La Jolla senior
community reflects on its past, present and future with special
events
LA
JOLLA, Calif., June 28,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Casa de Mañana, a Front Porch
Community in La Jolla, California,
is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2024. Originally
opened as a resort hotel and listed by San Diego as a historic landmark in 1987, Casa
de Mañana continues its legacy of hospitality by being named among
the top five senior communities nationwide and top three in the
west by Seniorly earlier this year.
Located in the La Jolla Park Coastal Historic District directly
across the street from La Jolla Harbor, Seal Rock Reserve and the
Children's Pool on the Pacific Ocean, Casa de Mañana was the
brainchild of Isabel Morrison
Hopkins, a socialite who came to southern California from Colorado and invited architect Edgar V. Ullrich to join her in developing the
project.
Hopkins, along with her pet macaw, lived at Casa de Mañana which
became a social center through the 1920's and 1930's, hosting
dances with live orchestras and sponsoring the La Jolla Rough Water
Swim. After the end of Prohibition, Hopkins swiftly opened two bars
in the hotel, but the Depression caused financial difficulties for
Hopkins and her pet project.
During World War II, the resort operated to provide R&R for
returning military personnel. However, continuing financial losses
forced Hopkins finally to sell the property to a prominent hotel
owner in 1944. Less than a decade later, the hotel was sold to
Pacific Homes Foundation and became a retirement community, a
service it still provides to this day.
Now owned and operated by Front Porch Communities and Services,
Casa de Mañana offers independent and assisted living options and
an array of services and programs, from fine dining to guided
meditation to trips to San Diego Padres games.
The community will celebrate its centenary with special events
on July 1 and 2, 2024, including
1920's themed activities, a history presentation, and special
guests and speakers from La Jolla
and Front Porch Communities and Services.
Front Porch CEO Sean Kelly said,
"Casa de Mañana is a beautiful community, not only because of its
building or location or history, but because of the wonderful
people who live and work there and who give their best every day –
to Casa de Mañana, and to the greater community around it. I'm
proud to join Casa de Mañana in celebrating 100 years of making an
impact on La Jolla and making this
beautiful place an even better place to live."
Front Porch is a dynamic not-for-profit organization,
dedicated to empowering individuals to live connected and fulfilled
lives through community and innovation. In support of this vision,
Front Porch provides high quality, accessible and affordable human
services through senior living communities, affordable housing
communities and other programs and services throughout the United States.
Media Contact: Laura Darling,
Vice President of Communications
ldarling@frontporch.net
818-482-7597
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