Vacant lot and side of house, likely Ocean Ave., Santa Monica

Item Overview

Title

Vacant lot and side of house, likely Ocean Ave., Santa Monica

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

[1950s]

Date

1950/1959

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

This image is of vacant lot and the house adjacent to it. Erected on the lot are two signs, one of which reads "NOTICE TO DESTROY WEENDS & REMOVE RUBBISH, REFUSE, AND DIRT". The other reads "..OY & Co...TATE INSURANCE...DABLE...the Bay, 1303 SAN VINCENTE AT 26th STREET".
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.

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