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Baily House - Case Study House No. 20A
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Baily House, 1949
Richard J Neutra (with later additions by Neutra)
219 Chautaugua Blvd
Esther McCoy has noted the similarity of this house to Neutra's Nesbitt House of 1942, where e "made a virtue of redwood -- even brick." The property is partly enclosed by a serpentine brick wall Case Study House.
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Case Study Houses
The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by John Entenza's (later David Travers') Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers.
The program ran intermittently from 1945 until 1966. The first six houses were built by 1948 and attracted more than 350,000 visitors. While not all 36 designs were built, most of those that were constructed were built in Los Angeles; a few are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one was built in Phoenix, Arizona. A number of them appeared in the magazine in iconic black and white photographs by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_study_houses
One of the creepiest places I've ever been to in Los Angeles -- the abandoned Nazi compound in Pacific Palisades, adjacent to Will Rogers State Historic Park.
This was the first thing we spotted from the trail -- one of the water towers. I didn't trust the ladder and climb down into it -- but I was able to stick my camera into a little opening where it was pitch black, balance it on a rock, and use the remote to take a long exposure to see what was inside.
It took me a couple of tries to get the framing and exposure right, but it was literally pretty eye-opening to see what was in there.
Urb Ex indeed.
The story of the place is fascinating and creepy in its own right.
Here's a link to google where you can find plenty of articles on it.
This is one of the creepiest places, in one of the most beautiful settings I've ever been to in the eighteen years I've lived in Los Angeles.
This is the ruins of a barn, which is part of a 55-acre compound built by a group of Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s, with the intention of one day becoming the Los Angeles headquarters of one Adolph Hitler. No joke.
I first read about it about two weeks ago, on the London Daily Mail website of all places, and its a fascinating story.
Will Rogers originally owned the land, most of which later became Will Rogers State Park, but sold this chunk to a mining heiress named Jessie Murphy, in 1933. She, in turn, became friendly with a guy known to her as Herr Schmidt, who persuaded her to spend $4 million (equivalent to $66 million in today's economy) and turned the place into a Nazi fortress, complete with its own diesel generating station, and 335,000 gallon water tank.
The FBI raided the place on December 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, which ended the sick dream of the people who built it.
In the 60s and 70s, it became an artists colony and one time home to novelist Henry Miller, author of the 1934 book, "Tropic of Cancer", which was banned in the US upon publication on the grounds of obscenity.
Here's a link for more information:
naturalplane.blogspot.com/2012/03/adolf-hitlers-los-angel...
Fascinating and disturbing Los Angeles history:
The Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America. Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S. it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti. The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain, including the power house, an all-concrete building that once contained the diesel generators. All entryways have been sealed.
High on the Palisades on a sunny March day, looking south along the coast of the Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica and its neighbor communities follow each other along the bay.
Pacific Palisades, city of Los Angeles, California
Gibbons House "Dolores Del Rio" 1929
Douglas Honnold and Cedric Gibbbons
757 Kingman Ave
An early and impressive example of te Modern, somewhat formal and monumental (Art Deco) towards the street, but almost pure doctrinaire Interational Style Modern i te two-story facade, which overlooks Santa Monica Canyon.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 5
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Austin Cedric Gibbons
Gibbons was born in Dublin, Ireland and studied at the Art Students League of New York and worked for his architect father. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer at MGM from 1924 to 1956—a 32-year career.
In 1930, he married actress Dolores del Rio and co-designed their house in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. They divorced in 1941, the year he married actress Hazel Brooks (b. Cape Town, South Africa, 1925–d. Los Angeles, 2002) with whom he remained for the rest of his life.
Cedric Gibbons fostered MGM's incorrect publicity claim that he was born in Dublin, Ireland and provided his birth year as 1893. Also, in responding to letters from those seeking employment as designers at MGM, he instructed his secretary Herta Verkuitz to respond by claiming that a degree in "architectural engineering" was required, thus, suggesting that he himself had such a degree and evidently aspiring to his father's profession. The letters further claimed that Gibbons was "the first to bring modern architecture to the screen" (a memo dated 23 March 1935, Special Collections, American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, MGM Art Department/Publicity, folder 44).
Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and oversaw the design of the Academy Awards Oscar statuette in 1929, a trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11—second only to Walt Disney, who won 26.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_Gibbons
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Dolores Del Rio
Dolores del Río (August 3, 1905 – April 11, 1983) was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood, becoming an important actress in Mexican films later in her life. She was generally thought to be one of the most beautiful actresses of her generation. Dolores del Río was the first Latin American movie star with international appeal, and she made an extraordinary career in 1920s and 1930s Hollywood.
Was considered the female version of Rudolph Valentino in her silent films ages. With the arrival of the talkies she was considered one of the principal Art-Decó symbols of beauty.
In the early 40's she began a polemic romance with Orson Welles and that was the key reason why she decided to return to Mexico.
Dolores was the principal star of Mexican films from the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was one of the the greatest examples of Latin American cinema, with a huge industry comparable to the Hollywood of those years. She was frequently referred as the "Princess of México".
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_del_R%c3%ado
Pumphrey House, 1939
Harwell H Harris
615 Kingman Ave
The horrizontal, wood-batered house is quite Wrightian and very dificult to see behind fences and foliage.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 4.
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Harwell Hamilton Harris
Harwell Hamilton Harris (1903 - November 18, 1990) was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences.[1]
He began his studies at Pomona College but left after a year to study sculpture at the Otis Art Institute, now Otis College of Art and Design. In 1928, he began apprenticing under architect Richard Neutra with whom he was associated until 1932. (Fellow apprentices included Gregory Ain and Raphael Soriano.)
Adopting Neutra's modernist sensibility, Harris merged the vernacular of California with a sensitivity to site and materials characteristic of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. In his residential work of the 1930s and 1940s, primarily in California, Harris created a tension and a continuum between exterior and interior with continuous rooflines. Learning from Frank Lloyd Wright, he designed interior spaces that are often based on the cruciform plan. His work is characterized by a careful use of materials and clean, fluid spaces.
From 1952 until 1955, Harris served as the Dean for the School of Architecture of the University of Texas. The group of modernist architects he attracted to the faculty there came to be known as The Texas Rangers. In 1955, he left the university and established a private practice in Dallas, which he maintained until 1962 when he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where he re-established his practice and began teaching at North Carolina State University. He retired from teaching in 1973 but continued to practice architecture from his home studio in Raleigh until shortly before his death there on November 18, 1990.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_Harris
Gibbons House "Dolores Del Rio" 1929
Douglas Honnold and Cedric Gibbbons
757 Kingman Ave
An early and impressive example of te Modern, somewhat formal and monumental (Art Deco) towards the street, but almost pure doctrinaire Interational Style Modern i te two-story facade, which overlooks Santa Monica Canyon.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 5
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Austin Cedric Gibbons
Gibbons was born in Dublin, Ireland and studied at the Art Students League of New York and worked for his architect father. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer at MGM from 1924 to 1956—a 32-year career.
In 1930, he married actress Dolores del Rio and co-designed their house in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. They divorced in 1941, the year he married actress Hazel Brooks (b. Cape Town, South Africa, 1925–d. Los Angeles, 2002) with whom he remained for the rest of his life.
Cedric Gibbons fostered MGM's incorrect publicity claim that he was born in Dublin, Ireland and provided his birth year as 1893. Also, in responding to letters from those seeking employment as designers at MGM, he instructed his secretary Herta Verkuitz to respond by claiming that a degree in "architectural engineering" was required, thus, suggesting that he himself had such a degree and evidently aspiring to his father's profession. The letters further claimed that Gibbons was "the first to bring modern architecture to the screen" (a memo dated 23 March 1935, Special Collections, American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, MGM Art Department/Publicity, folder 44).
Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and oversaw the design of the Academy Awards Oscar statuette in 1929, a trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11—second only to Walt Disney, who won 26.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_Gibbons
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Dolores Del Rio
Dolores del Río (August 3, 1905 – April 11, 1983) was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood, becoming an important actress in Mexican films later in her life. She was generally thought to be one of the most beautiful actresses of her generation. Dolores del Río was the first Latin American movie star with international appeal, and she made an extraordinary career in 1920s and 1930s Hollywood.
Was considered the female version of Rudolph Valentino in her silent films ages. With the arrival of the talkies she was considered one of the principal Art-Decó symbols of beauty.
In the early 40's she began a polemic romance with Orson Welles and that was the key reason why she decided to return to Mexico.
Dolores was the principal star of Mexican films from the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was one of the the greatest examples of Latin American cinema, with a huge industry comparable to the Hollywood of those years. She was frequently referred as the "Princess of México".
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_del_R%c3%ado
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Inside the ruins of a Nazi compound in Rustic Canyon, CA
Nikon 1 V1
Nikkor 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 VR
West House - Case Study House No. 18A, 1948
Rodney A Walker
199 Chautaugua Blvd
A romantically sited, single-floor, five-room house sheathed in straited plywood. This was one of the early Case Study House Projects.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No 23.
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The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by John Entenza's (later David Travers') Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers.
The program ran intermittently from 1945 until 1966. The first six houses were built by 1948 and attracted more than 350,000 visitors. While not all 36 designs were built, most of those that were constructed were built in Los Angeles; a few are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one was built in Phoenix, Arizona. A number of them appeared in the magazine in iconic black and white photographs by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_study_houses
Anderson House, 1922 (New house behind facade by Fin Kappe, 1995)
390 Vance Street
Anderson, whose first name seems to have disappeared, was supposed to have been a merchant who brought treasures from all over the world to this tiny house. Most of his travels seem, however, to have been in Mexico. This house, with its magnificent tile, art glass windows, and mosaic of Mexican dancers in front of a mission arcade is a real stunner.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 28.
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Lederer Residence, 1995
Fin Kappe (Kappe Studios)
390 Vance St
Before committing to the study of Architecture at Sci-Arc, Finn studied philosophy, astronomy, geology and fine art at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Santa Cruz. At the age of twenty-two, he returned to Los Angeles to build the Borghei-Cookston Residence designed by, Ray Kappe FAIA, (featured in Abitare, Architecture und Vohen and AMC). He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Sci-Arc in 1982 and a Masters of Architecture in 1986. Throughout this period of academic training, he alternately worked in offices and managed construction projects.
In 1986, Finn became a Partner of Kappe Architects Planners. Between 1986 and 1990, he was the lead designer on 9 residences and project architect on 5 others. As well, he participated in the master planning of the Harris Company's Malibu Housing, Clubhouse and Restaurant.
In 1991, he opened his own office - Kappe Studio, and continued with several more residences.
Finn has been the project manager for over 15 million dollars of construction. He continues to enjoy the process of making buildings real and his experiences in the field of construction have informed his designs in every way.
Mr. Kappe has taught at the USC School of Architecture, is a frequent critic at Sci-Arc and has lectured at UCLA. His work has been published in GA Houses, Abitare, Architecture und Vohen, AMC, LA Times Magazine and Architecture. Awards include the LABC Award for new SFD and finalist for remodeled SFD. Exhibits include LA On the Move, 100:100, and New Blood 101.
Volume 5: www.volume5.com/html/finn_kappe_architect.html
Kappe Studios: www.kappestudio.com/projects/pacific_palisades/index.php?...
West House - Case Study House No. 18A, 1948
Rodney A Walker
199 Chautaugua Blvd
A romantically sited, single-floor, five-room house sheathed in straited plywood. This was one of the early Case Study House Projects.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No 23.
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The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by John Entenza's (later David Travers') Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers.
The program ran intermittently from 1945 until 1966. The first six houses were built by 1948 and attracted more than 350,000 visitors. While not all 36 designs were built, most of those that were constructed were built in Los Angeles; a few are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one was built in Phoenix, Arizona. A number of them appeared in the magazine in iconic black and white photographs by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_study_houses
Pumphrey House, 1939
Harwell H Harris
615 Kingman Ave
The horrizontal, wood-batered house is quite Wrightian and very dificult to see behind fences and foliage.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 4.
__________
Harwell Hamilton Harris
Harwell Hamilton Harris (1903 - November 18, 1990) was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences.[1]
He began his studies at Pomona College but left after a year to study sculpture at the Otis Art Institute, now Otis College of Art and Design. In 1928, he began apprenticing under architect Richard Neutra with whom he was associated until 1932. (Fellow apprentices included Gregory Ain and Raphael Soriano.)
Adopting Neutra's modernist sensibility, Harris merged the vernacular of California with a sensitivity to site and materials characteristic of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. In his residential work of the 1930s and 1940s, primarily in California, Harris created a tension and a continuum between exterior and interior with continuous rooflines. Learning from Frank Lloyd Wright, he designed interior spaces that are often based on the cruciform plan. His work is characterized by a careful use of materials and clean, fluid spaces.
From 1952 until 1955, Harris served as the Dean for the School of Architecture of the University of Texas. The group of modernist architects he attracted to the faculty there came to be known as The Texas Rangers. In 1955, he left the university and established a private practice in Dallas, which he maintained until 1962 when he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where he re-established his practice and began teaching at North Carolina State University. He retired from teaching in 1973 but continued to practice architecture from his home studio in Raleigh until shortly before his death there on November 18, 1990.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_Harris
Grilled ‘Brown Turkey’ Figs
Homemade ricotta, Kenter Canyon ‘dent’ corn polenta
croutons, basil. ($15)
Rustic Canyon
Santa Monica, California
(September 21, 2014)
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Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
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Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
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Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Burns House, 1974
Charles W Moore
230 Amalfi Dr
The Los Angeles [modern] version of the Spanish Colonial Revival [revival] of the 1920's. The pink stucco dwelling boasts an array of shed roofs and skylights, along wih the basic necessities of Hispanic Los Angles -- a walled and tiled entrance court and a swimming pool. Wthin, an organ dominates the two-story living room.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 21
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Charles Willard Moore
Moore graduated from the University of Michigan in 1947 and earned both a Master's and a Ph.D at Princeton University in 1957, where he remained for an additional year as a post-doctoral fellow. During this fellowship, Moore served as a teaching assistant for Louis Kahn, the Philadelphia architect who taught a design studio. It was also at Princeton that Moore developed relationships with fellow students Donlyn Lyndon, William Turnbull, Jr., Richard Peters, and Hugh Hardy, who would remain lifelong friends and collaborators. During the Princeton years, Moore designed and built a house for his mother in Pebble Beach, California, and worked during the summers for architect Wallave Holm of neighboring Monterey. Moore's Master's Thesis explored ways to preserve and integrate Monterey's historic adobe dwellings into the fabric of the city. His Doctoral dissertation, "Water and Architecture", was a survey of the presence of water in shaping the experience of place; many decades later, the dissertation became the basis of a book with the same title.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Willard_Moore
Baily House - Case Study House No. 20B
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Baily House, 1949
Richard J Neutra (with later additions by Neutra)
219 Chautaugua Blvd
Esther McCoy has noted the similarity of this house to Neutra's Nesbitt House of 1942, where e "made a virtue of redwood -- even brick." The property is partly enclosed by a serpentine brick wall Case Study House.
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Case Study Houses
The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by John Entenza's (later David Travers') Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers.
The program ran intermittently from 1945 until 1966. The first six houses were built by 1948 and attracted more than 350,000 visitors. While not all 36 designs were built, most of those that were constructed were built in Los Angeles; a few are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one was built in Phoenix, Arizona. A number of them appeared in the magazine in iconic black and white photographs by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_study_houses
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
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Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
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Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Burns House, 1974
Charles W Moore
230 Amalfi Dr
The Los Angeles [modern] version of the Spanish Colonial Revival [revival] of the 1920's. The pink stucco dwelling boasts an array of shed roofs and skylights, along wih the basic necessities of Hispanic Los Angles -- a walled and tiled entrance court and a swimming pool. Wthin, an organ dominates the two-story living room.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 21
__________
Charles Willard Moore
Moore graduated from the University of Michigan in 1947 and earned both a Master's and a Ph.D at Princeton University in 1957, where he remained for an additional year as a post-doctoral fellow. During this fellowship, Moore served as a teaching assistant for Louis Kahn, the Philadelphia architect who taught a design studio. It was also at Princeton that Moore developed relationships with fellow students Donlyn Lyndon, William Turnbull, Jr., Richard Peters, and Hugh Hardy, who would remain lifelong friends and collaborators. During the Princeton years, Moore designed and built a house for his mother in Pebble Beach, California, and worked during the summers for architect Wallave Holm of neighboring Monterey. Moore's Master's Thesis explored ways to preserve and integrate Monterey's historic adobe dwellings into the fabric of the city. His Doctoral dissertation, "Water and Architecture", was a survey of the presence of water in shaping the experience of place; many decades later, the dissertation became the basis of a book with the same title.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Willard_Moore
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
dave gave me a bunch of oranges from his tree - the zest was so fragrant that it inspired me to make this cake
Anderson House, 1922 (New house behind facade by Fin Kappe, 1995)
390 Vance Street
Anderson, whose first name seems to have disappeared, was supposed to have been a merchant who brought treasures from all over the world to this tiny house. Most of his travels seem, however, to have been in Mexico. This house, with its magnificent tile, art glass windows, and mosaic of Mexican dancers in front of a mission arcade is a real stunner.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 28.
__________
Lederer Residence, 1995
Fin Kappe (Kappe Studios)
390 Vance St
Before committing to the study of Architecture at Sci-Arc, Finn studied philosophy, astronomy, geology and fine art at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Santa Cruz. At the age of twenty-two, he returned to Los Angeles to build the Borghei-Cookston Residence designed by, Ray Kappe FAIA, (featured in Abitare, Architecture und Vohen and AMC). He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Sci-Arc in 1982 and a Masters of Architecture in 1986. Throughout this period of academic training, he alternately worked in offices and managed construction projects.
In 1986, Finn became a Partner of Kappe Architects Planners. Between 1986 and 1990, he was the lead designer on 9 residences and project architect on 5 others. As well, he participated in the master planning of the Harris Company's Malibu Housing, Clubhouse and Restaurant.
In 1991, he opened his own office - Kappe Studio, and continued with several more residences.
Finn has been the project manager for over 15 million dollars of construction. He continues to enjoy the process of making buildings real and his experiences in the field of construction have informed his designs in every way.
Mr. Kappe has taught at the USC School of Architecture, is a frequent critic at Sci-Arc and has lectured at UCLA. His work has been published in GA Houses, Abitare, Architecture und Vohen, AMC, LA Times Magazine and Architecture. Awards include the LABC Award for new SFD and finalist for remodeled SFD. Exhibits include LA On the Move, 100:100, and New Blood 101.
Volume 5: www.volume5.com/html/finn_kappe_architect.html
Kappe Studios: www.kappestudio.com/projects/pacific_palisades/index.php?...
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Burns House, 1974
Charles W Moore
230 Amalfi Dr
The Los Angeles [modern] version of the Spanish Colonial Revival [revival] of the 1920's. The pink stucco dwelling boasts an array of shed roofs and skylights, along wih the basic necessities of Hispanic Los Angles -- a walled and tiled entrance court and a swimming pool. Wthin, an organ dominates the two-story living room.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 21
__________
Charles Willard Moore
Moore graduated from the University of Michigan in 1947 and earned both a Master's and a Ph.D at Princeton University in 1957, where he remained for an additional year as a post-doctoral fellow. During this fellowship, Moore served as a teaching assistant for Louis Kahn, the Philadelphia architect who taught a design studio. It was also at Princeton that Moore developed relationships with fellow students Donlyn Lyndon, William Turnbull, Jr., Richard Peters, and Hugh Hardy, who would remain lifelong friends and collaborators. During the Princeton years, Moore designed and built a house for his mother in Pebble Beach, California, and worked during the summers for architect Wallave Holm of neighboring Monterey. Moore's Master's Thesis explored ways to preserve and integrate Monterey's historic adobe dwellings into the fabric of the city. His Doctoral dissertation, "Water and Architecture", was a survey of the presence of water in shaping the experience of place; many decades later, the dissertation became the basis of a book with the same title.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Willard_Moore
"Tandoori" Carrots
Yogurt, vadouvan, ‘butternut’ squash. ($9)
Rustic Canyon
Santa Monica, California
(September 21, 2014)
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Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Anderson House, 1922 (New house behind facade by Fin Kappe, 1995)
390 Vance Street
Anderson, whose first name seems to have disappeared, was supposed to have been a merchant who brought treasures from all over the world to this tiny house. Most of his travels seem, however, to have been in Mexico. This house, with its magnificent tile, art glass windows, and mosaic of Mexican dancers in front of a mission arcade is a real stunner.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 28.
__________
Lederer Residence, 1995
Fin Kappe (Kappe Studios)
390 Vance St
Before committing to the study of Architecture at Sci-Arc, Finn studied philosophy, astronomy, geology and fine art at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Santa Cruz. At the age of twenty-two, he returned to Los Angeles to build the Borghei-Cookston Residence designed by, Ray Kappe FAIA, (featured in Abitare, Architecture und Vohen and AMC). He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Sci-Arc in 1982 and a Masters of Architecture in 1986. Throughout this period of academic training, he alternately worked in offices and managed construction projects.
In 1986, Finn became a Partner of Kappe Architects Planners. Between 1986 and 1990, he was the lead designer on 9 residences and project architect on 5 others. As well, he participated in the master planning of the Harris Company's Malibu Housing, Clubhouse and Restaurant.
In 1991, he opened his own office - Kappe Studio, and continued with several more residences.
Finn has been the project manager for over 15 million dollars of construction. He continues to enjoy the process of making buildings real and his experiences in the field of construction have informed his designs in every way.
Mr. Kappe has taught at the USC School of Architecture, is a frequent critic at Sci-Arc and has lectured at UCLA. His work has been published in GA Houses, Abitare, Architecture und Vohen, AMC, LA Times Magazine and Architecture. Awards include the LABC Award for new SFD and finalist for remodeled SFD. Exhibits include LA On the Move, 100:100, and New Blood 101.
Volume 5: www.volume5.com/html/finn_kappe_architect.html
Kappe Studios: www.kappestudio.com/projects/pacific_palisades/index.php?...
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Anderson House, 1922 (New house behind facade by Fin Kappe, 1995)
390 Vance Street
Anderson, whose first name seems to have disappeared, was supposed to have been a merchant who brought treasures from all over the world to this tiny house. Most of his travels seem, however, to have been in Mexico. This house, with its magnificent tile, art glass windows, and mosaic of Mexican dancers in front of a mission arcade is a real stunner.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 28.
__________
Lederer Residence, 1995
Fin Kappe (Kappe Studios)
390 Vance St
Before committing to the study of Architecture at Sci-Arc, Finn studied philosophy, astronomy, geology and fine art at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Santa Cruz. At the age of twenty-two, he returned to Los Angeles to build the Borghei-Cookston Residence designed by, Ray Kappe FAIA, (featured in Abitare, Architecture und Vohen and AMC). He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Sci-Arc in 1982 and a Masters of Architecture in 1986. Throughout this period of academic training, he alternately worked in offices and managed construction projects.
In 1986, Finn became a Partner of Kappe Architects Planners. Between 1986 and 1990, he was the lead designer on 9 residences and project architect on 5 others. As well, he participated in the master planning of the Harris Company's Malibu Housing, Clubhouse and Restaurant.
In 1991, he opened his own office - Kappe Studio, and continued with several more residences.
Finn has been the project manager for over 15 million dollars of construction. He continues to enjoy the process of making buildings real and his experiences in the field of construction have informed his designs in every way.
Mr. Kappe has taught at the USC School of Architecture, is a frequent critic at Sci-Arc and has lectured at UCLA. His work has been published in GA Houses, Abitare, Architecture und Vohen, AMC, LA Times Magazine and Architecture. Awards include the LABC Award for new SFD and finalist for remodeled SFD. Exhibits include LA On the Move, 100:100, and New Blood 101.
Volume 5: www.volume5.com/html/finn_kappe_architect.html
Kappe Studios: www.kappestudio.com/projects/pacific_palisades/index.php?...
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Anderson House, 1922 (New house behind facade by Fin Kappe, 1995)
390 Vance Street
Anderson, whose first name seems to have disappeared, was supposed to have been a merchant who brought treasures from all over the world to this tiny house. Most of his travels seem, however, to have been in Mexico. This house, with its magnificent tile, art glass windows, and mosaic of Mexican dancers in front of a mission arcade is a real stunner.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 28.
__________
Lederer Residence, 1995
Fin Kappe (Kappe Studios)
390 Vance St
Before committing to the study of Architecture at Sci-Arc, Finn studied philosophy, astronomy, geology and fine art at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Santa Cruz. At the age of twenty-two, he returned to Los Angeles to build the Borghei-Cookston Residence designed by, Ray Kappe FAIA, (featured in Abitare, Architecture und Vohen and AMC). He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Sci-Arc in 1982 and a Masters of Architecture in 1986. Throughout this period of academic training, he alternately worked in offices and managed construction projects.
In 1986, Finn became a Partner of Kappe Architects Planners. Between 1986 and 1990, he was the lead designer on 9 residences and project architect on 5 others. As well, he participated in the master planning of the Harris Company's Malibu Housing, Clubhouse and Restaurant.
In 1991, he opened his own office - Kappe Studio, and continued with several more residences.
Finn has been the project manager for over 15 million dollars of construction. He continues to enjoy the process of making buildings real and his experiences in the field of construction have informed his designs in every way.
Mr. Kappe has taught at the USC School of Architecture, is a frequent critic at Sci-Arc and has lectured at UCLA. His work has been published in GA Houses, Abitare, Architecture und Vohen, AMC, LA Times Magazine and Architecture. Awards include the LABC Award for new SFD and finalist for remodeled SFD. Exhibits include LA On the Move, 100:100, and New Blood 101.
Volume 5: www.volume5.com/html/finn_kappe_architect.html
Kappe Studios: www.kappestudio.com/projects/pacific_palisades/index.php?...
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
__________
Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
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Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
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Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Grilled Marin Sun Farms Beef Tongue
Citrus, kohlrabi mustard, ‘urfa’ chili, hazelnut. ($16)
Rustic Canyon
Santa Monica, California
(September 21, 2014)
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Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 663, Added August 10, 1999
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Uplifters Club, 1923
William J Dodd
Halderman Rd and Latimer Rd (601 Haldeman Rd)
The watered-down Spanish-Colonial Revival of the clubhouse is certainly not as interesting as the club itself. In the early teens the members of a splinter group of the Los Angeles Athletic Club devoted themselves to High Jinx, and in the early twenties under the leadership of Harry Marston Halderman, a local executive of the Crane Plumbig Company, and L. Frank Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz books, the club bought property on Latimer Road (named for one of its members) and set out a sort of retreat, not to be confused with the later settlement of high-minded Methodists on the highlands above. Architecturally this means the building of cottages (often log cabins) and later more elaborate houses. While not really important individually, as a group they compose a fascinating complex, a significant reflection of the change in taste occurrig in the late teens and early twenties.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.
__________
Rustic Canyon
During the early 20th century, the Uplifters, an offshoot of the prominent Los Angeles Athletic Club, established a social club and ranch in the canyon, and built many ranch and cabin style houses as second homes for weekend and annual retreats. The Uplifters later developed a relationship with Will Rogers, whose ranch and estate lay on the other side of Sunset, and built a polo field in the canyon. During the Prohibition era, the Uplifters were known as a high-class drinking club, of which many prominent local politicians and wealthy residents of the city were members. The relative isolation of the area provided an ideal retreat for the wealthy and powerful members of the club, who lived primarily in the upscale areas (of the time) near downtown and in Pasadena, to indulge their appetites without undue notice. To this day, a sign reading "Uplifters Ranch" hangs over Latimer Road near the site of the Uplifters former clubhouse. Following the Depression, the club began to sell off the homes and other holdings in the area, and finally disbanded in 1947. The clubhouse and ranch and their appointments, including a swimming pool, baseball diamond and tennis courts were donated to the city in the early 1950s and developed into the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and park. Perhaps following on the Uplifters' example, the neighborhood has long been known as a home for many of a bohemian leaning desiring privacy along with relative convenience.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon
Fascinating and disturbing Los Angeles history:
The Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America. Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S. it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti. The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain, including the power house, an all-concrete building that once contained the diesel generators. All entryways have been sealed.
Frog Hollow Pear Upside-Down Cake
Caramel, vanilla bean ice cream. ($11)
Rustic Canyon
Santa Monica, California
(September 21, 2014)
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