Adams Hill, Glendale, California
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History
From 1911 until 1918, Adams Hill was part of an independent city known as Tropico. In 1918, Tropico was annexed by Glendale.[3]
Adams Hill was a predominantly Anglo-American neighborhood, but by the 1990s, had a rapidly growing Armenian population.[4]
In 1998, the city began to move forward with plans to rehabilitate a 1936 Streamline Moderne filling station. In 2000, Adam Schiff, who was a state senator representing Glendale at the time, obtained $250,000 in state funds for the project.[5] In 2016, the station was added to Glendale Register of Historic Resources and Historic Districts and converted into a public art gallery.[6] The station and surrounding park, dubbed the Adams Square Mini-Park, are the epicenter of the Adams Hill neighborhood.[7]
LGBT+ community
Beginning in the 1960s, Matthew Schmidt and Albert Antunes, known as "Matthew and Buddy of Glendale," hosted costume parties at their Adams Hill home for Glendale's LGBT+ community.[8][9]
Established in 2017,[10] Kafn Coffee is coffeehouse known locally as an LGBT+-friendly business.[11][12]
Following COVID-19-related issues in 2020 and 2021, glendaleOUT's annual Glendale Pride in the Park, a family-friendly picnic, came to fruition in June 2022.[13][14][15] Glendale Library, Arts & Culture joined the inaugural event as part of its effort to document the history of Glendale's LGBTQ community through audio and video testimonies.[16]
The Glendale Public Library's Library Connection @ Adams Square branch hosts occasional LGBT+ events. These have included a 2023 GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society-sponsored reading of author Nancy Agabian's "The Fear of Large and Small Nations".[17]
Arts and culture
The Glendale Public Library's Library Connection @ Adams Square branch operates in the neighborhood.[18]
Since 2016, the neighborhood has had a public art gallery.[19]
In 2024, the City installed colorful crosswalks and painted curb extensions as part of the City's "Creative Crosswalks" public art program.[20]
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