Tag: Julia Morgan architect
Who really saved our local, historic Los Altos Apartments?
And what did celebrity chef Nancy Silverton and Playboy Magazine have to do with it? On a Saturday night in the spring of 1996, through thick synthetic fog, Playboy Playmate Shauna Sand was struggling to walk in her 4-inch heels on uneven cobblestones in the courtyard at the historic Los Altos Apartments at Wilshire Boulevard […]
Festival celebrates work of architect Julia Morgan
Learn about California’s first female architect during the statewide Julia Morgan 2012 Festival, organized by the Landmarks California Committee, which continues through Fri., Nov. 16. Morgan’s special connection to the YWCA, for whom she designed more than 30 buildings, will be discussed on Sun., Nov. 11 at the Harbor Area YWCA, a 1918 Craftsman building […]
