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La Jolla California Real EstateLa Jolla, pronounced la-hoya, is also known as the jewel of San Diego County's coast. It's been a tourist destination since the 1880s. In 1887, the San Diego Union said "Say the French, 'See Paris and die! Make your home at La Jolla and Live, say I."
In 1906 a bath house was constructed above the cove, providing facilities for many visitors. The still famous La Valencia Hotel was started in 1927, first as an apartment house, with the hotel added the following year. By the 1930s it had become a destination for royalty and movie stars alike. In 1928, accomplished potter Cornelio Rodriguez, came to La Jolla, looking for a suitable site where he and his brothers, Abraham and Ubaldo, could start a pottery works. At the bend of what was then called La Jolla Canyon Road, the main route to Los Angeles, he found potter's gold, the perfect clay deposit, otherwise known as "barro." This began the growth of the arts in La Jolla and a sort of artists colony grew up around the pottery. The pottery continued in business until the 1980s. At the beginning of World War II, the Army leased some 750 acres in the Torrey Pines area along the bluffs above and just north of La Jolla. The camp closed in 1945 and in 1953 legendary golf course architect William F. Bell, Sr. envisioned a championship golf course on the site. Today the course is known world around. Nearby, the Scripps Institution of Marine Biology was founded in 1909. In 1912, about a quarter section of land and improvements were deeded to the Regents of the University. By 1925, the scope of the activity had broadened and the name was changed to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
La Jolla begins on the coast and extends east, past the University to the new and exciting area of University City. This urban center offers a wide selection of condos for purchase in well planned communities. There are and residential investment possibilities. Nearby are a good selection of single family homes, many that have been totally remolded. Closer to and actually in La Jolla itself you'll find luxurious condos, small historic and restored bungalows, beautiful custom homes tucked away in private canyons, some with ocean views. There are also true mansions on larger parcels and fabulous homes on the ocean front. La Jolla has much to offer, both in terms of real estate and good living. Contact us today about La Jolla real estate.
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By 1885, the La Jolla Park Hotel had been build and artists and tourists began to flock to this beautiful sea side community. It wasn't long before people began to come to stay, and mansions were built some of which still exist in one form or another along the cliffs. 
1958 the Regents of the University of California authorized the establishment at La Jolla of an Institute of Technology and Engineering not far from Torrey Pines. 
