First subdivision of Pacific Palisades, L.A. County

Heading: (California - Pacific Palisades)
Author:
Title: Pacific Palisades: Pacific Palisades Association, Palisades Station, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (wrapper title)
Place Published: Los Angeles
Publisher:Pacific Palisades Association
Date Published: [1924]
Description:

20 pp, Illustrated from photographs. 23x10 cm (9x3¾"), color pictorial wrappers.

Rare brochure produced for the first subdivision of one of the most expensive cities in the United States. Rev. Charles H. Scott and the Southern California Methodist Episcopal Church bought the land; in 1922, Scott founded Pacific Palisades, envisioning an elaborate religious-intellectual commune. By 1925, the Palisades had 100 homes. No copies are listed in OCLC; nor could we find any publications or documents relating to Pacific Palisades prior to the 1970's in institutional collections.

During their exile from Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 40s, many German and Austrian intellectuals and artists associated with the Exilliteratur settled in Pacific Palisades, including Thomas Mann, Theodor W. Adorno, Vicki Baum, Oskar Homolka and Emil Ludwig. Villa Aurora on Paseo Miramar, the Spanish colonial home of Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife, Marta, became the focal point of the expatriate community, which was nicknamed "Weimar by the Sea." Today. Pacific Palisades is one of the most expensive residential neighborhoods in the country. Many celebrities have their mansions there. Recently, 20 000 square foot Pacific Palisades Mansion was put on the market for rent for $350K monthly.
Condition Report: Slight loss to lower corners of wrappers from insect damage; very good.