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Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisals In
Los Angeles County, City of Playa Del Rey
| Playa del Rey in the
1970s was known as a great Los Angeles area "surfing spot," but due
to many rock jetties that were built to prevent beach erosion, the good surf
was mostly gone. Most surfers now flock south of Dockweiler Beach, to "El
Porto", the most northern part of beach in the city of Manhattan Beach. For
beachgoers, one danger is the uncontrolled water runoff from the creek, and the
occasional overflow from the giant Hyperion treatment plant to the south. The
term also refers to the neighborhood that is adjacent to the beach. Locals
refer to the small area of housing closest to the beach as The Jungle (it is
rumored that the early episodes of Gilligan's Island were filmed here). A large
portion of Playa del Rey is now vacant, and homes were destroyed, after the
expansion of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), brought increased flight
traffic. The sound from increased flights made it less desirable to live and
difficult for appraisers to work on the dunes above the ocean under the LAX
flight path. LAX bought the southern section of Playa del Rey, where today one
will see nothing but barbed-wire fences protecting vacant land, and old
streets, where houses once sat. |
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