This street was named during the early days of commercial aviation. An “airdrome” was a precursor to an airport: a landing field with hangars and services. Airdrome Street was laid out on a 1921 tract along with Hi Point, Point View, Pickford, and Saturn streets. The tract was officially owned by the Title Insurance and Trust Co., likely working for some unknown mortgagee, but it’s not clear who named the streets or if someone sincerely hoped to establish an airfield on this spot, like the ones owned by Cecil B. DeMille and Syd Chaplin (Charlie’s brother) up the road at Wilshire and Fairfax. If so, those plans never materialized – perhaps due to Clover Field opening in 1923 – and the site sat fallow until 1937, when Louis Pasteur Junior High was built there. It’s now an LAUSD magnet school.
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