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Hacienda Village, Los Angeles, CAHousing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Photograph CollectionPhotograph courtesy of the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Located in the Watts area of Los Angeles, Hacienda Village (104th Street and Compton Avenue) was completed in May 1942. Selected as the chief architect on this project, Paul R. Williams worked with some of the most prominent architects of the day designing this 17.63-acre public housing project. Williams, along with Adrian Wilson, Richard J. Neutra, Walter Wurdeman and Welton Becket, created this planned development of 184 one-story units that conveys a feeling of 1930s California ranch house design. All structures were built with wood frames, stucco exteriors and composition roofing for a total of $503,206. In December 2000, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) renamed the project Gonzaque Village to honor neighborhood advocate Ozie B. Gonzaque, a long-time resident of South Central Los Angeles.
HACLA was founded in 1938 and is the largest housing authority west of the Mississippi. Its mission is to administer the public housing program in the city and provide affordable housing that is safe and decent.
