Lido Isle, Newport Beach

The Lido Isle is an artificial island in Newport Beach in the U.S. state of California. It lies protected in Newport Bay, a bay with connection to the Pacific Ocean. Surrounded by the city island was incorporated in 1906.

Except for a small snack stand there on Lido Isle no commercial establishments. The only connection to the mainland ensured a narrow bridge. On the small island located about 1,800 people.

History

In 1904 Henry Huntington was a business partner of William S. Collins in the so-called Newport Beach Company. As consideration for the extension of the Pacific Electric Railway to Newport Beach Huntington received a square kilometer of land. This also included a sand bank, which was first known as the Electric Iceland. The name was later changed to Pacific Electric Iceland and finally in Huntington Iceland.

A certain WK Parkinson purchased the island in 1923 the railway company for U.S. $ 45,000 from. Previously, he had made with oil discovery in Bakersfield a fortune. Parkinson invested more than a quarter million dollars in construction work, left the harbor and used to dig the excavation to create an artificial island. To open up the isle a bridge, road and boat docks were built.

The project was one of the first planned communities in California and should be held in a European style. After the landfill was completed, the island was given the name Lido Isle. This was done in honor of the beach of Lido di Venezia in Venice. Since you wanted to preserve the Mediterranean character of the island, the streets were named after cities located on the Mediterranean, such as Via Genoa, Via Via Ithaca and Nice. Most houses are kept until today in an appropriate style.

Lido Isle Clubhouse

The geographical as well as social center of the island is the Lido Isle Clubhouse. The facility is home to several clubs and associations, including the Lido Isle Yacht Club. Scattered over the entire urban area of Newport Beach, there are a total of nine other yacht clubs.