tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post8508555483354934929..comments2024-03-25T04:53:09.576-07:00Comments on Big Orange Landmarks: No. 167 - Strong ResidenceFloyd B. Bariscalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-18063944592651971862016-05-05T19:42:52.165-07:002016-05-05T19:42:52.165-07:00Beautiful house my mom and dad meet in that house ...Beautiful house my mom and dad meet in that house in 1982 they elope to Oakland CA she was 9years old when her family of 6 moved there into a studio she remembers alot all her neighbors she said that it had 18 maybe even more apartments/studios they were pretty small it had a laundry room in the back her family didn't really used them they were 50cents to much... So she washed in their bath tube...and her neighbors too for a low price after she elope here family stayed there until it was relocated to Coronado she and her friends called it Draculas castle because it gave them an eerie feeling they saw some scary things and thought it was hunted and figured that maybe that was the reason it was moved to be saved as a museum it looks the same color and all :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366831304814860115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-70607050206054963852008-08-12T18:09:00.000-07:002008-08-12T18:09:00.000-07:00Great story, P.A. Now I'm curious to find images o...Great story, P.A. Now I'm curious to find images of those old murals. More importantly, I'm now hungry for a sausage sandwich.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-64493528705192997442008-08-12T17:48:00.000-07:002008-08-12T17:48:00.000-07:00My partner was lured into a proposed deal by the o...My partner was lured into a proposed deal by the owner of the Hofbrau. He claimed that he needed an estimate on the cost for replacing the murals. The dangled carrot being that my partner would get the commission when he relocated (after his check had been cut and cashed). The angle he was working was that he wanted an estimate from a recognized artist if he should need to go to court with the city over the murals perceived value. He got top dollar and my partner got a sausage sandwich.<BR/>What I recall: The original murals were painted by a Hollywood set painter.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-43946909456847870782008-08-07T08:57:00.000-07:002008-08-07T08:57:00.000-07:00Thanks, Robert. I wish I could've found pictures o...Thanks, Robert. I wish I could've found pictures of the Hofbrau, inside and out.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-21367915606954969792008-08-07T01:26:00.000-07:002008-08-07T01:26:00.000-07:00Hello Floyd -- I remember seeing this house and am...Hello Floyd -- I remember seeing this house and am happy it was saved. It was painted forest green in the 1980’s. I believe it was a boarding house then. I use to see it when I’d go to the Hofbrauhaus for lunch. The Hafbrau was a great German restaurant with Bavarian and pastoral scenes painted on the walls. I suppose it was demolished for the convention center. -- Robert ReedRobert J. Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074411091706194461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-22197398490325166912008-08-04T17:42:00.000-07:002008-08-04T17:42:00.000-07:00What a beauty. I do wish they would come up with ...What a beauty. I do wish they would come up with a more vibrant paint job. I like the multi-hued paint jobs you often encounter on these older jewels.<BR/><BR/>Maybe he was an opium salesman.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-74404209239619708872008-08-02T11:45:00.000-07:002008-08-02T11:45:00.000-07:00Hi, Diallo. There are six units here. My guess is ...Hi, Diallo. There are six units here. My guess is if you can afford renting that many apartments, you're over-qualified for low income housing.Floyd B. Bariscalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08865316405393661242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3633816278415014207.post-1837873902479828162008-08-02T10:54:00.000-07:002008-08-02T10:54:00.000-07:00Hey Floyd.Did it look like the house had been subd...Hey Floyd.<BR/><BR/>Did it look like the house had been subdivided into specifically 3 low-income residences?<BR/><BR/>If the 3 places were cheap enough, couldn't one person ostensibly come in, get all three and take over the entire house?Diallohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499088299791152279noreply@blogger.com