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1950 Map of Venice

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Venice
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

Loyola University sits perched above the southern Los Angeles coastline in this mid-century survey, overlooking a landscape defined by rapid aviation and industrial growth. The central portion of the map is dominated by the Los Angeles International Airport, shown with a designated Airport Expansion Area and the nearby Los Angeles Industrial Airport. This era captures the transition of the Sausal Redondo area from its ranching roots into a dense grid of suburban developments like Westchester and industrial zones.

Heavy infrastructure is prominent along the coast, from the Sewage Disposal Plant at Playa del Rey to the extensive Refinery and Oil Reservoirs in El Segundo. The rail network of the Pacific Electric and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe still serves the burgeoning seaside communities of Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach, while the northern reaches show the established street patterns of Venice and Culver City near Ballona Creek.