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PS / Frey / Williams / Schindler
Palm Springs City Hall by Albert Frey, 1952Source: Julius Shulman, 1952 via SFMOMAFormer Palm Springs Boxing Club (originally the DMV). This is listed as an unknown architect?How could this not be...
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Weekend / Stuff
Really high Coronet highball glass.I'm normally not a barware guy, but I am into Paul Rand. I have no idea what I'm going to do with this. David Cressey lampSoleri bell and a helmet. Contrary to...
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Borrego / Springs
The Hacienda del Sol, in Borrego Springs, CADick Zerbe was the architect who designed most of the hotel's buildings. It was initially built in 1947, but most of the cool stuff was added when the...
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Weekend / Stuff
The first junk outing for the year wasn't a great one. The holidays are usually bad for junking. Although, I did get something I've been after for years. More on that in a bit.By the way, I don't think...
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Hawk House / Obsession
I've been obsessing about getting a Hawk House ashtray for years. Life is now complete. I should probably start smoking now. Now I need that lounge chair, but what is it?More about Hawk House and Stan...
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Neutra Davis House / Bakersfield
This was my second trip to Bakersfield to see the 1937 Davis House by Richard Neutra. The first post is here.This difference this time is that I got inside! The owner, David Coffey, was nice enough to...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Ablin House / Bakersfield
The Ablin House in Bakersfield, CA by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1958-61Neurosurgeon Dr. George Ablin and his wife, Mildred (a registered Nurse), worked with Wright on the design of their house, but the...
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Bakersfield / More Modern
Sill Building by Charles FranklinHenry and Ernest JosephKump Jr., 1939 Clock and directory in the lobby. The Sillfamily still owns and manages the building. They take amazing care of it. One of the...
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High Life / VKG & Hawk House
Finally, a beer ad that speaks to me. Hawk House and Van Keppel-Green.
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Weekend / Stuff
Eames sea foam green chair (dated 11/19/57), Dapper Dan, Architecture/West, Rupert Deese and Malcolm Leland.Malcolm Leland door handle, from his former Potrero studio.California Design 11: Dressy...
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Architecture / San Diego
Yes, San Diego is sunny in the winter and has some nice beaches.There's also some great architecture, like the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (1964) by Lloyd RuoccoInstitute of...
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Balboa Park / Modern
I went to check on the missing Claire Falkenstein sculpture at The San Diego Museum of Art sculpture garden. It looks like Accelerated Point is almost back in place, and it's not bolted down. Believe...
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Tackett / Thursday
Kelco egg cup by Schmid KreglingerSchmid International was a division of SchmidKreglinger, Inc.,and it was one of the two main companies Tackett designed for. The other being Freeman Lederman. Kelco...
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Weekend / Stuff
Arcology: The City in the Image of Man by Paolo Soleri and Riki Watanabe: Innovating in Modern Living. The giant book is about miniaturization.Oh, that SoleriIron
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Ain / Mar Vista
On the surface, Gregory Ain's architecture is not exactly sexy, especially when compared to architects like Craig Ellwood or John Lautner. Ain was less interested in making visual architectural...
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Tackett / Thursday
Julius Shulman's house and studio by Raphael Soriano. Count the Tackett pieces. Photos of the house 50 years later can be seen here.Photo Julius Shulman via
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Fullerton / Civil Unrest
Hunt Foods Library (1962) in Fullerton, CA by William Pereira The building was a gift to the City of Fullerton from the Hunt Foods & Industries Foundation, which was headed by Norton Simon. The...
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