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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Great post Mr. Swink! Ocean View Avenue has always intrigued me.
It's easy to forget the topography of the area; especially when you're thousands of miles from L.A. (like I am at the moment).
Unless I'm mistaken, the photographs below show the earliest developments on Ocean View Avenue overlooking Westlake Park.
"West Lake Park North Shore"
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Is that Gertrude Stein? 
"View in West Lake Park, Los Angeles CAl."
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...and there's Alice B.
A genteel time in 'belle epoque' Los Angeles. West Lake Park (known today as MacArthur Park*)
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A friend of my father, Mrs. Mary Duffield, would talk of the time when they would ride (car or horse/buggy) out to the "West Reservoir" for picnics when she was a child. I am guessing she meant about the late 1800's...these pictures give me an idea of what she was talking about...wonderful.