![]() ![]() The federal Works Project Administration helped build several buildings, most notably City Hall. In the 1930s, corruption infected Santa Monica (along with neighboring Los Angeles). Hotels and office building owners went bankrupt. ![]() One report gives citywide employment in 1933 of just 1,000. The Great Depression hit Santa Monica deeply. The Douglas Company (later McDonnell Douglas) kept facilities in the city until the 1970s. Two planes returned after covering 27,553 miles (44,342 km) in 175 days, and were greeted on their return September 23, 1924, by a crowd of 200,000. ![]() ![]() In 1924, four Douglas-built planes took off from Clover Field to attempt the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. built a plant in 1922 at Clover Field ( Santa Monica Airport) for the Douglas Aircraft Company. Santa Monica has a history of developing environmental and sustainability strategies, with the most recent focus on community-wide carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner.ĭonald Wills Douglas Sr. Popular tourists sites include Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier and Palisades Park atop a bluff over the Pacific Ocean.Īs in other coastal beach communities, coastal erosion due to coastal infrastructure and high human usage is an increasing challenge, and will become worse due to sea level rise. The city has experienced a boom since the late 1980s, through the revitalization of its downtown core, significant job growth, and increased tourism. Due to its favorable climate and proximity to Los Angeles, Santa Monica became a resort town by the early 20th century, attracting celebrities such as Marion Davies to build magnificent beach front homes on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). Census population of Santa Monica was 93,076. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on five sides by different neighborhoods of the city of Los Angeles: Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, West Los Angeles on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Currie Technologies hold various technology patents on the Electro-Drive' Propulsion Systems, unique electric drive systems that provides superior performance and durability at a reasonable price.Santa Monica ( Spanish for ' Saint Monica') is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. Currie, the former chairman and CEO of Hughes Aircraft and Delco Electronics, on the conviction that electrically driven vehicles will become increasingly important for fundamental environmental and economic reasons, and that new and large international markets will emerge. Currie Technologies was founded in 1998 by Dr. is a developer, manufacturer and distributor of quality, high-performance hybrid and electric powered vehicles and personal transportation products. will be at the Currie Technologies booth to sign autographs and to answer questions about his personal use of Currie's IZIP products on Saturday, December 9th from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM.Ĭurrie Technologies, Inc. The expo will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, December 9th and 10th, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PMĪ selection of products will be available for free test rides throughout the show and a special selection of products will be available for sale, just in time for the holidays. "AltCar" begins with a special press event on Friday, December 8th that takes place at the Santa Monica's famous pier at approximately 10:30 AM till 11:30 AM on the pier deck and culminate in an escorted "vehicle rally" to Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica Airport for expo load in.
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