Pacific Palisades: 15 Historic Postcards (Loose Leaf) (ISBN-13: 9780738569499)

Pacific Palisades owes its name to its geography. The cliffs looming above the beach reminded the early developers of the Hudson River Palisades in New York. The name for this eventually affluent coastal enclave of the city of Los Angeles was first used in 1906 for an area of Santa Monica homes. Palisades Park in Santa Monica hugs the top of the bluff. So it must have seemed natural to name the area north of the Santa Monica Palisades Pacific Palisades. Today Pacific Palisades is synonymous with lovely homes and distinguished residents as well as rocky cliffs. Many of the photographs reproduced here have never before been published and show how the land changed from open mesas to the thriving community it is today. Pacific Palisades completes the story of the Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica and its neighboring ranchoathe Boca de Santa Monicaaand the Santa Monica Land and Water Company.

Author: Jan Loomis
ISBN-10: 0738569496
ISBN-13: 9780738569499
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 08/05/2009
Pages: 15
Format: Loose Leaf
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 4.80h x 6.00w x 0.20d

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