La Jolla (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738558035)

La Jolla, California, famously known as "The Jewel," is noted for its natural beauty and appealing Mediterranean-like climate. Magnificent sea cliffs and caves, bathing coves, and sandy beaches have attracted visitors, developers, and residents since the 1880s. By the early 1900s, a small community developed with artists congregating to the internationally known Green Dragon Colony. Newspaper heiress Ellen Browning Scripps and her half-sister Eliza Virginia established residences and became the community's renowned philanthropists. Many beautiful homes and institutions, along with a growing commercial district next to the sea, owe their designs to architect Irving Gill. Today La Jolla still attracts visitors from around the world and is home to the rich, the famous, the avant-garde, and intelligentsia.

Author: Carol Olten, Heather Kuhn, La Jolla Historical Society
ISBN-10: 0738558036
ISBN-13: 9780738558035
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.80w x 0.39d