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Coming this week...
May is Preservation Month and on Sunday, May 20 at 1 p.m. at The Woman's Club of Palo Alto, Palo Alto-STanford Heritage will present centennial plaques to identified homes that are at least 100 years old. The May 20 event will also recognize this year's Preservation Award honorees and feature Jacqueline Proctor, author of Bay Area Beauty—The Architecture of Harold G. Stoner.
PAST will also be sponsoring three Saturday morning walking tours during May to showcase Palo Alto's hidden gems. It's too late for Homer Avenue or Professorville, but join us
Saturday, May 19 10:30 a.m. Downtown Palo Alto
Meet at the City Hall Plaza, 250 between Bryant and Ramona Streets.See our Walking Tours page for more.
Demolitions . . . Always a concern. . . .
Deconstruction has begun on two homes by prominent Palo Alto architects. And remember, "the greenest house is almost always the one already built". (Spring 2012, Preservation Magazine)
490 Santa Rita Avenue
1711 Webster Street
Is your house 100 years old or even older? If is is, let us know! E-mail us at either webmaster@pastheritage.org or president@pastheritage.org.
Research on 1912 and older homes is completed in preparation for recognition on May 20, 2012. PAST will contact owners of centennial homes before the celebration.
A not to miss article is Living in the past: Uncovering your home's roots, published in The Mercury News January 7, 2012.
Playing now: Life in Black & White featuring Henry and Rochelle Ford sharing stories about their lives, individually, and during a 52 year inter-racial marriage as presented at the March 4, 2012 Palo Alto Historical Association meeting.
Channel 30
Wednesday,
8 p.m.
Thursday,
10:30 a.m.
Saturday,
1 p.m.
If you don't have access to cable, you can also watch on your computer at the same times on the web page for the Media Center: www.communitymediacenter.net.
If you missed any of the broadcasts, such as the programs about Edward Durell Stone, Jeanne McDonnell's presentation on Juana Briones, or the presentation that included 2005 Bryant Street, they are available on DVD to borrow from the History Desk at the Palo Alto Main Library. The History Desk is open Tuesday evenings and Thursday afternoons.
- Links to short videos on the Cardinal Hotel and the Roth Building on the Resources page
- Details about all past Holiday House Tours with more to come...
- PAST board list and photo!
- Photos of the future History Museum building on Homer Avenue. See pictures of the future home of the Palo Alto History Museum on our Advocacy page and read about progress towards converting the Roth Building to the Palo Alto History Museum!
- The Inventory page comments now identifies homes and properties that have won Preservation Awards and/or have been on a Holiday House Tour.
- The latest Preservation award winners are on the Preservation Awards page as are pictures of winners from 2007 to 2010.
Palo Alto homes feature a rich variety of architectural styles. Eichler and other Mid-Century Modern homes tend to be grouped together, while other styles tend to be more scattered. Can you recognize and find them all? This Bay Area Tradition building is located in the Professorville Historic District.
Discover more Palo Alto styles and see more sketches.
Did you know that one of the houses on the Inventory of Historic Buildings was part of the Stein exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art? The exhibit is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, but is the room included? If you know, email the webmaster. Check out 433 Kingsley.
Links to videos from the Palo Alto Historical Association's Exploring the Archives . . . National Register Properties in Palo Alto . . . Places to Visit . . . and more are on our Resources page.
Can you identify these photos? Do you know where they were taken?
Do you have an old photo to share?
Please contact us!
Learn more about PAST
Hangar One Read more at the Save Hangar One website.
Not that far from home. . .
Nevada City residents are struggling with the realities of maintaining two art deco treasures. Read the National Trust for Historic Preservation's story of the week about this historic Gold Rush town.
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