Paseo del Mar explained

Paseo del Mar is a street in the Palos Verdes Peninsula of Los Angeles, California, specifically stretching from Palos Verdes Estates, through Rancho Palos Verdes, to San Pedro that goes along the Pacific Ocean. The street continues to the west as Palos Verdes Drive and ends in the east just past Gaffey Street near The Sunken City.

In the early 1980s, due to the disrepair of water mains and storm drains by the city and the California Water Service Company, a landslide destabilized the cliffs and destroyed several homes.^[1]

By 1984 the area surrounding Paseo del Mar and Palos Verdes Drive was used as the location for the headquarters of The Avengers and later home of Tony Stark (Iron Man) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[2]

In November 2011, part of the street fell into the ocean in a landslide, permanently splitting the road.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. La Jeunesse, Anna (February 22, 1986). "Chasan Settlement is Largest in Palos Verdes Estates". Palos Verdes Peninsula News and Rolling Hills Herald (Print). Vol. XLVIV No. 16. pp. 1, 5.
2. Web site: Earth's Mightiest Headquarters: 7 Places The Avengers Have Called Home . 2023-03-04 . Marvel Entertainment.
3. Web site: Section of Paseo del Mar Slides into Ocean. NBC Los Angeles . November 21, 2011.
4. News: Los Angeles coast road landslide unlikely to be repaired, geologists to study landslide . https://web.archive.org/web/20111122110225/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/los-angeles-coast-road-landslide-unlikely-to-be-repaired-geologists-hired-to-study-landslide/2011/11/21/gIQAtXzRiN_story.html . dead. November 22, 2011. The Washington Post. November 30, 2011.