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A lot of apartments in IV were built in the 60s, when apparently it was fashionable to give your building a snazzy name and a kitchsy theme.

There are many named apartments from this era around southern California - check out dingbat apartment buildings on Wikipedia for one style - but because these were part of IV's sudden transformation into a dense student neighborhood, our distinctive ones have historic value. (They aren't officially recognized by the county or anything, but they help tell the story of IV.)

C Aire 

June 2015, by Rica Coria (CC BY-SA) 6583 Sabado Tarde Road (between El Embarcadero and Camino Pescadero)

The Chalet

February 2009, by Britta Gustafson (CC BY-SA)6591 Seville Road (at Camino Pescadero).

Del Mar 

May 2015, by Rica Coria (CC BY-SA)   725 Embarcadero Del Mar (Between El Colegio and Cervantes) 

Mono Kai

February 2009, by Britta Gustafson (CC BY-SA)6632 Abrego Road (between Camino Pescadero and Camino del Sur).

Another view.

Monterey Pines

February 2009, by Britta Gustafson (CC BY-SA)6588 Segovia Road (at Camino Pescadero).

"OK" Chalet

April 2010, by Britta Gustafson (CC BY-SA)6789 Sabado Tarde Road (near Camino Corto)

Penthouse

April 2011, by Britta Gustafson (CC BY-SA)6621 Abrego Road (between Camino Pescadero and Camino del Sur).

Reif Apartments 

May 2015, by Rica Coria (CC BY-SA)   6589 Picasso Road (Between El Embarcadero and Camino Pescadero) 

Sea Breeze

June 2010, by Britta Gustafson (CC BY-SA)6567 Sabado Tarde Road (between El Embarcadero and Camino Pescadero)

Sunrise

May 2015, by Rica Coria (CC BY-SA)6571 Sabado Tarde Road (between El Embarcadero and Camino Pescadero)

Sunset 

May 2015, by Rica Coria (CC BY-SA) 6573 Sabado Tarde Road (between El Embarcadero and Camino Pescadero) 

The Willow Tree

June 2015, by Rica Coria (CC BY-SA)    6665 Abrego Road (between Camino Pescadero and Camino Del Sur) 

Some apartment building names in 1971 and now

From the 1967 UCSB yearbook, page 394. Clockwise from top left: House of Lords, Tropicana Gardens, Tahitian, Eldorado West, Dos Pueblos, Somerset, Fontainebleu, Westgate.

1971 names are from this Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce directory.