tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160736013623903512024-03-05T22:40:19.491-08:00Monterey Bay Modernismkelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-65614940189646717952018-10-04T22:25:00.001-07:002018-10-04T22:25:26.559-07:00Connell House 'Draft EIR' Needs Your Comments!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Dear 'Connell House' Supporter,</b></span><div class="yiv0652449192" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1538419762789_6440" style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The County of Monterey Draft EIR is OUT on the Connell House.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An EIR was required for this proposed new residence because of the many impacts the demolition of this historic asset will leave; especially, the negative impacts on the environment—built, natural, and cultural that would be altered forever. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This means we have entered critical crossing point on saving this landmark home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">between <b><span style="color: red;">NOW</span></b> and <b><span style="color: red;">5 pm on Friday, October 12, 2018</span></b></span><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to submit your </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">California Environmental Quality Act (</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">CEQA</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">) </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Comments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>WHY </b>you might ask?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>BECAUSE</b>...you will be providing important support for </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">both preservation efforts and publicly supported principled guidance to the local jurisdiction </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of the County of Monterey. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>WHERE </b>to send your comments? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Email <b>original</b> to </span><a class="yiv0652449192" href="mailto:ceqacomments@co.monterey.ca.us" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:ceqacomments@co.monterey.ca.us"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ceqacomments@co.monterey.ca.us</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with a <b class="yiv0652449192">copy </b><span class="yiv0652449192">to</span><b class="yiv0652449192"> Cheryl Ku</b>, Senior Planner for Monterey County: <a class="yiv0652449192" href="mailto:kuc@co.monterey.ca.us" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:kuc@co.monterey.ca.us">kuc@co.monterey.ca.us</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv0652449192">and another</span><b class="yiv0652449192"> “cc"</b><span class="yiv0652449192"> to</span><b class="yiv0652449192"> Emily Creel</b>, SWCA Environmental Consultants: <a class="yiv0652449192" href="mailto:ecreel@swca.com" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:ecreel@swca.com">ecreel@swca.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MBM hopes that the county will recognize that it has a roll in following Alternative 1 in the Executive Summary of the DRAFT EIR in favoring the </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'the environmentally superior alternative' </b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of saving and restoring the Connell House. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This would demonstrate a principled public response to the <a href="http://pineconearchive.fileburst.com/150626PCA.pdf" target="_blank">'demolition by neglect'</a> incurred to this local historic landmark residence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">It has been a long journey since <b>2011</b> when most of the architectural community became aware through public hearings through the </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Historic Review Board meetings at the County of Monterey to not just alter a cherished local landmark - but, destroy it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Monterey Bay Modernism (MBM) began its campaign in early <b>2012</b> following this news to save this local midcentury residential landmark by the master architect Richard </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Neutra (1957-58). We sought public support both local and internationally for saving this revered local residence.Our efforts were answered and submitted with an online campaign that collected hundreds of signatures. But, MBM</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> stepped aside when the Alliance of Monterey Area Preservationists (AMAP) took over the torch in </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2013 and lead the charge toward making it eligible as a Historic Landmark</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over these past five years, we've </span><span class="yiv0652449192" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv0652449192"><b style="font-style: italic;">worked together </b>with them </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to get the Connell House (located at 1170 Signal Hill Road in Pebble Beach) to be listed on the </span><b class="yiv0652449192" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">California State Register of Historic Resources. </b></div>
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<li><i class="yiv0652449192" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="yiv0652449192">remained alert</b> <b class="yiv0652449192">and vigilant</b></i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> about reporting the home owner’s relentless acts of “demolition by neglect,” over and over again.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We supported AMAP's <i class="yiv0652449192"><b class="yiv0652449192">participation in</b></i> the long <b class="yiv0652449192">Draft Environmental Impact Report</b> review process by providing the writers with our issues of concern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MBM is proud of the local efforts and especially, proud of the achievements by AMAP during this long effort to Save the Connell House.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Most of us</b> do not have the time to read an entire DRAFT EIR. They are long and sometimes difficult to understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We stand by Alternative 1 of the The Connell House <b>DRAFT EIR Executive Summary </b>and hope your letter to the county will stand by the primary conclusion of the report.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, we ask each of you to find 10 minutes between </span><i class="yiv0652449192" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="yiv0652449192">right now</b></i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><b class="yiv0652449192" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday, October 12,</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><b class="yiv0652449192" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">by 5 pm, </b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to submit your CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) comments.</span></div>
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<a class="yiv0652449192" href="mailto:ceqacomments@co.monterey.ca.us" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:ceqacomments@co.monterey.ca.us"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ceqacomments@co.monterey.ca.us</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with a <b class="yiv0652449192">copy to Cheryl Ku</b>, Senior Planner for Monterey County: <a class="yiv0652449192" href="mailto:kuc@co.monterey.ca.us" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:kuc@co.monterey.ca.us">kuc@co.monterey.ca.us</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b class="yiv0652449192">and another “cc" to Emily Creel</b>, SWCA Environmental Consultants: <a class="yiv0652449192" href="mailto:ecreel@swca.com" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:ecreel@swca.com">ecreel@swca.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b class="yiv0652449192">Cheryl Ku</b>, Senior Planner, Monterey County</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1441 Schilling Place, 2nd Floor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with a <b class="yiv0652449192">“cc” to Emily Creel</b>, SWCA Environmental Consultants, 1422 Monterey Street, C-200, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">MBM has come forward in support of the </span><b class="yiv0652449192" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">DRAFT EIR Alternative 1: Preservation</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">, or an alternative allowing some modification or additions in accordance with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, which unfortunately is an option that is not analyzed in this DEIR.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our collective voices of interest and concern can be the louder "collective hope" helping to prevent the loss of this local landmark residence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spread the word by forwarding this email or talking with friends and associates about the value of saving this mid-century landmark…and the tragedy to the Monterey Peninsula’s cultural fabric, forest, and scope of its built environment if this house is lost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, urge <span class="yiv0652449192" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1538419762789_6669" style="color: #ff2600;"><b class="yiv0652449192" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1538419762789_6696">preservation</b>, <u class="yiv0652449192"><b class="yiv0652449192">not demolition</b> </u><b class="yiv0652449192" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1538419762789_6668">of the Connell House. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="yiv0652449192" style="color: #ff2600;"><span class="yiv0652449192"><b>Thank you, </b></span></span></span><br />
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</td><td class="yiv0652449192" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1538419762789_6677" style="border-spacing: 2px;" valign="top"><div class="yiv0652449192" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1538419762789_6676" style="padding: 0px;">
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kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-67638984264485862702015-08-29T10:16:00.000-07:002015-08-29T10:16:22.851-07:00NEUTRA UPDATE: Mothball is a Must<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">photo courtesy of david royal - monterey herald</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22.652000427246094px;">Pebble Beach:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.652000427246094px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was almost five years ago when Silicon Valley tech venture capitalist CEO Massy Mehdipour went to the county with what might have seemed like an unremarkable request: demolish an aging, 50-year-old Signal Hill Road house and replace it with her 12,000-square-foot dream home.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">click here for full article:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.montereyherald.com/government-and-politics/20150828/silicon-valley-ceo-still-battling-to-demolish-replace-historic-pebble-beach-home</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please consider shooting an email to Jim Johnson, thanking him for this story: </span><br />
<a href="mailto:jjohnson@montereyherald.com" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:jjohnson@montereyherald.com">jjohnson@montereyherald.com</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span>kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-41162084180713798672015-02-23T13:17:00.000-08:002015-02-23T13:17:26.364-08:00NEUTRA UPDATE: EIR Comments Needed<div style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="color: black;">CONNELL HOUSE by Richard Nuetra - PUBLIC COMMENTS NEEDED</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>When</b> </span><b style="color: #cc0000;">Monday, February 23, at 6:00 pm</b></div>
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<b style="color: black;">What</b><span style="color: black;"> EIR Scoping Meeting</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>Where</b> </span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Pebble Beach Community Services District Office '</span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Conference Room', </span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">3101 Forest Lake Road, </span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Pebble Beach 93953-2949</span><span style="color: black;"><br /><b>Why </b></span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Public Support (your voice and/or public presence) to Demonstrate to EIR Writers and County of Monterey that we STAND BY our determination that this local example of Richard Neutra's work is signification to his architectural lexicon and should not be allowed to be demolished by the current owner for new larger home. </span></div>
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<a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/neutra?source=feed_text&story_id=780585008692597" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl" style="color: #6d84b4;">#</span><span class="_58cm">Neutra</span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/preservation?source=feed_text&story_id=780585008692597" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl" style="color: #6d84b4;">#</span><span class="_58cm">Preservation</span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/historic?source=feed_text&story_id=780585008692597" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl" style="color: #6d84b4;">#</span><span class="_58cm">Historic</span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/modernism?source=feed_text&story_id=780585008692597" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl" style="color: #6d84b4;">#</span><span class="_58cm">Modernism</span></a></div>
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NOTE the three initial potential impacts that have been identified:</div>
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1. Impacts from the demolition of a building listed in the California Register of Historical Resources and eligible for listing under the National Register of Historic Places;<br />2. Impacts from development on the native sand dune environmentally sensitive habitat;<br />3. Impacts on views from "public viewing area" including along 17-Mile Drive.</div>
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kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-6388953920112714032014-05-24T13:25:00.000-07:002014-05-24T13:25:05.483-07:00 rip: jerrold e lomax faia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;">mbm</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;"></span>is sad to announce the passing<br />
of one of its founding committee members:<br />
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California modernist architect <b> </b><br />
<b>JERROLD E LOMAX FAIA</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montereyherald/obituary.aspx?pid=171113634" target="_blank">obituary</a></span> </b><br />
<br />kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-83982354445843103172014-04-17T15:58:00.003-07:002014-04-17T15:58:46.463-07:00URGENT: We Need Some NEUTRA Noise!<span style="color: #990000;"><b>URGENT...VOICES of SUPPORT needed (via email):</b></span><br />
<br /> It's just around the corner and your voice is needed!<br />
The <b>State Historic
Resources Commission</b> will be hearing the nomination for <b>Connell House </b>(1958) by Master Architect Richard Neutra this coming Tuesday, April 22nd at 9am (Asilomar's
Kiln Room in Pacific Grove, CA).<br />
<br />
We need individual and concise
"sound bites" to stress that this house is historic and should remain
part of the Monterey Peninsula architectural mid-century legacy and to
the world of architecture at large for future generations.<br />
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Please include your title / credentials / etc... when you type your
name at the end of the message.<br />
Voices from close to home here on the
Monterey Peninsula and from around the globe will help!<br />
<br />
Ask for your email to be added to the Commissioners' packets and most of all, email ASAP before end of week 04/20.<br />
<br />
<b>The email address to put in the "To" box is:</b><br />
Carol Roland-Nawi, CSHP Officer: <br /> carol.roland-nawi@parks.ca.gov<br />
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<b>with three vital cc's to:</b><br />
Ms. Roland-Nawi's assistant: thunter@parks.ca.gov<br /> Jay Correia: Jay.Correia@parks.ca.gov<br /> Amy Crain: Amy.Crain@parks.ca.gov<br />
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Thank you for your support!<br />
mbm </div>
kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-11991723181194864282014-01-29T15:53:00.000-08:002014-02-04T12:19:31.917-08:00::URGENT:: Help SAVE the Connell House!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The efforts of Monterey Bay Modernism to SAVE the Connell is proud to announce a new ally, (AMAP) Alliance of Monterey Area Preservationists. This local organization has stepped forward to help champion our cause and we are most grateful for their time, dedication and service.</span><br />
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<b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1391035176922_5228"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Members of AIA Monterey Bay and Monterey
Bay Modernism</span></b><br />
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<b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1391035176922_5228"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and Friends of Architecture Everywhere,</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Master mid-century architect Richard Neutra’s distinguished 1958
“Connell House” in Pebble Beach will be lost in 2014 without everyone’s help.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please ensure that the only Neutra designed residence on
California’s Central Coast is not demolished under our collective watch!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please read this story that appeared in the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1391038128_0">Carmel Pine Cone</span> just a few weeks ago:</span></div>
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<span class="yiv1056691917Apple-style-span" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1391035176922_5254" style="color: #5a48fa;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1391038128_1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pineconearchive.com/140103-4.html" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1391035176922_5253" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pineconearchive.com/140103-4.html</a></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From
this you'll see that the Board of the Alliance of Monterey Area
Preservationists
(AMAP) has generously stepped up to the plate. They commissioned
architectural
historian Anthony Kirk and Neutra-expert Barbara Lamprecht to spend
their
December holidays writing a report, nominating the Connell House to the
National Register of Historic Resources. If inclusion on the National
Register is granted, this eligibility designation will afford the home
critical protection.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now the architectural historians need to be paid for their hard work on the nomination.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I promised AMAP I could raise the funds to match or surpass
AMAP’s financial pledge by January by reaching out to the Monterey Peninsula's architectural community—and beyond.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of January 28th, I have not yet reached my goal, but I'm not giving up.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel confident I can still achieve my commitment by asking you to donate $10 or more.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b> Please go to AMAP’s dedicated page <b>Right Now: </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b><span class="yiv1056691917Apple-style-span"><a href="http://amap1.org/ConnellHouse.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1391038128_2" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PRESERVE local NEUTRA</span></a></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The campaign to “Save the Connell House” is clearly
described there, along with photographs, links to much more information, and a “Donate”
button to click on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Checks are also fine.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I <span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1391035176922_5251">urge</span> you to make
a contribution today. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your individual response is critical, if we care about
preserving this landmark.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After contributing, please <i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1391035176922_5245">forward this appeal</i> via <i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1391035176922_5243">email
and social media</i> to everyone you know <i>worldwide</i>
who would be concerned about the loss of this mid-century architectural
treasure forever. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This Neutra house needs your vital support....Every $10 will help!</b></span></div>
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<br />kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-48943478611335991302013-03-15T14:37:00.004-07:002013-03-15T14:38:20.531-07:00<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>CONNNELL RESIDENCE : <span style="color: #990000;">THREATENED!</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;">We have changed the existence rating of
the Connell Residence from 'endangered' to 'threatened' in order to
match the rating used by DOCOMOMO-<span style="font-size: small;">US<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;">per</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #666666;"> their 2012 Annual Report (page 13). Read the report <span style="color: orange;"><b><a href="http://www.docomomo-us.org/news/docomomo_us_2012_annual_report" target="_blank">here</a></b></span>.</span></span></span><b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b></span>kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-90135015213606908352012-09-24T14:09:00.004-07:002012-10-04T10:53:09.726-07:00 in memory : George Brook-Kothlow (1934-2012)Heartbroken...<br />
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to hear of dear Monterey Bay Modernist mentor + friend<br />
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<b>George Brook-Kothlow</b> passed away on September 5, 2012.</div>
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Here is a <b><a href="http://www.richardolsen.org/blog/2012/09/19/in-memory-of-george-brook-kothlow-architect/" target="_blank">sweet memorial</a></b> by Richard Olsen, author of "Handmade Houses".<br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>mbm</b></span> will be highlighting his work...soon<br />
karen<br />
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<strong>A memorial gathering for George will be held on Sunday, October 21,</strong><br />
<strong> at Hidden Valley, in Carmel Valley, at 2pm. </strong><br />
<strong>All are welcome.</strong> kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-80800775808458865152012-03-29T08:32:00.013-07:002013-03-15T14:34:44.223-07:00NEUTRA, Richard (1892-1970)<b><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-R4FTtDF95Ig/T3SNQmOepCI/AAAAAAAAFTE/r-ZJqsyHtNE/s1600-h/richard-neutra-portrait%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="richard-neutra-portrait" border="0" height="240" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zvnv7bAfHv4/T3SNRBykHEI/AAAAAAAAFTM/yVVXvL-hmK8/richard-neutra-portrait_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="richard-neutra-portrait" width="178" /></a></b><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neutra" target="_blank"><b>Bio</b></a><br />
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<b>The quintessential California Modernist</b><br />
Richard Neutra and his search for modern architecture<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>"[...] the definitive volume on the Viennese-born architect." </i><i>- Los Angeles Times</i>, Los Angeles</span><br />
Originally from Vienna, <b>Richard Neutra</b> came to America early in his career, settling in California. <b>His influence on post-war architecture is undisputed</b>, the sunny climate and rich landscape being particularly suited to his cool, sleek modern style.<br />
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Neutra had a keen appreciation for the relationship between people and nature; his trademark plate glass walls and ceilings which turn into deep overhangs have the effect of connecting the indoors with the outdoors. His ability to incorporate technology, aesthetic, science, and nature into his designs brought him to the forefront of Modernist architecture. [source:<a href="http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/architecture/all/44807/facts.neutra_complete_works.htm" title="http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/architecture/all/44807/facts.neutra_complete_works.htm">http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/architecture/all/44807/facts.neutra_complete_works.htm</a>]<br />
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updated March 15, 2013<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>CONNNELL RESIDENCE : <span style="color: #990000;">THREATENED! </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;">We have changed the existence rating of the Connell Residence from 'endangered' to 'threatened' in order to match the rating used by DOCOMOMO-US </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;">per</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"> their <a href="http://www.docomomo-us.org/news/docomomo_us_2012_annual_report" target="_blank">2012 Annual Report </a>(page 13).</span></span></span><b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #ff8000; font-size: medium;">Our Petition remains ali<span style="font-size: medium;">ve...</span>SIGN IT now</span></b><span style="color: black;"> to inform the County of Monterey Planning that you believe demolition should be denied of this local mid-century modern architectural treasure.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Click <b><a href="http://montereybaymodernism.blogspot.com/p/causes.html" target="_blank">here</a></b> for background information. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #840000;">CURRENT STATUS: This 4,124 SF residence is slated for demolition pending approval by County of Monterey Planning to make room for 12,000 SF new home.</span></b><br />
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="55"><b>DATE</b></td> <td valign="top" width="159"><b>ORIGINAL OWNER</b></td> <td valign="top" width="132"><b>ADDRESS</b></td> <td valign="top" width="83"><b>CITY</b></td> <td valign="top" width="98"><b>STATUS</b></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="55">1957-58</td> <td valign="top" width="159">Arthur + Kathleen Connell </td> <td valign="top" width="132">1170 Signal Hill Road</td> <td valign="top" width="83">Pebble Beach</td> <td valign="top" width="98"><span style="color: #840000;"><b>ENDANGERED!</b></span></td></tr>
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<a name='more'></a><b>HISTORY </b>Commissioned by Arthur and Kathleen Connell in the late 1950s. It was completed in 1958. It was sold to another couple in 1985 before it was sold to the current owner in 2004.<br />
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<b>Current status photos</b> from Monterey County HRRB Public Hearing Record<br />
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<i><b>From Neutra – Complete Works by Barbara Lamprecht:</b></i><br />
<i>“The two-level Art Connell House exemplifies Neutra’s signature trademarks in its careful asymmetric composition of volumes and opposing opaque (stucco) and transparent (glass) planes. Roof planes of disparate sizes, adding visual interest, extend over those areas where protection from the sun is important. In its resolution of volumetric complexity, the house can be favorably compared with the 1957 Sorrells House, Shoshone, and the 1961 Villa Rang, Königstein, Germany.”</i><br />
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<b>ORIGINAL FLOOR PLAN </b><br />
below grade floor plan<br />
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<b>PUBLICATIONS FEATURING THIS PROJECT</b><br />
One of the earliest publications featuring the Connell Residence was in “Richard Neutra: WORLD AND DWELLING” (1962) which was one a comprehensive monogram of his work at the time and while Neutra was still alive .<br />
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<tr> <td valign="top" width="40"><b>DATE</b></td> <td valign="top" width="167"><b>ORIGINAL OWNER</b></td> <td valign="top" width="135"><b>ADDRESS</b></td> <td valign="top" width="76"><b>CITY</b></td> <td valign="top" width="109"><b>STATUS</b></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="40">1940</td> <td valign="top" width="167">Bill and Alice Davey</td> <td valign="top" width="135">520 Loma Alta Road</td> <td valign="top" width="76">Carmel</td> <td valign="top" width="109"><span style="color: #840000;">ALTERED BEYOND ORIGINAL</span></td></tr>
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<b>HISTORY</b> Commissioned in 1939. The Daveys separated shortly after completion. Featured on the cover of Architectural Record, November 1942 – SEE BELOW. The house was destroyed by 1960's owners and replaced.<br />
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<i><b>From Neutra – Complete Works by Barbara Lamprecht:</b></i><br />
<i>“Some houses act as pointers to the future: in the two-storey Kraigher House, the Davey House and the Berger House, the sides of the volumes begin to read as independent planes, with roof parapets of different heights to not only hide pitched roofs but to emphasize their independence from each other, as he had done at the Lovell House so emphatically. </i><br />
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<i>What is exceptional about the Davey House is how Neutra integrates his "Southern California" strategies of the 1930s, with strong, simple volumes, with the materials, textures, and colors of the Bay and Carmel areas, with the warm tones of a dark earthy red used for metal trim, fascia, etc. with oiled vertical redwood trim.”</i><br />
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<b>ORIGINAL FLOOR PLAN</b><br />
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<b>PUBLICATIONS FEATURING THIS PROJECT</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #ff8000;">RECOMMENDED MONOGRAMS </span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/architecture/all/44807/facts.neutra_complete_works.htm" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.taschen.com/media/images/640/cover_fp_25_neutra_1103231512_id_332354.jpg" border="0" height="185" src="http://www.taschen.com/media/images/640/cover_fp_25_neutra_1103231512_id_332354.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px;" width="240" /></a><br />
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Neutra. Complete Works By Barbara Lamprecht, Peter Gössel</h3>
<b><span style="color: #ff8000;">RECOMMENDED LINKS</span></b><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.neutra.org/" target="_blank">Richard and Dion Neutra Architecture</a><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.neutra-vdl.org/site/default.asp" target="_blank">Neutra VDL</a><br />
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<li><a href="http://barbaralamprecht.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Lamprecht</a></li>
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<b style="color: orange;">monterey bay modernism</b> wishes to thank Barbara Lamprecht for providing us with relevant information and graphics for the two local works of Richard Neutra. <br />
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kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-67346523515487254312012-03-27T15:51:00.005-07:002012-03-30T14:26:12.664-07:00DATABASE: Coming soon!There are many examples of modern architecture in our area.<br />
<div style="color: black;"><b>Here is a partial list of modern architects to be transcribed to our database:</b></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">ANSHEN & ALLEN</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">BARNES, Edawrd Larrabee</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">BARRETT, Richard</span><span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">BROOK-KOTHLOW, George</span><span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">BURDE, Walter</span><span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">DAHLSTRAND, Olaf</span><span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">DAILEY, Gardner</span><span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">DRAKE, Gordon</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">ESHERICK, HOMSEY, DODGE & DAVIS</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">GREENE, Charles</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">HILL, Albert Henry</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">HALL, Goodhue, HB</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">KOENIG, Pierre</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">KONIGSHOFER, Jon</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">LOMAX, Jerrold E</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">MAIDEN, Rowan</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">MAYBECK, Bernard</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">MEUNNIG, Mickey</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">MILLS, Mark </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">MOORE, Charles</span><br />
<b><a href="http://montereybaymodernism.blogspot.com/2012/03/neutra-richard.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">NEUTRA, Richard</span></a></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">SEDLETSKY, Marcel</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">SHAW, Will</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">STANTON, Robert</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">STEWART, Kipp</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">STONE, Edward Durrell</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">WARNECKE, John Cart</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">WURSTER, William</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">...and many more - including recent modern projects on the peninsula!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Swis721 Th BT","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span>kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-38970256799867761822012-03-23T13:33:00.000-07:002012-03-23T13:33:56.808-07:00NEWS: GETTING THE WORD OUT... SAVE the Connell House (1958)<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Download </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">our petition and distribute. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">note: prints<b> </b>two handouts per page / cut in half / distribute! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: orange;">thank you for your support.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-71628122284261136422012-03-09T11:17:00.005-08:002012-03-17T13:17:24.230-07:00NEWS: Connell House (1958) : Richard Neutra<div style="color: #cc0000; text-align: left;"><b>LATEST : 03.09.2012</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4A-vDvDda4gSa5A-zA0u_JoSWXapjAKXDyDsZnRpASpPfmogTYhPbHgUM5ota7pQq22FA34Azjdwe9ChclRceb3DQHmPXpsei1QR7SFg8PWi15xRpVtT4rHGNgl1Uzqsb4NSOclLC6M/s1600/carmel+pine+cone+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4A-vDvDda4gSa5A-zA0u_JoSWXapjAKXDyDsZnRpASpPfmogTYhPbHgUM5ota7pQq22FA34Azjdwe9ChclRceb3DQHmPXpsei1QR7SFg8PWi15xRpVtT4rHGNgl1Uzqsb4NSOclLC6M/s400/carmel+pine+cone+logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Preservationists want P.B. ‘mid-century treasure’ saved</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By KELLY NIX : Carmel Pine Cone</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>full newspaper link: </b>http://www.pineconearchive2.com/120309PCA.pdf</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">A </span>HOUSE in Pebble Beach designed by one of the world’s most influential modern architects is at the center of an effort to prevent it from being demolished.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Known as the Connell House, the 4,124-square-foot home at 1170 Signal Hill Road in Pebble Beach is the creation of celebrated architect Richard Neutra.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">The owner of the 1958 house — software CEO Massy Mehdipour — has asked the county planning department for permission to raze the building and construct a 11,933- square-foot, three-story home in its place.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But Mehdipour’s plans are being fought by a group of people who contend the home shouldn’t be demolished.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Among them are Neutra’s sons, Raymond and Dion Neutra, who argue the house is an important example of modernist architecture and exemplifies their father’s approach to design.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“It would be a great tragedy if the only authentic example of a house designed by Richard Neutra standing in Monterey County were to be demolished,” according to Dion Neutra, who is also an architect. In a Jan. 23 letter to Monterey County planner Delinda Robinson, Raymond Neutra called the home “a pure example of the Southern California School of architecture in this Northern California community.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRomanPS-Bold","serif";">Group supports preservation</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">The drive to preserve the house has also drawn interest from local architects, designers and historians, including</div><div class="MsoNormal">Monterey Bay Modernism, a group that launched a petition campaign to deny the proposed demolition of the home.</div><div class="MsoNormal">More than 300 people have signed it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Associate architect and MBM spokeswoman Karen Lesney said the group believes there is enough space on the site to build the new home while retaining the Neutra house. The home sits on more than two acres.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“We aren’t saying, ‘Don’t build anything,’” Lesney told The Pine Cone. “But at least be respectful of what you have there.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sand City-based modernist architect Jerry Lomax, 84, who himself has been called “a master of mid-century architecture,” told The Pine Cone the Neutra house needs renovating but that it should “certainly should be preserved.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I’ve been getting people to sign [the petition] and have been getting more support to keep it,” said Lomax, who</div><div class="MsoNormal">designed the West End Mixed Use building in Sand City, “because it is now the only Neutra house on Central Coast.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The house is named after Arthur and Kathleen Connell, who commissioned Neutra to design it. Neutra’s legacy was immortalized long before his death in 1970 when he was featured on the cover of the Aug. 15, 1949, edition of Time Magazine.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">After the Connells owned the home, it was sold to another couple in 1985 before Mehdipour purchased it in 2004.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mehdipour, the founder of Menlo Park company Skire, did not return a phone message left by The Pine Cone Wednesday, and neither did her attorney.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRomanPS-Bold","serif";">Is it historic?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Complicating matters are disparate opinions from two historic property experts — both hired by Mehdipour.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The first consultant, Santa Cruz-based Anthony Kirk, who performed an analysis in July 2011 for the California Department of Parks and Recreation, said the house appears to be historic according to criteria outlined in the state’s Register of Historical Resources.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Kirk concluded in his July 2011 report given to the county planning department, that it is “significant as an important and relatively early example of modern architecture in Pebble Beach by a leading American architect.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">After Kirk’s findings, the owner hired another consultant, who found there were flaws in Kirk’s analysis and determined the home is not historically important.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Supporting Kirk, however, is a conclusion by the Monterey County Historic Resources Review Board, which</div><div class="MsoNormal">in August 2011 concurred with Kirk and said an environmental impact report should be required before demolition of the home is considered.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“The consensus of the board is that the Connell House is historically significant for modernism on the Monterey</div><div class="MsoNormal">Peninsula and should not be demolished,” HRRB member and architect John Scourkes told The Pine Cone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtaLlIbjxJuhgURuZ_KXEq_DyEQXKJCmqipbA5-ypL-7UBIEDUuBDRdIIThsr7OqZ-4cZnRHYUvb_SG4qxhBnRt-ViQpdVst7pRDuu6-Dk9NrEgsPdcRVs9zDiqk_EinanEhPoeXkRGM/s1600/carmel+pine+cone_nuetra+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtaLlIbjxJuhgURuZ_KXEq_DyEQXKJCmqipbA5-ypL-7UBIEDUuBDRdIIThsr7OqZ-4cZnRHYUvb_SG4qxhBnRt-ViQpdVst7pRDuu6-Dk9NrEgsPdcRVs9zDiqk_EinanEhPoeXkRGM/s400/carmel+pine+cone_nuetra+pic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRomanPS-Bold","serif";">Neutra expert agrees</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Architectural historian and author Barbara Lamprecht, who wrote “Richard Neutra – Complete Works” and “Neutra</div><div class="MsoNormal">– Selected Projects,” and who is completing a Ph.D on Neutra’s work at the University of Liverpool, said she believes the house would be considered a historic resource under the California Environmental Quality Act.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“As one of the first-generation modern architects who influenced Bay Area Modernism,” Lamprecht wrote in a Feb.</div><div class="MsoNormal">1 letter to the county planning department, “Pebble Beach is fortunate in boasting an accomplished work by master architect Richard Neutra.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The two-level Art Connell House, according to Lamprecht, “exemplifies Neutra’s signature trademarks in its careful asymmetric composition of volumes and opposing opaque (stucco) and transparent (glass) planes. Roof planes of disparate sizes, adding visual interest, extend over those areas where protection from the sun is important.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRomanPS-Bold","serif";">Application snags</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Monterey County planning services manager Laura Lawrence said since December 2010, the owner has submitted several applications to the county for demolition of the house, but planners have deemed them incomplete. If and when planners receive a complete application, the county could require a costly environmental review before any work is done on the property.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“If we do not think that the evidence is clear one way or the other” whether the house is historically significant, Lawrence said, “then, yes, we would require an EIR.” Pacific Grove resident Sally Aberg, who has an interest in local historic architecture, said the house should be preserved to or sold to “someone who would cherish” it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“To demolish such treasures is neither progress nor admirable change — just short-sightedness,” she said. “The dramatic view would remain, but a treasure would be lost forever.” Neutra, who was born in Vienna in 1892 before moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1920s, was highly influential on postwar modern architecture, designing dozens of houses and other buildings in California and other states.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Similar efforts to preserve Neutra’s works and other mid-20th century buildings have been waged in other parts of the state and country, including Beverly Hills and Los Altos.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div></div><b style="color: orange;">previous news 03.06.2012</b><br />
nice...to hear that the local newspaper CARMEL PINE CONE is doing a piece on the Connell Residence by mid-century master Richard Neutra.kelesneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16114063508514472149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2916073601362390351.post-27529705253656649542012-01-31T23:10:00.000-08:002012-02-01T14:08:08.495-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>welcome to our new public presence.</b></div>
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we were once merely a group of architects, designers and local historians with a personal interest in modern preservation through documentation.</div>
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today, we have chosen to take our private charge public in an effort to enlighten and educate the public about the local monterey bay examples of 20th century modern architecture we possess.<b></b><br />
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our goal is to provide community awareness of existing and possible threatened examples of our modern architectural heritage no matter how private the property or public. it is our hope as we educate and enlighten you about all the 20th century examples of modern architecture in the monterey bay that you will also support our cause for preserving our architectural legacy for future generations.</div>
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we are the custodians of our local architectural modern past...and at times advocates for true preservation.</div>
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it is our hope that you will find within our databases the many wonderful contributions that dot our local landscape. thus, should a cause come to our attention that deems we take action then we hope that your voice will be with us.</div>
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sincerely,</div>
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mbm </div>
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