El Segundo’s Thunderbird Hotel made quite a splash when it opened in 1959

Ad promotes the rebranded Tiki Hut. El Segundo Herald, April 3, 1968, Page 31. (Credit: El Segundo Herald archives)

Undated postcard circa early 1960s shows the Thunderbird Hotel on Sepulveda Blvd. (foreground) in El Segundo. The surrounding properties are much less empty these days.

Rendition of the Pacific Commons development shows new housing, foreground right, with Fairfield Inn and Suites, rear left. (Credit: Pacific Commons)

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