Westchester is the section of the City of Los Angeles which contains the Los Angeles International Airport, often referred to by its baggage code, LAX. The community of Westchester was so named, and began rapid growth, at the end of World War II. Because of the airport, and the various aviation firms located nearby (Douglas, North American, Hughes, &c), many of the streets in Westchester have an aviation theme.
Airlane Av
Bleriot Av - Louis Blériot (1872-1936) French pioneer aviator; first to fly a heavier-than-air craft (of his own manufacture) across the English channel (July 25, 1909)
Croydon Av - Croydon, England, a residential suburb of Greater London; aircraft manufacturing
De Haviland Av - Sir Geoffery de Havilland (1882-1965) British aeronautical engineer and designer manufacturer of airplanes
Earhart Av - Amelia Earhart (1898-1937) American aviatrix; first woman to cross Atlantic Ocean in airplane (1928); lost on Pacific flight (July, 1937)
Fleetwing Av
Goebbels Av, Pl, Ct (streets that no longer exist) -
Hoxey Av (street no longer exists) - Named for Arch Hoxsey (1884-1910), a star pilot for the Wright Flying Team; he was also once a pilot for Theodore Roosevelt; died in a crash, 1910.
Ingleport Av (street no longer exists)
Jenny Av (original street does not exist, but a new Jenny Av has replaced it) - Named for the Curtiss "Jenny", built by Glenn Hammond Curtiss [who seemed to like double letters in his names], and named for his wife, Jenny.
Kellyfield Av (street no longer exists) - Named for Kelly Field, originally a USAAC training base near San Antonio, Texas; now known as Kelly AFB. Nearby were also Randolph Field and Brooks Field, also USAAC bases, now both Air Force Bases.
Flight Av
Kittyhawk Av - Kitty Hawk, NC, site of the first heavier-than-air flight, by the Wright Brothers, December 17, 1903
Glider Av
Yorktown Av
Bellanca Av - Named for Giuseppe Bellanca, Italian aviator and aircraft manufacturer; a competitor to Charles Lindbergh in his quest to be the first to fly nonstop between New York and Paris.
Some of the streets in the neighborhood of Loyola Marymount University (LMU) are named for Jesuit colleges.
Fordham Rd - Fordham University, Bronx, NY
Gonzaga Av - Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
Loyola Blvd - There is a Loyola University in Chicago, and another in New Orleans, and a Loyola College in Maryland. The LMU campus was Loyola University until it merged with Marymount College. Originally, it was St Vincent's College, oldest institute of higher learning in Los Angeles, founded in 1865. St Vincent's College closed in 1911, and was taken over by the Jesuits. It moved to the Westchester campus in 1929, and became Loyola University the next year. In 1968, Marymount College moved from Palos Verdes to the Loyola U campus, but continued to operate separately. In 1973, the two were merged as Loyola Marymount University.
Holy Cross Pl - College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Regis Wy - Regis University, Denver, CO; there is also Regis College, Weston, MA, a Catholic women's college, but not Jesuit run
Georgetown Av - Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Creighton Av - Creighton University, Omaha, NE