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Laguna Beach was first settled in the 1870s, but was founded officially in 1887 and, in 1927 it incorporated as a city. Beginning in 1944, a council-manager form of government was adopted. [2] Residents of Laguna Beach elect five non-partisan council members who serve four-year staggered terms, with elections occurring every two years. The ...
St. Francis by-the-Sea American Catholic Church (St. Francis Cathedral Chapel; American Catholic Church) is a historic church in Laguna Beach, California, United States. It was built in 1934 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It now houses the National Sick Call Set Museum.
Three Arch Bay is a 29-acre (12 ha) private gated community located in the South Laguna neighborhood of Laguna Beach, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is named for a formation of three natural arches in the rocky cliffs along the ocean.
Finney's Cafeteria, also known as Gebhart Building, [2] Eshman Building, [3] The Chocolate Shop, [4] and Museum of Chocolate, [5] is a historic four-story building located at 217-219 W. 6th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.
Durlin Brayton, a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute and self-employed carpenter, bought a kiln and built a small ceramics workshop out of his home in Laguna Beach, California around 1927. Alongside his wife, he produced a small set of dinnerware – place settings, teapots, pitchers and bowls – notable not only for the hand-pressed mold ...
As part of its construction of concrete roads, started by a 1913 bond issue, Orange County paved the county road through Laguna Canyon, connecting State Highway Route 2 (the forerunner of US 101 and I-5) at Irvine with Laguna Beach, by 1917. [6] [7] The road was added to the state highway system in 1933 as Route 185, an unsigned designation.
Emerald Bay is an unincorporated community in Orange County, California. [1] It borders the city of Laguna Beach to the northwest and southeast, Crystal Cove State Park to the northeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Emerald Bay is a gated community bisected by California State Route 1. There are approximately 538 homes in the community.
The Pageant of the Masters is an annual festival held by the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach, California, United States.. The event is known for its tableaux vivants or "living pictures" in which classical and contemporary works of art are recreated by real people who are made to look nearly identical to the originals through the clever application of costumes, makeup, headdresses, lighting ...