North Coast · CA
Sea Ranch
Ten miles of weathered wood on the Sonoma bluffs.
- Population
- 1,169 (2020 census)
- Coastline
- 10 miles
- Condominium One
- 1965
Then
- Early 1900s
Walter Frick assembles Del Mar Ranch, leased for sheep. The Pomo were the first people here.
- 1963
Oceanic California buys the land. Lawrence Halprin draws the master plan.
- 1965
Condominium One, by Moore, Lyndon, Turnbull and Whitaker, is finished.
- 1972
A fight over beach access here helps pass Proposition 20, which creates the California Coastal Commission.
Now
Homes have no fences and no roof overhangs, and sheep still keep the grass down. The tide station is at Green Cove.