Lakewood CA Community Profile on "Sportstown USA"

Imagine living in a city packed with so many shopping options that you’d never have to leave to buy just about anything. The city of Lakewood home of the Lakewood Center, one of Southern California’s largest regional malls and other retail outlets affords its residents that opportunity.  Check out this shot of the Lakewood Center from 1950!!!

 

 

A restaurant row on Candlewood Avenue and numerous movie theaters create options for owners of Lakewood homes. The city also hosts one of the largest ice rink facilities in the Western United States and has superb public parks for family fun as well as organized activities.  Public pools offer classes, diving and water aerobics. It’s not that Lakewood merely sounds all-American; it actually stands out as a national example of a planned community. Developed to house returning World War II veterans, Homes in Lakewood are studied by city planners as a ground-breaking tradition in American history. The city has 80,000 residents.  Lakewood real estate is bordered by Long Beach to the West and South, Bellflower to the north, Cerritos to the northeast, Cypress to the east and Hawaiian Gardens on the southeast. On the average, Lakewood homes cost between $300000 and $400,000. The city of Lakewood is served by the Long Beach Unified School District, Paramount Unified School District, Bellflower Unified School District and the ABC Unified School District.  Lakewood was declared California's "Sportstown" in celebration of the magazine's 50th anniversary in 2004.  Lakewood was the only city in the state of California to garner such an honor.