Greater LA
Holiday special: Origins of Biddy Mason Memorial Park and PCH
On this holiday rebroadcast, Greater LA looks at the history of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, which sits on land that was the private domain of one woman 100 years ago, and why the first Black woman to own property in Los Angeles has a park…
By Steve Chiotakis • • 24m ListenOn this holiday rebroadcast, Greater LA looks at the history of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, which sits on land that was the private domain of one woman 100 years ago, and why the first Black woman to own property in Los Angeles has a park named after her but no street.
In this episode
2 storiesWhat’s in a street name? Why this extraordinary Black woman doesn’t have her own road sign
In 1872, Biddy Mason led the founding of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of LA. Sisters Cheryl and Robynn Cox are petitioning the City of LA to name street after Mason.
Read the story12 minWhat’s in a street name: How PCH almost skipped Malibu
Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu sits on land that was the private domain of one woman 100 years ago.
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