About me: I'm not an architect, landscape designer, nor am I a realtor or builder of homes. I'm just a guy who grew up in the area around PV, called the South Bay. I went to school there. Lived there most of my life.
A little geography lesson. Los Angeles is composed of a huge number of regions, neighborhoods and towns. When people say they are "from LA, " that generally means they're from one of the 16 regions, 158 incorporated towns or 114 unincorporated neighborhoods that comprise the greater LA metro area. For a very good overview of the neighborhoods, check out the LA Times Mappling LA website. Very informative!
Along the coast, south of the Los Angeles International Airport, lies a little known area called the South Bay. The South Bay got its name since it occupies the area on the southern edge of the Santa Monica Bay. It is comprised mainly of the tony beach towns of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach. Additionally, the South Bay area also includes the cities of Torrance, El Segundo, Gardena, Lawndale and Lomita. Further down the coast, south of South Redondo Beach and Torrance, is an even more affluent area called the Palos Verdes Peninsula, or "PV" as it is more locally known.
PV is a 16,000 acre peninsula is made up of 5 areas - Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, and the unincorporated area known generally as the Palos Verdes Peninsula. As a general matter, Palos Verdes Estates and Rolling Hills tend to be the most affluent communities on the peninsula, the former being a master planned community designed by the Olmstead Brothers as a "Millionaire's Colony" in the 1920s and the latter is an exclusive gated community with a rural flare and the highest average household income of any city in the country. Over the course of my posts, I'll explain more of the differences among the various towns on the peninsula. For the most part, most of the very interesting architecture tends to be found in Palos Verdes Estates, given that the city is a master planned community and has an Art Jury that overseas the aesthetics of the town.
A few shots of the Peninsula:
From South Redondo/Torrance, looking at Malaga Cove in PVE
North entrance into PV from Torrance, facing Valmonte, PVE
Bluffs near the Terranea Resort, RPV
Bluffs north of Terranea, RPV
(Source: NJC)
Valmonte neighborhood, PVE
Malaga Cove neighborhood, PVE
(Source: NJC)
More soon. Stay tuned.
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