Los Angeles's the Palms Neighborhood

by George Garrigues

Book Overview

The Westside neighborhood of Palms is the oldest suburb of Los Angeles. Founded in 1886 halfway between L.A. and the beach on a steam railroad line, Palms attracted wealthy Angelinos escaping the summer's downtown heat as well as Easterners seeking a new life in "the natural home of the fig, olive, lemon, lime, apricot, and that class of fruit that brings the largest profit in the local market." Rancho Park and Mar Vista had yet to make it onto maps--it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738569933
• ISBN13: 9780738569932
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"