| Pacific Palisades: 15 Historic Postcards Contributor(s): Loomis, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738569496 ISBN-13: 9780738569499 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Loose Leaf - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: 979.4 |
| Series: Postcards of America (Looseleaf) |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 6" W x 4.8" (0.15 lbs) 15 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |