The district's steep, winding streets are lined with generally well-preserved Spanish Colonial Revival style houses.

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) provides bus service from City Terrace.

In 1975, Botello and Wayne Alaniz Healy co-founded Los Dos Streetscapers, later adding Charles Solares, Fabian Debora, George Yepes, Paul Botello, Ricardo Duffy, Rich Raya, and Rudy Calderon to their ranks and renaming themselves East Los Streetscapers.

[4] The ceramic mural at the City Terrace Branch Library, Ofrenda Maya 1, was created by Goez Studios' Jose Luis Gonzalez.

In 1957, 600,000 cubic yards (460,000 m3) of soil that had been removed from the construction of the Los Angeles Civic Center was transported to the City Terrace County Park.

The library offers homework help for children and teens, internet resources such as downloadable audio books, and occasionally hosts seminars for the community.