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Beverly Hills Post Office (BHPO) is the name given to a section of Los Angeles, California, that lies within the 90210 ZIP code, assigned to the Beverly Hills Post Office. Los Angeles mailing addresses with the ZIP code 90210 may be written as "Beverly Hills, CA 90210", though the properties themselves lie outside of the Beverly Hills city limits.
Description
Beverly Hills Post Office (BHPO) is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California. BHPO is adjacent to the city of Beverly Hills, lying north of it in the hills of the Santa Monica Mountains and stretching up to Mulholland Drive. Because the United States Postal Service in Beverly Hills serves this LA neighborhood, residents have a Beverly Hills mailing address with zip code 90210, while other wealthy neighborhoods nearby, like Bel Air and Holmby Hills, have Los Angeles mailing addresses. While the Beverly Hills connotation makes BHPO—about one-third the size of the city—attractive, land is available in larger sizes, and with lower prices, better views, and more seclusion, than in Beverly Hills itself.
The BHPO area itself contains a number of neighborhoods, including Benedict Canyon and Coldwater Canyon.
History
The Los Angeles Times wrote in 2004, "When Beverly Hills was incorporated in 1914, the northern border was roughly north of Sunset Boulevard, with the exception of Trousdale Estates. The remaining section stretching north to Mulholland Drive was left as part of the hills of Los Angeles, where it remained anonymous for decades". In the 1920s, the federal government decided to have the Beverly Hills post office serve the area now known as BHPO, which was then a rural area, much of it part of Doheny Ranch. By the 1940s people bought BHPO homes because they were less expensive than in Beverly Hills, despite higher property taxes. In 1963, the area was included within the 90210 ZIP Code, which also covers the northern part of Beverly Hills. Property taxes were higher in Los Angeles than in Beverly Hills until 1978 California Proposition 13 equalized property taxes, making BHPO more attractive.
Post Office
The ZIP Code 90210 is still handled by the Beverly Hills Main Post Office. The original Beverly Hills Main Post Office from 1934 to the 1990s still sits at 469 North Crescent Drive in the Beverly Hills Civic Center, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In 1990, 325 North Maple Street was rebuilt as the new Beverly Hills Main Post Office; the old Main on Crescent Drive was closed in 1999 when the building was sold back to the City of Beverly Hills.
Education
Public education is provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District