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The Castle dining room table set for the holiday with a special white peacock<br />
print in the background nostalgic of Palos Verdes and its longtime peafowl<br />
population.<br />
months later Ruth and Edward<br />
married. It was a close race to the<br />
altar and remains unknown if Edward<br />
ever actually paid for the Vanderlip<br />
honeymoon.<br />
This Mediterranean Revival villa<br />
originally housed furnishings by the<br />
same artisan who made furniture<br />
for William Randolph Hearst’s Castle<br />
in San Simeon. Its 2.06 acreage<br />
overlooks Abalone Cove. “We have<br />
daily whale, dolphin and sea lion<br />
sightings,” Charlotte said. The Olmsted<br />
Brothers (whose father Frederick<br />
designed New York’s Central<br />
Park) designed the landscaping to<br />
emphasize the environment’s natural<br />
beauty, which includes ocean<br />
pathways, viewing gardens and<br />
lush greenery that seems to stretch<br />
to infinity. The brothers’ genius lay<br />
in producing soothing scenes by<br />
subordinating individual details to<br />
the whole. Charlotte described their<br />
backyard “as a place she goes to<br />
renew her spirit.” The Ginsburgs’<br />
friend and decorator Alex Perez said<br />
that busy as the couple is, they meet<br />
most evenings outside to watch the<br />
sunset and the peacocks. Perez said<br />
that he’ll have ideas on how to create<br />
a look and Charlotte will take it<br />
up a notch to really make a statement.<br />
“Like the bow on the top of<br />
the Christmas tree. I had it extending<br />
out a few inches and she said,<br />
Have it extend out a few feet.”<br />
Heritage Castle was inspired by<br />
the Renaissance era Dovecote<br />
building in Ospitaletto, Italy. These<br />
types of structures have holes for<br />
doves and pigeons to nest in. Italians<br />
would dine on the eggs and<br />
meat from these birds and even fertilize<br />
their fields with the droppings.<br />
Ruth Harden was an ardent conservationist.<br />
Unfortunately, with the<br />
stock market crash in 1929, the<br />
Hardens were unable to complete<br />
their dream estate, which was to<br />
have been a Palos Verdes version of<br />
Hearst Castle. The extensive plans<br />
The backyard patio wading pool is just 18 inches deep. Bistro lights are<br />
hung across the trees and pergolas.<br />
46 <strong>Peninsula</strong> • <strong>Dec</strong>ember <strong>2017</strong>
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