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Slauson Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare for southern Los Angeles County, named for the land developer and Los Angeles Board of Education member J. S. Slauson
J. S. Slauson

Jonathan Sayre Slauson was a land developer who founded the town of Azusa, California in 1887. He was elected to the Los Angeles Board of Education on December 5, 1904 for a two year term....
. It passes through Culver City
Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 38,816. The community is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also has a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County....
, Ladera Heights
Ladera Heights, California

Ladera Heights is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in southwestern Los Angeles County, California. The population was 6,568 at the 2000 census....
, View Park-Windsor Hills
View Park-Windsor Hills, California

View Park-Windsor Hills is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 10,958 at the 2000 census....
, Baldwin Hills, Inglewood
Inglewood, California

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles, California. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908....
, South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles

South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A., is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California....
, Huntington Park
Huntington Park, California

Huntington Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 61,348....
, Maywood, Pico Rivera
Pico Rivera, California

Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 63,428....
, Whittier
Whittier, California

Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 83,680....
, and Santa Fe Springs
Santa Fe Springs, California

Santa Fe Springs is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It is one of the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County....
. It starts off Jefferson Boulevard near the Fox Hills Mall in Culver City and ends at Santa Fe Springs Road, where it becomes Mulberry Drive. Slauson runs nearly identical to the south of Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles)

Washington Boulevard is the longest continuous east-west arterial road in Los Angeles, California. It starts by the Pacific Ocean just west of Pacific Avenue in Marina del Rey, and ends far to the east in the city of Whittier, California, on California State Route 72....
, but begins further east.

The LACMTA Blue Line
LACMTA Blue Line

The Metro Blue Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a light rail line connecting Downtown Los Angeles at the 7th St/Metro Center station and Downtown Long Beach, California....
 Slauson Station
Slauson (LACMTA Station)

Slauson is a station on Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro LACMTA Blue Line.It has an island platform on the Blue Line right-of-way over Slauson Avenue in unincorporated community of Florence, California...
 stops at Slauson, elevated above ground.

The Eastern end of the 90 freeway is on Slauson Avenue.






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Slauson Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare for southern Los Angeles County, named for the land developer and Los Angeles Board of Education member J. S. Slauson
J. S. Slauson

Jonathan Sayre Slauson was a land developer who founded the town of Azusa, California in 1887. He was elected to the Los Angeles Board of Education on December 5, 1904 for a two year term....
. It passes through Culver City
Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 38,816. The community is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also has a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County....
, Ladera Heights
Ladera Heights, California

Ladera Heights is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in southwestern Los Angeles County, California. The population was 6,568 at the 2000 census....
, View Park-Windsor Hills
View Park-Windsor Hills, California

View Park-Windsor Hills is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 10,958 at the 2000 census....
, Baldwin Hills, Inglewood
Inglewood, California

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles, California. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908....
, South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles

South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A., is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California....
, Huntington Park
Huntington Park, California

Huntington Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 61,348....
, Maywood, Pico Rivera
Pico Rivera, California

Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 63,428....
, Whittier
Whittier, California

Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 83,680....
, and Santa Fe Springs
Santa Fe Springs, California

Santa Fe Springs is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. It is one of the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County....
. It starts off Jefferson Boulevard near the Fox Hills Mall in Culver City and ends at Santa Fe Springs Road, where it becomes Mulberry Drive. Slauson runs nearly identical to the south of Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles)

Washington Boulevard is the longest continuous east-west arterial road in Los Angeles, California. It starts by the Pacific Ocean just west of Pacific Avenue in Marina del Rey, and ends far to the east in the city of Whittier, California, on California State Route 72....
, but begins further east.

The LACMTA Blue Line
LACMTA Blue Line

The Metro Blue Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a light rail line connecting Downtown Los Angeles at the 7th St/Metro Center station and Downtown Long Beach, California....
 Slauson Station
Slauson (LACMTA Station)

Slauson is a station on Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro LACMTA Blue Line.It has an island platform on the Blue Line right-of-way over Slauson Avenue in unincorporated community of Florence, California...
 stops at Slauson, elevated above ground.

The Eastern end of the 90 freeway is on Slauson Avenue. The 90, also known as the Marina Freeway, was briefly known in the 1970's as the Richard M. Nixon freeway.

Slauson is also famous for former Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel

The Bethlehem Steel Corporation , based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once the second-largest steel producer in the United States, after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based U.S....
 mill located on the 3300 block. At one time Slauson Avenue was a center for urban heavy industry in Los Angeles.

Slauson Avenue also played a role in the Art Fern "Tea Time Movie" sketches on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson

John William ?Johnny? Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years....
. Fern would refer to "The Slauson Cutoff" while he gave road directions during a fictional commercial, and would aside with "Cut off your Slauson..." The street is after Telegraph Rd The street is before Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard

The following roads are named Washington Boulevard:*Washington Boulevard *Washington Boulevard *Washington Boulevard *Washington Boulevard ...
.

Metro Local
Metro Local

Metro Local is a bus service in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. This retronym designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service ....
 108 and 358 operate on Slauson Avenue.

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