Palisades Fun Facts

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2024

November: Seeing the Palisades Come to Be: The Gabrielson Photos and Their Mysterious Provenance

October: To Build or Not to Build / That is the (Palisades) Question

September: When Growing Up in the Palisades Leads to Olympic Success—And so Much More!

August: The Rediscovered Personal Side of the Photo Collection Documenting Early Palisades History

July: The “Moral Control” That Once Was at the Heart of Pacific Palisades

June: Shopping in the Palisades—A Tale of Two Blocks

May: The Legendary Ernie Marquez, and How Come the Post Office Says the Oldest Part of Pacific Palisades is in Santa Monica?

April: Much To Be Savored When Visiting Our Community’s Newest Park

March: Watch the Long-Lost Short Film that Marked Pacific Palisades at the Vanguard of Community Environmental Activism.

February: We Just Acquired a Vintage Painting!