Santa Monica Mirror 11.22.19

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November 22 – 28, 2019 Volume XXII, Issue 18

SM Homeless Statue Intended to Confront Public “In The Image” by Ed Massey on display at former Savings and Loans building By S am C atanzaro A seven-foot-tall sculpture of a homeless man at the former Savings and Loans building in Santa Monica asks the public to “contemplate their views and elevate their discourse on the issue,” of homelessness says the artist, who has a history of generating buzz in Santa Monica through art. The statue, titled “In The Image”, sculpted by Ed Massey, is of a bearded homeless man wearing baggy clothes with a red blanket draped on his shoulders, depicting a man the artist came across 20 years ago. “Good people — progressive to conservative, secular to religious — are confronted by the issue everyday…Yet, few know the stories of the homeless with whom we come in contact. What don’t we know

of those we pass without a glance? What could be their potential contributions? What does the sculpture evoke or say about us?” Reads a part of the description. “The ‘In the Image’ work was always intended for the public realm, so viewers and passersby could contemplate their views and elevate their discourse on the issue — one that has now come to affect us all where we work and live.” For 50 years, the property, located at Wilshire Boulevard and 26th Street, was home to the historic Millard Sheets “Pleasures Along the Beach” glass mosaic. Earlier this year, however, the mosaic was moved to the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University in the City of Orange, despite its landmark designation. “The loss is the result of the City’s settlement of a lawsuit brought against it by the property owner, reversing the landmark designation in 2013 as well as the Santa Monica Conservancy’s appeal to City Council, which once again confirmed the designation in 2017,” said the Santa Moni-

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“In The Image” by Ed Massey on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and 26th Street in Santa Monica.

SM 3rd Most Expensive Place to Buy a Home in U.S. 90402 zip code has a median home price of over $4M. By S am C atanzaro It is no secret that real estate in Santa Monica is pricey and according to a recent survey Santa Monica’s 90402 zip code is the third most expensive place to buy a home in the United States. On Monday, November 18 PropertyShark released a survey of the 100 priciest zip codes in the United States. Los Angeles

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County contained 21 zip codes to make the top-100 with one zip in Santa Monica being ranked the most expensive in the

county. According to the list, Santa Monica’s 90402 zip code has a median home sale price of $4.15 million, behind Atherton, CA ($7.05) and Sagaponack, NY ($4.3 million) and ahead of Beverly Hills ($4.08 millon). In addition, Santa Monica’s 90405 zip code was ranked the 77th most expensive place to buy a house with a median sale price of $1.55 million. To determine which were the most expensive ZIP codes in the country, PropertyShark looked at all residential transactions closed between January 1, 2019 and November 5, 2019 taking into account condo, co-ops, single- and two-family homes. All package deals were excluded. To read

the full survey, visit https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/most-expensive-zip-codes-in-the-us. In a similar survey released over the summer by Apartment Guide, Santa Monica was ranked the fifth most expensive place in the country to rent a one-bedroom apartment in. The average price for a one-bedroom apartment in Santa Monica, according to the survey, is $3,786, 187 percent above the national average. Santa Monica was also ranked sixth in the nation when it comes to the price of renting both two-bedroom and studio apartments, respectively.

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