OldStuff – Page 11

Some PERY History

I just found this neat little piece of info. For a while now I’d been aware that the big bus depot down in Venice was originally built as a train depot for the old trolley lines. You can still see the railroad tracks on Rose between Main and Pacific, as well as in a fewContinue reading “Some PERY History”

Southeast Corner of Santa Monica and Bundy

I’ve been trying to figure this one out for years. There is a small gated park at the southeast corner of the intersection of South Bundy Drive and Santa Monica Boulevard in neighborhood of West Los Angeles. I’ve walked its perimeter, which is fenced, but the gate is locked, prohibiting entry. My limited knowledge ofContinue reading “Southeast Corner of Santa Monica and Bundy”

Santa Monica’s Avenue’s Original Names

The “state” namesake avenues in Santa Monica start at Montana and end at Colorado, which, confusingly enough, was originally named “Railroad.” Most of the street names, Idaho, Arizona, et cetera, have not changed. The exceptions seem to be Santa Monica Blvd (originally named Orgeon Avenue), Broadway (originally named Utah Avenue), and Wislhire Blvd. (originally namedContinue reading “Santa Monica’s Avenue’s Original Names”

Crystal Pier

Ha! There used to be a pier at Hollister Ave! There is, of course, nothing there now to indicate that. The Crystal Pier seems to have been an amusement pier. I found this great photo print at the Library of Congress of a “Bathing Beauty Contest,” and I think you can see the pier inContinue reading “Crystal Pier”

Orgeon and Utah Avenues in Santa Monica

Examining the original street layout of Santa Monica, many of the east-west streets bare the names of US states. Of the lower ten, the prominent exceptions are Broadway, Santa Monica Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, and Palisades Avenue. As Wilshire and Santa Monica adopted the names of the Los Angeles thoroughfares with which they later connected, theyContinue reading “Orgeon and Utah Avenues in Santa Monica”