In 1928 Mills requested that the city return it if they were not going to keep it up as agreed. In 1924 Mills refurbished the park and gave it back to the city, again with the provision that they maintain it. The city did nothing to maintain the park and the land reverted to the new property owner, developer John P. This was a major tourist attraction of which there are many postcards from the time around today that attest to its popularity. This bequest consisted of landscaped walkways along the cliffs with rustic railings, pebbled steps and stairways, palm thatched shelters with benches, Japanese-style rustic arched bridges, caves with stairway access, even a 15 x 50 foot saltwater swimming pool carved into the natural rock that cleaned itself with every high tide.
It was to be given to the City of San Diego with the provision that they maintain it. Sunset Cliffs Park was originally landscaped in 1915 by sporting goods magnate Albert Goodwill Spaulding at the cost of two million dollars. Most Endangered List of Historic Resources.
