Historic Street Name Change

Previous Street Name: Sapphire St./Huntley

‘Current/Next’ Street Name: Abandoned. Now an athletic field at Miquel Contreros Learning Complex

Earliest Date for ‘Previous’ Name: 1888

Latest Date for ‘Previous’ Name:   1908

Entry covers from cross street to cross street or similar: bet. Boylston (Figueroa in 1888) & Bixel (Lafayette in 1888),

Approximate Number of Blocks: 1

Length of segment: 0.16 miles

Map(s) used to confirm street name changes:

Reference 1: Morse*

Reference 2: 1888 Sanborn

Reference 3: 1921 Baist detail. Annotated that the short stretch between Bixel and 3rd (now Miramar and that piece is now a football field at Miquel Contreros Learning Complex) had been abandoned.

Notes: In 1908 it was Sapphire, by 1921 was Huntley, and now it has been abandoned. Could be made two entries (which is a bit much for a one block long street)


Extent as JSON: [lng lat] {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[-118.25960397720338,34.05850824110436],[-118.25683593750001,34.058401579311806]]}

Updated: October 07, 2017 17:40



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Between ~1888 and ~1908, Sapphire St./Huntley became Abandoned. Now an athletic field at Miquel Contreros Learning Complex

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