From the Archives: November 2008 Capital Preservation
Saving the heart and hearth of a Craftsman By Julie Kolb What if Craftsman homeowners took their own version of the physician’s Hippocratic Oath? Homeowner, do no harm. How many original elements would have been saved? How many wood windows might still open and close on San Diego breezes? How much vintage tile, old-growth redwood [...]
Landscape design awards
Summit Services Inc. honored for six projects Six of Summit Services Inc.’s landscape design projects have won awards at the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) annual Beautification Awards program held in the water conservation garden at Cuyamaca College in Rancho San Diego. The CLCA San Diego chapter presented 52 Beautification Awards in 26 categories, culled [...]
Pasadena Craftsman Weekend Highlights
Enjoy three days of tours and programs Here are some of the highlights of Pasadena Heritage’s 20th anniversary Craftsman Weekend that will take place in and around Pasadena Oct. 13-16. Tours of Craftsman-era houses, bus and walking tours, receptions at historic sites and the Craftsman Exposition Show and Sale will be offered over the three [...]
SOHO Bestows People in Preservation Awards
Sandor Shapery honored as Preservationist of the Year Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) celebrated its 29th annual People in Preservation Awards on May 23 to recognize the efforts of property owners and the work they do in preserving the historic resources of the region. The awards, fittingly, were presented during National Preservation Month and were [...]
Prominent aviators homes focus of Coronado Historic Home Tour
Six beautiful Coronado homes will be featured during the Coronado Historical Association’s 2011 Historic Home Tour on May 8, a showcase of homes that had been lived in by naval aviators during different time periods. The featured homes provide a 30-year snapshot of Coronado’s diverse architectural history, since all were constructed prior to World War [...]
May 2011 Calendar of Events
PASADENA HERITAGE PRESENTS MODERN WORKS, MAY 21 Pasadena Heritage will present Modern Works, a special guest lecture and architectural tour on May 21 in celebration of Preservation Month. The lecture will explore mid-century design of commercial buildings. Plans are to include work by Edward Durrell Stone and Smith and Williams. CORONADO MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND [...]
Home Tour celebrates Cliff May’s classic hacienda style
By Alana Coons Photos by Sandé Lollis Designer Cliff May’s earliest, hacienda-style homes from 1932 to1936 will be open together for the first time during Save Our Heritage Organisation’s annual Home Tour Weekend March 26 and 27. The day-long, self-guided home tour on March 27 will invite visitors inside five rustic, adobe-like homes with multiple [...]
Temecula Valley wine region invites your palate
It’s the future of wine in California By Mike Shess The Temecula Valley wine region now deserves your attention. Wrongfully written off as mediocre during its evolving years, Temecula currently boasts more than 30 quality vineyards that reach every palate. Situated an hour up the I-15 from San Diego, the topography, geography and climate of [...]
Sheryll Jackman’s Seaside Home a story of driving entrepreneurialism
By Bob Page After jumping through a multitude of bureaucratic hula hoops, Sheryll Jackman is nearing the opening of her fabulous new Seaside Home store in La Jolla. The permitting process is cumbersome at best, even when you hire a respected architect who is paid to know his way around the city’s obstacles. Unfortunately, that [...]
The Many Homes of Edward F. Bryans
The prolific builder established homes in a variety of styles By Katherine Hon It would be difficult to find a more versatile San Diego builder than Edward F. Bryans. From his arrival in San Diego in 1912 to his retirement in the early 1940s, he built structures in every style of the time, including Craftsman, [...]
