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In many areas beach-oriented communities evolved their own distinctive character; for example, Manhattan Beach near Los Angeles, laid out in 1897 with very narrow tightly packed lots; The Sea Ranch, (
http://www.tsra.org/), the architecturally influential community on California's north coast emphasizing contemporary house design with regional character from 1964; and the more recent Seaside, Florida, (
http://www.seasidefl.com/) which helped launch the "New Urbanism," that is, planned communities of pedestrian-oriented houses with generous porches and garages on rear alleys. Malibu, California which started to develop in 1929, is the most famous American beach community and contains many examples of modernism along with eclectic styles.
