PUBLIC
WORKS
Street Name Change:
Estrella Way
City Council
Public Hearing
June 27, 2023
Street Name Change for Approval:
Request made for Street Name Change for
wayfinding purposes to change old W
Empire Avenue to become Estrella Way.
STREET NAME CHANGE
2 Extents of Estrella Way will be from Victory Place to Wilson Avenue Empire Avenue to become Estrella Way
3 Overview :
History :
The realignment of Empire Avenue by Caltrans created
a small city street fragment of the old alignment of
Empire Avenue that extends from Victory Place to
Wilson Avenue. The main entrance to the Estrella
Media, Inc. property comes from old Empire Avenue.
The new street name will be a component of any way
finding sign system for Estrella Media. No existing
street addresses are affected except for the requestor.
ESTRELLA WAY
4 From Victory Place heading toward Wilson Avenue
ESTRELLA WAY
5 Victory Place intersection & end of Wilson Avenue
ESTRELLA WAY
6 Estrella, is Spanish for “Star”, is also referencing the Lockheed P-80 that was built at the Empire Center across the street when it was Lockheed Plant B-1. The P-80 official Air Force nickname was “Shooting Star.” The P-80 was America’s first jet aircraft to enter fighting service just after the end of WW2.
ESTRELLA WAY
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Contact
David Null, P.E.
Senior Civil Engineer
[email protected]
818-238-3915