Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Once a beachside neighborhood for the wealthy, Surfridge has been lost to time. A century ago this Los Angeles neighborhood was being sold to Hollywood elites to build their mansions, now all that remains are empty and deserted streets, surrounded by a barbwire fence.
Surfridge was part of the Palisades del Rey neighborhood, and for the 1920s to the 1940s it was a quiet enclave where at night you'd hear the sound of nearby ocean waves, and maybe an occasional airplane at Mines Field, located a mile away. None of the residents probably would have guessed that the small airfield at the edge of the dunes would become one of the busiest airports in the world, LAX.
In the 1950s, with the coming of the jet age, the noise became almost unbearable. The neighborhood hung on for a little bit, but in the mid-1960s, Los Angeles declared eminent domain and began taking over the neighborhood. By the mid-1970s, Surfridge was no more.
In this video we visit the site of Surfridge, walk around and look at some of it's abandoned streets, check out a filming location from an Elvis movie, and visit the last remaining part of Surfridge.
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Once a beachside neighborhood for the wealthy, Surfridge has been lost to time. A century ago this Los Angeles neighborhood was being sold to Hollywood elites to build their mansions, now all that remains are empty and deserted streets, surrounded by a barbwire fence.
Surfridge was part of the Palisades del Rey neighborhood, and for the 1920s to the 1940s it was a quiet enclave where at night you'd hear the sound of nearby ocean waves, and maybe an occasional airplane at Mines Field, located a mile away. None of the residents probably would have guessed that the small airfield at the edge of the dunes would become one of the busiest airports in the world, LAX.
In the 1950s, with the coming of the jet age, the noise became almost unbearable. The neighborhood hung on for a little bit, but in the mid-1960s, Los Angeles declared eminent domain and began taking over the neighborhood. By the mid-1970s, Surfridge was no more.
In this video we visit the site of Surfridge, walk around and look at some of it's abandoned streets, check out a filming location from an Elvis movie, and visit the last remaining part of Surfridge.
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