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100 e Balboa eatre opened downtown to great acclaim in March 1924. Designed by architect William Wheeler and constructed by the Wurster Construction Company for $800,000, it began as a vaudeville and cinema theater. Renovated in 2008 after a 20-year closure, the $26.5 million restoration was funded by the City of San Diego's Redevelopment Agency. is historic landmark features a unique tiled dome and ornate plaster fretwork above the seating area, and today continues to serves as a community performing arts gem for the region. MIA PARK In December 1924, Ellen Browning Scripps and her brother founded the Scripps Metabolic Clinic in downtown La Jolla. e clinic, which would later become Scripps Research, was dedicated to investigating and treating diseases, with a focus on diabetes. By this time, Ellen Browning Scripps had already found success in multiple pursuits: as a schoolteacher, a journalist, and a newspaper mogul. But she realized that investing in science would usher in the future of medicine — across both San Diego and the world. Scripps Research scientists have spent a remarkable 100 years pushing the boundaries of biomedical innovation. Now, as it celebrates its centennial, the institute is empowering world- renowned scientists to pursue groundbreaking ideas for the most pressing problems in human health: cancer, heart disease, deadly pathogens, neurological diseases, and much more. MIA PARK e Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, which is marking its 100th anniversary this year, was among the first structures to break ground in the master-planned community of Rancho Santa Fe, one of the first such developments in California, conceived by railroad executive W.E. Hodges and land developer Colonel Ed Fletcher. Designed by architect Lilian J. Rice, e Inn was initially a sales office and guest house for visitors looking to buy property and build homes in the new community. It also became the centerpiece of the village, as commercial buildings, a store, school, gas station, and row houses grew up around it in what became known as the Civic Center. e Inn has changed hands seven times over the years, although the Royce family owned the property for a half century before selling it to JMI Realty. Steve Hermann, a hotelier and interior designer, bought e Inn in May 2022 for $42.7 million and embarked on an ambitious remodel, only to sell it unfinished for $100 million in July 2023 to GEM Realty Capital. Now with Managing Director Vikram Sood at the helm, e Inn reopened to the public on November 1, 2023, with renovated rooms, a spa, and public spaces including Lilian's restaurant, named for the architect, and Bing's Bar, named after Bing Crosby, the crooner and actor who lived in the Ranch and founded the Del Mar oroughbred Club. e Inn continues as the center of community, a popular setting for special events, fundraisers, weddings, and family celebrations. ANDREA NAVERSEN THE INN AT RANCHO SANTA FE: PHOTO COURTESY OF RANCHO SANTA FE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SCRIPPS RESEARCH: PHOTO COURTESY OF LA JOLLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ranchandcoast.com 60 NOVEMBER 2024 RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE Scripps Metabolic Clinic was founded in December 1924 The beginnings of what would become The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe in 1923