city profile huntington park california 1924 by oscar hilton realtor

8/14/2019 City Profile Huntington Park California 1924 by Oscar Hilton Realtor

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392 The ReaLtaBI e Book of C&l.ifolnitHuntington Park

,l]vOscARHrLToN,RealtorTINTINGTON PARK, covering two squaremiles, s a city oftwelve thousand, has a splendid live, wide-awake, ustlingbusiness center half a mile long, fiDe thateN, sehools,churches, ree lined, well paved streets, splendidmunicipalwatersystem,excellentgas and elect c light ser'l'ice. Beyond s Wa-lnutPark. a beautifal home section with more than a thousandpretty,modernbungalowsnestling among ovely walnut trees. with a homebuilding program of over a million a year.Beyond,South Gate, Home Gar-dens,Magrolia park, WawonaPatk Tweedy Park and on to Lj'nwood lour miles south on I-ongBeach boulevard;on the east UreBenson Tract. Huutin!'ton par[Snu-arF,el l . \4rJ,.woodnd C drhy: and on rhp weorLoi Angelespushingsteadilysouthwald tovard the harbor.All now 1 ppidlygrowing And developing ommunilJ.mostlysubn r'1ed.\rrh Davp.l 1r'eets." lertr,c ighr.gas nd warerservicp,with nlel ly bungalow onres pr. inging p )iki mushroomsn everydrrecronanct oaslnge nopulalion f about if ly thousand.Hlrntington Park is the hea of this development.Frrom lsevadouscommunities ivelve bus lines act as feealer-so the streetcar line,which connects {untington Park with Los Angeles or a ffvecent are, bringing all of this tra{Iic to our city and Los Angeles.Huntington Park is the very center of the developmen-tetweenLos Angeleq n the north and [Dng Bea.hand lhe harbor on th esoulh. This devclopmenrannot o by. i l mustcome hrouThHunlFington Park. Its residential grcwth is therelore rapidly spreadingeast_and outh,parallelingthe industrial growth from Los Angelessouthvard aloDg he raihoads to the hrlrbor. Ours s tho reside-ntiatand business ection for this industrial district as well as beins ares'dential pcrionor Los Angeles. ecausef its proximity., As an indication of its gao\Mth, uilding permits have jumpedfrom $150,000n 1910 o 91,265,000n 1922and$2,000,000 19h;assessedaluatlon, rom 91,000,000o 9?,500,000n 1923; bank de-posits, rom $55,000n 1910 o 92,786,000 n 1922; Union HighSchoolenrollmnt, lom 35 students o 1400;and the grade schoois,from 200 o 2?00 oday.And this is only a beginning.Wc are only uponrhe thresholdof the dcvelopnnt ihat is to be i lr Hunlinston Park and i ls sur-rounding errjtory. Baskingn the warmth;f the southern un andcoolealty he genUe reezesrom the Pacific,only twelve miles away;blessedwith every beauty and comfo* of the suburbancommtrniivand wrth all ihe advanlagps f thp metl 'opolis.nly thir. t l minulei!way; backed by aS rich a country as can be found anl4ghere, witifast growing ndusrries upplying mplo).rnento thousands,nd a[our dooN.oi l , he iquidgold hatdrives he pulse f modem ndustry,altd oneof, if not the most mportant commoditiesn commercialifetoday, ustly proudof her'gTowthand achievementsn her shott Dast.absolutelysure of her rapid ao$4h or the ful-Ure.a modern iiy,enthusiasticallyprog:ressive, ith golden opportuDitiesfor labor.,


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city profile huntington park california 1924 by oscar hilton realtor

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