There is something strange about driving around downtown Culver City. Streets intersect at perpendicular lines almost like the city planners threw pick-up sticks in the air and used what fell as a blueprint for its streets. In all actuality, this was from when the Pacific Railways used this city as a trolley connection point. Instead of making new streets, it seems they paved over old trolley lines. Because driving in…
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Day Trip to Catalina Island
From the beach towns lining the Pacific Coast Highway, like Santa Monica, Venice, and Palos Verdes, you can see Catalina Island looming in the distance. For people like me, boat-less and helicopter-less Angelenos, it seems like an unreachable place. Unlike Seattle and other cities with…
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Santa Monica Time Travel: Annenberg Community Beach House Tips
One does not have to travel too far from Route 66 or the Santa Monica Pier to travel back to Santa Monica’s past. Just off the Third Street Promenade are the Fairmont Hotel and Bungalows, where contracted players from MGM stayed, including Greta Garbo. In…