Neighborhood guides

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Some of these are neighborhoods of the City of LA and some are their own cities. Here's why that matters.

Westside

Ocean air, bike paths, canyon estates, beach cottages and modern rebuilds.

Westside
Bel Air

Gated 1920s estates, canyon roads and big modern houses in the hills above Sunset and UCLA.

AnchorThe East Gate and Alphonzo Bell's plan
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Brentwood

Big trees, big lots and a coral tree median, with canyons above and the Getty on the ridge.

AnchorThe San Vicente coral trees
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Century City

A 1960s city within a city on an old studio backlot, now all glass towers, a garden mall and a subway on the way.

AnchorThe old 20th Century Fox backlot
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Cheviot Hills

Curving, tree-lined hillside streets of 1920s to 1940s homes, wrapped around a golf course and one of the Westside's best parks.

AnchorRancho Park Golf Course
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Culver City

A studio town with its own city hall, Spanish bungalows on leafy streets, and a downtown built around the movies.

AnchorSony Pictures Studios, the old MGM lot
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Mar Vista

Westside living a couple of miles from the beach, with mid-century landmarks and a Sunday farmers market.

AnchorThe Mar Vista Tract
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Pacific Palisades

Bluffs over the Pacific, canyons behind, and a community rebuilding after the 2025 fire.

AnchorTemescal Canyon and the Village
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Playa Vista

A planned community of newer homes and parks next to the Ballona Wetlands, built on the old Hughes Aircraft site.

AnchorHughes Aircraft and the Spruce Goose hangar
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Santa Monica (North of Montana)

Tree-lined streets, big flat lots, Montana Avenue's shops, and the ocean bluff at the end of the road.

AnchorPalisades Park
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Westside
The Wilshire Corridor

A mile of doorman towers on Wilshire, with golf course greens on one side and city lights on the other.

AnchorThe Los Angeles Country Club
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Venice

Canals, beach cottages and bold modern houses, a few blocks from the sand and Abbot Kinney.

AnchorAbbot Kinney Boulevard and the canals
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Westwood

Movie palace towers, a Spanish Revival village and a campus full of gardens, between Bel Air and Wilshire.

AnchorWestwood Village
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South Bay & Long Beach

Beach cities, harbor towns and ocean-view hills, each one its own city.

South Bay & Long Beach
El Segundo

A small city with a classic Main Street, bungalows and ranch houses on a tidy grid, and the beach a short drive west.

AnchorOld Town Music Hall
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South Bay & Long Beach
Hermosa Beach

A small beach city of compact lots and beach cottages, volleyball nets on the sand, and a lively plaza running down to the pier.

AnchorThe Lighthouse Cafe
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South Bay & Long Beach
Long Beach

Canal homes in Naples, Craftsman and Spanish bungalows in Belmont Shore, and a working waterfront city on the bay.

AnchorThe Queen Mary
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South Bay & Long Beach
Manhattan Beach

Wide sand, a pier with a little round aquarium at the end, and rebuilt beach houses climbing the hill for the view.

AnchorManhattan Beach Pier
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South Bay & Long Beach
Palos Verdes Estates

A 1920s Olmsted-planned hillside of Mediterranean homes, ocean bluffs and coves at the north end of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

AnchorMalaga Cove Plaza
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South Bay & Long Beach
Rancho Palos Verdes

Terraced hillside homes, open-space preserves and miles of coastline facing Catalina.

AnchorPoint Vicente Lighthouse
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South Bay & Long Beach
Redondo Beach

A working harbor, a horseshoe pier, bluff-top views and a village of shops at the foot of the Palos Verdes hills.

AnchorThe Redondo Beach Pier
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South Bay & Long Beach
Torrance

Ranch homes, a planned 1910s downtown, and a beach at the foot of the Palos Verdes bluffs.

AnchorOld Torrance and the 1912 Olmsted plan
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