Claude Bell bought land in Cabazon in 1946, started living on the land part-time in 1952, and opened the Wheel Inn there in 1958. In 1964 he started creating Dinny, a 150-ft long, 150-ton Brontosaurus to attract customers to his Inn.
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Michael Sanders was the first owner of this 1887 Queen Anne/Eastlake home on Carroll Avenue in Los Angeles. Its exterior featured prominently in the climax of the epic 1983 video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” directed by John Landis.
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The Innes House is one of the original homes constructed during the development of Carroll Avenue. For fans of Aaron Spelling’s television series “Charmed,” this is Halliwell Manor, home of three sisters known as “The Charmed Ones.”
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The Columbia Ranch Dwarf Houses development lines Hollywood Way between Oak and Heffron in Burbank. Built between 1946 and 1951, the houses were not constructed as backlot dressing rooms or offices but to be used as ordinary homes.
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The Howard Johnson Motor Lodge, the first HoJo property on the west coast, opened in 1965 across Harbor Blvd. from Disneyland. Its gleaming white contours with barrel arched roofline were designed by renowned architect William Pereira.
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The former Fraternal Order of the Eagles Building in Redondo Beach was constructed in 1949. With its sleek lines and smooth curves, the former lodge illustrates clear traits of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture.
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Alfred Haines came to San Diego in 1887 at the height of the Boom. He initially lived in Chula Vista, but had this 3-story, 5,500 sq. ft. Craftsman-style home built in the Golden Hill area in 1908 where he lived until his death in 1934.
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