Santa Monica, California

Los Angeles County

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Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California on the Pacific coast. It is located in the Santa Monica Bay, south of Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Brentwood, west of Westwood and Sawtelle and north of Venice. In 2008, the city had 87,664 inhabitants (estimate).

Santa Monica is situated on a cliff, which extends along the Pacific coast. Through the Palisades Park offers a superb view of the Pacific Ocean.

One of the landmarks of Santa Monica is the Santa Monica Pier, which was built in the 1920s and now houses a small amusement park. The pier with the Ferris wheel is a popular motif of the Hollywood film industry.

The Third Street Promenade is one of the few pedestrian zones in the greater Los Angeles area. Due to its proximity to the Santa Monica Pier is a popular spot for tourists and locals. In the evenings, many street performers entertain visitors along the about three blocks extending shopping area. The south end of the Third Street Promenade is completed by shopping at Santa Monica Place, which was designed by Frank Gehry.

Geography

Northwest of Santa Monica are the Santa Monica Mountains, up to 948 meters rising mountain range. Except on the Pacific coast, the city is surrounded on all sides by the metropolis of Los Angeles.

Traffic

You can reach Santa Monica best over the approximately 10 km to the south Los Angeles International Airport.

Interstate 10 ( west of Los Angeles ' Santa Monica Freeway " called - east " San Bernardino Freeway " ) ends in Santa Monica near the pier and go here seamlessly in a northeasterly direction into the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH - Highway 1) in direction over Malibu. Interstate 10 runs from Santa Monica from east toward Downtown Los Angeles and shortly after crossing the city limits of Santa Monica Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway).

Santa Monica has a multi- award winning network of bus routes; the Big Blue Bus uses modern vehicles and runs for Southern California standards comparatively frequently.

Until the beginning of the 20th century Santa Monica was connected by a tram line with Los Angeles. They eventually had to give way to the expanding automobile traffic.

In addition, Santa Monica has a local airport, Santa Monica Airport for charter flights, private and sport aircraft.

Main thoroughfares in Santa Monica are seen from the coast of San Vicente Boulevard, Montana Avenue, Wilshire, the Santa Monica and Ocean Park Boulevard. Parallel to the coast, these are the Pacific Coast Highway, Ocean Avenue / Neilson Way and Lincoln Boulevard ( the same is in the south-east and the Pacific Coast Highway 1) and the 26th Street.

Attractions

The Santa Monica Pier, which was built in 1909, is one of the most famous attractions of the city. Next to the small Pacific Park amusement park with roller coaster and Ferris wheel It is also home to numerous restaurants and shops. In the Looff Hippodrome building at the beginning of the Pier is since 1947 an old carousel horse. The entrance of the Pier on Ocean Avenue is a white- blue gate, which is illuminated at night with neon lights.

A pedestrian zone " Third Street Promenade" with numerous shops, restaurants and movie theaters spread over three blocks from the shopping center Santa Monica Place and Wilshire Blvd. Street artists and musicians of all variations occur in numerous evenings on the road.

In Santa Monica and the historic Route 66 ends at the corner of Lincoln Blvd. / Olympic Blvd.

Health service

Health care is provided by two hospitals, both of which are located in a multi-year renovation period. The Saint John's Health Center was named the best municipal hospital of the American West Coast. The location near Santa Monica -UCLA Medical Center, a formerly urban hospital, is now a branch of the University Hospital UCLA in Westwood, which in turn is one of the 10 best U.S. hospitals.

Churches

The largest local church is the Roman Catholic Church of St. Monica at the intersection of 725 California Avenue and 7th Street. However, one does not need to appear in person, but can also watch a live stream on the Internet. However, there are also countless other churches.

Population and demographics

A significant minority of the population is meso- or Latino of any race. However, most inhabitants are of Caucasian ( "white" ) population attributable.

Data obtained from the census in 2000 84.084 inhabitants of Santa Monica lived in 44,497 households; among them were 16,775 families. The population density was 3,930 per km ². In the resort 47 863 units were recorded. Among the population was 78.3 % White, 3.8 % African American, 0.5% American Indian, 7.3 % Asian and 6.1% of other ethnic groups; 4.1 % reported belonging to several ethnic groups.

Among the 44,497 households 15.8% had children under the age of 18; 27.5 % were married couples living together. 51.2 % of households were single-person households. The average household size was 1.83 and the average family size 2.80 persons.

The population was spread out with 14.6% under the age of 18, 6.1 % from 18 to 24, 40.1% 25-44 years, 24.8% from 45 to 64 years and 14.4 % of 65 years or older. The median age was 39 years.

The average household income was $ 50,714, the average family income is $ 75,989. The per capita income in Santa Monica was $ 42,874. Under the poverty line lived 10.4% of the population. According to a projection for 2007, the values for the value of household income to $ 71,796 and family income have risen to $ 100,657.

The following table lists the population of Santa Monica since 1880, according to the results of the censuses from 1880 to 2000 and a projection for 2008 by the United States Census Bureau:

Trivia

Santa Monica is an independent Los Angeles city and therefore also has its own administration and police. In Santa Monica, there are therefore numerous in contrast to Los Angeles different rules. So pedestrians are prohibited under penalty, the roads to cross off of pedestrian crossings or traffic lights.

Due to the proximity to the film industry often recur localities of Santa Monica in various films. The entrance to the Santa Monica Pier was a turning point of Forrest Gump as it travels across the USA. On the pier there is a restaurant of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, which was inspired by the movie. The horse carousel on the pier was a pursuit course of action and a shootout in the movie The network. A BigBlueBus the transport company was action space of speed. A scene in Terminator 2 played the mall Santa Monica Place. The TV series Baywatch played partly on the beach and the pier in Santa Monica.

Twinning

Santa Monica has been twinned with the German city of Hamm ( North Rhine -Westphalia).

Sons and daughters of the town

Tony Alva ( born 1957 ), professional skateboarder
Sean Anderson (* 1988), rapper
Kenneth Anger ( * 1927), and author Underground-/Avantgarde-Filmemacher
Sean Astin (born 1971 ), actor, director, writer and producer
Ernie Ball (1930-2004), musician and inventor
Jack Black (born 1969 ), actor and musician
Michael Chaplin ( born 1946 ), actor
Geraldine Chaplin ( born 1944 ), actress
Charmaine Craig (born 1970 ), actress and author
Cameron Monaghan (* 1993), actor
Kelly Curtis ( born 1956 ), film actress
Joseph W. Dauben (1944 ), mathematics and science historian
Baron Davis ( born 1979 ), NBA player
Scott Davis (born 1962 ), tennis player
John Densmore ( born 1944 ), drummer of the rock band The Doors
Trent Dilfer (born 1972 ), football player
Miguel Ferrer ( b. 1955 ), actor
Linda Gray ( born 1940 ), actress
Frank Gifford ( born 1930 ), football player, sportscaster
Sara Gilbert ( born 1975 ), actress
Bob Gunton ( born 1945 ), film and theater actor
Richard Hatch ( born 1945 ), actor
David Hayter (born 1969 ), voice actor, actor and screenwriter
Derek Hill (born 1978 ), American racing driver
Anjelica Huston ( born 1951 ), actress
Scott Kalitta (1962-2008), Dragster pilot
Lorenzo Lamas (born 1958 ), actor
Lorna Luft ( born 1952 ), singer and actress
Sidney air (1915-2005), film producer
Tobey Maguire ( born 1975 ), actor
Richard Maibaum (1909-1991), Writer
Stephen Malkmus (born 1966 ), musician
Mark Mancina ( born 1957 ), composer
Dave Navarro (born 1967 ), guitarist and drummer
Tracy Nelson ( born 1963 ), actress
Sean Penn ( b. 1960 ), actor, director and author
Robert Redford ( b. 1936 ), actor, director and producer
Christina Ricci ( born 1980 ), actress
Randy Rhoads (1956-1982), a rock guitarist in the 1980s
Austin Rivers (* 1992), NBA player
Gloria Stuart (1910-2010), actress
Amber Tamblyn ( b. 1983 ), actress
Shirley Temple (1928-2014), actress
Hutch Dano (* 1992), actor
Robert Trujillo (born 1964 ), musician
Suzanne Vega ( born 1959 ), singer-songwriter
Joseph Williams ( born 1960 ), rock singer

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