Aerial view. The center of this picture is now the intersection of Second Street and Juanita Avenue. In order to orient the photograph you will find that the superimposed cross is located on the south side of the photo, in the fill then being placed for Fourth Street. At the time of this picture, Third Street had not been extended east of Vermont Avenue. The large building near the center of the picture is the Palomar Ballroom (called at that time the Rainbow Ballroom and, prior to about 1928, the Patio Ballroom). Also in the center fill is the Sacatela Creek (also called Bimini Slough) and Bimini Hot Springs. Sacatela Creek is shown on the 1902 USGS map as a perennial stream that began in the Franklin Hills and joined Ballona Creek in Koreatown/Mid-City, approximately between Wilton, Westchester, and Country Club Drive. A seasonal stream flowing from today's Beverly Boulevard and Madison Avenue. In 1930, a stormdrain was laid in the stream's path and the creek was filled.
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