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1966 Map of Beverly Hills

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Beverly Hills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Univ of California at Los Angeles and the extensive grounds of the US Veterans Cemetery (National) anchor this 1960s portrait of West Los Angeles. The map documents an era of significant urban intensification, with the rise of Century City on former backlot land and the expansion of residential neighborhoods into the steep drainages of the Santa Monica Mountains, including Stone Canyon, Benedict Canyon, and Coldwater Canyon.

Along the coast, the urban grid of Santa Monica meets the shoreline at the Santa Monica Pier, while the Southern Pacific rail line and the newly established San Diego Freeway and Santa Monica Freeway trace the movement of the mid-century economy. From the residential enclaves of Bel Air to the industrial pockets near Ballona Creek in Culver City, the map captures the transition from open canyon landscapes to a fully integrated metropolitan network.