Avalon (California)
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| Foundation : | 1913 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Los Angeles County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 20 ′ N , 118 ° 20 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 3,127 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 429.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.15 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 7.28 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 9 m |
| Postal code : | 90704 |
| Area code : | +1 310 |
| FIPS : | 06-03274 |
| GNIS ID : | 1660283 |
| Website : | www.cityofavalon.com |
| Mayor : | Bob Kennedy |
Avalon , or Avalon Bay , is an American city on Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles County , California . In addition to Avalon, the center of the population on Santa Catalina Island, there is also the small town of Two Harbors on the island. A total of around 3500 people live on the island, around 3100 of them in Avalon.
The older parts of town closer to the coast are dominated by small houses and two and three story buildings in various traditional architectural styles. There are also several large apartment complexes nestled in the hills away from the coast.
The town
Avalon is a rural waterfront town with the usual tourism-oriented businesses and services along the coast. In addition to the city itself, its historic Avalon Theater and Lichtspielhaus (now a cinema) and the impressive round ballroom located above it in the Art Deco building of the so-called Catalina Casino , completed in 1929 , as well as the one from there in the summer of 2016 to the new Ada Blanche Wrigley Carpenters Building on Metropole Avenue relocated Catalina Island Museum . Various walking trails in the hills surrounding the town, the Wrigley Memorial and a botanical garden just outside town in the hills to the southwest are other tourist attractions.
geography
Avalon is the southernmost city in Los Angeles County due to its location on Catalina Island.
climate
Avalon has a very mild subtropical climate with warm temperatures all year round.
traffic
Traffic to the mainland
The city can be reached several times a day by fast passenger ferries from Newport Beach ( Catalina Flyer ), San Pedro , Long Beach , Marina del Rey , and Dana Point . Catalina Airport , also known as airport in the sky , is located in the center of the island and seven miles (eleven kilometers) northwest of Avalon. There are also several helicopter airlines that can be used to reach the island.
Local traffic
Avalon's main mode of transport is small gasoline-powered vehicles that are similar to golf carts and are known there under the name Avalon Autoette . In 1979 it was decided by city ordinance that one new vehicle can be registered for every two vehicles that are withdrawn from traffic. In 2001 the Catalina Islands had 1,300 golf carts and a remainder of 718 cars. Avalon visitors can use rental vehicles or public transportation.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Avalon Theater on the cinema treasures website (English)
- ↑ Catalina Casino on the official website of the Catalina Island Company (English)
- ^ Catalina Island Museum. In: visitcalifornia.com. Accessed October 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Nelson Handel, Avalon Autoette , Los Angeles Magazine, June 2001, page 28 ff. ( Accessed April 18, 2011)