Some buildings provide a backdrop to a city, others become part of its identity. For 100 years, Casa del Mar has stood at the edge of Santa Monica, its red-tiled roof, Renaissance Revival façade and sweeping arched windows facing a Pacific Ocean that has remained constant even as nearly everything surrounding it has changed.Opened May 1, 1926, as the exclusive Club Casa del Mar, the building arrived as Santa Monica was establishing itself as one…
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