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Venice–Inglewood Line
The Venice–Inglewood Line is a former railway line in Los Angeles County, California. The route was established by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1887 before eventually being absorbed into the Pacific Electric interurban railway system. Service under electrification was very sparse, providing a suburban route between Venice, California, Venice and Inglewood, California, Inglewood. History California Central The branch line was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, opening in June 1887 from Inglewood to Port Ballona (on the site of today’s Playa del Rey). Santa Fe and Santa Monica The oceanside terminal was moved to Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California, Ocean Park, under the April 4, 1892 charter of the Santa Fe and Santa Monica "to build from a point at or near 'Mesmer Station' on line of Southern California Railway Company between Inglewood and Ballona, Los Angeles County, to Town of Santa Monica."Alternate link Los Angeles Pacific & Pacific El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LAPL
The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California, operating separate from the LA County Library, Los Angeles County Public Library system. The system holds more than six million volumes, and with around 19 million residents in the Greater Los Angeles area, it serves the largest metropolitan population of any public library system in the United States. The system is overseen by a Board of Library Commissioners with five members appointed by the mayor of Los Angeles in staggered terms, and operates 72 library branches throughout the city. In 1997 a local historian described it as "one of the biggest and best-regarded library systems in the nation." History The Los Angeles Library Association was formed in late 1872, and by early 1873, a well-stocked reading room had opened in the Downey Block at Temple and Main streets under the first librarian, John Littlefield. The original library consisted of two rooms. The larger room was called th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
