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Gill's C.W. Simmons House of 7909, also known as the Cube House, will be seen on tour. October 18th. (Photo: Marvin Rand) IRVING GILL: FXJNDAMENTAL TRUTHS SAH/SCC TOUR: OCTOBER 18TH, SAN DIEGO

Don t miss Irving Gill: Fundamental Truths, restoration; Vonn Marie May, landscape architect the first in-depth tour of Irving Gill's work in San and historian; John Berley, SAH/SCC president; Diego, on Saturday, October 18th. SAH/SCC is Merry Ovnick, professor, author and historian; pleased to present this event, which examines Paul Johnson, restoration architect; Lucinda Eddy, Gill's place in architectural history, asking the historian and author; George Lentulo, Gill pressing question: Was Irving Gill an avant-garde restoration contractor; and other historians, Arts and Crafts architect, or the world's first authors, archivists, and Gill homeowners. Modernist architect? In his writing and comments on architecture, Gill continually referred to three underlying This is a tour event not to be missed by concepts: simplicity, honesty and democracy. anyone interested in Southern California These concepts—rather than the esthetics of his architecture, the Arts and Crafts movement, buildings—tie him to the Arts and Crafts Modernism and the contributions of one of the movement. These same concepts, though, were most misunderstood architects of this century. The Frederick R. Burnham house. (Photo: Marvin Rand) also tenets of Modernism. Though his early work Tickets are available now for this day-long exhibited a decidedly Craftsman character (albeit architectural experience, organized by SAH/SCC a stripped-down version), his work of the 1910s IRVING GILL ON TOUR Board Member Ted Well. Spaces are limited, so and 1920s can best be described as Cubistic. fill out the form on Page 8 to reserve a place. Gill's innovations, such as central vacuum Saturday, October 18th Tour and Lecture Schedule systems, automated dishwashers, coved flooring, flush trim and tilt-up concrete construction, • 8:15~9AM: Check-in at The Museum of anticipated the Modern movement by almost 20 Contemporary Art, San Diego years. Today, many historians are re-examining • 9AM: Irving Gill: The Romantic Modernist, slide lecture with Marvin Rand Gill's work and his far-reaching influence, and • 10:30AM-Noon; DLa jolla bulfdings: Ellen B. Scripps House, Modernists. La Jolla Woman's Club, Scripps Playground and Recreation Center, The Bishop's School, George Gill's own writings reveal a man deeply Kautz Residence concerned with the social structure of America • Noon-1:30 PM: Lunch (on your own) and the belief that architecture could contribute • 1:30-2:30PM: The Restoration of a Gill to his vision of democracy. He dared other Mastenvorkf with Oifford McMillan and James The first Church of Christ Scientist. Keliey-Markhamy at First Church of Christ architects to do simple work if they hoped to Scientist produce anything of great and lasting value. He The tour includes Gill's major institutional • 2 :30-6PM: Walking and driving tour of Gill's strove to omit everything useless from a structural work in La Jolla and his early Craftsman-style and residential work in San Diego. Docent-led tours point of view and see the beauty of straight lines. of homes with guest speakers at each site. later experimental residential work in San Diego. He felt that the line, the arc, the circle and the The country's leading experts on Gill will be on Complete program is $50 for SAH/SCC square could be combined to create architecture hand to discuss all aspects of his work with tour members; $65 for non-members. Included are that appealed to the masses. Unfortunately, the goers. These special guests include Marvin Rand, admission to all sites and lectures, discount masses were not at all interested in the austere coupons for lunch, relreshmenls, all-day parking noted architectural photographer and historian, and puritanical lifestyle Gill's residences in La jolla, and a tour brochure including a map who is preparing his new book on Gill's work as a of Gill's work in La jolla and San Diego. Books suggested. His work had to wait to be discovered Modernist; John Reed, architect and historian, on Irving Gill and other architectural subjects decades later by proponents of high-art who knew Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph wili be available at a discount to tour-goers at modernism. locations on the tour. Schindler, and began photographing Gill's work in You can discover the work of Irving Gill in this 1945, introducing it to architectural writer Esther For information on this tour, call Ted Wells, McCoy; James Kelley-Markham, restoration feature-filled all-day tour. See the tour schedule SAH/SCC board member and event chair, at architect on Gill's First Church of Christ Scientist; on the right for more information, and order form 714.495.6009 or e-mail at [email protected]. Clifford McMillan, project manager for the church on Page 8 to reserve a space. Tickets are available. Mail the form on Paj^ 8. VR.NUSTA9 ENUSTAS VENUSTfc SAH/SCC NEWS is published bi-monthly by the Society of Architectural Historions/ Southern California Chapter. Subscription Let me begin by thanking those of you who mailed back the survey that came with your is a benefit of membership. renewal notice. (Thank you for renewing your membership too!) The surveys are helping to provide insight about your priorities and expectations, and how we can better meet them. The Editor: Julie D. Taylor survey results were compiled by SAH/SCC Board Member Sian Winship, and are printed below. Associate Editor: Felicia Moinor As this issue of SAH/SCC News goes to press, we are busy organizing the annual Executive Assistant: Grace Samudio Membership Celebration for Sunday, November 16th, from 11AM to 4PM, at the Fred Harvey Restaurant in Union Station. This is our year-end celebration, which is free to the membership. Information and ads for the newsletter should See the announcement on page 3. be sent three weeks before the issue date, issue Deadline The self-guided tour of Irving Gill's legacy in La jolla and Balboa Park in San Diego is going to November/December 1997 October 10th be a relaxing yet very informative study of the region's first disciple of Louis Sullivan (and January/February 1998 December 10th colleague of Frank Lk)yd Wright). I believe that this is a long-overdue opportunity to experience a range of buikJings that exhibit Cilfs mastery of scale and proportion, and his search for "^e Please send oil ad materials, rnrtices of events, true nature of placemaking" here in Southern California. exhibitions and r>ews—plus photograp>hs—to In addition, we have coordinated a trip to Great Britain to visit the works and workplaces of the attention of the editor Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris. This coincides with the exhibition at the Los Julie D. Taylor, Editor Angeles County Museum of Art covering the art and architecture of Mackintosh and his wife, SAH/SCC News Margaret MacDonakI (see review on page 7). As is the case with all great architecture, the P.O. Box 92224 magnificent play of light in space can only be fully appreciated and understood by being in it Pasadena, 0 91109-2224 /. U5 ifi surrounded by it Newsletter telephone: 310.247.1099 Art in itself relies on being experienced. Architecture is designed for such purpose. This is Newsletter fax: 310.247.8147 one of the main reasons why we're here: to give you the chance to fill the space that Newsletter e-mail: ][email protected] u; io (ft « < < < < I- t- t- t- architecture creates—to seek the brilliant spaces that define our sense of place. SAH/SCC Executive Boord I think, primarily, we all share in common the excitement of seeing what is happening - ^ t- - President: John Berley 3 3 3 3 around town in arts and architecture. We live in a region that is unrivaled in its quantity and Vice President: Nancy Smith variety, but here it requires a little more work to get there. And it always seems to be the case Recording Secretary: Jennifer Minosion that once you do get tfiere, you're reminded of how worthwhile that extra effort truly is! Membership Secretary: Merry Ovnick Volunteer Coordinator: Rebecca Kahn —John 3erley Development Coordinator: Slan Winship Preservation Officer: Grant Taylor AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH MEMBERS Internet Editor: Barbara Lomprecht 818.794.5878; [email protected] As part of our continuing efforts to make SAH/SCC a valuable and rewarding organization for all those Publicist: Alison Cotter who participate, the SAH/SCC board recently asked renewing members to fill out a brief Treasurer: Rino Rubenstein questionnaire on SAH programs and benefits. We also asked members to tell us what kinds of events Member at Large: Rochelle Dynes Mills they would like us to sponsor in the future. Thanks to all of you who took the time to fill out the Member at Large: Ted Wells survey. Here's a brief look at the insightful survey results.

http://www.ccsf.caltech.edu/~mac/soh/index.htm How did you learn about SAH/SCC? Kudos members! The number-one way people hear about the organization is through their friends. SAH/SCC Advisory Boord Chances are if you enjoy the tours and events, you know someone else who will too. Help us build Board Chair Jeff Samudio, architectural historian strength arKi diversity in our membership base by bringing a friend along or passing along your member to the Stale Historical Resources Commission; newsletter. Ted Bosley, director of the Gamble House; Robert J. Chattel, construction management consultant; How could the newsletter be improved? Ezequiel Gutierrez, attomey; Claire Rogger, aide to The response was bud and clear: It's great but sometimes it doesn't arrive as fast as it should! We City Council Member Marvin Braude; Alan H. hear you. Because we do have shorter lead times than most publications, we're able to get in more Rosenberg, attorney; Richard C. Rowe, architectural last-minute events. However, we are working on keeping up the level and amount of information as it historian and former editor of SAH/SCC News. gets to you in a more timely manner. We appreciate your patience while we get this under control. Life Members: What's the most valuable newsletter feature? Grant Barnes Susan W. Monteith Members continually rated the Calendar of Events as the most valuable feature. We scour local and Kathleen Bixler Doug Morelond Mary Dutton Boehm Sara. G. Muller Chemoff regional museums, events and organizations to bring our members the most comprehensive Bill Bowling Betsy Murchison architectural calendar of ite kind. There is an event of architectural interest going on somewhere Ruth Bowman Mark Nichols Lynn Marie Bryant Peter A. Nimmer almost every day, if you know where to look. And the place to look is clearly SAH/SCC News. Bonnie Burton John M. Nisley Dovid G. Gjmeron Thomas O'Connor Miriam Campbell Anne Otterson Tell us about yourself. Sam Campbell Helen Palmer SAH/SCC enjoys a diverse membership base that includes historians, architects, urban planners, Robert Joy Chattel C.E. Porker Jeffrey Cook Audree Penton artists, designers, and a variety of people outside the profession who appreciate the architectural Stephen P. Donforth Stondish K. Penton heritage of the Los Angeles area. Additionally, the organization draws members from up and down Tim Day John August Reed Astrid E. Ellersieck Claire Rogger Southern Califomia, from San Diego to the Inland Empire to the Central Coast Our name "SAH/ Heiru E. Ellersieck Rkrhard Coyio Rowe Southern Califomia Chapter* identifies us as an organization dedicated to raising awareness of the J. Rkhord Fare Jeffrey B. Samudk) Donald R. Ferguson Walter B. SJIber architectural heritage in Los Angeles and beyond. In response to the requests of a number of survey Gilbert Gopoetti Patrick] Simpson respondents, SAH/SCC will keep a broader geographic perspective in mind as we develop events for Sukey Garcetti Cedlk) Singer the next year's calendar. A first step in this direction is the upcoming tour "Irving Gill: Fundamental Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Geiger Stanley H. Singer Gordon Gillkim Mo& Skrtkin Truths" in San Diego (see Page 1). Joy Gilliam Janann SirarKl Paul Gleye Vem Swansen Stephen Horby Lorenzo Tedesco What kind of tours, lectures or events %vould interest you in the future? Eugene Hoggatt Reg Thatcher The diveise nature of Southern Califomia architecture and history was well represented in the Shirley Hoggatt M. Brian TtcherKX Ekiine K. Sewefl Jones Mr. & Mrs. A Tischler diversity of member interests. The scope of suggestions ranged from craftsman to modernism, Stephen A. Kanter Maggie Valentine expressed an interest in the architectural design of the past 10 years, encompassed neighborhood Virginia Ernst Kazor Honiette von Breton Marilyn Kelk>gg Robert D. Wallace Theodora Kinder heritage and regentrification, and expired the urban planning issues that face our area in the future. John Womke Charles A. Logreco Subjects suggested for upcoming tours included Frank Lloyd Wright John Lautner, Greene and Lori Womke Ruthann Lehrer Patrickj A. Wonen Greene, and many, many more. There was also a surprising interest in landscape architecture. All of Joyce. P. Ludmer Ron Watson Rondell L Atkinson these excellent suggestions will be presented to the SAH/SCC Board and considered in the DavW R. Weaver Christy Johnson McAvoy John Welbome development of the event calendar for next year. Suzanne W. AAcCarttiy Joanne William EliTobeth McMillian Robert Winter DavkJ C. MirKy Mr. & Mrs. David Yomoda Le Roy Misureca Lastly, we encourage all of our members to visit our web page. Those who do, bve it Not only is it a Robert Young source for current information on tours and events, it offers links to other related sites.You'll find the Honorary Member: Robert Pierson site at http:/Avww.ccsf.caltech.edu/~mac/sah/index.htm. UTICITflS FIRnUTRS UEnUSFBS

SAH ANNUAL MEETING Los ANGELES, APRIL 15-19, 1998

As you read in the last issue, the 1988 national meeting of the SAH, which is to be held here from April 15th to 19th, will showcase the latest scholarship in the field of architectural history with paper sessions on topics ranging from historic gay and lesbian environments to Spanish Colonial architecture in LA. It will also be proceeded with a special preservation conference on Wednesday, April 15th, which will focus on preservations issues in Los Angeles. The SAH meeting will open on Wednesday evening with a reception and opening remarks Downtown M's historic Union Station is the site for the next SAH/SCC Members Celebration, November 16th. by conference co-chair Bob Winter at the Biltmore Hotel. ALL ABOARD FOR SAH/SCC Following two-and-a-half days of paper sessions, the conference will end with more than MEMBERS CELEBRATION a dozen tours, including a pair of two-day trips to San Diego and Santa Barbara led by SAH/SCC ANNUAL MEMBERS EVENT: NOVEMBER 16TH, UNION STATION Life Members Richard Rowe and Stephen Harby. In addition, Saturday afternoon tours will SAH/SCC is busy preparing the annual Members Celebration. This year we're planning a special include the Arts and Crafts houses of Pasadena, a day of activities at Union Station, in the old Fred Harvey Restaurant, focusing on the theme "Los stroll through contemporary Los Angeles gardens, Angeles' Transportation Laboratory." and an inside look at a variety of creative design We chose this location because, without a doubt, it is one of the more successful public space in studios in West L.A., as well as excursions into Los Angeles, and the city has much to be proud of in its great 1939 Union Station, built by the Hollywood Hills, Pacific Palisades, and Parkinson & Parkinson. It is the last of the nation's great train stations, completed just before the Silverlake, which will visit the work of architects Second World War, at the zenith of the age of rail travel. such as Frank Lloyd and Lloyd Wright, John Please make plans to join us on Sunday, November 16th, from 11AM to 4PM. Enjoy a day of Lautner, Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, food, refreshments, a lecture or panel discussion, walking tours of Union Station and the MTA Harwell H. Harris, Ray Kappe, and many other Plaza, and lots of stimulating conversation about Southern California. noted Southern California architects. Saturday This is a free event SAH/SCC is organizing for the membership. This invitation is extended to night there will be a special reception and each member in good standing. Everyone is welcome, but if you're currently not a member of behind-the-scenes tours of the new Getty Center SAH/SCC then there will be a nominal charge to attend. in Brentwood. All-day tours on Sunday will The details are still taking shape at this time, but plan to join us Sunday, November 16th, then examine historic and contemporary garden we'll enliven, educate and maybe even entertain you in one of the most exhilarating and exclusive design, and the Spanish and Modernist traditions venues in Southern California. in Los Angeles. We'll take you around the place, down to the Metro Red Line Subway Station and over to the MTA tower, just behind Union Station, where we'll explore the vast array of artwork and sculpture SPECIAL CONFERENCE RATES in the city's newest public space. FOR SAH/SCC MEMBERS Fill out the form on the Page 8 and send it in to make your reservation so we'll know you're It has just been announced that members of coming along for the ride. local SAH chapters may register for the meeting at a special rate of $100. This is $65 less than the regular non-member's rate, and is the first time the national organization has given local chapter members such a discount opportunity. Chapter members will also have the option of purchasing a one-year special introductory membership to the national SAH at a 25% discount, or $45. If you join now, you will receive the full program for the April meeting as soon as it comes out, as well as a year's subscription to the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians and the SAH Newsletter. In addition. Annual Meeting volunteers will be allowed to attend all of the paper sessions free of charge.

Continue to watch this space for bi-monthly updates of events and happenings. There will be many opportunities to volunteer to help make this the best national SAH meeting ever. To get involved contact Ken Breisch at 310.458.5984 (e-mail: [email protected]) or Stephen Harby \t 310.450.8239. For information regarding membership in the national SAH, call the A behind-the-scenes look at the Getty Center in Brentwood is among the special events awaiting those attending the SAH Chicago office at 312.573.1365. National Meeting in April 7998.

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14, Sunday 21,Sunday Western Vernacular. Reception for Looking Back, Moving Ahead. Historic homes in in in ui photographer John Kiewit. Sullivan and walking tour in West Adams. The Western < Goss Gallery, 7 E. Anapamu St., Santa Heights Neighborhood Association, meet Barbara; 5-7PM; free. 805.730.1460. 20th and 21st St., LA; lOAM^PM; $15. 213.658.4060. 15, Monday SOHO Annua) Meeting. Save Our 23, Tuesday Heritage Organization, San Diego Towards A Simpler Way of Life: The Arts and 619.297.9327. Crafts Architects of California. Book in to 1/1 (T discussion with author Robert Winter. Urban 15, Monday Inversion Books, 8246 Santa Monica Blvd., CSI Certification Courses. Six-week course LA.; 7:30PM; free. 213.654.8265. or individual leaures on becoming a CDT (nlw mltn (Construction Document Technician). 24, Wednesday AIA/OC; $10 each, or $135 for series; lack Smith Community Enrichment Awards. 6:30PM. RoyceWise, 714.261.1100. Luncheon program with honorees from LA Dodgers, The Da Camera Society, Whitsett in in m in 16, Tuesday Foundation and LA Times. Historical Society < < < < See this Craftsman home on 'Looking Back, Moving Ahead," a tour of West Adams on September 21st. f- (- I- Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir. Book in m U5 in of Southern California; The Biltmore Hotel; 3 3 D 3 discussion with author D.J. Waldie. Urban $50-60; res. req. 213.222.0546. z z z z 111 UJ Ui u Inversion Books, 8246 Santa Monica > > > > Blvd., LA.; 7:30PM; free. 213.654.8265. 24-28, Wednesday-Sunday in in m < < < < The Architecture of Eastern Virginia. 1997 t t t t £ i s z September 17, Wednesday Domestic Study Tour. Society of CC K S IT I Perspect/ves on Quality Craftsmanship. Architeaural Historians, 1365 N. Astor St., u. u. u. u. Leaure with McCarthy Construction Co. Chicago, IL; $800. 312.573.1365. in in in in Committee on Architecture for Health, < < < < 2, 4, 6, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 7,21, Sunday AIA/LA, Pacific Design Center, 8687 24- October 2 d Coronado Touring. Walking tours every Charles Rennie Macintosh: A Modern Man. I-1- »- Melrose Ave., Ste. M3, LA; 4PM; $10. Complete Course on Facilities Management. 3 3 3 3 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Glorietta Screening of BBC-produced video on the Al Rodin, 310.837.2997. Two-day seminar with facility manager Al Bay Inn; 11AM-12:30PM; $6. renowned Scottish artist's life. Brown Goldberg. 9/24-25, LA; 9/29-30, Anaheim; Gerry MacCartee, 619.435.5892. Theater, LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA; 17, Wednesday 10/1-2, San Diego. Keyes Productivity 2PM. 213.857.6528. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. Center; $395. 800.821.3919. 4, Thursday Lecture with architect Henry Smith-Miller, Pasadena Art Walk. Self-guided, Old Town 8, Monday Smith-Miller and Hawkinson, NYC. 25- 27, Thursday-Saturday open house. The Armory Center for the Arts; Behind the Magic. Program on mechanics Southern California Institute of The House We Live In. Annual Envisioning 6-10PM. 818.792.5101. of fiber optics. Designers Lighting Forum; Architecture, 5454 Beethoven St., LA; California Conference with speakers, 6PM; $5-10; res. req. 310.476.9200. 7:30PM; free. 310.574.1123. including SF Mayor Willie Brown, on the 4-5, Thursday-Friday future of community. The Center for Effective Project Management. Two-day 10, Wednesday 18, Thursday California Studies, California State University, course with project manager Jim Click. 25-1-45 = 70. Lecture with SCI-Arc founder Masters of Architecture. Lecture by Sacramento; Capitol Plaza Holiday Inn, 9/4-5, Ontario; 9/9-10, Oxnard; 9/11-12, and architect Raymond Kappe, Kappe Enrique Norten, TEN Arquitectos, Sacramento; $50-100. 916.278.6906. Burbank; 9/15-16, LA. National Seminars Architects, Pacific Palisades. Southern sponsored by AIA/LA and LACMA Bing Croup; $395. 800.682.5073. California Institute of Architecture, 5454 Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of 27, Saturday Beethoven St., LA; 7:30PM; free. 6, Saturday 310.574.1123. Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA; 6:5bPM; Carpinteria: A Secret Hide-Away Walking Open House. Landscape Architecture $5-12; res. req. 310.785.1809. tour with Rahia Hall, director of Urban Program; UCLA Extension, 10995 LeConte 12, Friday Studies al USC Neighborhood Place Projea; 18, Thursday 1PM; $10; res. req ; leave name and address Ave., LA; 9AM-Noon; free. 310.825.9414. Artists and the Westward Expansion. Charles Rennie Macintosh: A Modern Man. for brochure 818.790.6643. Lecture with Sidney Williams. Palm Screening of BBC-produced video on the 6, Saturday Springs Desert Museum, 101 Museum renowned Scottish artist's life. Brown Venice: More Than a Beach. Walking tour. Dr., Palm Springs; 11AM. 619.325.7186. 27, Saturday Neighborhood Place Project; 10AM; $10; Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Evening With Balcony Press. Book talks with Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA.; 7PM. res. req.; leave name and address for 12, Friday authors Merry Ovnick, ios Angeles: The End 213.857.6528. brochure. 818.790.6643. Topography of Terror. Lecture with Swiss of the Rainbow; Abigail Cumbiner, Vacant architect Peter Zumthor. Southern fden; Roadside Treasures of the Sonoran 18, Thursday 6, Saturday California Institute of Architeaure, 5454 Desert; Anne Cosner and Robert Berger, The The First Angelinos: The Gabrielino Indians A Visit W/th Neighbors: West Adams/Scarff. Beethoven St., LA; 7:30PM; free. Last Remaining Seats: Movie Palaces of of Los Angeles. Leaure with historian Walking tour with SAH/SCC Board Member 310.574.1123. Tinseltown; Margaret Leslie Davis, Bullocks Merry Ovnick, CSU Northridge. Los Angeles William McCawley. Rancho Los Cerritos Wilshire; Jeanette Thomas, /mages of the Histohc Site, 4600 Virginia Rd., Long Gamble House: Masterwork of Greene and City Historical Society; 10AM; $50; res. req. 13, Saturday Beach; 7PM; $3. 562.570.1755. Greene. Vroman's Books, 695 E. Colorado Irene Tresun, 213.936.2912. Old Pasadena. Walking tour. Pasadena Blvd., Pasadena; 6PM; free. 626.449.5320. Heritage; Arroyo Seco Building, 117 E. 18- 21, Thursday-Sunday 6, Saturday Colorado; 9-11:30AM; $5; res. req. SOMA-Verba Suena Gardens. Walking tour. 818.793.0617. Route 66 Rendezvous. Vintage automotive 27, Saturday The Foundation for San Francisco's Street fair commemorates historic route. The Contemporary Art Ball. MOCA masked San Bernadino Visitors Bureau. Architectural Heritage; California Historical 13, Saturday ball fund-raiser. Museum of Contemporary 800.TO.RTE.66. Society, 678 Mission SL, SF; 10-11AM; Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Art, 250 S. Grand Ave., LA.; 8PM; $75-150. $3-5; res. req. 415.441.3004. Glasgow Arts and Crafts. Lecture with 213.621.1703. 19, Friday Prof. Donald Covington. Friends of the LA Winners Gala. Event recognizes 28,Sunday 6, Saturday Marston House; Thornton Theatre, winners of design competitions from LA. C/aremont Walking Tour. Claremont Marston House, San Diego; 10-11:30AM; He//o Again Eco Fest. Displays and Architeaural Foundation of Los Angeles; Heritage; meet at Sumitomo Bank, 102 Yale $12-15. 619.280.3579. demonstration on earth-friendly stuff. Ave.; lOAM-Noon; $5; res. req. Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. Barnsdall Arts Center, 4800 Hollywood Grand Ave., LA. 213.389.6490. 909.621.0848. 13, Saturday Blvd., LA.; 10AM-5PM; free. 213.485.4581. Ennis-Brown House Tours, frank Lloyd 19- 21, Friday-Sunday 30, Tuesday 6,13,20,27, Saturday Wright's 1924 house. Friends of the Ennis- Los Angeles Art Show. Fine Art Dealers Downtown M. Walking tours of various Brown House; Trust for Preservation of Cons(rua/on Industries Awards. Luncheon Association exposition. John Wooden downtown landmarks. L.A. Conservancy; Cultural Heritage, 2655 Glendower Ave., program giving Lifetime Achievement Center, UCLA; 9/19 opening benefit, lOAM-Noon; $5; res. req. 213.623.2489. LA; one-hour tours 11:30AM- 3:30PM; Awards from the Chamber of Commerce 6-10PM, $100; 9/20, 11AM-7PM; 9/21, $5-10; res. req. 213.668.0234. Construction Industries Committee. Los 6,13,20,27, Saturday 11AM-5PM; $10. 800.656.9278. Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce; Coog/e Tours. Choice of The San Gabriel 14, Sunday Sheraton Grand Hotel; 11:30AM; $60; 19,26, Friday res. req. 213.580.7585. Valley, Behind the Orange Curtain, Coffee Sunday Open Sunday. Family workshop Award-W/nn/ng Design Solutions: Shop Modern and More, Cocktails 'N' on metal tooling with artist Ron Baeza. Exemplary Projects-Universal Applications. Coffee Shops, with preservationist John Pico Aliso Gardens, 500 S. Pecan St, LA.; novem be r One-day workshop on preservation design English. $34; res. req. 213.980.3480. 2-4PM; free. 213.485.4474. and application to other buildings. 9/19, preview Oakland; 9/26, LA. California Preservation 7, Sunday 14,Sunday Foundation; $65-95. 510.763.0972. Home, House, Habitat. Family workshop Afternoon With Balcony Press. Book talks with artist Benny Ferdman. Skirball Cultural with authors Merry Ovnick, Los Angeles: 16, Sunday 20, Saturday Center, 2701 N. Sepuiveda Blvd., LA; The End of the Rainbow, Abigail SAH/SCC EVEN Charles Rennie Macintosh: A Symposium. 2-4PM. 310.440.4500. Cumbiner, Vacanf fden; Anne Cosner and Program with international scholars Roger Los Angeles' Transportation Robert Berger, The Last Remaining Seats; Billdiffe, Alan Crawford, Pamela Laboratory. Annual SAH/SCC 7, 14,21,28, Sunday Margaret Leslie Davis, Bullocks Wilshire; Robertson and Christian Witt-Dorring. Los Pacific Heights Walking Tour. The Jeanette Thomas, Images of the Gamble members celebration. Union Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Foundation for San Francisco's Architeaural House. Sullivan and Goss Books, 7 East Station, Downtown LA; See Wilshire Blvd., LA.; 9:45AM-4:30PM; Heritage; 12:30PM; $5. 415.441.3004. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara; 3:30PM; Page 3 for details. Coll $15-25. 213.857.6528 free. 805.730.1460. 800.9SAHSCC for details. 6, Monday 18, Saturday 25, Saturday Beauty is in the Eye of the Historic Downtown Long Beach. Frida Kahio: The World Split Open. Seminar Beholder. Program on Architectural walking tour. Long Beach on life, death and themes of Mexican painter decorative lighting fixtures . Heritage Coalition; Historical Society of with art critic Max Benavidez. UCLA October Designers Lighting Forum; 6PM; Long Beach, 418 Pine Ave., LB; 10AM; Extension, 335 Universal CityWalk, Universal $5-10; res. req. 310.476.9200. $3; res. req. 562.493.7019. City; 9:30AM-12:30PM; $45. 1, Wednesday 310.825.9971. Suburban Stories. Lecture with D.J. V\/aldie, 6-9 18-19, Saturday-Sunday author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir. Today's OSHA: A Compliance Update. Home Tour. Old Town Orange 25, Saturday Southern California Institute of Architecture, One-day seminar with OSHA trainer Preservation Association annual tour of Treasures of the South of France: Art, 5454 Beethoven St., LA; 7:30PM; free. Duane Daugherty. 10/6, Ontario; 10/7, historic homes. Old Town Preservation .Architecture and Interior Design. Program on 310.574.1123. LA; 10/8, Anaheim and Long Beach; 10/9, Association, Orange. 714.639.6840. design of Provence and Cote d'Azur with Pasadena. Keyes Produaivity Center; interior designer Jody Greenwald. UCLA 2, Thursday $395. 800.356.5107. 19, Sunday Extension, 100 Moore Hall, UCLA, Pasadena Art Walk. Self-guided, Old Town Neighborhood Preservation Fair and Home Westwood; 10AM-4:30PM; $45-75; open house. The Armory Center for the Arts; 8, Wednesday Tour. Long Beach Heritage and California res. req. 310.825.9971. 6-10PM. 818.792.5101. Appraising Estate and Historic Homes. Heights Historic Neighborhood How-to seminar including case studies Association, 1133 Wardlow Road, Long 25, Saturday 4, Saturday and technical information with appraiser Beach; 1-3PM. 562.493.7019. Annua/ Beaux Art.s 6a//. Big Canyon Country An Nouveau in Scotland: The Work of Vickie L Gill. UCLA Extension, UCLA, Club. Sponsored by AIA/OC, 3200 Park Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Westwood; 9AM-4PM; $145; res. req. 19, Sunday Center, Costa Mesa. 714.557.7796. Mcdonald. Lecture and guided tour of 310.825.9971. The Lanterman House and Oescanso LACMA exhibition with Orange Coast Gardens. Walking Tour. Neighborhood 25-27, Saturday-Monday College Art Gallery director Irini Vallera- 8, Wednesday Place Projea; La Canada; 1 PM-4PM; Hollywood and Halloween. Art Expo with Rickerson. UCLA Extension, 161 Dodd Hall, Landscape Apparitions. Lecture with $10. res. req.; leave name and address for hundreds of artists, galleries, and art UCLA, Westwood; 9AM^PM; $45-75; res. architect Antoine Predock, Predock brochure. 818.790.6643. publishers from around the world. LA req. 310.825.9971. Architects, Albuquerque, NM. Southern Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa St., LA; California Institute of Architecture, 5454 20-31 10AM-7PM; $8. 800.331.5706. 4, Saturday Beethoven St., LA; 7:30PM, free. SAH/SCC TRAVEL TOUR Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery Tour. Featuring 310.574.1123. Mackintosh & Morris. Travel tour 26, Sunday historic portrayals of the deceased. Angelus- Historic Downtown RJverside Organ Crawl. to Scotland and England. Call Rosedale and West Adams Heritage 11, Saturday Walking tour. Neighborhood Place Projea; Association, 1831 W. Washington Blvd., LA.; Old Pasadena Walking Tour. Pasadena 800.9SAHSCC for details. 2-5PM; $10. res. req.; leave name and one-hour tours 9AM-3PM; res. req. Heritage; Arroyo Seco Building, 117 E. address for brochure. 818.790.6643. 213.731.7514 Colorado; 9-11:30AM; $5; res. req. 22, Wednesday 818.793.0617. Watt Space. Lecture with architect Lars 26, Sunday 4, Saturday Lerup, dean of Rice University School of Richard J. Neutra. Leaure with architect Michelangelo in Florence and Rome. Seminar 12, Sunday Architeaure, Houston, TX. Southern Dion Neutra. Couturier Gallery, 166 N. La on painting, sculpture and architecture with Charles Rennie Macintosh: Lecture with California Institute of Architeaure, 5454 Brea Ave, LA; res. req. 213.933.5557. art historian Roberta Panzanelli-Clignett. scholar Tony Jones, president of the Beethoven St., LA; 7:30PM; free. UCLA Extension, 335 Universal CityWalk, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Bing 310.574.1123. 26,Sunday Universal City; 9:30AM-12:30PM; $45. Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Pasadena Craftsman House Tour. Featuring 310.825.9971. Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA.; 1 PM. 22- 26, Wednesday-Sunday the Gamble House, Duncan Irwin House, 213.857.6528. Gardens of Our World—The Oceanic and Batchelder House and more. California 4, Saturday Asian Approach. Los Angeles Garden Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., SM; SOMA-Verba Suena Gardens. Walking tour. 12, Sunday Show with style gardens, demonstrations, res. req. 310.392.8537, The Foundation for San Francisco's The Films of Gordon Maua-Clark. Five exhibitions, lectures and seminars. The Architectural Heritage; California Historical films. Los Angeles Forum for Architecture Arboretum of Los Angeles County, 301 N. 26,Sunday Society, 678 Mission St., SF; 10-11 AM; and Urban Design. Museum of Baldwin Ave., Arcadia; 9AM-5PM; $68. Love// Health House. Tour of Richard $3-5; res. req. 415.441.3004. Contemporary Art, 250 S. Grand Ave., LA; 818.447 8207. Neutra's Lovell house and on-site leaure 2PM; res. req. 213.621.1767. with architect Jion Neutra, Couturier 4, Saturday 23- 26, Thursday-Sunday Gallery; 4PM; $100 benefit for the Institute Pomona Arts Colony Studio Tour. Walking 14, Tuesday California for Wealth and leisure: Cultural for Survival Through Design; res, req Tour. Neighborhood Place Project; 10AM- California Coppersmiths in the Arts and Tourism and the Promotion of History. 213,933.5557. 1PM; $10, res. req.; leave name and address Crafts Movement. Panel discussion with California Council for the Promotion of for brochure. 818.790.6643. Isak Lindenauer, Robert Moss, Tony Smith History Annual Conference; Holiday Inn, 26, Sunday and Harold Wright. California Heritage Ventura. Mitch Stone, 805.525.1909. Chamber Music in Historic Sites: Anis 4, Saturday Museum, 2612 Main SL, SM. Quarter, Haydn and Mendelssohn concert at Museum Row Open House. Five museums 310.392.8537. 24, Friday the Dennis Tito House, designed by E, along Museum Row on Wilshire Blvd. open Chamber Music in Historic Sites: Trio Grenzbach. Da Camera Society; 2PM and free of charge to recognize National Arts and 14-19, Tuesday-Sunday Sonnerie. Gala opening of concert series at 3:30PM; $35-60; res. req. 310.954.4300. Humanities Month, with street festivals and People and Places: Living in Cultural Doheny Mansion, designed by Eisen and entertainment. 10AM-5PM. Landscapes. The 51st National Hunt (1900), and by Parkinson & 28, Tuesday Preservation Conference. National Trust Parkinson (1934-39). Da Camera Society; The Last Remaining Seats: Movie Palaces of 4, 7,9, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday for Historic Preservation; Santa Fe, NM. 8PM; $52; res. req. 310.954.4300. Tinseltown. Book discussion with authors Coronado Touring. Walking tours every 800.944.6847. Robert Berger and Anne Cosner. Urban Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Clorietta 25, Saturday Inversion Books, 8246 Santa Monica Blvd., Bay Inn; 11AM-12:30PM; $6. 15, Wednesday A Day with Muralist Kent Twitchell. All-day LA.; 7:30PM; free. 213.654.8265. Nancy Cobb, 619.435.5993. Perspectives on Elearonic Sensors and bus tour with artist of his local public > > > downtown landmarks. L.A. Conservancy; in IS) in in lOAM-Noon; $5; res. req. 213.623.2489. Beethoven St., LA; 7:30PM; free. < < < < 15, Wednesday z ; ; z 4,11,18,25, Saturday The Landscape of Women in the Italian Renaissance. Lecture with architeaural Turistorica Walking Tours. Given by in V) in ui Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara historian Diane Ghirardo, USC Southern and Citizens Planning Foundation of Santa California Institute of Architecture, 5454 Barbara. Meet at City Hall Steps, De La Beethoven St., LA; 7:30PM; free. 310.574.1123. Guerra Plaza, SB; lOAM-Noon; $5. in (0 in in 805.965.3021 or 805.965.6307. < < 16, Thursday 4.11.18.25, Saturday Masters of Architecture. Leaure by Craig Google Tours. Choice of three-to-five-hour Hodgets, AIA, and Hsin-Ming Fung, tours: The San Gabriel Valley, Behind the sponsored by AIA/LA and LACMA. Bing Orange Curtain, Coffee Shop Modern and Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of More, Cocktails 'N' Coffee Shops, with Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., LA; 6:30PM; preservationist John English. $34; res. req. $5-12; res. req. 310.785.1809. 213.980.3480. 18, Saturday 5,Sunday SAH/SCC TOUR Cruising Industrial Los Angeles. Self-driven Irving Gill: Fundamental Truths. in n in four-hour tour of LA's best industrial Day-long program of tours and buildings. LA Conservancy Modem Committee, 523 West Sixth St., LA; lectures in La Jolia and San 10AM-1PM; $10-15. 213.623.2489. Diego. 8:30AM-6PM. See Page X a. 1 for details. 5.12.19.26, Sunday Padffc Heights Walking Tour. The Foundation 18, Saturday for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage; Native American Storytelling. Program with 12:30PM; $5. 415,441.3004. Jerry Running Deer. 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SAH/SCC Life Member Virginia Kazor is the Perhaps her proudest achievement is ALERT historic site curator for Los Angeles' Cultural preserving the historic architecture in her own Affairs Department, where her focus is the backyard. Six months after purchasing a 1909 Preservation Alert was created to inform you of restoration and preservation of historic structures craftsman house in the Wilton district, Kazor local sites that are in danger. To submit sites for such as Simon Rodia's Watts Towers and Frank learned that the city was planning a street listing, send information on site, brief description Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House. A noted expert widening project that would result in the of situation, and number to call to get involved. on Wright, Kazor teaches architecture at UCLA demolition of six historic homes. She rallied her Photographs are always appreciated. Send to Extension and is a member of the Board of neighbors and succeeded in nominating the area SAH/SCC News, P.O. Box 92224, Pasadena, CA Directors of the Taliesin Fellows. as a National Register Historic District. 'The 91109. Sites will be listed as space allows. Her interest in architecture developed early residents are really committed to the neighborhood," says Virginia, who has lived there Tramway Gas Station by Albert Frey is still in when, as a young child, Virginia remembers since 1970, and recounted the success story at danger despite the Class 1 Historical Site touring homes with her parents on Sundays after the California Historic Preservation Conference in designation given in June. The City Council, church. "My parents really instilled in me a life• 1983. which de-certified it after undue pressure from long appreciation of architecture and the the developer, is considering "alternatives to environment around me," says Kazor. She She was immersed in preservation issues in on-site preservation." Call Brad Dunning, a enrolled in USC's School of Architecture, but the early '80s, regularly lecturing on the topic and commissioner at Palm Springs Historic Sites soon discovered that she "couldn't design worth a sitting on various boards. She was a member of Preservation Board, at 619.320.2213. damn," and turned her sights to art history. "1 the board of the Los Angeles Conservancy from wanted to study architecture history, but there 1983 to 1984, and was president of SAH/SCC Lincoln Memorial Museum in Gettysburg, VA, were no programs on the West Coast at the from 1981 to 1984. It was during her tenure at was designed by Richard and Dion Neutra in time," remembers Kazor. "So I picked the next SAH/SCC that the board initiated life membership the early 1960s, and is in danger of being best thing." as a method of endowing the organization. "It is extremely important for members to support the demolished by the National Park Service. The She graduated in 1963 and joined the staff of organization and for the organization, in turn, to Park Service says it is obtrusive, inadequate for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as an reach out to the community," says Virginia. conservation, and difficult to maintain. You may assistant to Maurice Tuchman, curator of Modern "Involving young people in architecture is send a letter to the National Park Service, Art. From there, she went on to curate the paramount. They are the future of preservation. If Washington, DC 20036, and contact Dion Frederick R. Weisman Collection before Neutra at 213.666.1806. becoming the City of Los Angeles' first art curator, we can help children to appreciate architecture At the Municipal Art Gallery, she organized now, they will carry that knowledge with them for Hotel del Coronado, is a National Historic "Edmund Teske: Photographic Work for Frank ''^e- This, I believe, is the only hope for cities like Landmark, California State Historic Landmark, Lloyd Wright" in 1974, and collaborated with Los Angeles." —Alison Cotter on the National Register of Historic Places, and Randell Makinson on a Green and Green show in was just named one of the 500 most important 1976, and with Jeff Chusid on a Frank Lloyd buildings ever built in the United States from Wright show in 1988. the 10th Century to the present. However, the She currently oversees site is facing drastic changes to its landscape the $1 million and auxiliary buildings. A proposed convention restoration of Watts center and hotel project will cause the Towers, which suffered destruction of the original brick power plant severe damage in the and laundry complex, block the ocean-side North ridge earthquake. views with new hotel and restaurants; block the In addition, Virginia has north-side views with a parking structure, made significant necessitating the removal of original plantings. progress with Hollyhock The new structures will be build within 50 feet House's interior, of the foundation of the hotel, blocking all including restoring views into and out of the Del. To get involved, original furniture, call Save Our Heritage Organization at lighting and color 619.297.9327. schemes, done with the help of the LA Chapter of the American Society Long Beach Naval Station and Shipyard, is of Interior Designers, the subject of an Environmental Impact and with funding for the Statement/Environmental Impact Report being sofas provided by conducted by the Navy and the City of Long Friends of Hollyhock Beach for the disposal and reuse of the Naval frank Lloyd Wngt)t's Hollyhock House restoration was led by Virginia Kazor, with assistance House. Complex. KEA Environmental, a San Diego- from ASID/iA and Friends of the Hollyhock House. (Photo: Marvin Rand) based environmental planning firm has put together a team, led by EDAW, Inc., a DON'T MISS MACKINTOSH landscape architecture, environmental planning and urban design firm, which also includes If you aren't lucky enough to be joining SAH/SCC on its Mackintosh and Morris tour of Scotland architect Wayne Donaldson, who is currently and England this October, then going to LACMA is the next best thing to being there. Make the trip working with the Navy on the reuse of the San to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the glorious exhibition Charles Rennie Mackintosh, on Diego Naval Training Center, as well as Brad view through October 13th. The range of Mackintosh's work—from tentative yet strong pencil White of Clarion Associations, who specializes sketches to full-scale re-creations of interiors—left this exhibition viewer weak-kneed, despite the in historic preservation planning. SAH/SCC has fact that I'd seen the show in its New York installation as well. Drawings, plans, models, furniture, been invited to participate with the design and murals, and floral and landscape watercolors display Mackintosh's "celebration of life," as one of planning team conducting the adaptive use the curators put it. The re-creations impart a feeling of tangible immediacy. You can visualize Miss feasibility study. Cranston's tea room patrons, and almost hear the clinking of china and the chatter of ladies' voices. See the events listings for lecture and film schedule, or call LACMA for information at 213.857.6000. —Julie D. Taylor

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Daytime Phone Skip Boiabon DOCENT TOUR GUIDES Frank J. Bator NEEDED Evening Phone Timothy J. Brandt Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch Shannon M. Carroll and Gardens is seeking individuals Make checks payable to SAH/SCC. Horry Clein who love to work with children or Sheila Botsheva DeCora P.O. Box 92224 enjoy gardens, history and Patricia L. Dennis Pasadena, CA 91109-2224 architecture. Tour guides are Kent Dickson 800.9SAHSCC needed to lead adults and children Jane Douglas in individual and group tours of the Marshall Feldman barns, gardens, and adobe ranch James Finloy house that comprise this 7.5-acre Jocelyn Gibbs site. Training includes outstanding CPF PRESERVATION DESIGN AWARDS Mike Hilford Pamela Heath Michaud lectures by nationally renowned CALLS FOR ENTRIES Wallace L Neff historians, natural scientists, Pom O'Connor landscape designers and cultural writers. For more information call The California Preservation Foundation (CPF) announces the Call for Bret Parsons Ellen Phillips Claudia Jurmain at 562.431.3541. Entries for its 1998 Preservation Design Awards competition. Kathleen Church Plummer Submissions may be bade by owners, architects, engineers, planners, Johanna Romires landscape architects, archaeologists, specifiers, contractors, ERRORS AND OMISSIONS Molly Reid craftsmen,, architectural historians, organizations, students, or other Neno Rutherford Several members remarked at the engaged in historic preservation activities. Projects must be located in Corrine Shukortsi incredible resemblance of "Irving California, or in the case of a report of study, must deal with California David Yorkin Gill" as shown in the last newsletter subject. Projects must have been completed between June 30,1992, to Henry Greene. In fact, it was Greene. Sorry for the mistake. and November 30,1997. The seven categories are Restoration; CARING FOR ARCHITECTURE Rehabilitation/Adaptive Re-Use; Preservation/Stabilization; Compatible Included in the newly formed Additions to Historic Structures and c Contextual In-Fill Projects; Free educational brochure from The American Institute for Conservation of SAH/SCC Advisory Board is attorney Cultural Resource Studies, Reports and Computer Software; Historic and Artistic Works for historic Ezequiel Gutierrez. See Page 2 for Craftsmanship/Preservation Technology; Archaeological and Cultural homeowners and others who care for the full list of Advisory Board Landscape Projects. Submissions are due November 18,1997; built structures. Contact AlC, 1717 K members. winners notified by January 15, 1998; awards ceremony in Los St., NW, Ste. 301, Washington, DC Angeles in February 1988. For entry forms, contact CPF, 405 14th St., 20006; 202.452.9545; fax Ste. 1010, Oakland, CA 94612; 510.763.0972; fax 510.763.4724. 202.452.9328; [email protected].

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