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Baldwin Park City Los Angeles County California, U BALDWIN PARK CITY LOS ANGELES COUNTY CALIFORNIA, U. S. A. Baldwin Park, California Baldwin Park, California Baldwin Park is a city located in the central San Gabriel Valley region of Baldwin Park es una ciudad ubicada en la región central del Valle de San Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the Gabriel del Condado de Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos. A partir del population was 75,390, down from 75,837 at the 2000 census. censo de 2010, la población era de 75,390, por debajo de 75,837 en el censo de 2000. Contents Contenido 1. History 1. Historia 2. Climate 2. Clima 3. Geography 3. Geografía 4. Demographics 4. Demografía 4.1 2010 4.1 2010 4.2 2000 4.2 2000 5. Government 5. Gobierno 6. Economy 6. economía 6.1 Top employers 6.1 Principales empleadores 7. Education 7. Educación 7.1 Schools 7.1 Escuelas 7.2 Libraries 7.2 Bibliotecas 8. Public Transit 8. Tránsito público 9. Sport and diversion 9. Deporte y diversión. 10. Notable people 10. personas notables 1. History. 1. Historia Baldwin Park began as part of cattle grazing land belonging to the San Baldwin Park comenzó como parte de las tierras de pastoreo de ganado Gabriel Mission. It eventually became part of the Rancho Azusa de Dalton and pertenecientes a la Misión de San Gabriel. Eventualmente se convirtió en parte the Rancho La Puente properties. The community became known as Vineland de las propiedades Rancho Azusa de Dalton y Rancho La Puente. La comunidad in 1860. se hizo conocida como Vineland en 1860. By 1906 it changed to Baldwin Park. It was named after Elias J. "Lucky" En 1906 cambió a Baldwin Park. Fue nombrado después de Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. In 1956 Baldwin Park became the 47th incorporated city in the State Baldwin. En 1956, Baldwin Park se convirtió en la 47ª ciudad incorporada en el of California. estado de California. Currently the city is pushing to revitalize its economic base. There are Actualmente, la ciudad está presionando para revitalizar su base six active Project Redevelopment Areas located in strategic areas of the city. económica. Hay seis Áreas activas de Reurbanización del Proyecto ubicadas en áreas estratégicas de la ciudad. Projects within these redevelopment areas are as diverse, including Los proyectos dentro de estas áreas de reurbanización son tan diversos, high-quality senior housing, Home Depot, Starbucks, Harley Davidson, a que incluyen viviendas para personas mayores de alta calidad, Home Depot, transit oriented district (TOD) near the Metrolink Train Station and various Starbucks, Harley Davidson, un distrito orientado al tránsito (TOD) cerca de la other thriving businesses. estación de tren de Metrolink y varios otros negocios prósperos. Baldwin Park is home to the first In-N-Out burger stand, opened on Baldwin Park es el hogar del primer puesto de hamburguesas In-N-Out, October 22, 1948. It was the first drive-thru in California and was replaced in inaugurado el 22 de octubre de 1948. Fue el primer drive-thru en California y fue November 2004 with a new building. The new In-N-Out University and reemplazado en noviembre de 2004 por un nuevo edificio. La nueva universidad company store opened in 2006 on Francisquito Avenue. Also, the company's In-N-Out University y la tienda de la compañía se abrieron en 2006 en first meatpacking plant is located down the street from the locations at the Francisquito Avenue. Además, la primera planta de envasado de carne de la company headquarters on Hamburger Lane. In/N/Out now has a second compañía se encuentra en la calle desde las ubicaciones en la sede de la meat processing plant in Texas to serve their Texas restaurants. compañía en Hamburger Lane. In / N / Out ahora tiene una segunda planta de procesamiento de carne en Texas para servir a sus restaurantes de Texas. As of September 1882, the first school house was built on the A partir de septiembre de 1882, la primera escuela fue construida en la southeast corner of North Maine and Los Angeles Avenues in 1884. It esquina sureste de las avenidas North Maine y Los Angeles en 1884. Contenía contained two rows of double seats, a central aisle leading to the teacher's dos filas de asientos dobles, un pasillo central que conducía al escritorio del desk, and a heating stove at the north end. Mr. Frazier was the first teacher. In maestro y una estufa de calefacción en el extremo norte. El Sr. Frazier fue el April 1888, The Vineland School District was established according to county primer maestro. En abril de 1888, el distrito escolar de Vineland se estableció de records. acuerdo con los registros del condado. The first Board of Trustees took office on July 1, 1888, and elected Miss La primera Junta de Síndicos asumió el cargo el 1 de julio de 1888 y eligió a Jessie Washburn to teach the district school that fall. The building was sold in la señorita Jessie Washburn para enseñar a la escuela del distrito ese otoño. El 1890 and moved to another site for a private residence. The district built the edificio se vendió en 1890 y se mudó a otro sitio para una residencia privada. El second school in 1890 and hired two teachers, Miss Ellen Lang and Miss distrito construyó la segunda escuela en 1890 y contrató a dos maestras, Miss Venna O. Finney. The second school house was relegated to the past in 1912. Ellen Lang y Miss Venna O. Finney. La segunda escuela fue relegada al pasado en It later became a private Japanese school and stood as a landmark until it 1912. Más tarde se convirtió en una escuela privada japonesa y se mantuvo caught fire on September 5, 1936, and burned to the ground. Today, the como un hito hasta que se incendió el 5 de septiembre de 1936 y se quemó. Hoy, Baldwin Park Unified School District lies contiguously with the city's borders. el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Baldwin Park se encuentra contiguamente con There are 23 schools within this district. The budget is well over $100 million. las fronteras de la ciudad. Hay 23 escuelas dentro de este distrito. El Currently the district is building new school structures to accommodate presupuesto supera los $100 millones. Actualmente el distrito está growth. The district is adopting data driven strategies to help students construyendo nuevas estructuras escolares para acomodar el crecimiento. El achieve better scores in the API tests. There is an active push by the district to distrito está adoptando estrategias basadas en datos para ayudar a los hire new teachers while providing retirement incentives for teachers who estudiantes a lograr mejores puntajes en las pruebas API. Hay un impulso activo wish to retire. por parte del distrito para contratar nuevos maestros mientras se brindan incentivos de jubilación para los maestros que desean jubilarse. In the 1950s Vias Turkey Ranch was about one mile (1.6 km) from the En la década de 1950, el Vias Turkey Ranch estaba a aproximadamente now 10 Freeway just off of Frazier Avenue. This huge commercial turkey ranch una milla (1,6 km) de la ahora autopista 10 justo al lado de la avenida Frazier. was famous in the Valley for a huge outdoor aviary with a unique selection of Este enorme rancho comercial de pavos era famoso en el Valle por su enorme birds. The ranch had two or three types of deer species. When the value of the aviario al aire libre con una selección única de aves. El rancho tenía dos o tres land escalated, the property was sold and the Ranch moved to Apple Valley. tipos de especies de ciervos. Cuando el valor de la tierra aumentó, la propiedad fue vendida y el Rancho se mudó a Apple Valley. The McMullan Dairy was on Frazier where area schools brought La lechería McMullan estaba en Frazier, donde las escuelas del área students on field trips. llevaban a los estudiantes a excursiones. Popular pastimes in the 1950s included riding at the horse stables Los pasatiempos populares en la década de 1950 incluían montar en los across the bridge of the San Gabriel River, which was an open sand and rock establos de caballos a través del puente del río San Gabriel, que era un lecho river bed, and ride one hour for the sum of $1.00, a hefty price at that time abierto de arena y roca, y montar una hora por la suma de $ 1.00, un precio considering that the minimum wage was fifty cents an hour. considerable en ese momento considerando que el mínimo el salario era de cincuenta centavos por hora. In summer 2005, Save Our State, an anti-illegal immigration group En el verano de 2005, Save Our State, un grupo de inmigración anti-ilegal based in Ventura, launched a series of protests against the Danzas Indigenas, con sede en Ventura, lanzó una serie de protestas contra Danzas Indigenas, arte art at the Baldwin Park Metrolink station designed for the MTA in 1993 by en la estación Baldwin Park Metrolink diseñada para la MTA en 1993 por la artist Judy Baca. The monument bears several engraved statements whose artista Judy Baca. El monumento lleva varias declaraciones grabadas cuyos origins are not attributed. At issue was one particular inscription--It was orígenes no se atribuyen. La cuestión era una inscripción en particular: era better before they came—that Save Our State claimed was directed against mejor antes de que llegaran, que Save Our State afirmó que estaba dirigida Anglo whites.
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