RIGHT, this board and batten


style beach cottage is home to the Neumann victory garden.


OPPOSITE PAGE, going up in


1977, the framework before the finish of Neumann’s first project on Finney East.


BELOW, the iceberg rose is possibly the most well-known


(and well-grown) rose along the coastline.


BELOW RIGHT, aristocratic


Nantucket charm and all those windows offer a restful view and a calm spirit reminiscent of the east coast at the Berle’s “Best in America” home.


Finney Street and Finney Street East make up two short


blocks on the narrow margin of land between the railroad and the ocean. The 14 houses located there are low, unobtrusive and tastefully situated so as not to obstruct views from above. They range from elegant Nantucket-style homes to informal beach cottages, and when they go on the market they fetch millions. Not so long ago this land with the priceless views of sea


and islands was a weedy tract occupied by a couple of tin warehouses. In the 1970s, barrels, metal casings and pipes— remnants of Summerland’s early 1900s oil industry—littered the ground under a cover of coastal sage scrub. Two modest homes sat near the bluff’s western end. Visible from the freeway, a large Surf Realty “For Sale” sign was planted near an old Seaside Oil warehouse.


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