SoCal Landmarks

SoCal Landmarks

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Home Savings Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles County

Home Savings Center

A 2018 restoration project led by Edward Ahdoot of Rockwell Properties uncovered a mosaic mural created by Susan Hertel of Millard Sheets Studio for the Homes Savings Center (now International City Bank) on Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach.

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Long Beach Venus, Long Beach, Los Angeles County

Long Beach Venus

The Long Beach Venus is modeled on a 1767 bronze sculpture by Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain entitlad “Venus Au Bain.” It held a prominent position in an alcove above the marquee of Fox West Coast Theater on Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach.

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Heisler Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County

Heisler Park

Heisler Park in Laguna Beach was named after Howard G. Heisler, a member of the Laguna Company that bought the property from the Irvine Company in 1905. The park stretches along the bluffs on Cliff Drive from Aster Street to Diver’s Cove.

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National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Industry HQ, Carlsbad, San Diego County

Museum of Making Music

The Museum of Making Music in the headquarters building of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) recently reopened after a two-month-long renovation. Founded in 1998, the museum opened to the public in March, 2000.

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Millard Sheets mural "Pleasures Along the Beach", Orange, Orange County

“Pleasures Along the Beach”

Millard Sheets’ 40-by-16-foot “Pleasures Along the Beach” mosaic mural has been installed at the Hilbert Museum of California Art in Orange as the artist envisioned. Sheets created the mural for the Santa Monica Home Savings in 1969. It was restored by Brian Worley who worked on the mosaic as an intern in 1969. The finished mosaic was unveiled on January 30, 2024.

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