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The springs were probably commonly called by the name Santa Monica by the turn of the 19th century. By the 1820s, the name Santa Monica was in use and the name's first official mention occurred in 1827 in the form of a grazing permit, [4] quickly followed by the grant filing for the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica in 1828.
Santa Monica (Spanish for 'Saint Monica'; Spanish: Santa Mónica) is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. [11]
The Santa Monica Landmarks and Historic Districts Ordinance was amended in 1987 and again in 1991, to create a more comprehensive preservation program. The ordinance established a seven-member appointed Landmarks Commission with the power to designate Structures of Merit and Landmarks, and to make recommendations to the City Council regarding ...
Hotel Arcadia. Coordinates: 34.0101°N 118.492°W. Hotel Arcadia, circa 1890. The Hotel Arcadia was a hotel in Santa Monica, California that stood on the oceanfront between 1886 and 1909. [1] The hotel was located on Ocean Avenue between Colorado and Front (later Pico Boulevard). [2]
Santa Monica Boulevard is a major west–east thoroughfare in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It runs from Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica near the Pacific Ocean to Sunset Boulevard at Sunset Junction in Los Angeles. It passes through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.
Downtown Santa Monica. Terminus. E Line. 26th Street/Bergamot. toward East Los Angeles. Location. 17th Street/SMC station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system located near the intersection of 17th Street and Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California. It is served by the E Line.
Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. The Los Angeles Pacific Railroad (1896−1911) (LAP) was an electric public transit and freight railway system in Los Angeles County, California. At its peak it had 230 miles (370 km) of track extending from Downtown Los Angeles to the Westside, Santa Monica, and the South Bay towns along Santa Monica Bay.
Palisades Park (Santa Monica) Palisades Park is a 26.4-acre (10.7 ha) park in Santa Monica, California. The park is located along a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) section of Ocean Avenue on top of an uplifted unconsolidated sedimentary coastal Quaternary terrace with exposed bluffs, offering views of both the Pacific Ocean and the coastal mountains.