Description: Laguna Niguel, California, Images of America, Hardback Laguna Niguel is one of America's earliest master-planned communities. In 1958, the Boston-based real estate firm of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes began acquiring over 7,000 acres of sheep-grazing land in south Orange County that had been owned by ranchers, including the French Basque Daguerra family and the Moulton family. Prior to that, the property was the Rancho Niguel Mexican land grant and, earlier, a part of a Niguili Native American village. The Boston firm hired noted architect Victor Gruen as the master planner and brought in investors through the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. In 1959, the Laguna Niguel Corporation was formed, and the development began. Ansel Adams was hired to provide the original photographs of the property; Ladd & Kelsey, William Pereira, and other noted mid-century modern architects designed the housing, schools, offices, and retail centers. This development's interesting and groundbreaking concepts set the stage for how communities were created in the last half of the 20th century.
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467125918
Book Title: Laguna Niguel
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials)
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Photography, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Ted Wells
Item Width: 6.5 in
Book Series: Images of America Ser.
Format: Hardcover
