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Los Angeles Section Page 521 Route 498
trolleys 26.5-27.0-28.5.
9Q 7 ^ 7 Daisy Ave., just beyond trolley , bea.i * .
30 7 10 End of road; meeting cross trolley, turn left onto Ocean Ave.
31 1 0 4 LONG BEACH,* Ocean Ave. & Pacific St., park on left.
otel Virginia, Ocean Ave. at Magnolia Ave.
' hotels—
GARAGES— Arcade Garage, 134-136 Magnolia Ave.
Route 498—Los Angeles, Cal., and Return— 34.5 m.
Reverse Route Not Compiled.
Via Santa Monica and National Blvds. A very attractive drive over fine boulevards.
^MILEAGE . For this and other exits see City Map, page 426.
Distance
Total Between
Mileage Points LOS ANGELES, 7th St. & Broadway. Go west with trolley on
0.0 0.0
7th St
i 8 Parkview Ave., Westlake park on right; turn right.
1.8 Pass Sunset Park on
01 wilshi™ Blvd.; sign on left; turn left.
I.9
0.7 vfmont’ Ave.; meeting trolley, turn right, keeping ahead.
2.6 2.0 Meeting trolley, turn left onto Santa
4.6 4 7 Left-hand diagonal street; bear left with trolley.
9.3 Thru diagonal 4-corners with trolley
10.0 0 1 Sherman Keep ahead.
II.4 1 4 Beverly Hills,* sta. on left. Straight thru Pass country club
sta. on left 11.9, keeping ahead with trolley and passing g
links 12.3. ,
14.6 3.2 Sawtelle. Straight thru on Santa Monica Blvd. Same t oro-
fare becomes Oregon Ave.
3.4 Santa Monica,* Oregon Aye & 3rd St. £eep ahead.
18.0 left onto Ocean •
18.2 0 2 End of street; meeting trolley, turn
0 6 End of street; turn left, avoiding right-hand streetjust be-
18.8 Pass cemetery on left 19.
yond. Keep ahead on Pico Blvd.
now on National Blvd.
21.4 2.6 A-rnrners • turn right with pavement. Caution for turn.
Left-hand road ; turn left with pavement.
22.0 0.6
Thru 4-corners 23.1.
End of road; turn right with pavement.
23.9 1.9 Left-hand road; turn left, curving right with road just beyond.
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24.0 0.1
alt. 47 ft.), a the year round. Long Wharf and Bristol Pier
•Long Beach, Cal. (pop. 40,000, are popular gathering places, while Fraser s
popular summer resort of Los Angeles coun-
ty, California, is situated on the Pacific coast, Pier is known as the Million Dollar Pier.
The amusements of Santa Monica are taste-
20 miles south of the city of Los Angeles. To Not
those who imagine that Long Beach is colder ful and fantastic and draw large crowds.
far from the town are the soldiers’ home and
than interior towns, as many do, a pleasant extensive moving picture film plants, the pic-
surprise is in store, for the warm Japan cur- turesque Topango and Santa Monica canyons,
rents make this a most delightful winter cli- the interesting Japanese Fishing Village and
mate, and surf bathing is enjoyed here in tht club, where golfing
middle of January and February. the Brentwood country One of
sports may be enjoyed.
•Beverly Hills, Cal. (pop. 600, alt. 75 ft.), is a and other of Santa Monica is its
residential town just fifteen the natural charms
beautiful little palisades, a battlement of cliffs which merge
minutes’ ride from Los Angeles on a direct In the
road to Venice, Ocean Park and Santa Mon- into hills and then into mountains. deer are
ravines and highlands plover and
ica. It is the site of a soldiers’ home and found. The town itself is situated on a mesa
boasts of having the finest motor race track and the streets show
and polo grounds in the state. Douglas Fair- rimmed with palms
of gables heavily draped with
banks, Enid Bennett, Pauline Frederick and pretty vistas Santa Monica is con-
blossoms.
Chas. Ray, movie stars, live at Beverly Hills, climbing with Ocean Park and Venice by a
as also does King C. Gillette of Gillette razor nected sea walk five miles long. In fact,
fame. cement
Santa Monica-Ocean Park is one municipality.
•Santa Monica, Cal. (pop. 7,850, alt. 79 ft.), auto camping park is
A
municipal
free
a shipping point and seaside resort, is situ- maintained at Santa Monica and the commer-
ated on the Pacific 15 miles west of Los An- cial club has a free service bureau to enable
geles, from which it is a favorite drive and the tourist to find hotel and apartment ac-
with which it is connected by electric express The fastest auto road race
trains. It is distinctively an amusement commodations. is located here.
in the world
course
Bathing and fishing may be enjoyed
town.