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# Road rage: Cruise city’s past
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/road-rage-cruise-citys-past/
- Published: 2003-10-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:06:27.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Pier, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica is rich in landmarks … if you know where to look.

On Sunday, Nov. 9, the Santa Monica Conservancy is sponsoring a narrated bus tour from 1:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. of notable designated landmarks in Santa Monica.

Aboard a specially chartered Big Blue Bus, participants will see and hear about the most significant landmarked homes, commercial, religious, and civic structures, as well as trees and signs — the arched neon entryway to the Santa Monica Pier being one of the city’s preserved signatures.

Dr. Ken Breisch, adjunct associate professor in the school of architecture at the University of Southern California and director of its graduate program in historic preservation, will narrate the tour. There will be refreshments onboard, complementing Breisch’s knowledge and insights. Participants will receive a tour book as well.

The Santa Monica Conservancy recently co-sponsored a successful house tour on La Mesa Drive attended by 400 people. The bus tour, which will be even more comprehensive, promises to be just as popular. Seating, however, is limited, and advance reservations are necessary. Tour fees are $20 per person for Santa Monica Conservancy members and, for non-members, the $35 fee includes automatic membership in the conservancy.

The Santa Monica Conservancy is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization founded in 2002\. Its mission is to increase public awareness of Santa Monica’s historical, cultural and architectural resources, as well as to promote the preservation of those resources and to encourage new development that is sensitive to the historic character of its neighborhoods.

For more information, call (310) 485- 0399.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/2026/10/101703-06_01.jpg)

of the resurrected Samohi Surf Club (left to right) Jack Jacobs, K.C. (Photo: Photo courtesy Members)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 17, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101703.pdf?ref=smdp.com)