According to the San Pedro News Pilot, the idea arose out of a chamber of commerce meeting in San Pedro in 1950. Having observed the rapid postwar growth boom of neighboring suburban communities, a unnamed member of the group of local business leaders and boosters said something like, “What this community needs is a goodContinue reading “Unusual financing plan launched San Pedro’s Hacienda Hotel in 1955”
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Miraleste has been part of the Palos Verdes Peninsula for more than a century
When Palos Verdes Peninsula landowner Frank Vanderlip and his associates drew up the detailed master plan for their Palos Verdes Project in 1923, it consisted of four distinct areas to be developed: Malaga Cove, Lunada Bay, Valmonte and Miraleste. The first three were connected areas on the west side of the Palos Verdes Hills. MiralesteContinue reading “Miraleste has been part of the Palos Verdes Peninsula for more than a century”
