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In 1875, Jones and Baker co-founded Santa Monica. [2] Senator Jones Residence in Santa Monica, ca.1890-1920. In 1889 Jones built a Victorian-style mansion as his family's residence, and named it Miramar, Spanish for "view of the ocean". [1] His wife, Georgina, planted a rose garden near the house, and also planted trees along Santa Monica's ...
The Shangri-La Apartment Hotel opened on May 1, 1940. Designed by William E. Foster, it was constructed by Tulsa-Santa Monica Corporation/F.A. Gillespie & Sons at a cost of $400,000. [ 1 ] The building originally had nine double apartments and two bachelor apartments on each of the first five floors, five luxury apartments on the sixth floor ...
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The more formal One Pico has ocean views and a view of the Santa Monica Pier. [ 7 ] [ 16 ] The hotel's signature restaurant, One Pico opened in 1993 and was renovated by Michael S. Smith in the spring of 2008, [ 16 ] and has a Wine Spectator award-winning wine list. [ 17 ]
One of the hotel's restaurants, Catch Restaurant and Wine Bar, features a seafood menu and ocean views. [2] [7] In 2014, Michael S. Smith redesigned the hotel's new restaurant, Terrazza Lounge, which has a menu and style inspired by the Italian coast, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the ocean. [4] [11] [12]
Previously operated by DoubleTree Suites as a 253-room hotel, [3] the Hilton Santa Monica reopened in April 2021 following a two-year redesign and renovation. Additional rooms were added by splitting presidential suites and relocating the lounge. [4] In 2022, someone filed a lawsuit against the hotel for allegedly recording phone calls without ...
Built in 1929, Ocean House—later called simply the Beach House—was a hot spot on Santa Monica's Gold Coast in the 1930s and 1940s, as William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies entertained Hollywood's elite at Davies' 5-acre (20,000 m 2) estate. [2]
The Sovereign is a large five-story, 130 unit apartment building in Santa Monica, California, United States. Built in 1928, it was designed by architect Kurt Meyer-Radon and the Anglo American Building Company in the Mission Revival - Spanish Colonial Revival styles.