Save the Date, June 17, 2023: The Palos Verdes Library District Local History Center is Planning Something Big!
Mark June 17, 2023, 100 years to the day that a real estate rally was held in Malaga Cove to entice potential buyers to purchase property on the Peninsula, on your calendar. The rally launched the modern-day Peninsula development and put Palos Verdes on the map as one of the nation’s first planned communities. With Peninsula Friends of the Library, our local cities, and Peninsula organizations, the Palos Verdes Library District is spearheading an event to commemorate this historic occasion. Doors Open Peninsula 2023: Celebrating 100 Years of History on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (DOP 2023) will be held on June 17, 2023. What better way to celebrate a historic real estate rally than with a Peninsula-wide open house?
PV Magazine talked with Monique Sugimoto, Archivist, and Local History Librarian at the PVLD Local History Center, about DOP 2023. She explained that this event will be a Peninsula-wide public engagement opportunity that seeks to raise awareness of our community history and allow the public to experience its rich history, architecture, cultural institutions, people, and open spaces in celebration of this milestone. Members of the community may pick up printed commemorative “passport” books with suggested routes and sites from participating organizations. Participating sites will allow free access to the public and share their stories with guided tours, printed material, virtual QR code links, etc. A few places to which the public is not usually privy, along with special activities at well-known historical locations, will exist.
For more information about DOP, contact Monique Sugimoto at msugimoto@pvld.org.
This 100-year anniversary invites the entire community to celebrate/honor our past and look toward our future. PV Magazine will share updates leading up to the event and encourages readers to mark their calendars. You will not want to miss this experience.
