ices ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁H ous ing ▁Administration , ▁P ue blo ▁Del ▁Rio ▁was ▁originally ▁designed ▁to ▁house ▁low - in come ▁labor ers ▁at ▁the ▁fact ories ▁south ▁of ▁Dow nt own ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁military ▁veter ans . ▁Like ▁other ▁housing ▁projects ▁of ▁the ▁era , ▁P ue blo ▁Del ▁Rio ' s ▁design ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁" g arden ▁city " ▁template . ▁According ▁to ▁this ▁design ▁mot if , ▁clusters ▁of ▁two - story ▁buildings ▁would ▁be ▁situated ▁around ▁open ▁grass y ▁spaces ▁where ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁residents ▁could ▁play . ▁Prom inent ▁architect s ▁such ▁as ▁Richard ▁Ne ut ra ▁and ▁Paul ▁Re vere ▁Williams ▁helped ▁design ▁the ▁layout ▁of ▁P ue blo ▁Del ▁Rio . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁Through out ▁most ▁of ▁its ▁history , ▁P ue blo ▁Del ▁Rio ▁hous ed ▁primarily ▁African ▁American ▁residents . ▁Later ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁however , ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁Lat inos ▁began ▁moving ▁into ▁the ▁housing ▁complex . ▁Today , ▁Black s , ▁Lat inos , ▁Camb od ian ▁imm igr ants ▁call ▁P ue blo ▁Del ▁Rio ▁home . ▁Some ▁families ▁have ▁been ▁living ▁in ▁P ue blo ▁Del ▁Rio ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁three ▁gener ations . ▁Al most ▁fifty ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁residents ▁of ▁P ue blo ▁Del ▁Rio ▁are ▁children ▁or ▁te en agers . ▁ ▁Park s ▁and ▁recre ation ▁It ▁is ▁home ▁to ▁five ▁par ks ▁and ▁a ▁recre ation ▁center ▁which ▁were ▁much ▁improved