Silicon Beach Cruise: Culver City to the Historic Howard Hughes Hangars

Take a scenic drive from Culver City down to Playa Vista, home of the YouTube Space and the historic Howard Hughes hangars! This dashcam tour takes you through the bustling local streets of the Westside, eventually arriving at the massive, iconic wooden hangars in the heart of Los Angeles' tech hub, Silicon Beach. Note: This video was recorded entirely without audio. It makes a perfect silent, visual backdrop to throw on your screen—just play your own favorite driving playlist, podcast, or lo-fi beats while you enjoy the neighborhood cruise! The History of the Hangar Howard Hughes was an aerospace engineer who built the 750-foot-long hangar in 1943. Because of metal shortages during World War II, the hangar was constructed entirely of wood, making it one of the largest wooden structures in the world. Hughes specifically commissioned this building for the manufacture of his massive experimental wooden aircraft, the H-4 Hercules flying boat, which is famously known as the "Spruce Goose". Today, the hangar is a historical landmark that earned a Preservation Award and is listed in the California Register, serving as a state-of-the-art office and production facility for Google and YouTube. Watch the neighborhood scenery shift as we navigate the local traffic and cruise into the modern Playa Vista community. It is a great, authentic look at an everyday Los Angeles drive, ending with a piece of fascinating local aviation history. #culvercity #playavista #youtubeoffices #howardhughes #sprucegoose #dashcamdrive #losangeles #ladrive #silentvideo #noaudio #californiadrive #siliconbeach #dashcam #historicallandmark Explore the Spruce Goose hangars in Playa Vista https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24jeHc1gAMw This video provides a walking tour around the exterior of the massive all-wood hangars where Howard Hughes constructed the famous Spruce Goose.