caption: The Ray Charles Memorial Library
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