is a district within the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California , located between Brentwood to the east, Malibu to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. The area currently has about 27,000 residents. It is a very affluent and primarily residential area, with a mixture of large private homes, small (usually older) houses, condominiums, and apartments. It has a small central business district on Sunset Boulevard --consisting of restaurants, stores, banks, and offices--known as the "village." It also includes some large parklands and many hiking trails.
Palisades Charter High School serves the neighborhood. It is known as "Where The Mountains Meet the Sea." Notable shops in the village include PaliSkate, Benton's Sporting Goods, Mort's Palisades Deli (now closed) and Village Books on Swarthmore Street.
In 1911, film director Thomas Ince created his Western film factory Inceville, which at its peak employed nearly 600 people. A decade later, the Rev. Charles H. Scott and the Southern California Methodist Episcopal Church bought the land; in 1922, Scott founded Pacific Palisades, envisioning an elaborate religious-intellectual commune. Believers snapped up choice lots and lived in tents during construction. By 1925, the Palisades had 100 homes. In one subdivision, streets were named for Methodist missionaries. The tents eventually were replaced by cabins, then by bungalows, and ultimately by multimillion-dollar homes with priceless views.
For many decades there was a virtual ban on drinking in the district, a Chinese Restaurant called House of Lee's conspicuously holding the only liquor license. The Presbyterian Church originally owned a conference center in Temescal Canyon before it was sold to become Temescal Gateway Park. Will Rogers owned a large ranch adjoining the Palisades in Rustic Canyon , now also a state park, and helped to attract Movie stars to the area. It has been home to a number of intellectuals and actors, including Aldous Huxley , Thomas Mann , Emil Ludwig , Oskar Homolka , Grete Mosheim and Vicki Baum . Others such as Bertolt Brecht lived in the area's outskirts. Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester were known for their hospitality. Steven Spielberg currently has a home there, and two California governors, Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger , lived in the district for many years, although at different times. Famed music producer and writer, Jerry Goldstein also lives in Pacific Palisades. Author Henry Miller and poet Maya Angelou also lived in Pacific Palisades.
- features The Riviera Country Club, a high-end country club, and streets named after various locations in the French and Italian Riviera. The neighborhood is divided into north and south sections by Sunset Boulevard . It borders Santa Monica and Brentwood.
- features post-war homes located on the former polo field of The Uplifters, the original site of The Uplifters clubhouse (now a city park) and the "cabins" developed as second homes and weekend retreats. This area is also known as Uplifter's Ranch. Located off Sunset Blvd. between The Riveria and Huntington Palisades. Above the canyon lies Will Rogers State Park .
- is close to the 'village' proper, and is more of a typical suburb. It is located south of Sunset Blvd.
- are north of Sunset Blvd. and are characterized by narrow streets. The street names are consecutively named beginning with A, B, C, D, etc - hence the name Alphabet Streets. It is a popular destination for trick-or-treaters on Halloween .
- are located further out-of-town west along Sunset Boulevard and start past Palisades Charter High School and Via De La Paz. they extend for a long distance between Sunset Blvd. and the Palisades Bluffs.
- a large area of middle class homes is located farther west on Sunset Blvd on the upslope and was developed beginning in the early 1950s by the Earl Lachman family. Marquez Elementary services the neighborhood along with a small shopping center on Marquez Street and Sunset Blvd.
- is an affluent Real-Estate Development near the end of Sunset Blvd. About five minutes away from the center of the Pacific Palisades, the Palisades Village, The Highlands could almost be considered their own separate community. It borders with Malibu.
- & family - Screenwriter and Creator of TV's LOST (Abrams is a graduate of Palisades Charter High School , aka Pali High)
- and ''' Jennifer Garner ''' - Actors
- - Actor and Dancer
- - Writer (committed suicide in his Pacific Palisades home in 1997)
- - Actor and voice talent
- - Actor
- - NBA Star
- - Actor
- - Actor known from ( 7th Heaven )
- - Actor and Game Show Host
- and her husband ''' Christopher Guest ''' - Actress & Director
- - Seinfeld co-creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm
- describes growing up in the Palisades in her memoirs, including ''The Long Goodbye''.
- - Retired NBA athlete
- Inga Drozdova - Playboy's Miss November 1997
- - German writer (who settled in Pacific Palisades in 1941 and spent there the rest of his life)
- - One of the 20th Century's greatest minds & inventors (lived in Pacific Palisades until his death in 1983 at age 87)
- - NBC Vice President
- - Producer and President of Paramount Pictures
- - Actor
- and his wife ''' Rita Wilson ''' - Actors
- and long-time partner ''' Kurt Russell ''' - Actors (they also own a house in neighboring Malibu )
- - Artist and Illustrator
- - Actress (also owns a house in neighboring Malibu )
- - Actress
- - Actor
- - Singer
- - Director/Writer/Producer
- - Actor
- - Actor
- - Actress (before her 2nd DUI arrest in July 2007, Lohan was about to sign the lease of a Pacific Palisades Highlands compound)
- and ''' Dennis Wilson ''' - The Beach Boys Band Members
- - Actor
- - Actress
- - Actor, Former Lifeguard, and Former Firerfighter
- - Singer
- - Actor
- and his wife ''' Kimberly Williams ''' - Country Singer & Actress
- - Actress and Activist
- - Actor (Still owns a home in the Palisades)
- - Actor
- - Noted Character Actor
- - 40th President of the United States, Politician, and Actor
- - Actor
- - Actor and Voice-Over Artist
- and wife ''' Maria Shriver ''' - Actor/Politician and Journalist
- and Canadian comic Actress -wife ''' Nancy Dolman ''' (" Soap ") have lived in Pacific Palisades since 1987 .
- - Investment banker
- purchased a Pacific Palisades home in the Pacific Palisades Highlands in July 2007 for an estimated $6.9 million.
- - Award-Winning Director/Producer (keeps his main residence in the Palisades)
- - South Park co-creator
- - Actress
- died back in the 1930s in Pacific Palisades under suspicious circumstances near her Roadside Cafe, a local landmark, on Pacific Coast Highway .
- - Hollywood make-up artist
- - Actress
- - Actor
- The Beach Boys 1963 hit Surfin' USA (song) mentions Pacific Palisades in its list of Southern California surf spots.
- The Northern Ireland rock group Ash featured a song named "Pacific Palisades" on their 2001 album '' Free All Angels .''
- The fictional Marvel Comics superhero team called the The Avengers may have once headquartered in a Pacific Palisades compound.
- Title of a 1997 TV series produced by Aaron Spelling .
- Title of a 1990 film starring Sophie Marceau .
- The NBC television series Saved By The Bell was set in Pacific Palisades.
- Pacific Palisades entered the national lexicon with the publication of the 1976 bestseller, ''What Really Happened To The Class of '65''. The book was about members of one of Palisades High School's early graduating classes and how their once-privileged lives turned out years later, often disastrously. The book, by the son of novelist Irving Wallace , namely author David Wallechinsky , and his "Pali" classmate, film critic Michael Medved , was replete with "no-holds barred" profiles of many of the favorite long-time teachers of the school, including English teachers Miss Jean O'Brien and Mrs. Gilbert (aka "Mama Rose"), and history teacher Mr. Johnson. More timely was the detailed look the book described of Pacific Palisades as a microcosm of America during the tumultuous Summer Of Love -era. The success of the book later inspired a short-lived television docudrama-style series.
Los Angeles Fire Department Station 69 is in Pacific Palisades.
Los Angeles Police Department operates the West Los Angeles Community Police Station at 1663 Butler Avenue, 99025, serving the neighborhood {Link without Title} .
Residents are zoned to Los Angeles Unified School District schools:
- Tivoli: Great local Italian and European food with outdoor space. Extensive wine list. Friendly staff. Lots of regulars. Next to Starbucks on Sunset in the business block.
- Cafe Vida: Always busy spot on Antioch Street on the back side of the business block. Fresh salads and healthy fare. Sister restaurant to the cafe in the Spectrum Health Club.
- Kay and Dave's: Great Mexican food as healthy as is possible. Very casual. Packed on the weekends. Addictive salsa and chips. Kids art on the walls. On Sunset near the Village Green.
Los Angeles Public Library operates the Palisades Branch.
The United States Postal Service operates the Pacific Palisades Post Office at 15209 West Sunset Boulevard, 90272-9995.
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