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Willowbrook Green Willowbrook Green, in South Central Los Angeles presents urbane characteristics in an area associated with unmanageable housing. Security concerns expressed by the future tenants led the architects to orient the four rowhouse buildings toward an interior landscaped courtyard containing a community center and playground that can be informally supervised from adjacent living units. Parking is located away from the housing, establishing an uninterrupted, pedestrian scaled system of well lighted walkways. The walkways link parking, living units and adjacent child care facilities within a fenced and landscaped perimeter. Differing roof parapet lines help articulate the individual units. Generously landscaped open space distinguishes this development from most market rate housing projects.	Project Name Willowbrook Green Address/Location Comp ton Avenue at 118th Place Developer/Owner Drew Economic Development Corporation Architect Ena Dubnoff, Los Angeles Community Design Center Year Completed 1990 Public Agencies Community Development Commission, County of Los Angeles, California Housing Finance Agency Project Type Multifamily rental Density 19 units per acre Number and Types of Units 48 units: 24 two bedroom townhouses, 8 three bedroom townhouses, 8 one bedroom townhouses, 8 one bedroom flats Parcel Size 2.5 acres Number and Location of Parking Spaces 105 spaces: on grade, including 12 guest spaces Number of FLoors 2 Intended Market Low and moderate income families Rental/Ownership Rental Building Cost Approximately $4.3 million total hard and soft costs; $60/s.f Rental/Ownership Cost $278 per month Site Amenities Community building, tot-lot, large courtyard, extensive landscaping Context South west corner of Drew University Campus, north of Martin Luther King Hospital Transit Century Freeway, Blueline, RTD buses, DASH