When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Laguna Beach, California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Beach,_California

    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 ...

  3. 1880s Southern California real estate boom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880s_Southern_California...

    The 1880s Southern California real estate boom, also the boom of the eighties, sometimes just called the 1887 real estate boom, was the first big settlement push into Los Angeles County (including what is now Orange County), San Diego County (including what is now Imperial County), San Bernardino County (including what is now Riverside County ...

  4. Jackson Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Park_(Chicago)

    Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre (223.2 ha) urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago.Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods, the park was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and remodeled in 1893 to serve as the site of the World's Columbian Exposition.

  5. Historic Hotels of America - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Hotels_of_America

    Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. [1] The Caribbean Motel in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey [2]. Historic Hotels of America is a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that was founded in 1989 with 32 charter members; the program identifies hotels in the United States that have maintained authenticity, sense of place, and architectural integrity from their respective time periods.

  6. Cook's Corner - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook's_Corner

    Today's Cook's Corner is a wooden structure similar to a World War II-era restaurant and bar, built inside a former Santa Ana Army Air Base mess hall that was moved to the site. The property includes a pool table , indoor and outdoor music stages, an outdoor recreational area for horseshoe games, as well as trails for mountain biking and hiking .

  7. Eiler Larsen - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiler_Larsen

    Eiler Larsen (March 27, 1890 – March 19, 1975) was a Danish vagabond who earned fame as "The Greeter" of Laguna Beach, California, United States. [1] Larsen wandered in Europe, South America and across the United States before settling in Laguna at age 52.

  8. History of retail in Southern California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_retail_in...

    An 1853 ad in Spanish in the bilingual Los Angeles Star for Lazard & Kremer dry goods S. Lazard & Co.'s store on Main St. between 1866 and 1872 Hamburger's, "The People's Store" Spring Street Early 1880s Stern, Cahn & Loeb's City of Paris department store at 105-7 N. Spring St. (post-1890 numbering: 205-7 Spring), sometime between 1883 and 1890 Hamburger's building (later May Co. flagship) at ...

  9. Three Arch Bay - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Arch_Bay

    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.