Sorrento Beach Club seen from Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, 1953

Item Overview

Title

Sorrento Beach Club seen from Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, 1953

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

May 29, 1953

Date

1953-05-29

Language

English

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Southern exterior view of the Sorrento Beach Club against the Palisades cliffs, facing northwest from Pacific Coast Highway. A restaurant, other buildings and cars are visible on the highway. The restaurant bares a sign reading "Ne--'s Grill".
P. H. Philbin, of Chicago, a former owner of the Sorrento Beach Club building, 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.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Sorrento Club, Mr. Philbin, 5/29/53, View from sand and highway.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs
exterior views

Names

Sorrento Beach Club (Santa Monica, Calif.)

Location

California--Santa Monica

Longitude

34.020941

Latitude

-118.507434

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Seaside resorts--California--Santa Monica
California Highway 1 (Calif.)
Business
Environment
Culture
Clubhouses--California--Santa Monica