View of houses, likely on Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, circa 1952

Item Overview

Title

View of houses, likely on Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, circa 1952

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

[circa 1952]

Date

1952

Language

English

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

P. H. Philbin, of Chicago, a former owner of the Sorrento Beach Club building on the Pacific Coast Highway at the base of the palisades cliffs, had planned a 12-story apartment building on the site in 1953. The project included utilizing the massive concrete Sorrento Beach Club structure which had been abandoned in an unfinished state. The project was controversial, as some property owners felt that it would mar the beauty of the Santa Monica Palisades Park.
This image is of the front of two houses, one in Victorian style and one in bungalow style. These houses are likely on Ocean Ave. The house closest to the camera has a sign on its lawn reading "NOTICE TO DESTROY WEENDS & REMOVE RUBBISH, REFUSE, AND DIRT".

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: PH Philbin, 705 Ocean Street, Panor...(illegible).

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs
exterior views

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dwellings--California--Santa Monica