James W. Lunsford The Ocean and the Sunset, The Hills and the Clouds: Looking at Santa Monica, illustrated by Alice N. Lunsford, 1983, 1934, 1933, 1926, 1890
Santa Monica Pier-Arcadia Terrace
"7. Breakwater Monument. Located at the end of the pier is a plaque erected by the Native Sons of the Golden West commemorating the dedication of the Santa Monica breakwater in 1934."
Santa Monica Pier-Arcadia Terrace
"12. Sea Castle Apartments, 1725 The Promenade. Originally constructed as the Breakers Beach Club in 1926, it soon became the Grand Hotel. It was subsequently known as the Chase and Monica Hotels before being converted to apartments in the early '60s, and renamed the Sea Castle. The name "Breakers" can still be made out on the marquee over the entrance, even though the concrete letters have been partially chiseled away. One of the brightest moments in the life of the Grand Hotel occurred in 1934 during a reopening attended by film stars Jean Harlow, Anita Page, Joan Crawford, Ida Lupino, Alan Mowbray, and Maureen O'Sullivan."
Ocean Park
"46. Santa Monica Alternative School House, 2802 Fourth Street. The former Washington School, at the northwest corner of Fourth and Ashland. The oldest existing school site in Santa Monica was established as Washington School in 1890 and has been in continuous school use since. The present building was constructed in 1934 after the 1933 earthquake and is patterned after the "Santa Monica Plan" developed by the architectural firm of Marsh, Smith and Powell, who also designed the Roosevelt School at Lincoln and Montana. The "Santa Monica Plan," incorporating outdoor activity areas immediately accessible to classrooms, was a result of experiences incurred by having to hold classes in tents for a year after the earthquake."
"52. Mary Hotchkiss Park, Fourth and Strand. A two-acre public park left to the City of Santa Monica by Mary A. Jauch in 1934. The site was the former location of the Moody Mansion, for many years regarded as a "haunted house" because Mrs. Jauch's first husband was shot to death there in 1884 and the murderer was never found. She later married Colonel Hotchkiss, an attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1905 they left Santa Monica and the mansion stood vacant for several years, eventually being torn down and replaced by a number of other structures. At the time the city acquired the property, the site was occupied by an abandoned gas station and several dilapidated buildings. Mrs. Jauch, marrying for the third time, never returned to Santa Monica."
"62. John Muir Elementary School, 721 Ocean Park Boulevard. Established in 1922 and rebuilt in 1934 following the 1933 earthquake, the school was originally a two-story building."