El Pueblo Ribera
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El Pueblo Ribera Court is a complex of six duplexes in La Jolla, San Diego, California
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. It was designed in 1923 by the Austrian-American Rudolf Schindler. Schindler's most famous works are in and around Los Angeles; El Pueblo Ribera is his only work in San Diego.

The complex was built in Modern
Modern architecture
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 architectural style. Each unit originally consisted of a bedroom on the ground level, and a sleeping porch
Sleeping porch
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on the upper level. Each unit enjoys a view of La Jolla's Windansea Beach.

The San Diego Historical Society declared the complex a historic district in 1977 (historic site #117).
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