Lafayette Park

Lafayette Park is a public park within the Westlake district of Los Angeles. Lafayette Park is fenced off and closed at night avoiding much of the negative reputation that affect its immediate neighbor MacArthur Park. Slight but noticeable change towards gentrification centered on condominiums and apartments near the park is in part due to the expansion of Koreatown. Los Angeles Police Department operates the Rampart Community Police Station, which was located at 2710 West Temple Street, 90026, serving the area around the park . It has since moved east into a newly constructed facility at 1401 West 6th Street, the site of the former emergency receiving hospital. Beginning January 4, 2009, the Park will become the responsibility of the...