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Monday, Dec. 13, 2010

The entire 470-acre site, formerly a beach town community, is off-limits to everyone.

 Los Angeles Ghost Town Created by LAX
2:28 p.m. | 12/13/10
Surfridge used to be a blossoming beach community until residents were forced out by the ever expanding Los Angeles International Airport. Now the land remains exmpty and caged off completely.
-Lauren Robinson

 

 

 Gallery Surfridge Ghost Town
4:15 p.m. | 12/13/10
See images of the empty streets, leftover fire hydrants, building rubble, original building date imprints,and views from the property.
 The El Segundo Butterfly Finds Refuge in Surfridge
3:18 p.m. | 12/13/10
The El Segundo was saved from extinction largely in part due to lands provided for their habitat at Surfridge.

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