There are several areas of Redondo Beach, each having a theme for street names. In South Redondo, for instance, east-west streets are named for jewels, and north-south streets have women's names (some the names of Dominguez women). In the Clifton area (south of Knob Hill Av), the east-west streets have letter names (A, B, C, &c).
The lower part of North Redondo was developed by W. H. Carlson and George Peck, beginning in 1906, under the name Redondo Villa Tract, an area bounded by (today's names) Artesia, Ripley, Slauson, and Prospect. In 1907 another tract, Redondo Villa Tract B, was added, bounded by Artesia, Manhattan Beach Blvd, Vail, and Aviation. To give an aura of prosperity, many streets are named for American tycoons ("captains of industry") of the time. Perhaps only two were real scoundrels: Fisk and Gould; they wrecked the Erie RR.
| Street | Named for | Dates | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gould Ln * | Jason "Jay" Gould | 1836-1892 | speculator & RRs (Erie, MP, UP, MKT, T&P) |
| Vanderbilt Ln | Cornelius Vanderbilt | 1794-1877 | shipping & RRs (NYC; C&NW) |
| Carnegie Ln | Andrew Carnegie | 1835-1919 | steel |
| Rockefeller Ln | John Davison Rockefeller | 1839-1937 | oil (Standard Oil trust) |
| Huntington Ln | Collis Potter Huntington or Henry Edwards Huntington |
1821-1900 1850-1927 |
RRs (CP, SP, B&O) RRs (", and PE); philanthropist |
| Harriman Ln | Edward Henry Harriman | 1848-1909 | RRs (IC, UP, NP, SP) |
| Clark Ln | William Andrews Clark | 1835-1925 | merchant & miner in MT; railroads |
| Marshall Field Ln | Marshall Field | 1834-1906 | merchant |
| Pullman Ln | George Mortimer Pullman | 1831-1897 | Pullman cars |
| Belmont Ln | August Belmont | 1853-1924 | banking |
| Speyer Ln | James Speyer | 1861-1941 | banking |
| Haynes Ln | Elwood Haynes | 1857-1915 | inventor (horseless carriage) |
| Morgan Ln | John Pierpont Morgan | 1837-1913 | banking, RRs (SOU, Erie), steel |
| Havemeyer Ln | Henry Osborne Havemeyer | 1847-1907 | sugar, coffee |
| Carlson Ln | W. H. Carlson | developer of Redondo Villa | |
| Peck Av | George Peck | landowner | |
| Spreckels Ln | Claus Spreckels | 1828-1908 | sugar |
| Armour Ln | Philip Danforth Armour | 1832-1901 | meat packing |
| Van Horne Ln | Sir Wm. Cornelius Van Horne | 1843-1915 | RRs (Canadian Pacific) |
| Lomax Ln | ? | ||
| Fisk Ln | James Fisk | 1834-1872 | speculator; RRs (Erie) |
| Alvord Ln | |||
| Ralston Ln | William Chapman Ralston | 1826-1875 | banking: Bank of California |
| Hill Ln | James Jerome Hill | 1838-1916 | RRs: (GN, NP, CB&Q) the "Empire Builder" |
| Ives Ln | |||
| Hadley Ln | |||
| Perkins Ln | Thomas Handasyd Perkins | 1764-1854 | merchant |
| Felton Ln | Charles N. Felton (?) | politician | |
| Phelan Ln | James Phelan, or | 1824-1892
1861-1930 |
mining, banking, mayor of SF |
| Mackay Ln | Gordon MacKay or John W. MacKay |
1821-1903
1870-1895 |
inventor mining engineer |
| Vail Av | Theodore Vail
or ? |
1845-1920
? |
telephones (AT&T)
developer |
| Slauson Ln | Jonathan Sayre Slauson | 1829-1905 | banker; LA&I RR; developer of Azusa |
| Rindge Ln | Frederick Hastings Rindge | 1857-1905 | oil (Union Oil); So. Cal. Edison Co. |
| Blossom Ln | |||
| Green Ln | Thomas Jefferson Green (?) | politician | |
| Flagler Ln | Henry Morrison Flagler | 1830-1913 | oil (Standard Oil) |
| Harkness Ln | Stephen Vandenberg Harkness | 1818-1888 | oil |
| Ruxton Av | |||
| Axenty Wy | Sam Axenty | 1892-1975 | R. B. City Councilman |
| Wollacott St | |||
| Carver St | |||
| Herrin St | |||
| Dixon St | |||
| Reed St | |||
| Ford Ln | Henry Ford | 1863-1947 | automobiles |
| Steinhart Av | A. W. Steinhart | ||
| Goodman Ln | |||
| Stanford Av | Amasa Leland Stanford | 1824-1893 | merchant, RRs (CP, SP) |
| Harper Av | |||
| Reynolds Ln | Jackson Eli Reynolds | 1873-1958 | banker |
| Graham Av | |||
| Gates Av | John Warne Gates | 1855-1911 | steel; known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates |
| Curtis Av | |||
| Voorhees Av | |||
| Ruhland Av | |||
| Nelson Av | Nelson Olsen Nelson | 1844-1922 | industrialist; advocated profit sharing |
| Matthews Av |
* Gould Ln was renamed Artesia Blvd in the 1960s; Gould Av continues in Hermosa Beach.