"I grew up 1960-1970 on Sycamore in Baldwin Hills, and I remember it was called ""the Jungle"" as a metaphor for a dangerous area where one should not go, especially after dark. By the way a friend who lived in the area just southeast of La Brea and Coliseum was not in ""The Jungle"" - it was only North of Coliseum, not South. 

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