Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Monterey Park, California
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===2000s–present=== Redevelopment produced several projects included the massive Atlantic Times Square development that opened in 2010 with ground-floor shops and restaurants.<ref>Hawthorne, Christopher (May 13, 2012) [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/boulevards/la-ca-atlantic-boulevard-los-angeles-index,0,378106.htmlstory "Atlantic on the move"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref> The Atlantic Times Square,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/index.aspx?page=1403|title=Atlantic Times Square|access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302051508/http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/index.aspx?page=1403|archive-date=March 2, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> which has {{convert|215000|sqft|m2|-2}}, is anchored by a multi-plex theater and a fitness center, in addition to eating establishments and other stores. The development includes 210 condos on the third through sixth floors.<ref name="MP">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/Index.aspx?page=286 |title=City of Monterey Park : A Tradition of Redevelopment Success |access-date=October 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717010756/http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/Index.aspx?page=286 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Monterey Park Village is a 40,000 sq. ft. shopping center on South [[Atlantic Boulevard (Los Angeles County)|Atlantic Boulevard]] commercial corridor. Tenants include: Staples, Walgreens and Togo's eatery.<ref name="MP"/> The CVS Center on South Garfield Avenue is a redevelopment of infill site into a {{convert|17000|sqft|m2|-2}} neighborhood convenience center. Anchor tenant CVS Pharmacy brings a full-service drug store back to the downtown project,<ref name="MP"/> and the center includes a Subway sandwich shop.<ref name="MP"/> The {{convert|507000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Monterey Park Marketplace is the largest shopping center in the city. Located along the [[California State Route 60|Pomona (60) Freeway]] west of Paramount Boulevard, this center is a 45-acre regional shopping center for the San Gabriel Valley.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/index.aspx?page=1284 |title=City of Monterey Park : Cascades Market Place |access-date=October 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717010947/http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/index.aspx?page=1284 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, Monterey Park was recognized as "America's Best Places to Live 2017" ranked at #3 by Money magazine and three local news TV stations. It also ranked at #2 in Money Magazine's "The 10 Best Places in America to Raise a Family".<ref>{{cite news |last=Renzulli |first=Kerri Anne |date=December 12, 2017 |title=The 10 Best Places in America to Raise a Family Now |website=[[Money.com]] |url=https://money.com/best-places-america-raise-family/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527191336/https://money.com/best-places-america-raise-family/ |archive-date=May 27, 2022}}</ref> On January 21, 2023, [[2023 Monterey Park shooting|a mass shooting occurred]] at a dance studio in the city, after a [[Chinese New Year]] celebration where twenty people were shot, killing eleven of them, and injuring nine others. The gunman, identified as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, fled and was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in [[Torrance, California|Torrance]] the next day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 22, 2023 |title=10 dead in Monterey Park mass shooting, police say |url=https://abc7.com/monterey-park-mass-shooting-california-lunar-new-year-event-dead/12725372/ |access-date=January 22, 2023 |website=KABC-TV |language=en}}</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Monterey Park, California
(section)
Add topic