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 Downey's population around 102,000. Like many L.A. County cities, Downey had its boom in the years right after World War II. The city built about 44 percent of its current housing in a single decade, the 1950s. When you add the housing built over the two following decades, you have about 75 percent of all of Downey's housing.
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Downey Education
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 Educated by the Downey Unified School District. Academic rankings straddle the 50th percentile, the national average.
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Downey Employment
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Downey, the city that used to be an aerospace center and is undergoing major changes. The largest firm, Boeing, which employed about 2,800, is being closed. The property is being taken over by the city to be developed.
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Downey Housing
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The three-bedroom home with family room was the favorite of this era. The 1990 census disclosed that among owner-occupied units in Downey the three-bedroom home made up about 55 percent of the total. The two-bedroom home followed with 27 percent of the total.
This conjures up a picture of Downey as a typical suburb with tract homes laid down one after the other. In reality, the town comes across as much prettier. Downey's demographics show that it attracted many executives and professionals. Many of the homes have been teased upscale with brick facing, imaginative landscaping and custom touches. The styles include colonials, Tudors and some homes that in size and appointments rise into mini-mansions. Downey also has its plain housing but the level of care throughout the city appears high. The state in 1999 counted 34,593 housing units: 20,092 single homes, 1,368 single attached, 12,934 multiples, 199 mobiles.
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Downey News
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Search for "Downey CA" - Jeff Downey Joins Picscout - Photo Archive News
| Mr. Downey has previously worked with image libraries, effectively moving them from analog to digital and developing e-commerce opportunities for businesses. |
- NCAA Top-25 Basketball Game Capsules - Local6.com
| Dexter Pittman had a career-high 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help No. 8 Texas crush Appalachian State, 78-43. Gary Johnson had 16 points and nine boards for the Longhorns , who have won two in a row ... |
- Guild to tour Chinese Gardens - Downey Patriot
| Last call and 'all aboard' for a half-day excursion by bus to beautiful Huntington Library and Gardens. |
- Reese and Jake Invite Robert Along For Some Sunday Fun - Popsugar
| Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal headed up to her house in Ojai, CA this weekend after celebrating his 28th birthday together recently in LA. |
- Evelyn J. Hamel Henrie - TheSpectrum.com
| MARYSVALE / ST. GEORGE - Our loving wife and mother, Evelyn Joy Hamel Henrie, passed away in her home on December 24, 2008, at the age of 81, leaving behind her husband of 61 years, James O. Henrie, seven ... |
- Linney, Rashad, Davis, Hoffman, Streep and Langella Among SAG Nominees - Playbill
| "ER" star Angela Bassett and "Will & Grace" actor Eric McCormack, who made his Broadway debut in the revival of The Music Man , announced the nominees for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Dec. |
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Downey Recreation
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Movies, roller-skating rink, two golf courses, 11 parks, 10 playgrounds, civic theater, fishing lakes, two museums, senior center, bowling alley; Downey appears to do very well in the recreation department.
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Downey Transportation
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Interstates 105 and 51ead to downtown L.A., about 13 miles to northwest. Metrolink (commuter rail) in nearby towns.
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Downey Weather
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