34.0250° N 118.4098° W
Palms
Laid out in 1886 and named for palms its developers planted by the rail depot. Apartments, bungalows and the Expo Line on its doorstep.
History
How Palms came to be.
- 1819
The Machado family gains grazing rights to 14,000 acres of Rancho La Ballona.
- 1886
Three speculators file The Palms tract, planting 5,000 trees along eight miles of graded streets.
- 1915
Palms joins the City of Los Angeles after a second annexation vote.
- 1953
Passenger service ends on the Air Line, the rail route along Exposition Boulevard.
- 2016
The Expo Line's Palms station opens on the old rail right-of-way.
Points of interest
Places that define Palms
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
Palms by design.
The developers planted the palms that gave the town its name.
A corner of a corner.
At Washington and Overland, only one corner is in Palms; the other three are in Culver City.
The depot moved.
The old Palms railroad depot now stands at Heritage Square Museum.
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