Books Go to UCLA, UCB by Laura Richter a "Dreadful Proposal" Staff Writer Dr
Money and Aesthetics Sqare off Again in La Jolla by Matt Hinton Well, here we go again - one more round in the "Fight of the Century." Aesthetics vs. Money; and I wish I could tell you that Aesthetics are winning, but as usual that doesn't seem to be the way it is. This month's set-to is over the fate of two small cottages opposite La Jolla Cove - the Red Rest and the Red Roost, both built in 1894. The owner, not surprisingly, wants to tear down the houses and put in a new apartment building like the one he owns down the block. He would, after all, stand to make a great deal of money out of it - more than enough reason in our society for a little extra ugliness . ...1.. ••.•• This isn't the first time that the owner has tried to develop the property. The courts have stopped him more than once, and a long campaign by the cottage-dwellers and a lot of interested citizens resulted in the cottages being named a historical site. Historical site status per se is worthless, however; the Qroperty is still in private ownership, and unless the city or some philanthropist comes up with half a million dollars to buy the cottages outright, there doesn't seem to be much hope. We're going to lose the old houses and the lovely old trees, and we're going to gain another multi-unit apartment building for the rich folks. Drive down Coast Boulevard past the Cove and take a look -look at the two red cottages under the trees, and compare them with the apartment buildings on either side.
[Show full text]