As follow-up to an article we posted Dec. 26, 2011, SantMonicaDispatch tells MHProNews.com the Village Trailer Park in Santa Monica, CA has likely been saved from the wrecking ball by the LA Landmarks Commission. The owners of the 108 home site LLC (land lease community) wanted to develop the property into a 400,000 square foot mixed retail, residential, and office complex. Built in 1951, the Friends of Sunset Park (FOSP,) noting the architectural, social, cultural and economic importance of the community to the historic growth of Santa Monica have recommended to the Landmarks Commission that the community be preserved. Many of the homes in the community are an artfully decorated blend of vintage factory-built homes. The report says: “As a social phenomenon, the progression from transient to permanent residential community led to Village Trailer Park becoming the City’s best remaining example of a neighborhood of closely spaced towable vehicles/dwellings set amongst lush landscaping with residents sharing recreational amenities.”
