Palos Verdes Festival

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THE DA CAMERA SOCIETY
25 January 2016
Dear Friends,
All of us at The Da Camera Society look forward to seeing you this Saturday, January 30th for the
Southern California debut of Trio Settecento at Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes. These
three Chamber Music in Historic Sites concerts — at 1:00, 3:00 & 5:00 PM (one hour each) — serve as
the anchor for The Da Camera Society’s Palos Verdes Festival.
In addition to the concerts at Wayfarers Chapel, festival activities include a self-guided driving tour of
the Palos Verdes Peninsula with six points-of-interest identified; three organ Showcase Performances
(20 mins. each) on the magnificent organ of Neighborhood Church, Palos Verdes Estates; and
restaurant suggestions for lunching/dining on the Peninsula.
We encourage you to wear comfortable walking shoes; the grounds surrounding Wayfarers Chapel and
along the festival tour stops is uneven. The weather is expected to be ca. 65 degrees; showers are not
expected until Sunday morning. With potential costal breezes and outdoor receptions, we encourage
you to dress appropriately.
Directions & Parking
Directions are attached to this letter. Read the directions carefully and allow plenty of time for driving
to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Wayfarers Chapel sits approximately 30 miles South of Downtown Los
Angeles (via 110 FWY) and 35 miles South of Santa Monica (via 405 & 110 FWYs).
Parking is available at the Wayfarers Chapel parking lot, with OVERFLOW PARKING and SHUTTLE
SERVICE available at the lot for Abalone Cove Shoreline Park located 0.2 mile North of Wayfarers
Chapel, on the West side of Palos Verdes Drive South.
For 1:00 & 5:00 PM Patrons: Concert parking will be available at the Wayfarers Chapel parking lot.
For 3:00 PM Patrons: Parking is divided between the Wayfarers Chapel parking lot, and the
OVERFLOW PARKING LOT at Abalone Cove Shoreline Park [5970 Palos Verdes Dr. S. – see
festival map]. 3:00 Patrons will have an enclosed parking pass with your name on the back, which
indicates WHERE you should park. It is important to park in your assigned lot.
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GREEN PARKING PASSES will park at the Wayfarers Chapel lot. Show the green parking pass
to The Da Camera Society attendant as you pull onto the grounds. If you’ve forgotten the green
parking pass, provide your name to the attendant.
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ORANGE PARKING PASSES will park 0.2 mile North of Wayfarers Chapel, in the OVERFLOW
PARKING LOT with SHUTTLE SERVICE at the lot for Abalone Cove Shoreline Park. Show the
orange parking pass to the City attendant upon entering the lot. The orange parking pass will
allow you to park for FREE, avoiding the $12 parking fee. If you’ve forgotten your orange
parking pass, provide your name to The Da Camera Society attendant positioned near the
entrance.
Palos Verdes Festival Packet
The enclosed festival packet is your guide for the day. Please take a few moments to review the
packet. As with all Da Camera Society festivals, it is important to identify what interests you and to
plan your day.
With expanses of undeveloped and protected natural landscape, and the absence of major
thoroughfares leading to and from the Southland's major metropolitan areas, the Peninsula remains a
bit of a wonder, even to Angelenos who have visited before.
The dramatic coastline and spectacular vistas are a hallmark of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. With that
in mind, we’ve concentrated festival activities to a beautiful 9.5-mile stretch of Palos Verdes Drive
(South & West). This drive along the coastline is one of the most memorable in the Southern California
area. The festival packet includes a history of the Peninsula, discussions about each point-of-interest,
news articles about the area, and a map & key.
There are four components to the Palos Verdes Festival — details and discussions about each of these
are found in the festival packet:
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Trio Settecento concerts at Wayfarers Chapel: Trio Settecento’s all-Baroque program
features sonatas of Corelli, Handel, Veracini and Bach. Concerts are at 1:00, 3:00 & 5:00 PM;
each concert lasts ca. 1 hour. All three concerts are completely sold out. Doors to the glass
chapel will open approximately 15-20 minutes prior to each concert. A light reception will take
place outdoors, on the chapel grounds, with views of the Pacific and Catalina Island on the
horizon.
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Organ Showcase Performances at Neighborhood Church, Palos Verdes Estates: It’s well
worth the 7.6 mile drive North of Wayfarers Chapel (ca. 15 mins) to view Neighborhood Church
and to hear a 20-minute organ Showcase Performance on the church’s magnificent organ which
is a product of the same team responsible for the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ.
Neighborhood Church occupies an historic 1927 villa, perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific,
with stunning vistas and walkways below the cliff’s edge. Organist Edward Murray will perform
an all-Bach program which explores the instrument’s many colors.
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Self-guided driving tour: The 9.5-mile stretch of Palos Verdes Drive (North & West) includes
Founders Park in the South, Malaga Cove Plaza in the North, and several points in between —
from the whale-watching patio at Point Vicente Interpretive Center to the organ Showcase
Performances at Neighborhood Church. The drive from Founders Park to Malaga Cove Plaza is
approximately 20 minutes, so allow plenty of time if you’re planning to make stops along the
way. Depending upon which concert you’re attending at Wayfarers Chapel, you may choose to
begin your tour up North with an organ Showcase Performance at Neighborhood Church, then
head South. However you plan your day, it’s important to “keep your eye on the clock”,
allowing plenty of time to arrive comfortably for your concert at Wayfarers Chapel.
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Area restaurant & café suggestions: A variety of options are available — from upscale
gourmet dining at Terranea Resort and Trump National Golf Club, to local favorites Admiral
Risty and Avenue Italy. Or, you may want to pick up a deli sandwich at Malaga Cove Plaza or
Yellow Vase Café to enjoy on a bluff overlooking the Pacific. Discussions about each setting —
including more extensive discussions about Terranea and Trump — are included in the festival
packet.
Will Call & Extra Festival Packets
The Will Call Table will be located near the entrance to Wayfarers Chapel starting at 11:30 AM. Extra
festival packets will available at the Will Call Table.
Please do not hesitate to call The Da Camera Society offices (213-477-2929) if you should have any
questions.
We look forward to seeing you this Saturday in Palos Verdes!
The Da Camera Society
DIRECTIONS & PARKING INFO
CONCERT SITE:
Wayfarers Chapel
5755 Palos Verdes Dr. S.
Rancho Palos Verdes, 90275-5950
OVERFLOW PARKING with SHUTTLE SERVICE for some 3:00 PM Patrons:
Abalone Cove Shoreline Park Parking Lot
Rancho Palos Verdes, 90275
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Shuttle service available from Abalone Cove Shoreline Park parking lot to Wayfarers Chapel
Wear comfortable, flat heeled shoes and be prepared for unpaved terrain
Allow extra time for parking and shuttling to the concert site
3:00 PM Patrons remember to bring your ORANGE or GREEN PARKING PASSES
PARKING
For 1:00 & 5:00 PM Patrons: Concert parking will be available at the Wayfarers Chapel parking lot.
For 3:00 PM Patrons: Parking is divided between the Wayfarers Chapel parking lot, and the
OVERFLOW PARKING LOT at Abalone Cove Shoreline Park [5970 Palos Verdes Dr. S. – see
festival map]. 3:00 Patrons will have an enclosed parking pass with your name on the back, which
indicates WHERE you should park. It is important to park in your assigned lot.
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GREEN PARKING PASSES will park at the Wayfarers Chapel lot. Show the green parking pass
to The Da Camera Society attendant as you pull onto the grounds. If you’ve forgotten the green
parking pass, provide your name to the attendant.
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ORANGE PARKING PASSES will park 0.2 mile North of Wayfarers Chapel, in the OVERFLOW
PARKING LOT with SHUTTLE SERVICE at the lot for Abalone Cove Shoreline Park. Show the
orange parking pass to the City attendant upon entering the lot. The orange parking pass will
allow you to park for FREE, avoiding the $12 parking fee. If you’ve forgotten your orange
parking pass, provide your name to the Da Camera Society attendant positioned near the
entrance.
DIRECTIONS
FROM 405 FWY: Head south on the 405 FWY. Take the exit towards San Pedro 110 Harbor Fwy for
8.2 miles until the freeway ends at Gaffey Street. Stay in the left lanes to take the Gaffey St. exit, and
turn left onto Gaffey. After a couple blocks, turn right onto 1st St. Stay on 1st St. for 1 mile, and then
turn left onto Western Ave. After 1.7 miles, turn right onto 25th St. After another mile, 25th St. becomes
Palos Verdes Drive South. Follow along on Palos Verdes Drive South for another 3.2 miles, and the
chapel’s tower will appear on your right. Look for a brown sign that reads “Wayfarers Chapel” — the
driveway will be just ahead on the right.
For Wayfarers Chapel parking, turn right into the driveway entrance of the Chapel, where a Da
Camera Society attendant will direct you to a parking space.
For Abalone Cove Shoreline Park Lot, proceed past the entrance to Wayfarers Chapel and continue
for another 0.4 miles to Sea Cove Dr. Make a U-turn at Sea Cove Drive and drive South. The entrance
to the parking lot for Abalone Cove Shoreline Park will appear on your right.
FROM 110 FWY: Take the 110 FWY to its end in San Pedro. Stay in the left lanes to take the Gaffey St.
exit, and turn left onto Gaffey. After a couple blocks, turn right onto 1st St. Stay on 1st St. for 1 mile,
and then turn left onto Western Ave. After 1.7 miles, turn right onto 25th St. After another mile, 25th
St. becomes Palos Verdes Drive South. Follow along on Palos Verdes Drive South for another 3.2
miles, and a chapel tower will appear on your right. Look for a brown sign that reads “Wayfarers
Chapel” — the driveway will be just ahead on the right.
For Wayfarers Chapel parking, turn right into the driveway entrance of the Chapel, where a Da
Camera Society attendant will direct you to a parking space.
For Abalone Cove Shoreline Park Lot, proceed past the entrance to Wayfarers Chapel and continue
for another 0.4 miles to Sea Cove Dr. Make a U-turn at Sea Cove Drive and drive South. The entrance
to the parking lot for Abalone Cove Shoreline Park will appear on your right.
If you’d like to begin your day at Neighborhood Church for one of the organ Showcase Performances,
use the directions below, which take you directly to Neighborhood Church.
DIRECTIONS TO NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH
Neighborhood Church
415 Paseo del Mar
Palos Verdes Estates, 90274-1216
FROM 405 FWY: Head south on 405 FWY. Take the Redondo Beach Blvd exit, EXIT 40B. Turn right
onto Redondo Beach Blvd. In less than half a mile turn left onto Hawthorne Blvd. (CA-107) and
continue for 3.3 miles. Turn slightly right onto Sepulveda Blvd for 1.0 mile. Turn left onto Palos Verdes
Blvd. for 2.2 miles — Palos Verdes Blvd. becomes Palos Verdes Drive West, which you will follow for
0.5 miles. Keep right as you pass a long, “Y” shaped intersection. On your left, as you enter Palos
Verdes Estates, you will see Malaga Cove Plaza with a large marble fountain at its center. After you
pass Malaga Cove Plaza you will take the 1st right onto Via Corta. Follow this residential street for less
than half a mile until the second stop sign, which is Via Arroyo. At Via Arroyo, turn right. At the next
stop sign turn left onto Paseo Del Mar. The Neighborhood Church is on the right. Park in the lot
directly ahead of you. (If you reach Via Aromitas, you've gone a little too far.)
FROM THE 110 FWY: Drive south on the 110 FWY towards San Pedro. Take EXIT 5 toward Sepulveda
Blvd. and make a right turn onto Sepulveda Blvd. Drive 4.8 miles and make a left turn onto Palos
Verdes Blvd. Follow Palos Verdes Blvd. for 2.2 miles — Palos Verdes Blvd. becomes Palos Verdes
Drive West. Keep right as you pass a long “Y” shaped intersection. On your left as you enter Palos
Verdes Estates you will see Malaga Cove Plaza with a large marble fountain at its center. After you
pass Malaga Cove Plaza you will take the 1st right onto Via Corta. Follow this residential street for less
than half a mile until the second stop sign, which is Via Arroyo. At Via Arroyo, turn right. At the next
stop sign turn left onto Paseo Del Mar. The Neighborhood Church is on the right. Park in the lot
directly ahead of you. (If you reach Via Aromitas, you've gone a little too far.)
Palos Verdes Festival
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Pa los Ver de s Fe st i va l
Histor i c S i t e s & Po i n ts of I n tere st alon g Palos Verde s Driv e
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Founders Park (2006)
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1 Trump National Drive
31501 Palos Verdes Dr. W.
Located next to Trump National Golf Course
A 50-space parking lot is dedicated to park visitors.
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Wayfarers Chapel (Lloyd Wright, 1951)
• Saturday hours: 10AM–5PM
• Interior access – docent on hand & whale watching
ongoing throughout afternoon
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• 1:00, 3:00 & 5:00 PM: Trio Settecento Concerts
• 2-3:00 PM & 4-5:00 PM: Reception
• Visitors Center: historic photos, gift shop
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Neighborhood Church (1927)
415 Paseo Del Mar
• Self-guided Tour – church & grounds
• 1:00, 3:00 & 5:00 PM: Showcase Performances
(20 min. each) All-Bach program featuring organist
Edward Murray on the church’s magnificent
Glatter-Goetz organ.
Abalone Cove
5970 Palos Verdes Dr S
No access to beach – best viewed from parking lot
for Abalone Cove Shoreline Park
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Point Vicente Interpretive Center (1984)
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Malaga Cove Plaza (1925)
Palos Verdes Dr. W. (between Via Corta & Via Chico)
Palos Verdes Estates
Point Vicente Lighthouse (1926)
Take a stroll & view the Neptune fountain
31550 Palos Verdes Dr W.
No interior access
Re staura nts & Ca f é s
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Trump National Golf Club
310-303-3260
The Café Pacific
Saturday hours: Lunch 11AM–3PM, Dinner 5–10PM
The Golfer’s Lounge
Saturday hours: Lunch 11AM– 3PM,
Dinner 5PM–10PM
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Terranea Resort
100 Terranea Way
310-265-2836
Mar’sel
Saturday Hours: 5-10PM
Nelson’s
Saturday Hours: 8AM-10PM,
Pancake Breakfast Saturday 8–11AM
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Yellow Vase*
31248 Palos Verdes Drive W.
310-377-8813
Saturday Hours: 7AM-7PM
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Admiral Risty*
310-377-0050
Saturday Hours: Dinner 5PM
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Avenue Italy*
310-377-3940
Saturday hours 11AM–10PM;
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Starbucks*
310-265-7230
Saturday Hours: 5AM-9:30PM
Yellow Vase, Admiral Risty, Avenue Italy & Starbucks all sit within, or in front
of the Golden Cove Shopping Center on the East side of Palos Verdes Dr.
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Just north of Wayfarers Chapel on the West side of Palos Verdes Dr. S. Shuttle service provided.
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History Of Th e Pa los Ve r d e s P e n i n s u la
Panoramic view of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Portuguese Bend, in Rancho Palos Verdes, is seen in the foreground. Historic photo
From its beginnings as an idyllic ranch to its present day reality as an historic and affluent community, Palos Verdes
Peninsula has followed the national fortunes of the U.S.. Its early plans, as vast and ambitious as the roaring ’20s,
were quashed by the crash of ’29. It was used as a defensive post during WWII. The post war boom witnessed a
spate of new construction and the advent of Marineland. Much of the present day focus is on conservancy, so
that the Peninsula’s rich history may be better illuminated.
Ranchero Origins
The original Rancho de los Palos Verdes (“range of green trees”) covered an
area over 31,000 acres in size. It includes within its purview the entire Palos
Verdes Peninsula, along with portions of San Pedro and Torrance. The territory
was originally part of the larger Spanish land grant of Rancho San Pedro.
Rancho de los Palos Verdes was established in 1852, and by 1882 it was in the
hands of Jotham Bixby, who leased the land to Japanese farmers.
Frank A. Vanderlip, ca. 1917
In 1913, a group of financiers led by Frank Arthur Vanderlip (1864 – 1937)
purchased the land from Bixby – whose other property encompassed what are
today the cities of Bellflower, Paramount, Lakewood, and Long Beach. Before
the development era ushered in by the Vanderlip-led purchase, Rancho de los
Palos Verdes was a ranch in the true sense of the word. In 1971, Harry Phillips
Jr., the son of a ranch hand, recalled the early period to a local newspaper.
He remembered, “the annual cattle roundups, when the animals were herded
together at the Bixby ranch and driven to Wilmington with the help of local
cowboys and vaqueros to be loaded on railroad cars for the trip to the packing
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plant in Cudahy near Los Angeles.” He talked about how
coyotes and rattlesnakes were ubiquitous in the area.
Many sheep and chickens were lost to them, and the
ranch hands used to pursue them year round. According
to Phillips, the last roundup on the Bixby ranch was held
in 1912. In November 1913, the Vanderlip-led purchase
of Bixby’s 16,000 acres set in motion the plans that
eventually would transform the Peninsula into a luxury
residential community.
New Century, New Vision
The cast and crew of “Girl from Montmartre”
gathered beneath the courtyard pergola while
shooting on location at La Venta Inn, 1925
An ambitious son of a farming family in the mid-west,
Frank A. Vanderlip rose into nationally prominent
positions in both government and banking. He served as
Assistant Secretary to the Treasury in President McKinley’s administration, and later as president of the National
City Bank of New York. Frank’s wife, Narcissa Cox Vanderlip (1879 – 1966) was an influential personage in her
own right. As chair of the New York State League of Women Voters, Mrs. Vanderlip was a prominent advocate
for women’s suffrage. She secured the support of her friend Eleanor Roosevelt for the organization. Through the
couple’s leadership behind both the purchase and development of Rancho de los Palos Verdes, the Vanderlips
had a major hand in shaping the future of the Peninsula.
One of their most momentous decisions was to hire the Olmsted Brothers architectural firm to design the layout
of the new community. John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmstead Jr., its founders, were sons of the
notable landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (1822 – 1903). Olmstead helped design such legendary
properties as Central Park, the Niagara Reservation, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University. Not only would this
make the rancho one of the first U.S. cities to be designed according to a master plan, but by entrusting its
development to Olmstead’s sons, the Vanderlips hoped to associate their new property with some of the most
iconic sites in the United States. With the help of the Olmstead Brothers firm, Rancho de los Palos Verdes would
move away from being a city of merely local concern to one whose development took on a national importance.
Early Municipalities and Early Construction
Immediately following its purchase by the Vanderlip-led coalition, Rancho de los Palos Verdes was slated for
subdivision. The first city to be developed was Palos Verdes Estates, which features the earliest known nonranching structure on the Peninsula, the La Venta Inn (1923). It was also the first to be incorporated into the city
of Los Angeles. The other subdivisions followed. Rolling Hills and Rolling Hills Estates were incorporated in 1957.
Rancho Palos Verdes was the last to incorporate, in 1973.
Malaga Cove Plaza, 1929
Besides the construction of the La Venta Inn, the early 1920s
were a time of architectural ambition for the Peninsula,
including the construction of its first roads. This was partly
due to the vision of real estate developer E. G. Lewis, who
acquired an option to purchase the Palos Verdes Peninsula
from Mr. Vanderlip in 1921 for $5 million. The city on which
Mr. Lewis would exercise his option, carving out more than
3,000 acres, is roughly the present day Palos Verdes Estates.
Because of this subdivision, this period also witnessed the
creation of the Home Association and the Art Jury. Both
institutions regulated architectural styles on the Peninsula.
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For example, Tudor style architecture was expressly
forbidden in the Malaga Cove area, whereas it was allowed
in Lunada Bay.
Mr. Vanderlip envisaged an entire artisan village at one
point, which would have had the look of an Italian town
on the Amalfi coast. Many other such ambitious projects
were proposed in the ‘20s (UCLA seriously considered
settling in Palos Verdes before it decided on Westwood).
Unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 put an end to
many of these proposals. Malaga Cove Plaza (see Stop #7 in
your Tour Packet), constructed in the early ‘20s, as well as
Malaga Cove School (1926), the first school on the Peninsula,
A view of south side of the Haggarty Estate, 1929
are both a testament to the Mediterranean style the early
developers preferred. The plaza is built in a Spanish revival
style, while the fountain that graces its courtyard is a replica of a Bolognese original, graced with a statue of
Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. The juxtaposition of Spanish and Italian elements is not unusual. In the
booming 1920s, the developers of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, representatives of the wealthiest and most
influential class in the nation, envisioned it as their own Californian Riviera.
Private Structures
Private construction was under way very early. Vanderlip’s own residence was constructed in 1916, three years
after he led the property purchase. Initially called the “Old Ranch Cottage,” though known simply as “The
Cottage” today, the house was built only after extensive tests had been conducted throughout the Peninsula to
assess the spot with the most favorable weather patterns. It was determined that the Peninsula’s mildest weather
was in the Portuguese Bend area, where the house, a replica of the Vanderlips’ vacation home in Shrub Oak, New
York, still stands. It was in the possession of the Vanderlip family all the way until 2012, nearly a hundred years
after its construction. Along with “The Cottage,” a charming guest house, known as the “Villa Narcisa” after Mrs.
Vanderlip, was constructed in 1924. Other buildings were added to the property as well, one of which was sold
to the famous character actor and voiceover artist Edward Everett Horton (1886 – 1970).
The Neighborhood Church (see Stop #6 in your Tour Packet),
another notable early structure, began as the summer residence of
J. J. Haggarty (of the “Haggarty’s” mentioned by the Beach Boys in
their hit song “Surfin’ U.S.A.”). Constructed in Malaga Cove in 1927,
the Italian Renaissance style mansion originally featured gardens, a
reflecting pool, Roman statues, and its own private pier. In the 1940s,
the site was used by the U.S. military as one of its first defensive
positions on the Peninsula. The property was purchased and
converted into the Neighborhood Church in 1949.
Commercial Ventures
Splash, the trained porpoise at Marineland,
historic photo
Palos Verdes has also been the site of commercial ventures, from
sites used by the film industry to amusement parks. Marineland of
the Pacific opened its doors in Rancho Palos Verdes in 1954, during
the post-war boom. It featured a 320-foot skytower. The park owned
two orcas and, in 1957, acquired Bubbles, the first pilot whale kept
in captivity. Marineland, in operation until 1987, was only the second
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oceanarium in the United States and at the time of
its opening boasted the nation’s largest collection
of marine life. Palos Verdes is also notable as a
filming site (See attached article, Our Palos Verdes
Peninsula and the Dawn of Hollywood, for details
about early 20th century filming escapades). Disney’s
“Pirates of the Caribbean” was partly filmed on the
Peninsula, as well as the opening aerial shots of the
‘80s television show “Knots Landing.” The “Big W”
scenes from the comedy “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad
World” (1962) were also filmed there. A number of
notable personalities are residents of Palos Verdes,
including former top tennis players Pete Sampras
and Lindsay Davenport, former Star Trek actor and
current social media celebrity George Takei, and
Glenn Hughes, sometime bassist for the rock band
Deep Purple.
An automobile is on the newly opened Palos Verdes
Coast Highway, dedicated on July 31, 1926
Scenic Beauty / Natural Reserve
The Palos Verdes Peninsula has a unique geological history. During the Pleistocene epoch, it was an island.
Thousands of years of deposits eventually connected it to the mainland. The area is still very prone to landslides.
Portuguese Bend is particularly unstable, attesting to the Peninsula’s turbulent geological origins, and precluding
major construction development in the vicinity. There are several types of flora and fauna, including Dudleya
virens, and at least three kinds of birds, including the Allen’s hummingbird, which are endemic only to the Palos
Verdes Peninsula and the Channel Islands, attesting to their common past as islands. Coincidentally, due to its
height and vantage point, Palos Verdes is also a good spot for whale watching. Portuguese Point (see Stop #3 of
your Tour Packet) was named after a group of Portuguese whalers who operated in the area in the 1880s. The
Peninsula also offers some of the most beautiful hiking in Southern California. Many of the best kept trails are
operated by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy. The conservancy is in charge of the Palos Verdes
Nature Preserve, whose 1,400 acres include 30 miles of trails and the White Point Nature Preserve, featuring 102
acres of restored coastal sage scrub habitat.
Today, Palos Verdes is a versatile community.
A residential community as well as a day trip
destination for Angelenos, the Peninsula
offers some of the finest golf courses in
the region as well as luxury hotels and
restaurants. Destinations like the La Venta
Inn and the Wayfarers Chapel are popular
wedding spots. Due to the geological
instability of the Portuguese Bend area,
Palos Verdes is an important site for the
study of evolutionary ecology. Hikers and
bicyclists are attracted by the miles of scenic
beauty, beach goers by its relatively private
coves and dramatic cliffs.
View of Marineland, now the site of the Terranea Resort, 1963.
– Damjan Rakonjac
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Rancho Palos Ve r d e s Fe st i va l Sto ps
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Founders Park (2006)
Located next to Trump National Golf Course
A 50-space parking lot is dedicated to park visitors.
In terms of easy access and spectacular vistas, Founders Park is ideal and perfectly situated. Paved walkways,
benches and uninterrupted views make this a relaxing setting to enjoy a stroll or sack lunch. The park shares the
same access road off of Palos Verdes Dr., with Trump National Golf Club and has its own parking lot. Make sure
to turn left into Founders Park’s small public lot before you reach the golf club’s larger lot and front entrance.
Founders Park was formally accepted by the city in January 2006, and named in honor of the City’s founders
who led the effort to incorporate the City of Rancho Palos Verdes in 1973. This 5.5-acre parcel is located adjacent
to the Trump National Clubhouse and offers visitors breath-taking ocean views, picnic tables, a gazebo, nearby
restrooms, coastal access and walking and biking trails.
Founders Park sits on the former Kumekichi Ishibashi Ranch, which gained “Point of Historical Interest” status in
May 1992. In August 2005, a large bronze plaque facing the Pacific Ocean was dedicated. Beautifully engraved
images of the early Palos Verdes farming era surround the Ishibashi family narrative. It honors Kumekichi Ishibashi,
who built the first Japanese American farm house in 1906. The original farm house and small structures were
demolished during World War II and the land lease broken. For more information on the Ishibashi family and
other area farmers, see the attached article The Palos Verdes Peninsula’s Last Farmer.
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Wayfarers Chapel (Lloyd Wright, 1951)
• 1:00, 3:00 & 5:00PM: Trio Settecento Concert
• 2-3 & 4-5PM: Reception
• Visitors Center: historic photos, gift shop
Chapel Architect Lloyd Wright, son of the pioneering American architect
Frank Lloyd Wright, conceived the design of Wayfarers Chapel as a “tree
chapel”, a natural sanctuary set in the midst of a forest.
“I wanted particularly to allow those trees and those trunks to be seen and
the space beyond and into infinity to be observed, so those who sat in the
sanctuary would perceive the grandeur of space out beyond and around
them.”
Lloyd Wright’s design is one of the foremost examples of Organic Architecture.
One of its underlying principles of Organic Architecture is that the trees are
the forms, and the space within the forms is sacred space.
Tourists visit the Wayfarers Chapel,
historic photo
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“When the trees that surround the Chapel grow up, they will become the framework, become a part of
the tree forms and branches that inevitably arise from the growing trees adjacent to it. I used the glass
so that the natural growth, the sky, and sea beyond became the definition of their environment. This is
done to give the congregation protection in services and at the same time to create the sense of outer as
well as inner space.”
Lloyd Wright’s inspiration came on a trip through the redwood forests of northern California shortly following the
end of World War II. He stopped at a little restaurant surrounded by trees. During lunch he looked up through
a skylight and saw the magnificent redwoods rising up on the sides and branches arching overhead like a great
natural cathedral. So impressed with the sight he vowed that if he ever received a commission for a church this
would be his inspiration.
“The great cathedrals of redwood inspired me to use the redwoods here. In earlier days all over the face
of the earth there were chapels in glades and the woods which were meeting places for the priests and
the people. The Chapel was to be a place for people to meet, and think, and contemplate the forces of
nature and God Almighty. The setting of this Chapel is to receive people, the wayfarers.”
The setting, the ocean beyond, the trees, the glass, provides a sacred setting where nature and architecture unite
to celebrate the presence of God.
Wayfarers Chapel is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTURE OF LLOYD WRIGHT (1890-1978)
Michael Webb
Flourishing in the shadow of a famous father is a challenge that few have mastered and if your
dad is as demanding and disparaging as was Frank Lloyd Wright, it can be a constant torment.
Frank Lloyd Wright Jr. (who dropped the Frank to avoid confusion) tried to break clear but was
constantly tugged back into his father’s orbit. Though he always strived to excel as an architect, his
interests led him in many other directions. As a young man he joined the prestigious Boston firm of
Olmsted and Olmsted, and moved to San Diego in 1911 to prepare landscaping for the Pan-Pacific
Exposition in Balboa Park. When that job ended, he worked with the pioneer modernist Irving
Gill and then, for a year, as a set designer at Paramount Studios. During the First World War he
designed airplanes – an experience that propelled him into the world of modernity.
Lloyd Wright shared his father’s love of concrete, and took the lead in giving it a decorative role
as pierced blocks cast in molds on site and woven together with rebar. In the early 1920s he
supervised construction of FLW’s Millard House in Pasadena, as well as his Ennis, Freeman and
Storer houses in the Hollywood Hills. The older Wright designed these as exemplars of a new
American architecture, inspired by Mayan temples. They prompted Lloyd Wright to play even
bolder variations on the theme, embracing the currents of his own day. Hollywood fantasy, the
angular geometries of Art Nouveau, and the wild spirit of Expressionism all make an appearance in
the four houses he designed in the late 1920s. The Samuel-Novarro house, built for silent film star
Ramon Novarro, and later remodelled for Diane Keaton, is a hillside fortress trimmed with copper
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reliefs; the Sowden house evokes a jagged rock formation or a giant open jaw. Only the housestudio he built for himself in West Hollywood could be called restrained.
The son responded enthusiastically to the Jazz Age in contrast to FLW, but both were way ahead
of public taste. L.A. was aptly described as “Iowa by the Sea” in that era, and only a few mavericks
(often with modest resources) were prepared to experiment. Lloyd Wright designed stage sets for
productions of Robin Hood and Julius Caesar at the Hollywood Bowl, and followed that venture
with two concert shells, the second of which projected unamplified sound more successfully than
the one that took its place. He proposed a monumental, mile-long Civic Center for downtown Los
Angeles, a high-rise cathedral and an office tower – none of which was built. Commissions were
scarce in the Depression, though he was able to complete houses for actress Claudette Colbert
and violinist Jascha Heifetz – from which the music room was salvaged and installed as a rehearsal
space in the Colburn School of Music, next door to MOCA.
The Wayfarers Chapel (1946-51) is Lloyd Wright’s masterwork: a fusion of architecture and nature
that draws on his fledgling career as a landscape designer. The embodiment of lightness and
spirituality, it was conceived as memorial to
Emanuel Swedenborg, the 18th-century mystic
and theologian. A second spiritual commission
came from the Institute of Mentalphysics in
Joshua Tree, and the sucess of the Chapel
allowed him to build three dramatically
angled houses in Palos Verdes. The architect’s
funeral service was held at the Wayfarer’s
Chapel in May 1978. In an eloquent farewell
to a career of great promise and frustration
Lloyd Wright’s niece, actress Ann Baxter, read
the Dylan Thomas poem, Do Not Go Gentle
into that Good Night. “Rage, rage against the
dying of the light” seems an apt epitaph for
Frank, Lloyd and Eric Wright, historic photo
an architect whose vision exceeded his grasp.
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Abalone Cove
5970 Palos Verdes Dr. S,
(Parking at Shoreline Park is $5)
Saturday hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
No access to beach today, due to steep rock trails
Visit today for beautiful bluff-top views of the ocean and
Catalina Island. Best place to view it is from Abalone
Cove Shoreline Parking Lot, and also at a small vista
point/scenic turnout located a few hundred feet south of
the parking lot. Return another day for a hike or to explore the tide pools – some of the best and most accessible
in the Los Angeles area.
Abalone Cove is known for it’s beautiful beaches and richly diverse tide pools (Abalone Cove Beach, Sacred
Cove Beach, Portuguese Bend), and scenic outlook promontories (Portuguese Point and Inspiration Point). The
natural beauty of this 64-acre area is protected as part of the Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve. It contains
important natural marine resources, sea caves, black sand and rare plants.
Portuguese Bend is named after shore whalers whose station was in this cove from 1874 to 1877. Abalone Cove is
named after the Abalone shells, once found along the beach, that were a mainstay of the whalers’ diet.
With the ocean in their back yard, Portuguese Bend Nursery School was established in 1953 by Elin Vanderlip
(daughter-in-law of Frank A. Vanderlip) for her 2 children, and remains today a beloved local institution.
Locals and frequent visitors to the area will remember Annie’s Stand at Abalone Cove, a quaint roadside produce
and flower shop. It was established by the Ishibashi family following WWII and was in operation until 2011. (See
the attached article on Palos Verdes Peninsula’s Last Farmer for more details about the history of Japanese
farmers in area).
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Point Vicente Lighthouse (1926)
No interior access
Point Vicente Lighthouse is an iconic Palos Verdes landmark and has served a valuable role for mariners. Operated
by the U.S. Coast Guard, the lighthouse is open to the public on the second Saturday of each month (see last
paragraph, below). Read its interesting history (below) – view it from the outdoor patio at the Point Vicente
Interpretive Center next door – and make a return visit in the future to explore the tower and small museum.
Standing on the most southwesterly point of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Point Vicente Lighthouse has long been
one of this area’s jewels. To the landsman, the lighthouse is scenic delight and continual attraction to sightseers,
tourists, photographers and painters. To the mariner, the lighthouse is an aid to navigation which marks the
northern end of the Catalina Channel on the Pacific coast. It helps him plot his position and warns him to avoid
the rocky schoals which surround the nearby shore and, in a heavy fog, its horn will warn him if he gets too close
to the dangerous shore.
The point was originally named in 1790 by Captain George Vancouver. Vancouver explored the Pacific coast
for England in his 90-foot-sloop Discovery. He named the point for his good friend Friar Vicente of the Mission
Buenaventura. He also named Point Fermin in a similar manner.
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Before the installation of lighthouses on the Pacific coast, many ships and seamen went to their graves on its
rocky schoals. Shipmasters deplored this dangerous stretch of coastal water. On May 1, 1926 their petitions were
answered when the U.S. Lighthouse Service began the operation of the brightest beacon in Southern California,
Point Vicente Lighthouse. The 1000 watt bulb, focused through a five foot lens, could be seen over twenty miles.
The lens, hand ground by Paris craftsmen in 1886, saw forty years of service in Alaska before its installation here.
The tower itself is 67 feet tall but the main beam of light marks Point Vicente from a height of 185 feet above the
ocean. Built on plastered reinforced concrete, it is very similar to one on Anacapa Island in the Channel Islands
chain. Operation of the lighthouse was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939. The Lighthouse was manned
until automated equipment and remote control operators took over in 1971. In 1934 the radio station and the
radio navigation beacon were added. For many years, Coast Guard radiomen at Point Vicente monitored the
international distress frequencies, ready to help any vessel in need. The last radioman locked the doors in 1980
when the task was transferred to another station.
During World War II, the Peninsula was defended by many heavy gun emplacements of Fort MacArthur. During
that period, the 1000 watt light was replaced by a tiny 25 watt bulb, and black out curtains hung ready for use in
all the windows. The Coast Artillerymen didn’t want the light to be too good of an aid to enemy navigation.
After the war, the endlessly rotating beam became a glaring disturbance to local residents and a positive hazard
to motorists on Palos Verdes Drive. Keepers coated the inside of the inland facing windows with a coat of white
paint to end the flash of the beacon on Peninsula bedroom walls. That is when the “Lady Of The Light” appeared.
In the dim light through the painted windows, some saw the shape of a tall serene woman in a flowing gown who
would slowly pace the tower’s walkway.
Some said she was the ghost of the first lighthouse keeper’s wife who stumbled from the edge of a cliff one foggy
night. Others say she waits for the return of a lover lost at sea, while still others think she is the shadow of a
heartbroken woman who threw herself from the cliffs when she found herself abandoned by her intended.
Today Point Vicente Lighthouse still sends out its beacon across the Catalina Channel. Electronic sensors
and automated controls have replaced the lighthouse keeper and activate the foghorn. Far from abandoned,
the housing facility is home to regular Coast Guard personnel assigned to nearby ships, stations and offices.
The former radio center is now manned by volunteer civilian members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary who are
responsible for the lighthouse in addition to tracking distress calls from boaters in the Catalina Channel. The
radio center also tracks Auxiliary aircraft patrolling offshore waters on weekends.
In 1979, Point Vicente Lighthouse was added to the National Registry of
Historic Sites. The Coast Guard Auxiliary is an arm of the Coast Guard,
composed of local civilian citizens from all walks of life. The Auxiliary
performs search and rescue duty in local waters, teaches free boating
safety classes, performs safety checks on pleasure boats, flies aircraft
patrols and maintains a radio communications network in Southern
California.
The grounds and lighthouse are normally closed to the public. However,
the tower and a small museum are open to the public from 10:00 AM
to 3:00 PM the second Saturday of each month with the exception of
March when the tower and museum are open the first Saturday of the
month from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM to coincide with the City of Rancho
Palos Verde’s Whale of a Day event.
Point Vicente Lighthouse, historic photo
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Point Vicente Interpretive Center
Saturday hours: 10AM–5PM
Every day, at least half a dozen or more passionate
whale watchers track the appearance and movements
of Pacific gray whales and a variety of other species.
Don’t miss the opportunity to visit the Interpretive
Center’s outdoor patio/viewing area, catch a glimpse
of these these magnificent marine mammals, check out
the tracking board, and speak with the whale watchers
— they warmly welcome any visitors’ questions. The
Interpretive Center will have an extra docent on hand,
near the entry desk, to speak with Da Camera Society
festival patrons. Entry is free — donations accepted.
Coast Guard station and lighthouse at Pointe Vicente, 1937.
With breathtaking ocean vistas, the Point Vicente Interpretive Center is a premier whale-watching site which
provides spectacular opportunities to view the annual migration of the Pacific gray whale from December
through April. The center opened in 1984 with a mission to present and interpret the unique features and history
of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The almost 10,000-square-foot expanded Interpretive Center, reopened in July
2006, features exhibits on the natural and cultural history of the Peninsula, with a special emphasis on the Pacific
gray whale.
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Neighborhood Church (Armand Monaco, 1927)
415 Paseo Del Mar
• Self-guided Tour, church & grounds
• 1:00, 3:00 & 5:00 PM: Showcase Performances (20 min. each) All-Bach program featuring organist
Edward Murray on the church’s magnificent Glatter-Goetz organ.
It’s well worth the 7.6 mile drive North of Wayfarers Chapel (ca. 15 minutes) to view Neighborhood Church, in the
former Haggarty mansion — and to hear a 20 minute performance on the church’s magnificent organ which is a
product of the same team responsible for the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ. The villa (now church) is one of
the more spectacular buildings in Palos Verdes — perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific with dramatic vistas
and walkways below the cliff’s edge.
Neighborhood Church sits 7.6 miles North of Wayfarers Chapel — a drive of approximately 15 minutes. Depending
upon which concert at Wayfarers Chapel you’ll be attending, you may wish to START your driving tour at
Neighborhood Church.
J.J. Haggarty built this mansion in 1927 as his third home. This wealthy merchant owned four stores specializing in
women’s clothing in Los Angeles and two elaborate homes in Los Angeles and Long Beach. His Italian architect
designed the mansion in the fashion of villas along the Mediterranean. The home followed the curve of the cliff
and had 32 rooms in the original plan. The master bedroom (now the church parlor) featured a bath with sunken
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Roman tub (now a small kitchen) and a walk-in closet/dressing room (now the Associate Minister’s office). The
Grand Salon (now the sanctuary) was a large living room where organ pipes were installed to cover the original
baronial fireplace and walls from two guest bedrooms were removed to provide more space for worship services.
Wage for the construction crew was $5.50 a day; however, an Italian artisan and two assistants were hired to
decorate at $100.00 a day. Their artistry is responsible for the beauty of the murals, ceiling decorations, cast
balustrades, carved baronial fireplaces, decorated beams and pillars of the mansion. The cost to build was
estimated to be $750,000 – a staggering sum when measured in Pre-Depression dollars.
The grounds contained formal gardens and a greenhouse behind the caretaker’s cottage. This seaside villa had
a reflecting pool, swimming pool, bathhouse and a thirty-foot deep sea wall. One can still see a few pilings left
from a private pier which jutted out 190 feet into the bay. Fullgrown olive and palm trees were planted, and
Roman statues were placed on the grounds to compliment the Italian Renaissance architecture. A waterfall was
an attractive feature. One of two garages for five cars (now the Fellowship Hall and kitchen) was nicknamed “the
barn” even though there were never any facilities for horses.
When the Haggarty business fell upon hard times during the 1930s, the mansion was purchased by The London
Exploration Company. Following World War II through 1949, the property became something of a white elephant
on the real estate market. In 1950, the Neighborhood Church’s bid for $60,000 was accepted, and the Church
had a home! Some people remember the December 1950 estate sale of art and furnishings by the family of the
late Harry Wheeler, a Midwest financier who was associated The London Exploration Company.
About Neighborhood Church Organ:
The church’s three-manual 30 stop organ was designed and constructed by Glatter-Gotz Orgelbau in Owingen,
Germany – and voiced by Manual Rosales of Rosales Organ Builders of Los Angeles. Many of you may be familiar
with this German/American pairing from the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ (72 stops, 109 ranks), which was built
by Glatter-Gotz under the tonal direction and voicing of Rosales. The instrument is a mechanical action organ
(“tracker”) which mechanically links the keys to the air valves for responsiveness and compact design. Although
the tracker type of construction is centuries old, this organ incorporates the latest electronics. A state-of-theart computerized system controls the combination action, sequencer and crescendo systems and the stops are
operated by electronic sensors. [This means the sound of
the organ is not electronic – it’s all air and pipes – only some
of the memory systems which allow for pre-setting stops is
computer assisted].
The organ was first constructed in Germany before it was
disassembled and shipped to the church. It took a year to
design and build. When it arrived in January 1999, delighted
church members unloaded the shipping container, and the
components of the organ – particularly the pipes – were
stored temporarily throughout the church. Four men
installed the organ in a period of two months. Then, over the
next nine months, Manuel Rosales accomplished the voicing
of the pipes. The organ was dedicated in September 1999.
Neighborhood Church, historic photo
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Malaga Cove Plaza (1925)
Located South of Palos Verdes Dr. W in between Via Corta and Via Chico
If you have time and wish to explore further — from Neighborhood Church, return to Palos Verdes Drive West
and drive Northeast a few hundred feet to Malaga Cove Plaza (set back, on your right). Dating back to 1925, this
graceful and elegant plaza is worth a quick visit. Take a stroll around the magnificent Neptune Fountain which has
been a celebrated landmark and focal point since 1930. Stop in at Malaga Cove Ranch Market (7AM-7PM) and
pick up a tasty deli sandwich — or a panini or bakery item at one of Yellow Vase Cafe’s (7AM-4PM) five locations.
Malaga Cove Plaza serves as the official entry point into Palos Verdes Estates, setting the tone for the entire
community with its beautiful Spanish Renaissance architecture and elegant archways. At the time of the Palos
Verdes Estate’s incorporation in 1939, the business and shop area around Malaga Cove contained almost all of the
Peninsula’s earlier buildings. The Spanish Colonial Revival style Gardner Building is considered the Peninsula’s
first commercial building. It hosted a variety of businesses and services in its earliest days, including the first post
office in Palos Verdes. Other tenants reportedly included the Palos Verdes Homes Association, the Palos Verdes
Art Jury and Building Commission, and Bruce Drug Store, which opened in November of 1926. Walter Reese
subsequently bought the drug store in 1939 and renamed it Palos Verdes Drugs, and it remained a Malaga Cove
fixture for several decades.
Landmark Neptune Foundation
Stores and businesses have come and gone through
the years, but the Neptune Fountain in the middle of
the plaza remains an endearing and lasting feature.
The original three-tiered white marble statue, a
replica of a famous bronze statue in Bologna, Italy,
was donated and installed in 1930 after a century of
service at an old villa in Venice, Italy. Crafted by an
unknown Italian artist who worked near Bologna,
Italy, it sprung to life with frolicking dolphins,
reclining Nereids (sea nymphs, female spirits of
sea water) seashells and splashing cherubs. The
heroic figure of Neptune, mythological god of the
Special Event at Malaga Cove Plaza, historic photo
sea, stood atop the fountain and looked out to the
ocean. After the original statue fell into disrepair, it
was replaced by the current statue, slightly smaller than the first, installed in 1969. A ten year long fund raising
effort begun in 1987 yielded nearly $225,000 for restoration and ongoing maintenance.
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Print Sources:
“Historic Tales of the South Bay and Palos Verdes”, by Maureen
Megowan, American Chornicles (History Press), 2014
“Moore Family to leave grocery business after a century” by
Muhammed El-Hassan, The Daily Breeze, 5 August 2011
“Rancho de los Palos Verdes”, Wikipedia, 2016
“Palos Verdes Market, Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates,
California”, Palos Verdes Digital Archive, palosverdeshistory.org
“Palos Verdes Peninsula”, Wikipedia, 2016
“Rancho Palos Verdes”, Wikipedia, 2016
“Rolling Hills”, Wikipedia, 2016
“Rolling Hills Estates”, Wikipedia, 2016
“Jotham Bixby” article entry, Find a Grave at www.findagrave.com,
22 October 2003
“Los Cerritos Ranch”, Wikipedia, 2016
“Frank A. Vanderslip”, Wikipedia, 2016
Event listing for Portuguese Bend National Horse Show at
http://www.pcch.net/index.php/horseshow/
“Marineland of the Pacific”, Wikipedia, 2016
“Trump National Golf Course”, Wikipedia, 20 December 2015
“Peter Dye”, Wikipedia, 2016
“Malaga Cover Fountain to Undergo Face-lift”, Los Angeles
Times, 16 January 1997
“Olmstead Brothers”, Wikipedia, 2016
“A Brief History - The Neighborhood Church” published by the
Neighborhood Church
“Bixby Ranch” by Sam Gnerre, The Daily Breeze, 2 March 2010
“J.J. Haggerty”, by Fran Bock, Church Historian, December 2014
“Rancho Life, 1833-1846, Historical Essay” by Nancy J. Olmsted,
digital archive at Foundsf, foundsf.org
Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy website at pvplc.org
“Biography of Frank A. Vanderlip”, A brief biography of
Rockefeller protege Frank Vanderlip by C.E. Booth, 1914
“Olmstead Brothers” published by The Cultural Landscape
Foundation, online at tclf.org
“The Olmstead Firm - An Introduction”, by Charles E. Beveridge
published by The National Association for Olmsted Parks,
online at olmsted.org
“The Vanderlip Estate in Portuguese Bend” by Maureen
Megowan, The Patch, 3 January 2014
“Vanderlip Mansion (Rancho Palos Verdes, California), Wikimapia,
undated
Terranea Resort website at terranea.com
Point Vicente Light House tour stop entry by PVNET, a non-profit
technology education center, online at palosverdes.com/pvlight
Founders Park data from City of Rancho Palos Verdes Official
website at rvpca.gov
Wayfarers Chapel website at wayfarerschapel.org
Trump National Golf Course website at
Trumpnationallosangeles.com
Los Serenos at Pointe Vicente website at losserenos.com
Neighborhood Church website at neighborhoodchurchpvd.org
“Our Haunted Home in the Vanderlip Estate” article entry on
ghostvillage.com, 21 October 2013
Images:
Palos Verdes Peninsula [Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library]; Frank A. Vanderlip [Courtesy of Library of Congress, Credit Harris
& Ewing]; “Girl From Montmartre” [Courtesy of Palos Verdes Library]; Malaga Cove Plaza [Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library];
Haggarty Estate [Courtesy of Palos Verdes Library]; Splash the Dolphin [Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library]; Portuguese Bend
Highway [Courtesy of Palos Verdes Library]; Aerial view of Marineland; Wayfarers [Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library]; Abalone
Cove Beach map [Courtesy of CaliforniasBestBeaches.com]; Point Vicente Lighthouse [Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard]; Neighborhood
Church; Point Vincente Lighthouse and Coast Guard Station; Crowd at Neptune Fountain [Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library]
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R E STAU RA N TS & CA F É S
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Trump National Golf Club 1 Trump National Drive 310-303-3260 trumpnationallosangeles.com
Designed by renowned golf architect Peter Dye and constructed at a cost of $126 million by the previous owners,
this ocean front golfers’ paradise was scheduled to open in 1999 as the Ocean Trails Golf Club. In June of that
year, an ancient landslide unexpectedly became reactivated, and 300 meters of earth surrounding the 18th hole
slid 50 feet into the ocean. The landslide caused Ocean Trails Golf Club to go bankrupt. At the time, golf course
historian Geoff Shackelford said that at the then-projected cost of repair of more than $20 million, the 18th hole
would have been “the most expensive single hole in history.” In 2002, Donald Trump purchased all 300 acres,
and, after a massive geological stabilization process, the golf course was open for business in 2006. At a total
cost of $264 million, Trump National Golf Club is the most expensive golf course ever constructed, and the only
ocean-front golf course in L.A. County.
Trump National Golf Club is open to the public. The 45,000 square foot clubhouse offers several dining options
with exceptional views (breakfast, lunch & dinner – all open to the public), conference rooms and a grand ballroom.
The Café Pacific
Saturday hours: Lunch 11AM– 3PM, Dinner 5–10PM
The Café Pacific features Mediterranean-influenced menus from chef Jean-Pierre Vincent. Located on the bluffs
of Rancho Palos Verdes with stunning views of the Pacific Ocean, this upscale dining venue is known for seasonal
menus and a variety of entrees ranging from fresh seafood, wood-fired steaks, and fragrant pasta and vegetable
dishes.
The Golfer’s Lounge
Saturday hours: Lunch 11AM– 3PM, Dinner 5–10PM
The comfortable Golfer’s Lounge, with dark leather chairs, offers warm ambiance and ocean views. The professional
yet friendly service and casual setting make this an ideal location to relax.
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Terranea Resort 100 Terranea Way 310-265-2836
Terranea Resort is described as “a 102-acre private peninsula paradise,” surrounded by the Pacific on three sides.
Terranea is part of the Destination Hotels collection. The luxury eco resort offers well-appointed rooms and
suites, and includes a collection of residential Bungalows, Casitas and Villas. An award-winning nine-hole golf
course, oceanfront spa, four ocean-view pools and a collection of eight distinctive restaurants, bars, cafés, and
lounges (all open to the public), welcome visitors.
Mar’sel
Saturday Hours: 5-10PM terranea.com/marsel
Mar’sel (a play on the Spanish word for “sea” and the French word for “salt”) offers stunning ocean views
and California cuisine featuring local ingredients (herbs from the garden just steps away from the kitchen).
“Uncompromisingly creative meals” from chef Bernard Ibarra’s seasonal menu and an impressive wine list enhance
an elegant dinner or relaxed late night bite.
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Nelson’s
Saturday Hours: 8AM-10PM • Pancake Breakfast Saturday 8–11AM terranea.com/palos-verdes-dining
Nelson’s casual setting with a view of Point Vicente Lighthouse is the perfect place to sample Southern
California favorites, regional microbrews and specialty drinks. View the sunset from the patio dining area
alongside the fire pits.
The Pancake Breakfast menu is a la carte and includes gluten-free pancake selections.
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Yellow Vase 31248 Palos Verdes Drive W. 310-377-8813
Saturday Hours: 7AM-7PM; Cafe & Bakery yellowvase.com
Yellow Vase, Admiral Risty, Avenue Italy & Starbucks all sit within, or in front of the Golden Cove Shopping Center
on the East side of Palos Verdes Dr.
Yellow Vase is a charming bakery, coffee, and flower venue offering French and American cuisine. The delicious
menu offers a variety of selections, including crepes, omelettes, soups, salads and grilled paninis. Beverage
selections include favorite coffees, hot chocolate, fruit smoothies, lemonade and teas. The bakery case is filled
with delectable French pastries, and other desserts.
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Admiral Risty Restaurant 31250 Palos Verdes Drive W. 310-377-0050
Saturday Hours: Dinner 5PM; Seafood admiralristy.com
Feel like a sea captain as you dine in Admiral Risty’s nautically themed interior – a longtime favorite eatery full of
local color. The Admiral Risty celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2016. The family-owned restaurant offers reliably
top-rated seafood and service, along with ocean views. During the anniversary year, the Seafood Lounge will
provide entertainment, and the restaurant will have free recipe cards available. Try the award-winning Cioppino,
and Risty’s Famous Flank Steak.
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Avenue Italy 31243 Palos Verdes Drive W. 310-377-3940
Saturday hours 11AM–10PM; Italian avenueitaly.com
Avenue Italy is a classic Italian restaurant (located close to the much-loved Admiral Risty) with a dramatic
spacious dining room, a handsome bar and sheltered outdoor patio. The menu features longtime Italian favorites:
appetizers of crispy calamari fritti and burrata del pastore, entrees include chicken piccata, veal scaloppini,
spaghetti with meatballs, spaghetti Bolognese and pizza. Gluten-free pasta, pizza and bread are available. The
wine list features Italian wines, and offers many selections by the glass.
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Starbucks 31202 Palos Verdes Drive W. 310-265-7230
Saturday Hours: 5AM-9:30PM; Coffee starbucks.com
We know from past Da Camera Society festivals that one of the most frequent questions is “Where’s the nearest
Starbucks or place to have coffee?”. Well, this Starbucks tops the list for “best views.” Stop in for a cup of java or
tea and enjoy the breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean from their outdoor patio.
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The Palos Verdes Peninsula’s Last Farmer
By Jeff Gottlieb
Los Angeles Times, 2009
James Hatano has been growing crops in Palos Verdes for more than 50 years, the last link to an area dotted with
farms worked by Japanese immigrants. When he retires, a century-old tradition will end.
James Hatano turns off one of the Palos Verdes Peninsula's oceanfront drives and onto a hidden dirt road, just
as he has for more than 50 years. He guides his Buick LaCrosse up a gentle hill to the fields where he raises cacti
and flowers.
While he works, Hatano can look out at the Pacific and see whales and dolphins.
As he chops off a beavertail cactus paddle, he gazes across Palos Verdes Drive West to where construction crews
are putting the finishing touches on the 582-room Terranea resort with its nine-hole golf course, 25,000-squarefoot spa and three pools.
Marineland of the Pacific once stood on the site. Before that, Hatano recalls, a man named Tomio Nakano raised
tomatoes there. What is now Trump National Golf Club, he says, was once barley and vegetable fields.
"This area's all full of homes, but it used to be full of garbanzo fields," Hatano says. "I didn't even know what garbanzos were until I came up here."
Hatano, 82, is the last farmer on the Palos Verdes Peninsula -- and the last link to a Palos Verdes few remember,
one dotted with farms worked by Japanese immigrants and their families. Their garbanzo beans and tomatoes,
nourished by rain and ocean mists, were known worldwide.
The area near Donald Trump's golf course was once farmed by the Ishibashis, Hamadas and Yakotas. At Portuguese Bend were the Kubotas and Ohnos. At Lunada Bay were the Hatshitos, Sadadas and Takenagas.
For $631 a year, Hatano leases two sites totaling 14 acres from the city of Rancho Palos Verdes. He still drives to
his fields several times a week to make sure things are running smoothly.
"What am I going to do? It's all I know, and that's not much, either," Hatano says -- following up, as he always seems
to, with a laugh.
When he retires, the land will revert to the city and a century-old tradition will end. "It represents our last connection to a previous way of life," says Judi Gerber, author of "Farming in Torrance and the South Bay." "I know
that way of life is gone, but it's living history."
A plaque at Founders Park, behind the clubhouse at Trump National, marks the site of the first Japanese American farmhouse on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, built in 1906 by Kumekichi Ishibashi.
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In the early 1900s, the manager of the Bixby Ranch began renting land for $10 an acre to Japanese immigrants
who grew vegetables, and eventually more than 200 Japanese families farmed in the area. Laws restricted property ownership by Japanese immigrants.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese farmers were forced into internment camps, sometimes with
crops in the field waiting to be picked. Few returned to Palos Verdes after the war, although Ishibashi's descendants operated a roadside produce shop, Annie's Stand, in Abalone Cove until 2002.
Hatano was something of a latecomer. He was raised around Porterville, where his parents grew watermelons,
peas and beans. During World War II, his family was sent to an internment camp in Poston, Ariz., where he met
the families of many of the Palos Verdes farmers.
After leaving the Army in the late 1940s, Hatano wasn't doing much of anything, other than collecting $20 a month
in separation pay.
"That was good money then," he says.
His brother-in-law thought it was time he settled down. "He said, 'Instead of wandering around and doing nothing,
why don't you grow flowers?' " Hatano recalls.
Soon he was farming 10 acres in Redondo Beach. When the owner decided to sell, Hatano looked for suitable
land elsewhere. He found himself on the peninsula. He settled on what is now the site across from the Terranea
resort. Back then, it was owned by the Army. He signed a lease, cleared the land and put in sprinklers made of
steel pipe.
"Oh, God, that stuff was heavy," he says.
Once, while working the land, he turned over a rock and a rattlesnake bit him on the hand. He was taken by helicopter to a hospital.
The plot, near Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall, has rows of artichokes and flowers, but mainly it's a sea of prickly
pear cactus. Hatano started raising cacti years ago at the suggestion of his workers. The crop is his biggest seller.
The buyers are mainly Mexican restaurants, which make nopalitos from the cactus pads.
When the city of Rancho Palos Verdes needed a parking lot in the 1980s, Hatano traded a portion of the site for
a lease on 8 1/2 acres near Point Vicente Lighthouse, a little more than a mile south.
He has been tending the two plots ever since, even as development has closed in around him.
Hatano and his wife raised their five children in a rented house in Rancho Palos Verdes. In a typical Palos Verdes
story, the house was knocked down and replaced by a Spanish-style mansion. For the last 20 years, the couple
have lived in San Pedro.
His wife, Rumi, has tried to talk Hatano into retiring, with no luck.
"He still enjoys doing this," she says. "That's his life."
Despite his age, he stands straight -- although he's not the 5 feet 4 he once was -- and walks with a sturdy gait.
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Asked when he'll retire, he says: "When my legs give out."
Until a few years ago, Hatano would wake up at 1:30 a.m. three days a week to sell his flowers at the Southern
California Flower Market in downtown Los Angeles. He was out of the house by 2 a.m., his van packed with sunflowers, baby's breath, poppies, delphinium and cacti picked the day before.
Before the Harbor Freeway was completed in the 1960s, he would take Figueroa Street from Palos Verdes
through the empty city, arriving at his market stall by 3 a.m. He'd spend the next six hours selling his crop, mainly
to florists but also to shippers who would pack the flowers on ice and fly them east. He would head home for a
nap and lunch. Then he would work his fields.
He almost never took a day off.
Hatano's son, Doug, 54, is the only one of his children who has tried farming. He now lives in Santa Maria and
works on an offshore oil rig, seven days on, seven days off. When he's not on the rig, he drives down to help his
father.
"This is his day off," James Hatano says with a laugh as his son packs his van with flowers for the next day's flower
market.
Helping the son are two workers with long-standing ties to Hatano. Martin Martinez's father and uncle worked
for Hatano for 25 years, and Martinez and his cousin have taken their places. Hatano worries what will happen
to them if he retires.
"They have no place to go," he says.
About 10 months ago, Hatano's children persuaded him to slow down. They met him at the house in San Pedro
for a family council of sorts and suggested he give up those early morning trips to the flower market and spend
less time in the fields.
"The long hours were starting to take a toll on him," says his daughter, Dorothy Scheid, a Hermosa Beach police
sergeant. "We just felt he should slow down. He's just a plain hardworking man, not used to taking an easy day
ever."
Now he checks on his crops just three days a week, when flowers are being readied for the market, leaving the
hard work and the flower market mainly to his son and Martinez.
"He's getting tired," his wife says. "You can see it in him. He keeps saying, 'Everybody's gone. I'm the only one here.'
But he says he'll stay here until Rancho Palos Verdes takes over."
Hatano can cultivate the land across from Terranea for as long as he wants, city officials have said. None of his
children has any interest in taking over.
He may lose the plot near the lighthouse sooner. As he watched his son and his two workers pick flowers there,
surveyors prepared the land for a $40-million nature center to be built by the Annenberg Foundation.
Hatano just shrugs. "At this stage of the game, nothing bothers me," he says.
"This was the best thing I did, coming here."
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The Hermit Philosopher of Malaga Cove and his 20-cent castle
By Dennis Piotrowski and Monique Sugimoto
Palos Verdes Peninsula News, 2012
“This building cost but little money but much work, without which life affords no satisfying kick.”
This brief statement was carved into a wooden board onto what can be generously called the cornerstone of
Flotsam Castle, a seaside dwelling built by a down-on-his-luck hermit, pie-maker, former lawyer and part-time
philosopher named Louis C. Dart.
Dart built his castle on the rock bluffs of Malaga Cove near present-day Torrance Beach in the early 1920s.
Made entirely of materials salvaged from the ocean, his seaside cabin grew from a crude shelter into a two-story
structure that featured a living room, stairs, kitchen, sleeping quarters, basement and an open-air pavilion with
a lunch counter.
The story of how the mysterious drifter came to the area is as intriguing as his improvised seaside dwelling.
According to Census records, Dart was born about 1859 in Missouri where his father was a farmer. News accounts
state that he graduated from an Iowa law college and was a prosperous attorney in Western Nebraska and the
Midwest before he got sick, lost his voice and was unable to plead at the bar.
Like countless others, Dart migrated west. For 15 years, he worked as a cook in mining and road camps. The
1910 federal Census places Dart in Oakland where he was a lodger and listed his occupation as inventor. Still
struggling physically, he couldn’t work for more than a few weeks at a time.
Dart eventually moved to Southern California and made his way to the Palos Verdes area, drifting and convalescing
in the open air between Portuguese Bend and Malaga Cove for about seven years. Still weak, he was unable to
scramble up the hills to fetch drinking water.
This is where the story gets interesting.
With no money and struggling in poor health, his one remaining ambition was to die alone in the desolate cove.
But Dart’s luck would quickly change. He met an old Spanish lady who was looking for clams and worked on the
Palos Verdes ranch. She advised him to seek out a spring at Malaga Cove with water that would cure his ailments.
Even though Dart had lived in this area for years he had never before stumbled upon this “fountain of health.”
For six weeks, Dart lived without food or shelter, and drank only water from this spring. As he grew stronger, he
climbed the bluff, ate tomatoes at the top and also scooped snails from the rocks for a snail-broth. Soon he was
physically “sound from head to toe.” He boasted that he had gone back in age from 65 to 45 and was “so tough
and hard that if a mule were to kick him he would not know it except by the change of location.” Exact dates are
unknown, but this was likely in late 1919.
Around this time, a 45-foot yacht named the Genevieve anchored in the kelp beds nearby broke from its moorings
and wrecked near Malaga Cove. Dart was paid $5 to guard the wreckage overnight.
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“Then I began to eat!” Dart exclaimed, pleased that he was able to expand his scavenger diet.
He also assisted in retrieving the contents of the vessel and was allowed to keep many articles from the boat,
earning $85 from the salvage.
The return of his physical strength along with the “jingling of coins in his pockets” motivated Dart to build his
castle made of the abundant driftwood nearby and other items that “Neptune’s white horses” laid at his steps.
Not surprisingly, Dart constructed it right near the spring.
The “driftwood domicile” was said to have been built at the expense of about 20 cents (to cover the cost of nails).
It had to be reconstructed several times; the first version resembling a “peasant’s precipice-hung hut” before it
developed into a landmark over two stories tall. A large gray cat and a beady-eyed black-nosed guinea pig were
Dart’s roommates.
In short order, his “seaside castle” drew thousands of visitors from almost every state in the nation and from cities
worldwide. They sat at cable-spool tables, guzzled soda pop and dined on home-made pies made by Dart on the
castle’s little four-burner stove. Dart baked about 8,000 pies (and admitted to eating about 500 himself). Artists
loved his shelter and begged him not to tear it down. The Boy Scouts visited.
Louis Dart became a minor celebrity. In the roaring 20s he and his castle were profiled in Popular Mechanics, the
Los Angeles Times and newspapers across the nation – and in Australia and New Zealand.
When not building his castle or baking pies for his many guests, Dart engaged in the more cerebral pursuit of
philosophy. No doubt remembering his earlier struggles, he opined: “Until you learn the difference between
your needs and your wants, and are more anxious to have a sound body and a clear brain than to indulge your
perverted taste, anything I might tell you would be in vain.”
New accounts indicate that Dart had abandoned his driftwood mansion as early as 1925. He was definitely gone
by May 1930, when a reporter ventured to Flotsam Castle and confirmed that Dart had left the area for good. The
castle was still standing but seemed “like a body which had lost its soul.” Shortly thereafter the owner of a nearby
fashionable subdivision torched Flotsam Castle and burned it to the ground within 60 minutes.
After he left the Malaga Cove area, Dart moved to Arlington, near Riverside, where he built a “quaint little abode
on a hill” from pieces of wood he had scavenged. He left this home after thieves had continually robbed the place
while he was away.
Dart then moved to Riverside where he lived in a rooming house and received aid from the county welfare
department. He had reportedly refused help from his friends to try and contact his family in Idaho for help, and
died on March 3, 1932.
Although his castle was destroyed, Dart’s legacy and philosophy lives on. In one of his pamphlets the hermit
philosopher of Malaga Cove left us with this: “The real purpose of our being is to add to the sum of human
happiness. Success and contentment come not from what you get, but from what you give.”
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Our Palos Verdes Peninsula and the Dawn of Hollywood
By Dennis Piotrowski and Monique Sugimoto
Adult Service Librarians, Palos Verdes Library District, 2015
Many locals know about the numerous television shows and big time Hollywood movies that have been filmed in
and near Palos Verdes such as the A-Team, Lethal Weapon and Pirates of the Caribbean.
But less well known is that Palos Verdes has been connected to the motion picture industry since its founding
in the early twentieth century – when silent and “short” non-feature movies were filmed in the area by cinematic
legends such as D.W. Griffith, William N. Selig and Cecil B. DeMille.
The proximity to Hollywood, outdoor lighting, wide open sparsely-populated area, and a rugged coastline that
could duplicate almost any place in the world, made the Palos Verdes area very attractive. These helped fuel a
century-long relationship that continues to this day.
The Unchanging Sea, Blackbeard, and the Spoilers are three very early productions. In 1910, director D.W. Griffith
filmed the Unchanging Sea partly in the Los Angeles Harbor. This was a love story set in an oceanfront fishing
village that featured a young Mary Pickford. Years later Griffith filmed his controversial epic The Birth of a Nation.
William N. Selig was also busy along the South Bay coastline. His Selig Polyscope Company built what is known
as the first permanent movie studio in Los Angeles.
In late 1911, Selig leased a ship named the Alden Besse for a pirate movie appropriately named Blackbeard
that filmed off Redondo Beach. The ship was 250 feet long and was equipped with 12 cannon. One hundred
performers took part and thousands of beachgoers watched the filming.
Shortly thereafter his company produced one of the earliest movies filmed specifically in Palos Verdes.
In June of 1914, the Seattle Daily Times reported that Selig sent a crew to do some “big scenes in the Palos Verdes
hills.” They were going to shoot in Arizona for the western views, but found that filming locally in California
worked. The name of the movie is unknown at this time.
In August of 1915, some of the strangest early filming stories occurred along the Palos Verdes shores.
Well known director Frank Cooley was filming outdoor scenes near Palos Verdes when he reportedly stumbled
upon an odd recluse known as the “Hermit of Portuguese Bend,” who could well have been the “Hermit of
Flotsam Castle” a/k/a Louis Dart (chronicled in an earlier local history article), a drifter who then lived along the
Palos Verdes coast.
The hermit fed the crew some freshly caught lobster. A fish and game inspector found out, contacted the Balboa
Studio and fined each feasting cast and crew member $25. Paul Gilmore, one of America’s leading stage actors
at the time, pleaded ignorance and promised not to eat lobster out of season again. This was enough to appease
the inspector.
Since the hermit had never seen a motion-picture camera, he fled in fear when he initially encountered Gilmore
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and the film crew. Finding the hermit’s persona appealing, the actors and camera man reportedly chased him
down and paid him $3 to appear in the movie.
The name of this movie was The Diamond Smugglers.
In 1923, Hollywood would visit Portuguese Bend for a much larger production: The Ten Commandments by Cecil
B. DeMille. The acclaimed director filmed scenes at Portuguese Bend that represented “opposite sides of the
Red Sea and show the Israelites just after crossing.” The shots in what is now Rancho Palos Verdes featured
hundreds of extras, donkeys and even camels emerging from the sea.
Just two years later, English actor Stan Laurel (of the famous Laurel and Hardy duo) filmed Half a Man near the
cliffs of Palos Verdes Estates and Torrance. This 20-minute movie featured the “flotsam castle” constructed out
of driftwood by Louis Dart mentioned above.
In 1930, Dolores del Rio starred in the United Artists musical picture The Bad One, that featured Boris Karloff.
Del Rio is credited as the first Mexican motion picture star with worldwide allure. In this film she portrayed a
seaside dancehall entertainer.
The film company spent significant time in Palos Verdes and San Pedro, with an “army of carpenters” constructing
huge sets in Palos Verdes that were reported at the time to “set a new record in the size of talking picture
outdoor backgrounds.”
These are a few of the early films that made use of the Peninsula landscape.
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Where did the peacocks of the Palos Verdes Peninsula come from?
For nearly a century, the peacocks of Palos Verdes Peninsula have roamed the streets and rooftops and been a
beautiful presence for local residents — they even have their own FaceBook page.
by Maureen Megowan
from “History of Rancho Palos Verdes”
The origin of the peacocks that inhabit the Palos Verdes Peninsula is somewhat disputed. Frank Vanderlip Jr. ,
in an interview, stated that the peacocks were a gift from Lucky Baldwin, a prominant investor and businessman
and a friend of Frank Vanderlip Sr. around 1924. In this version, Mr. Vanderlip was visiting with Mr. [Lucky] Balwin
at Mr. Baldwin's estate in Arcadia, and admired his flock of peacocks that had originally been imported by Mr.
Baldwin from India in 1879. Mr. Vanderlip then commented that his Villa Narcissa was "too quiet", and that Mr.
Baldwin then gave Mr. Vanderlip 6 peacocks to "liven the place up". Elin Vanderlip in her book published shortly
before her death, also states that the peacocks were a gift from Lucky Baldwin. This, however, would not have
been possible as Mr. Baldwin died in 1909, prior to Mr. Vanderlip's purchase of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Another version has Anita, the daughter of Mr. Baldwin, giving the peacocks to Mr. Vanderlip years after Mr.
Vanderlip had admired Mr. Baldwin's peacocks at Mr. Baldwin's estate prior to Mr. Baldwin's death.Yet another
version, published by Francine A. Bradley, Ph.D. UC Davis, in a report to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes on
managing peafowl on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, states that the original peacock colony on the Palos Verdes
Peninsula was a gift of 16 birds from the daughter of William Wrigley, Jr. to Frank Vanderlip, Sr. from Mr.Wrigley's
aviary on Catalina Island. This version was supported by an interview with Mrs. John Vanderlip (Suzanne Vanderlip
) in 2000. There is a conflict in dates with this story, however. If the peacocks came to The Cottage in Palos
Verdes in 1924 as Frank Jr. recollects, the peacocks could not have come from Catalina, as the Wrigleys did not
start their aviary until 1927. The most logical story seems to be that the daughter of Lucky Baldwin was the source
of the Palos Verdes peacocks. One thing that does not seem to be disputed is that in later years, Mr. Vanderlip's
collection of birds (other than the peacocks) were donated back to Mr. Wrigley's aviary on Catalina Island.
These birds were maintained at the Vanderlip Estate in Portuguese Bend. It is suspected that some of the birds
were introduced to Palos Verdes Estates by former mayor Fred Roessler sometime in the period from 1960-65.
There are now numberous peacock colonies in Rancho Palos Verdes in the Crestridge, Vista Grande, and the
Portuguese Bend areas, as well as in the Lunada Bay and Malaga Cove areas of Palos Verdes Estates.
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This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
To find out more about how NEA grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov
The three-concert Il Barocco series is cosponsored by Warner & Carol Henry —
and this afternoon’s concerts are cosponsored by Wayfarers Chapel.
Special thanks to our concert hosts for their gracious hospitality: The Community & Staff of Wayfarers Chapel; and a special
thanks to James Morgan, Director of Development, for his generous assistance. Additional thanks to our Rancho Palos Verdes
Festival Community Partners for generously hosting this afternoon’s activities: Neighborhood Church – Rebecca Ogle, organist,
& Edward Murray, guest organist; and Point Vicente Interpretive Center.

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