tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post1349144123724821952..comments2024-03-25T04:53:09.576-07:00Comments on Big Orange Landmarks: No. 169 - Residence of William Grant StillFloyd B. Bariscalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-61652253974392055212008-08-12T08:22:00.000-07:002008-08-12T08:22:00.000-07:00I don't recall Nathan's comment being up before I ...I don't recall Nathan's comment being up before I chimed in. Now I'm a super duper rube. So am I to understand that when someone purchases a home that falls under the Mills Act they're given funding for improvements? <BR/>Is concrete surrounds a facetious way of saying bulky? I'm going to look up Gill's Dodge House. A few years back I was informed by a women working the arts angle of Santa Fe Springs that they discovered a home on the property of Pioneer Park that was a previously unknown Gill. A kind of mish mash.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-91260501123463981682008-08-11T12:58:00.000-07:002008-08-11T12:58:00.000-07:00I'm a rube and I'm o.k. with that (I think since I...I'm a rube and I'm o.k. with that (I think since I'm not sure what a rube is).This house must have been recently acquired. I noticed in your flikr page that the instruments of home repair line the drive near the van. Outside of the vinyl window treatments, I think the house is looking spiffy in comparison to it's before picture.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-87076564400998167732008-08-10T16:52:00.000-07:002008-08-10T16:52:00.000-07:00Nathan, you've shamed for calling this a "big, gre...Nathan, you've shamed for calling this a "big, green box." My money's on the city not knowing of changes by an owner who opted to beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission. I promise to check the Still House file next time I'm at City Hall. In the meantime, I've got $65 for a certain Antonio Villaraigosa to get you on the Cultural Heritage Commission.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-28937069145623365282008-08-09T14:43:00.000-07:002008-08-09T14:43:00.000-07:00Architectural significance? For 1923 you could sa...Architectural significance? For 1923 you could say it’s fairly…modernistic. Modernistic and…Spanish? Ok, so Gill’s Dodge House with red barrel tile it ain’t. <BR/><BR/>And because my mother never taught me the old “if you can’t say something nice” chestnut…I’m kind of mesmerized by the things done to this house. Assuming that the vintage image was taken in 76 when the house was declared, how in heaven did the owners get away with removing the sidelights from the front door? Replacing the wooden double-hungs with aluminum sliders? Enclosing that side door, replacing it with a fan light? And those concrete surrounds around the windows? Are they intended to lend an…Egyptian element to the proceedings? The Still House: Spanish Colonial International-Modern Egyptoid since 1980. (At least the whole viridian green is reversible.)<BR/><BR/>I mean, the Mills Act was already State Law and then this, as a qualified historical property, was getting an economic incentive to NOT do this sort of thing. If anybody’s a rube here, could it have been the City?Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221725198973543096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-78255521310589675772008-08-08T14:37:00.000-07:002008-08-08T14:37:00.000-07:00Thanks, Donna. I feel less rubish. Give my best to...Thanks, Donna. I feel less rubish. Give my best to S.F.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-91068548927801075262008-08-08T14:28:00.000-07:002008-08-08T14:28:00.000-07:00Hey, you're not a rube. I knew who Wm. Grant Stil...Hey, you're not a rube. I knew who Wm. Grant Still was, but I had NO IDEA he wrote film scores! Duh, who's the rube now?<BR/><BR/>Thanks, as always, I'm in N.CA, but this is one of my favorite blogs.donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379626257416796163noreply@blogger.com