14 ODD ONES AND SHOPS / EL SEGUNDO
Smoky Hollow
Refinery-smoke machine-shop district turned creative-office quarter. A low-rise grid of old machine shops that once served the refinery and aerospace firms, now El Segundo's brewery-and-startup quarter and a test of how a small industrial district can change without being erased.
The facts
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| Where | Industrial district between Main St and Sepulveda Blvd, north of El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo |
|---|---|
| Built | 1911 (district origins) |
| Architect or builder | Unavailable |
| Kind | Odd ones and shops |
| Status | standing |
| Visiting | public |
| From El Segundo City Hall | 0.3 miles, straight line |
| Coordinates | 33.919, -118.411 (approximate) |
What the sources say
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- The area is named for smoke that settled there from the 1911 Standard Oil refinery.
The area got its name because smoke once settled there from Standard Oil Co.'s refinery in 1911.
ABC7 Los Angeles ↗ reported - For decades it housed manufacturers supplying nearby aerospace companies.
For decades, the neighborhood was home to manufacturers serving neighboring aerospace firms
ABC7 Los Angeles ↗ reported - The city rezoned about 120 acres of the district to court young companies.
It has set its sights on 120 acres of its industrial Smoky Hollow neighborhood.
ABC7 Los Angeles ↗ reported
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Nearby on the list
Closest entries, straight line
- Old Town Music Hall, El Segundo 0.4 mi
- Chevron El Segundo Refinery, El Segundo 0.7 mi
- Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, Los Angeles (Playa del Rey) 1.1 mi
← No. 13: Old Town Music Hall · No. 15: Toyota Sports Performance Center → · All on the map
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Smoky Hollow. elsegundo.xyz Architecture, checked Nov 3, 2026. https://elsegundo.xyz/architecture/smoky-hollow/
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