View Park

Homes snake along a ridgeline in View Park, where many homes have a commanding view of the Los Angeles Basin and the downtown L.A. skyline.

Tammy Williams is among the View Park residents who oppose the historic designation.

View Park residents walk to Monteith Park for a twilight showing of the movie “The Wiz.”

Jasimen Phillips, left, talks with daughter Roxanne, 2, as they wait with family friend Harper Cox, 2, and her older daughter Layla, 4, for a twilight showing of the movie “The Wiz” in View Park.

View Park is 84% African American and combined with neighboring Windsor Hills, Baldwin Hills and Ladera Heights, constitutes the West Coast’s highest concentration of black affluence.

View Park resident River Ortiz-Green plays soccer in Monteith Park in a neighborhood that is an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County.