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Air view of the new Westchester district, Los Angeles, California

 
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Title
Air view of the new Westchester district, Los Angeles, California
Creator
Spence Air Photos
Description
An aerial photograph of Westchester, looking to the northeast from Los Angeles International Airport.
Format Extent
1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Subject
Real estate development--California--Los Angeles; Housing development--California--Los Angeles
Note
Westchester is an area of west Los Angeles, bordered by Playa del Rey on the west, Inglewood on the east, El Segundo on the south, and Jefferson and Centinela Boulevards on the north. At the start of the twentieth century, Westchester was primarily an agricultural area, but in 1928, the Los Angeles City Council selected Westchester as the site of a new airport, named Mines Field. The name later changed to Los Angeles Airport in 1941, and finally to Los Angeles International Airport in 1949, although it is often referred to simply as "LAX." In the years that followed, the airport expanded, occupying much of the southern part of Westchester. In the late 1930s, real estate developer Fritz Burns developed a tract of inexpensive, prefabricated single-family homes at the intersection of Manchester and Sepulveda Boulevards. In 1932, Howard Hughes established the Hughes Aircraft Company nearby along the Ballona Creek, and as the aerospace industry grew and flourished during World War II and after, so did Westchester. In 1929, Harry Culver offered 100 acres of land to build a new campus for Loyola University, with the condition that the university erect a permanent building within a year. A similar offer was made to the Lutheran Los Angeles College, whose campus would have been immediately adjacent to Loyola's, but they were unable to take advantage of the offer. Loyola merged with Marymount College in 1973 to form Loyola Marymount University.
Collection
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
Type
Geographic Location
Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Language
eng
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