View across tops of cliffs of Palisades Park, Santa Monica, 1952

Item Overview

Title

View across tops of cliffs of Palisades Park, Santa Monica, 1952

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1952

Date

1952

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

This image is a view facing across the tops of the cliffs of Palisades Park. Houses and palm trees can also be seen in the background.
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. Philbin may have had this image taken to document the Palisades area near the Sorrento Beach Club.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Mr. Philbin, Sorrento Beach Club 1952, S.M. Pool.

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

Cliffs--California--Santa Monica
Parks--California--Santa Monica