NEUTRA UPDATE: Mothball is a Must

photo courtesy of david royal - monterey herald

Pebble Beach:

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.

click here for full article:
http://www.montereyherald.com/government-and-politics/20150828/silicon-valley-ceo-still-battling-to-demolish-replace-historic-pebble-beach-home

Please consider shooting an email to Jim Johnson, thanking him for this story:  
jjohnson@montereyherald.com 

NEUTRA UPDATE: EIR Comments Needed

CONNELL HOUSE by Richard Nuetra - PUBLIC COMMENTS NEEDED

When Monday, February 23, at 6:00 pm

What   EIR Scoping Meeting

Where Pebble Beach Community Services District Office 'Conference Room', 

3101 Forest Lake Road, Pebble Beach 93953-2949
Why     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. 

‪#‎Neutra‬ ‪#‎Preservation‬ ‪#‎Historic‬ ‪#‎Modernism‬

NOTE the three initial potential impacts that have been identified:

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;
2. Impacts from development on the native sand dune environmentally sensitive habitat;
3. Impacts on views from "public viewing area" including along 17-Mile Drive.

rip: jerrold e lomax faia

mbm
is sad to announce the passing
of one of its founding committee members:

California modernist architect  
JERROLD E LOMAX FAIA

 
obituary

NEWS: Connell House (1958) : Richard Neutra

LATEST : 03.09.2012

Preservationists want P.B. ‘mid-century treasure’ saved
By KELLY NIX : Carmel Pine Cone
full newspaper link:  http://www.pineconearchive2.com/120309PCA.pdf

A 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.

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.