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Catholicism in the Pajaro Valley | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History (opens the original)
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The Spanish expedition led by Gaspar de Portola came up the coast in 1769 seeking the Bay of Monterey, where they could found their capital. But due to heavy fog, they bypassed the Monterey Peninsula. Trying to avoid the sloughs along the coast, the Portola Party crossed the Pajaro River into a recently evacuated Ohlone encampment on Oct. 8, 1769, where they observed a large stuffed bird on a tall pole (“bird” in Spanish is “pajaro”), for which they named the Pajaro River and Pajaro Valley. On O
The ‘Lost Generation’ found | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History (opens the original)
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After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, consultants condemned the Romanesque-style Cooper House, Santa Cruz’s best downtown landmark. This was despite architect/contractor Michael Bates who had reinforced the building and said it could be saved. I appealed to the Historic Preservation Commission to follow their purpose and advocate to save this important landmark. One member said, “I thought we had decided not to participate in the fate of earthquake damaged buildings.” I was shocked. But after t
Chace’s life of labor | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History (opens the original)
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John Day Chace had a prospecting spirit, always looking for the next big payoff. He was born in Hamden, New York, in 1829 and raised on a farm, with a public school education. As a youth, he found better pay in a woolen factory and soon rose to become a 19-year-old foreman in 1848, overseeing 20 men with his friendly, easy-going attitude. Then came word of the California Gold Rush. At age 21, Chace decided to take $100 capital, and once he’d turned it into $2,000 or $3,000 in the Gold Country, h
Wright’s organic architecture | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History (opens the original)
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Frank Lloyd Wright was a student of Chicago’s famed architect Louis Sullivan from 1888 to 1894. In 1901, Wright was a speaker at a Chciago convention under the theme coined by Sullivan: “Form Follows Function.” Wright believed function alone was not the goal but that practical elements be given visual harmony. This makes sense considering our mind has two sides: the practical side with language, logic and math; and the artistic side of music, emotion and non-verbal instinct. We shouldn’t need to
Is the Hub of Eastside happy? | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History (opens the original)
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When building restrictions ended after World War II, there was a boom in construction that made the junction of Soquel Avenue and Seabright Avenue into what locals called “The Hub of Eastside.” Today that hub is under threat to be remade in architecture of an institutional character and looming height. Mom and pop businesses are being displaced for unaffordable shop rates. People love their neighborhood and its merchants, and they fear any public input will again make little impact, despite the
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