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The west windows of Sunnylands Center present a magnificent
vista of the 10,000-foot-plus San Jacinto Mountains looming above
palo verde trees. Landscape architect James Burnett used Vincent
van Gogh’s Olive Trees of 1889 as inspiration for this masterpiece
view of the Center’s unique gardens.
the eyes of the probing media or gawk-
ers.
“There’s no other place like it, anywhere,”
said Nancy Reagan of Sunnylands.
Indeed, no single residence in the Unit-
ed States – except the White House -- is
so steeped in the history of the late 20th
century. The Annenbergs entertained
seven U.S. presidents, Britain’s Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Marga-
ret Thatcher, Monaco’s Princess Grace
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