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Playa Vista is a neighborhood in the Westside area of Los Angeles, California, United States. The area was the headquarters of Hughes Aircraft Company from 1941 to 1985 and the site of the construction of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" aircraft. [ 1 ]
Playa Vista — a neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles, located in the Westside region. Pages in category "Playa Vista, Los Angeles" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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The area was part of Rancho La Ballona and later the Charnock Ranch (which grew lima beans, grain hay and walnuts). [4] [5] [6] Then, in 1939, the area was subdivided for the building of 1,200 single family homes by developer Fritz B. Burns, and it became one of the first examples of tract housing in the Los Angeles area. [5]
Fisherman's Village is a waterfront mall, commercial boat anchorage, and tourist attraction in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County. Constructed in the style of a New England fishing village, Fisherman's Village consists of five brightly painted wooden buildings, a waterfront promenade, a lighthouse , a water fountain and commercial boat docks.
The Park to Playa Trail in Los Angeles County, California is a 13-mile (21 km) pedestrian and bicycle route that connects the Baldwin Hills parklands to the Pacific Ocean (Playa is beach in Spanish). According to the Los Angeles Times , “Good views of L.A. are guaranteed on the dirt-and-paved track from Baldwin Hills to Playa del Rey.” [ 1 ]
Ports O' Call Village, located along the Port of Los Angeles main channel in San Pedro, was an outdoor shopping center that featured souvenir and gift shops, along with restaurants, sweetshops, fish markets, and quick-bite eateries. [2] The "seaside village" encompassed 15 acres of shops, restaurants and attractions.
Picfair Village's boundaries are Pico Boulevard on the north, Hauser Boulevard on the east, Venice Boulevard on the south, and Fairfax Avenue on the west. [1] Wilshire Vista lies to the north, as does the Miracle Mile. Little Ethiopia lies to the northwest and Faircrest Heights is to the west.