Los Angeles's The Palms Neighborhood

The Westside neighborhood of Palms is the oldest suburb of Los Angeles. Founded in 1886 halfway between L.A. and the beach on a steam railroad line, Palms attracted wealthy Angelinos escaping the summer�s downtown heat as well as Easterners seeking a new life in �the natural home of the fig, olive, lemon, lime, apricot, and that class of fruit that brings the largest profit in the local market.� Rancho Park and Mar Vista had yet to make it onto maps�it was all �The Palms.� The school district st