In 1931 the Los Angeles forestry division planted more than 25,000 palm trees around the city. The most common was the ...

"It is said by civic leaders that the installation of the trees along Palm Canyon drive will do more for the appearance of the town than any other single thing in many years .." ...

The most common was the Washingtonia robusta, or Mexican fan palm. Many of the original palms planted in the 1930s are still around. A fan palm can grow to 100 feet and live for hundreds of years.