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APRIL 07, 2023 | ISSUE 299 TO OUR READERS South Bay DIGS welcomes your feedback and encourages reader response to our editorial features. Please send your letters to the Publisher at 722 1st Street, Unit D, Hermosa Beach, California, 90254 or via email to Contact@WestsideDIGS.com. Please include your name and contact information. Letters may be published and we reserve the right to edit. ADVERTISING For inquiries, please contact Publisher Warren Dow at 310.373.0142. EDITORIAL For editorial inquiries, please email Editorial@SouthBayDIGS.com On The Cover 722 1st Street, Unit D, Hermosa Beach, California, 90254 Office: 310.373.0142 Westside DIGS Magazine is published every other Friday by m3 Media, LLC. Reproduction in any form or by any means is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent from m3 Media LLC. The Publisher and advertisers are not responsible or liable for misinformation, misprints, or typographical errors. All advertised properties are subject to prior sale or withdrawal without notice. Real estate advertised in this publication is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act. M3 Media will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. Any and all submissions to this publication become the property of m3 Media, LLC and may be used in any media. CREATIVE SERVICES & AD DESIGN/ORIGINAL ARTWORK PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY BY WESTSIDE DIGS.. © 2023 Micro Market Media, LLC. All rights reserved. C O N N E C T W I T H U S Listen & subscribe on iTunes, digs.net or your favorite podcast provider. The Titans of Real Estate INFLUENCERS PODCAST .net Founder & CEO / Publisher President & COO Chief Growth Officer Digital Media Director Video Editor Graphic Design Senior Graphic Designer Contributing Writers Senior Staff Photographer Warren J. Dow William Bud Moore Kyle Coats Kieron McKay Matt Polizzi Jennifer Morgan Wise Rufus Agbede Jenn Thornton Constance Dunn Karine Monié Joclene Davey Abigail Stone Paul Jonason DRE#: 01368971 Maureen Megowan 310.541.6416 mdmegowan@gmail.com S O U T H B AY History Tidbits ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR PALOS VERDES PROJECT The original development plans for the Palos Verdes Project proposed by Frank Vanderlip and E.G. Lewis , the developer brought in by Mr. Vanderlip in the early 1920's , included a number of very exciting proposals which were never implemented. These included: 1) A breakwater was proposed in Lunada Bay which would have created a sandy swimming beach. A clubhouse was proposed to accommodate bathing and beach parties. 2) A Marina and yacht club was proposed to be built at Bluff Cove around the corner from Malaga Cove that would have included a grand club house building at the top of the cove as well as a yachting marina. The Pacific Coast Yacht Club was formed in 1927 to construct the marina planned to enclose some 66 acres of water and providing moorings for 400 hundred craft. 3) A plaza area was proposed to be built in the Valmonte area at the intersection of Via Campesina and Palos Verdes Drive North in addition to Malaga Cove Plaza and Lunada Bay plaza which were constructed. The original plans called for the Lunada Bay Plaza to be constructed on Avenida Mirola, a few streets to the south of the current location of the plaza on Yarmouth Road. The original plans called for a grand Italian shopping plaza with tower. 4) E.G. Lewis had proposed the construction of a monorail from downtown Los Angeles to the Palos Verdes Peninsula with a spur line to the San Pedro Harbor. 5) The original plans for the Palos Verdes Project in the late 1920's called for the construction of a golf course in the area currently occupied by George Allen baseball field in upper Lunada Bay. Plans also included the construction of a magnificent golf club on the bluffs overlooking Portuguese Bend, to be known as "Los Palos Verdes Country Club". 6) Frank Vanderlip planned to develop the area above the current Point Vicente lighthouse including the present day Terranea Resort and the Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall area as an Italian hillside village, to be occupied by craftsmen who would live, work, and sell their wares. These grandiose plans were primarily dashed by the Great Depression, but fortunately much of the carefully laid out plans for the development of Palos Verdes survived and were implemented. The above is an excerpt from my book "Historic Tales of Palos Verdes and the South Bay". For more info see http://www.southbayhistory.com. A four-level beachfront residence by Louie Tomaro melds fine design and fun amenities—including an inspired rooftop getaway—along an exclusive segment of the North Hermosa Strand. STRANDTASTIC PRESENTED BY TA D T H O R M O DS G A A R D O F PA L M R E A LT Y B O U T I Q U E FEATURED ON PAGE 62 18 DIGS.NET | 4.07.23