By Christine Lampert, Architect, AIA, NCARB January 2019 Before 1920, San Clemente didn’t exist. There were grasslands with sweeping ocean views and ranchlands that extended up into the mountains as far as one could see. The three founders of our town-Ole...
BY CHRISTINE LAMPERT, ARCHITECT, AIA, NCARB January 2019 Old photo of Casa Romantica Ole Hanson was the visionary who, along with his business partners, developed the new town of San Clemente in the 1920s in the empty, rolling hills halfway between Los Angeles and...
By Christine Lampert, Architect, AIA, NCARB August 3rd 2021 When San Clemente was built in the 1920’s, it was a new town surrounded entirely by ranch lands. The large ranch to the south was soon to become the Camp Pendleton Marine Base. The base was established in...
By Christine Lampert, Architect, AIA, NCARB La Casa VerdeThe Abode on Avenida Del Mar San Clemente in the 1920s was a town with over 1,000 Spanish Colonial Revival Style buildings. Today, there are only around 200 left standing. Many of them were demolished after...
