Where to put the pages that don’t fit into the other categories? Here!
Aiken Homes
Edmond John Aiken (1889-1988) built at least twenty English Revival style house in the Cheviot Hills area between 1930 and 1950. They continue to be sought after.
Ambassador Addition – Cheviot Hills Area Added to City of Los Angeles
The Cheviot Hills area was shifting from agricultural to residential use when the City of Los Angeles brought the territory within its limits by annexation.
Bicycling
From the 19th century Santa Monica Cycle Path to the 20th century Birthplace of BMX at Palms Park, the Palms section of West Los Angeles has a rich bicycling history.
CULVER CITY
A Calendar of Events
In which is included, also, the story of Palms and Playa Del Rey together with Rancho La Ballona
and Rancho Rincón de los Bueyes
By Robinson, W. W. (1939)
Early Roads
First People
Historic Ranchos
La Ballona Township
Map and Photo Gallery
National Boulevard and Military Avenue
Pleistocene Epoch Fossil Beds
Rancho Park
Shortly before World War II, stakeholders began using the name “Rancho Park” for the Pico Boulevard business district and adjacent residential subdivisions.
Scrapbooks and Histories
American Legion Scrapbook (1936-1939), American Legion Auxiliary Scrapbook (1942-1943), and Garden Club History (1937-2013)
Westwood Gardens
Westwood Gardens – in depth; Ferdinand Bain’s Rancho La Lomita (1919-1939); Paramount City (1939-1944); and Westwood Gardens’ Merchant Builders.
Where is was West Los Angeles?
Until 1896, the western edge of the City of Los Angeles was where present-day Hoover Street is located.