New Dana Strand Village (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Lomita / Los Angeles, California
 housing services, United States Navy
Site of former WWII U.S. Navy base housing development built in 1942. It was originally designed for low-income families, but it was instead used to house war workers after the attack on Pearl Harbor occured. The housing project was torn down in 2004 and new housing construction was completed in 2012.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCdrQLaGeDE

articles.latimes.com/1992-08-23/local/me-7185_1_dana-st...
swapmeetlives.blogspot.com/2010/02/look-back-at-project...
mercyhousingblog.org/2012/12/14/celebrating-transformat...
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Coordinates:   33°46'27"N   118°16'30"W

Comments

  • The above photo, from the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Photograph Collection, was taken at Dana Strand Village sometime during the '40s-'50s.
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