Expo Greenway

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Watershed Water Quality and Flow


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Ballona Creek Watershed

2 files, last one added on Jun 09, 2008

Historical


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Historical photos and information mostly about trains that ran along the Exposition Right of Way

60 files, last one added on Oct 24, 2008

Aerials and Location Maps


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Right of Way from Above

2 files, last one added on Jun 09, 2008

Sawtelle-Westwood Storm Drain Plans


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Army Corps of Engineers Plans for Sawtelle-Westwood Storm Drains. (Email from website to request full size documents.)

65 files, last one added on Jun 14, 2008

Right of Way Photos


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Exposition Right of Way from around Military Avenue on the west to around Motor Avenue on the east

84 files, last one added on Jul 05, 2009

Bikeways - Past & Present


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4 files, last one added on May 21, 2010

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87 viewsShowing Upper Ballona Creek watershed funnelling to Exposition Right of Way (at bottom, in yellow)
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Sheet no. 7 - Detail Plan & Profile - Pearl Street Drain (Sawtelle Branch)21 views
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Pacific Electric Railway Car 5028 turning south in Santa Monica headed toward Ocean Park 213 viewsPhotographer Alan Weeks wrote in 2007: These modern PCC [Presidents' Conference Committee] type cars were almost never seen on this line. These cars were used exclusively on the Glendale-Burbank Line. The Sears Santa Monica store parking lot is on this spot today, near 4th Street and Colorado Avenue. He dated his entry May 9, 1948, but the photo name indicates February 22, 1953.
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Butterfield & Northvale Roads32 viewsThe tracks are a few feet above grade at this point. Century City appears on the horizon beyond Cheviot Hills.
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Sanborn Map 1945161 viewsThis map shows the southeastern part of what would later be called Cheviot Hills along the right of way. The tract south of Dunleer is Cheviot Knolls. Above that is Country Club Highlands.
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Exposition Right of Way looking southwest near Westwood Boulevard 50 viewsExposition Boulevard south roadway, just east of Westwood Boulevard, is shown at intersection with alley to Richland Avenue.
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South of the 10 Freeway56 viewsThis area is called Motor Yard. The freeway is to the left, Palms is ahead and to the right.

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Santa Monica Cycle Path on Washington Boulevard at Western Avenue, looking west, Los Angeles, June 19009 viewsMay 21, 2010
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5 viewsMay 20, 2010
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5 viewsMay 20, 2010
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Santa Monica Cycle Path - June 189611 viewsView of Washington Boulevard at 3rd Avenue, looking west. A bicycle can be seen on this dirt road resting against a type of wooden frame that has a small sign attached on the left. It reads, "Cycle Path." On the right of that is a wider road, and it appears that a buggy is traveling away from view. Two unidentifiable structures can be seen in the background. Photo dated: 1896.
From Los Angeles Public Library Images (http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068460.jpg).
May 20, 2010
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Exposition Right of Way south of Santa Monica Freeway and west of Motor Avenue59 viewsViewed from a parking lot between Irene Street, the Santa Monica Freeway and Overland Avenue, a trash truck passes on the freeway on the far side of the tracks.Jul 05, 2009
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Exposition Right of Way south of Santa Monica Freeway and west of Motor Avenue64 viewsViewed from a parking lot between Irene Street, the Santa Monica Freeway and Overland Avenue.Jul 05, 2009
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Exposition Right of Way south of Santa Monica Freeway and west of Motor Avenue64 viewsReza Iranpour, Assistant Division Manager of the Watershed Protection Division, indicates location of the train bridge over Motor Avenue. (The Watershed Protection Division is within the Los Angeles Department of Public Works' Bureau of Sanitation.) A tent provides temporary shelter just west of the bridge.Jul 05, 2009
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Exposition Right of Way south of Santa Monica Freeway and west of Motor Avenue65 viewsViewed from a parking lot between Irene Street, the Santa Monica Freeway and Overland Avenue, a tent provides temporary shelter just west of the train bridge over Motor Avenue. Jul 05, 2009