A look back to Balboa Island in 1928, from Jeff Delaney’s book Newport Beach: In 1906, W. S. Collins commenced a dredging operation, partially completed by 1910, at which time a sucesion of subdivision map filings began. Prior to the dredging, the island was largely overflowed swamp land and mostly underwater at high tide. It [...]
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Balboa Peninsula before homes
Before there were many homes on Balboa Peninsula, this is what it looked like in 1922: In 1923, a syndicate of Pasadena men purchased all of the land on the easterly extreme of the peninsula from Edna Ferguson, the widow of Joe Ferguson. The property was then subdivided, a map filed in May 1923, and [...]
Sherman Gardens Home Tour
Sherman Gardens Home Tour – May 12 – 11AM-4PM Sherman Library & Gardens is a 2.2 acre Corona del Mar horticultural retreat. The Gardens provide a museum of living plants, displayed amidst a setting of immaculate gardens, patios and conservatories linked together by wide brick walkways, beds blooming with seasonal flowers and bubbling tile fountains. The Library [...]
