Santa Monica highlight
Third Street Promenade
A pedestrian shopping and entertainment district in downtown Santa Monica, redesigned in 1989 into a public gathering space with dining, retail, and street entertainment.
Third Street Promenade occupies the site of the original Santa Monica Mall, which opened in 1965. In 1989, the space was reimagined as a pedestrian mall esplanade—a car-free zone designed to draw visitors into downtown for shopping and dining. Downtown Santa Monica, Inc., a nonprofit organization, works with the city to manage the district's operations and public experience.
The Promenade features street performers, dining options ranging from quick bites to sit-down restaurants, and a diversity of retail tenants. At its heart is the iconic Clock Tower, and the open layout encourages the kind of lingering and gathering that characterize a healthy downtown. The district attracts residents from across the greater Los Angeles area, making it a hub of economic and cultural activity for the city.
A downtown's vitality depends on people feeling secure and supported—whether through accessible public spaces or through the knowledge that their families are protected. For those who work in or frequent the Promenade, term coverage sized to your household's needs means your dependents would have the stability to maintain their connections to the neighborhood and the community they know.