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           Routes 494-496  Page 518  Los Angeles Section
             Route 494—Calabasas to Los Angeles, Cal.—37.0 m.
                         Reverse Route 493.
             ia  ,  Pan&a Canyon ' °ld
                         Soldiers’ Home and Wilshire Blvd.
                                          Gravel road thru
            Mi i rA rc  m Topanga canyon, and macadam from there to Los Angeles excepting a
             Distance
           Total  Between  tew miles of dirt where road follows closely along the shore.
                   This is an option to Routes 31 and 492.
           Mileage Points
           0.0  0.0 CALABASAS.  Go east on State highway.  AvoitJ left-hand
                road 1.6.
           2.1  2.1 4-corners; turn right.  Ascend winding grade thru Topanga
                canyon 3.3.  Reach summit 5.4, winding downgrade.  Caution
                for sharp curves.  Pass Topanga P. O. on left 11.1.
           17.3 15.2 Inceville.  Straight thru.
           19.0  1.7 Japanese Fishing Village.  Straight thru along electric RR.
           19.6  0.6 Left-hand road, under electric RR; turn left, following along
                canal a short distance.  Curve right upgrade  19.9.  Avoid
                right-hand road in middle of grade 20.1.
           20.4  0.8 Right-hand road immediately after crossing electric RR; turn
                left along RR onto San Vincente Blvd.  Avoid left-hand road
                22 . 8 .
           24.2  3.8 Westgate.  Straight thru along electric RR.
           24.4  0.2 End of road; turn left across electric RR into Old Soldiers’
                Home grounds.  Leave Old Soldiers’ Home grounds, crossing
                electric RR  24.7.  Pass Los Angeles Country Club on  left
                26.9.  Cross electric RR 27.6, passing Beverly Hills over to
                left.  Thru irregular 4-corners 29.1.  Cross electric RR 29.8.
                Same thorofare becomes Wilshire Blvd.
                                        Pass Sunset Park
                on left 34.8.
                   Los Angeles City Map, page 426, Points of Interest, page 425.
          35.1 10.7 Parkview Ave., Westlake Park ahead; turn right one block.
          35.2  0.1 W. 7th St.; meeting trolley, turn  left.
          37.0  1.8 LOS ANGELES, W. 7th St. & Broadway.
                 HOTELS— Hotel Hayward, Spring St. at 6th.
                   Hotel Lankershim, Broadway at 7th.
                   Hotel Stillwell, between 8th & 9th on Grand Ave.
                   Hotel Trinity, Grand Ave, & 9th.
                 GARAGES— P.  E. Garage, 6th & Los Angeles Sts.
                   Don Lee Cadillac Agency & Garage.
            Route 496—Los Angeles, Cal., and Return—33.5 m.
                      Reverse Route Not Compiled.
            Via Wilshire and Washington Blvds.  Concrete and macadam paving
            A beautiful 2-hour drive thru Los Angeles’ finest residence districts
           ^MILEAGE-,
           Total  Between  For this and other exits see City Map, page 426.
           Mileage Points
           0.0  0.0 LOS ANGELES, 7th St. & Broadway.  Go west on 7th St.
           1.8  1.8 Parkview Ave., Westlake park on right; turn right one block
                away from trolley.
           1.9  0.1 Wilshire Blvd., sign on right; turn left.  Pass Sunset Park on
                                         Cross Vermont
                right 2.2, keeping ahead on Wilshire Blvd.
                Ave. 2.6.  Cross RR 7.2.
           7.9  6.0 Irregular 4-corners; bear left.
           8.7  0.8 Fork; bear left, crossing RR and Santa Monica Blvd.  Pass
                Beverly Hills* over to right 9.4.  Pass Los Angeles Country
                Club on right 10.1.  Pass cemetery on left 11.4.  Cross electric
                RR 12.2, keeping thru the grounds of Old Soldiers’ Home.
          12.6  3.9 Cross electric RR, leaving grounds of Old Soldiers’ Home and
                avoid right-hand road immediately beyond.
           t  ,    Right-hand road is Route 493 to Calabasas via Topanga canyon.
           •Beverly Hills, Cal. (pop. 600, alt. 75 ft.)  is a  boasts of having the finest motor race track
          beautiful  little residential town  just  fifteen  and polo grounds in the state.  Douglas Fair-
                               banks, Enid Bennett, Pauline Frederick and
          minutes’ ride from Los Angeles on  a direct
                               Chas. Ray, movie stars, live at Beverly Hills,
          road to Venice, Ocean Park and Santa Mon-
                               as also docs King C. Gillette of Gillette ra*or
          ica.  It  is the  site  of a  soldiers’ home and  fame.
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