HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF THE Events Significant to Local Development PALMS-MAR-VISTA-DEL REY 1875 Arrival of the Los Angeles & 1920 Independence Railroad into region Formerly known as Barnes 1886 City, Del Rey becomes the Palms (The Palms) is the winter home for Al Barnes’ 1940 first community to be Wild Animal Circus Zoo (zoo Housing subdivisions established in Rancho La moves from Venice, CA) constructed at an 1930 Ballona accelerated rate 1915 Barnes City is officially accommodated Palms is 1927 declared part of the defense-industry annexed to th Special Collections, UCLA Young Research Library Mar Vista is the 70 City of Los Angeles workers during and the City of annexation to Los after World War II Los Angeles Angeles

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1904 1925 Over 500 acres in Ocean Park Heights

1919. California Historical Society Collection, Ocean Park renamed Mar Vista University of Southern California Heights are subdivided and offered for sale

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1932 1926 LA hosts Olympic Los Angeles City Hall Games. Later, 1781 athletes’ cottages are constructed 1941 El Pueblo de Los Angeles placed on the beach Pearl Harbor founded as a summer resort. bombed, US enters World War II 1850 California Statehood 1934 1945 US Congress passes the End of World Overland Monthly, August-September 1931 National Housing Act, creating War II Drawing by William Rich Hutton, 1847. USC Digital Library the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Olympic.org

Public Domain 1929 Stock Market Crash Events Significant to the Development of the City of Los Angeles 1939 HOLC "redlining" map of central Los Angeles, courtesy of LaDale Winling and urbanoasis.org. COMMUNITY PLAN AREA

1954 Mar Vista Gardens, Post World War II garden apartment complex, 1964 completed. Constructed as Interstate 405 constructed public housing under the complete 1949 Federal Housing Act

2012 2016 1997 Phase 1 Phase 2 Exposition Palms-Mar Vista-Del Rey Exposition line line extension Public domain Mar Vista Gardens. Los Angeles Conservancy Community Plan Update opens opens

1950 Construction of Interstate 405, located along eastern border of Metro Community

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1965 Watts Riots 1976 California Coastal 1992 2016 Act adopted 1984 Los Angeles Civil Los Angeles voters LA hosts Olympic Games Unrest approve Measure JJJ

1978 August 1965. New York World-Telegram CA Proposition 13 passes

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