Need to get away. Don't hope on a plane, just head a few miles south to SoCal's Riviera! Welcome to the Hollywood Riviera, the best kept secret in Southern California and one of the most desirable places to live in the world. Perfect weather, fresh air, and the beautiful Pacific Ocean are an everyday pleasure for those who live and play here. With its pristine beach-front location, charming Riviera Village shopping area, and tree-lined streets, the Hollywood Riviera section of Torrance is a quiet enclave of homes tucked away against the sloping hillside of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
The Hollywood Riviera, the iconic gorgeous area adjacent to Torrance, South Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes Estates, remains much like it was when Clifford F. Reid originally developed this parcel of 604 acres back in 1927. It's namesake is largely due to the area looking similar to the French Riviera. Clifford F. Reid was also entranced by the movie industry, and envisioned the Hollywood Riviera area south of Redondo Beach as being a natural set location for the Hollywood silver screens; hence the name Hollywood Riviera was born. The first home in the Hollywood Riviera was Clifford F. Reid's own, a stately Italian-Mediterranean mansion constructed in 1928 on Monte D'Oro, and still a beauty.
Get to know this gem of a city, take a stroll through the Riviera Village to shop or dine and you'll see neighbors greeting neighbors in the friendly Hollywood Riviera community. Because of its removed location, the Hollywood Riviera escapes much of the pass-through traffic and congestion the neighboring South Bay communities endure as commuters travel to freeways and other cities.
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