All San Clemente

IN THE BEGINNING OLE HANSON HAD A VISION . . . 

I vision a place where people can live together more pleasantly than on any other place in America.  I am going to build a beautiful city on the ocean where the whole city will be a park;  the architecture will be of one type, and the homes will be located on sites where nearly everyone will have his view preserved forever.  The whole picture is very clear before me.  I can see hundreds of white-walled homes bonneted with red tile, with trees, shrubs, hedges of hibiscus, palms and geraniums lining the drives and a profusion of flowers illuminating the patios and gardens.  I can see gay sidewalks of red Spanish tile and streets curving picturesquely over the land.  I want plazas, playgrounds, schools, clubs, swimming pools, a golf course, a fishing pier, and a beach enlivened with people getting a healthy joy out of life.

Ole Hanson, 1925