continuing
Guidelines for El Pueblo Viejo District, City of Santa Barbara, Community Development, 1995, Revised Edition. " El Pueblo Viejo Landmark District encompasses the original historic core of the City, the areas around the Mission, the oceanfront, and the scenic entrances to the City."
Supporters of SEPV, who we are, a partial and evolving list.
60 feet, a glance back, remembering, a variation of Santayana's, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." The citizen efforts to preserve and protect Santa Barbara continue.
Pipeline: Look here to see what's in the planning process "pipeline" for the El Pueblo Viejo. (Page removed since with this down economy essentially nothing is moving along any pipeline; however, if the building situation changes, we will upload an updated page.)
Supporting letters and articles, some contributed by the authors; others links to articles of interest.
Answers to comments made at various meetings and around town, questioning the SEPV Initiative.
Miscellaneous articles or op-eds that have struck the web person's fancy as being related to good building practices in Santa Barbara:
*Daily
Sound, April 16,
For a Greener Santa Barbara: Stop the Demolition Derby
By CHERI RAE — April 16, 2009
At a recent hearing of the Historic Landmarks Commission, one of Santa
Barbara’s fine architects, Michael Holliday, presented his concept for
a mixed-use building at the corner of Figueroa and Santa Barbara streets.
Instead of making the case for the all-too-typical tear-down and take-away,
he spoke instead about retaining the existing building, adding to it, and
designing around it. He matter-of-factly addressed the obvious economic,
historical and environmental advantages of preserving and reusing it rather
than demolishing it. :::snip:::
Possible content to be added:
Height limits in other jurisdictions; how the argument that building high
and dense prevents sprawl is a canard; and other topics suggested....
Please send content suggestions for this site to info @ saveelpuebloviejo.org.
NB: the photo above is a late spring afternoon in Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden, an entire city block in downtown Santa Barbara — saved by civic action and the generosity of Alice Keck Park from being the home to 9-story hotel and/or 11-story condo developments.
