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Homes and condos in Playa del Rey
In a flood plain sits Playa Del Rey, mostly above sea level, and beneath the Del Rey Hills, AKA the Westchester Bluffswhich slopes gradually uphill north to the Santa Monica Mountains. The rolling hills are the result of ancient, wind-blown, compacted sand dunes which rise up to 125 feet above sea level, with one prominent, steep dune running parallel to the coast, from Playa Del Rey, all the way south to Palos Verdes.
The Pacific Ocean is to the west, Marina Del Rey and Ballona Creek are located to the north, Playa Vista to the northeast, Westchester to the east, and El.
The vast majority of Real Estate in Playa del Rey is zoned for residential purposes only. There are residential buildings, along with other businesses like restaurants and offices along portions of Manchester Blvd and Culver Blvd.
The northern part was originally wetlands, but the natural flooding was halted by the concrete channel which contains Ballona Creek. The harbor was the mouth of the Los Angeles River prior to 1824, when it shifted its course to San Pedro to the south. To get to the Marina from Playa Del Rey, take the bridge to the jetty, between Ballona Creek and the Marina is accessible to foot traffic and bicycle traffic, but not to automobiles.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Playa Del Rey was known as a great Los Angeles area “surfing spot,” but due to the many rock jetties that were built to prevent beach erosion, the good surf is mostly gone. “Toes”, “Toes Over Beach”, or “Toes Beach” as called by the local surfing community, are names derived from the toes over or Hang Ten surfing maneuver, and the big beach surfing spot is at the northernmost end of Playa del Rey. Most surfers now flock south of Dockweiler Beach, to “El Porto”, the most northern part of beach in the city of Manhattan Beach.