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Description [3] 16. Whaling Station Site. Ballast Point Peninsula. 11/6/1970. Shore station where whale blubber was boiled down for the oil in the 1850s and 1860s, halfway out on the inner beach of Ballast Point. 17. Lighthouse of 1854. Cabrillo National Monument.
Point Loma (Spanish: Punta de la Loma, meaning "Hill Point"; Kumeyaay: Amat Kunyily, meaning "Black Earth") is a seaside community within the city of San Diego, California, United States. Geographically it is a hilly peninsula that is bordered on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean , the east by the San Diego Bay and Old Town , and the ...
Jetwing Vil Uyana is owned and operated by the Sri Lankan hotel chain Jetwing Hotels. The hotel was built in 2006 by converting an abandoned paddy field into an artificial wetland. Environmental architect Sunela Jayawardena designed the hotel. The hotel is known for its sustainability. In 2023, Condé Nast Traveller listed the hotel among the ...
Fine dining. Fine dining is a restaurant experience that is typically more sophisticated, unique, and expensive than at an average restaurant. The décor of such restaurants features higher-quality materials, with establishments having certain rules of dining which visitors are generally expected to follow, sometimes including a dress code.
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, United States.The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington.The population was 198,711 as of the 2020 census, making it the fourth most populous city in Orange County, the most populous beach city in Orange County, and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ...
It was first lighted on March 23, 1891, replacing the Old Point Loma Lighthouse which is atop the 400 feet (120 m) cliffs of Point Loma; the old lighthouse was often obscured by fog. The new light is only 88 feet (27 m) above the water. The first lighthouse keeper was Robert Decatur Israel, who had been keeper at the old lighthouse for 18 years.
Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States.A notable and historic suburb of Los Angeles, it is located just southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately 12.2 miles (19.6 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
1950 Fictional Sunset Boulevard film released.; Population: 1,970,358 city; 4,151,687 county. 1951 – Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority created. 1953 ...