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As with much of the city of Los Angeles east of the river, Atwater Village has traditionally been a working-class Latino neighborhood. However, this began to change in the 1980s: as middle-class Armenia n and Filipino immigrants surged into the area, the Los Angeles Police Department managed to crack down on Gang activity (in particular, suppressing the notorious Toonerville organization after a major crime spree in the mid-'90s). By the early 2000s, the Gentrification of neighboring Silver Lake had drawn many Hipster s and working-class Gays into Atwater Village, attracted by the area's relatively cheap real estate. Atwater Village also had the distinction of being the headquarters of the Beastie Boys' indie Grand Royal record label. The Beasties purchased the G-Son Studio on Glendale Boulevard with their advances from Paul's Boutique and used it to record most of their future records up until 2001, when Grand Royal officially went out of business. DEMOGRAPHICS As of the census of 2000, there are 8,042 people in the neighborhood. The racial makeup of the neighborhood is 48.01% White, 2.15% African American, 0.66% Native American, 19.09% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 23.84% from other races, and 6.06% from two or more races. 47.90% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. EXTERNAL LINKS
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