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Rancho Monterey Showcases California Furniture, Ceramics Volume 17, No 2 Spring 2007 2nd Annual May Rancho Monterey Showcases Day Celebration “Spring into May” Day on Saturday, April 28 California Furniture, Ceramics from 1pm – 4pm at Long Beach Drake Park (Corner 10th St. at 951 Maine), and the Bembridge Heritage Homesite (953 Park Circle). Activities will include: • Maypole dancing, Arts, Crafts, Games, Story Telling, Face Paint- ing, Food & Health Fair • A Historic tour of the Bembridge Homesite. Those visiting the 1906 Victorian style Bem- bridge home will be taken back to 1932, as costumed actors portraying family mem- bers discuss the home and events of the day. Suggested donation $2 for Adults, Chiildren under 13 free. Sponsored by: Long Beach Heritage and the Bembridge Heritage Homesite, Drake Park, representing the LB Parks Dept., Will- Above: This chair and dresser are on display as part an exhibit of more City Heritage, The Willmore Neighbor- Spanish Revival and Mexican Decorative Arts in California at the hood Police Center, Mexican Culture Bal- California Heritage Museum. let Folklorico, Friends’ House at Drake Park, Right: “Dancer Tile” from the Rancho Monterey exhibit. St. Mary Medical Center, The Long Beach Health Department and Councilmember by Stan Poe Bonnie Lowenthal. Rancho Monterey, an exhibit of Spanish Revival and Mexican Decorative Arts in Contact: Mary Kay Nottage, California, is currently being presented Long Beach Heritage 562.493.7019 by California Heritage Museum in Santa in other factories, artists who worked in Or Chair – Karen Clements 562.430.2790 Monica. This exhibit should be of partic- all media, and decorators responded Web address: www.lbheritage.org ular interest to anyone living in a Span- with a plethora of colorful designs and e-mail: [email protected] ish Colonial Revival home. It showcases a romantic view of “California ranchos” Monterey and rancho style furniture, that captured the imagination of new California ceramics and tile, Mexican residents arriving from the east and the ceramics, tourist-wares, costumes, and midwest. works by artists including Phil Paradise, Also on display are numerous examples W.H.D. Koerner, Hernando Villa, and Juan of tiles, tables, murals, ceramics by His- Intenoche. pano-Moresque and D & M Tiles, as well Monterey furniture was first conceived as historic photographs. by the Mason Furniture Manufactur- The California Heritage Museum is easy ing Company in Los Angeles around to access. From the 405 freeway, take the 1930. The company was approached 10 freeway west toward Santa Monica by Barker Brothers Department Store to and exit on Lincoln Blvd. Turn left and develop a line that would present some- proceed to Pico, where a right turn will thing new and refreshing to the public, get you to Main Street. Turn left and drive complement the home styles, and revive to 2612 Main St. Hours are 11:00 a.m. to business during the depression. It was 4:00 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. an instant success, and a tour of this ex- There is a very good restaurant in a Vic- hibit will show you why. Furniture makers torian house across the way. Advocacy Message Committee from the Report John Thomas VP Advocacy Committee President In the last Advocacy Report, we failed to recognize the City of Long Beach Planning The concern over mansionization of and Building Department for their work de- Long Beach seems to be growing. veloping the opportunity to fund the City’s Since my column in the last news- first Historic Preservation Element (HPE) in letter, neighborhood groups have the General plan. This is a major milestone gathered to discuss the problem for our organization and for all those inter- which appears to be spreading at ested in maintaining our precious historic an alarming rate. I was well aware and cultural resources. We applaud the ef- of the problem in the beach areas, forts of the Planning and Building Depart- but did not realize how serious it ment and the staff members who played was becoming in other areas. The a significant role promoting the need for Belmont Heights Neighborhood As- the HPE! sociation held a meeting recently On February 15, 2007 the Planning Com- to address the issue which was well mission approved the Press Telegram build- attended by residents, city staff, and ing project which included the Meeker- preservation groups. Baker Building, but this project has been I conducted a bus tour a short while appealed to the City Council. Without the The house is one of the oldest ones review and amendments of the downtown ago for members of the “Leadership on the Peninsula, yet it is in remark- Long Beach” class which toured the development guide known as PD-30, staff ably good condition. Originally had a series of recommendations which entire city, as well as the historic dis- a craftsman style home with pan- tricts. I was amazed at the scale of did not include approving all the vari- eled walls, bay windows with win- ances requested by the developer. buildings in areas which are out- dow seats, and the usual built-ins The City will institute an aggressive out- side the historic districts, but whose and fireplaces upstairs and down, reach program as the Planning Depart- charm and ambiance are being it has tremendous views from all of ment begins the General Plan amend- disrupted by overscaled homes cov- the rooms. ering most of the lot and overpower- ment process. This is exciting news which ing the streetscape. The house had received a little un- will lead to creating “built-in precautions sympathetic re-decorating, prob- One such example is on Linden in and processes” necessary for proactive ably in the 1960s when the dormer historic preservation and adaptive reuse. the Cerritos/Virginia Country Club roofs were extended, but it is emi- neighborhood. In the middle of the Land use, zoning, parking, density, mass- nently restorable. At approximately ing and traffic issues will be imperative block stands a new home which 2,000 square feet, the footprint of seems to combine every incongru- to maintaining our historic fiber. The Gen- the house still leaves a yard on eral Plan is designed to include city de- ous detail available from a building three sides. supply store. velopment up to the year 2030 and Long Unfortunately the house faces de- Beach Heritage will provide input to help Architects previously took care to molition by the new owner who al- shape it to preserve our historic and cul- break up the masses and planes ready owns a new three story “Span- tural resources. to achieve an aesthetically pleas- ish style” structure two doors away ing presentation. That is not the Many projects within historically sensi- which covers almost the entire lot. tive areas of Long Beach are on hold or case with the new structure on Lin- His reported intent is to demolish the den. there are several more exam- in the process of project review. The Ad- historic house and replace it with a vocacy Committee continues to play a ples in the Cerritos area with the “Mc Mansion.” same effect. leading role to keep matters of historic Neighborhoods whose ambiance preservation and adaptive reuse high Just because you can build to is dependent on the existing struc- on the agendas of city staff, boards, and within three feet of the property line tures, landscapes, and scale of commissions. Recently, Long Beach Heri- doesn’t mean that you should. I buildings need to work together with tage was cited as “a formidable preserva- found it amusing that the house on the support of city council members tion organization to be recognized with in Linden, which is not yet complete, is and the city to establish some de- Long Beach” by city staff. We believe this for sale by the owner! sign guidelines, so that owners can is due to our respectful diligence in mat- I received a call last week about an- develop their properties in ways that ters of historic preservation and continual other home, built prior to 1917, on the will enhance the community rather building of partnerships. Peninsula facing the Pacific Ocean than degrade their overall charm. There have been many recent activities on the boardwalk at 60th Place. —Stan Poe See Advocacy Page 6 2 Another Lost Building by Louise Ivers The KFOX studio had a tall radio tower During the last week of January, the former atop the roof that still remains at the rear of KFOX broadcasting station at 220 East the vacant lot. It resembles a huge metal Anaheim Street was demolished. This brick sculpture, but its fate is uncertain. masonry building was constructed in 1928 Unfortunately, no one in the Long Beach for the Truck Tire Service Company by con- Office of Historic and Neighborhood Pres- tractor W. P. Allen. ervation was informed about the immi- Somewhat damaged in the 1933 earth- nent demolition of the KFOX studio, one quake that was centered in Long Beach, of the few Streamline Moderne structures it was remodeled with an Art Moderne fa- that remained on Anaheim Street, a thor- çade that year. Its ornamental motifs in- oughfare that once was lined with numer- cluded piers with repeated horizontal lines ous Art Deco buildings. on the capitals and a small curved mar- The brick bearing walls of the broadcast- quise over the entrance on the first story. ing station had been reinforced in compli- KFOX Building. Photo by Chris Launi On the second floor the piers terminated ance with city seismological regulations, in a series of vertical lines, balanced by so it could have been incorporated into along the major transportation corridors in horizontal bands above the windows, the new mixed use development slated Long Beach and will dramatically change characteristics of the Streamline Moderne for the site.
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