Interesting places in Rustic Canyon-Rustic Creek:

Will Rogers State Historic Park		Will Rogers Golf Course
Picnic Area-Rogers Ranch Park		Case Study House-Neutra
Will Rogers Polo Field

the Rustic Canyon-Rustic Creek is part of Los Angeles , Brentwood , Pacific Palisades .

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10b 615 Kingman Ave - Pumphrey House - Harwell H Harris (E)
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Pumphrey House, 1939 Harwell H Harris 615 Kingman Ave The horrizontal, wood-batered house is quite Wrightian and very dificult to see behind fences and foliage. Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide David Gebhard and Robert Winter Pacific Palisades, South, No. 4. __________ Harwell Hamilton Harris Harwell Hamilton Harris (1903 - November 18, 1990) was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences.[1] He began his studies at Pomona College but left after a year to study sculpture at the Otis Art Institute, now Otis College of Art and Design. In 1928, he began apprenticing under architect Richard Neutra with whom he was associated until 1932. (Fellow apprentices included Gregory Ain and Raphael Soriano.) Adopting Neutra's modernist sensibility, Harris merged the vernacular of California with a sensitivity to site and materials characteristic of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. In his residential work of the 1930s and 1940s, primarily in California, Harris created a tension and a continuum between exterior and interior with continuous rooflines. Learning from Frank Lloyd Wright, he designed interior spaces that are often based on the cruciform plan. His work is characterized by a careful use of materials and clean, fluid spaces. From 1952 until 1955, Harris served as the Dean for the School of Architecture of the University of Texas. The group of modernist architects he attracted to the faculty there came to be known as The Texas Rangers. In 1955, he left the university and established a private practice in Dallas, which he maintained until 1962 when he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where he re-established his practice and began teaching at North Carolina State University. He retired from teaching in 1973 but continued to practice architecture from his home studio in Raleigh until shortly before his death there on November 18, 1990. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_Harris


13b 230 Amalfi Dr - Burns House - Charles Moore (E)
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Burns House, 1974 Charles W Moore 230 Amalfi Dr The Los Angeles [modern] version of the Spanish Colonial Revival [revival] of the 1920's. The pink stucco dwelling boasts an array of shed roofs and skylights, along wih the basic necessities of Hispanic Los Angles -- a walled and tiled entrance court and a swimming pool. Wthin, an organ dominates the two-story living room. Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide David Gebhard and Robert Winters Pacific Palisades, South, No. 21 __________ Charles Willard Moore Moore graduated from the University of Michigan in 1947 and earned both a Master's and a Ph.D at Princeton University in 1957, where he remained for an additional year as a post-doctoral fellow. During this fellowship, Moore served as a teaching assistant for Louis Kahn, the Philadelphia architect who taught a design studio. It was also at Princeton that Moore developed relationships with fellow students Donlyn Lyndon, William Turnbull, Jr., Richard Peters, and Hugh Hardy, who would remain lifelong friends and collaborators. During the Princeton years, Moore designed and built a house for his mother in Pebble Beach, California, and worked during the summers for architect Wallave Holm of neighboring Monterey. Moore's Master's Thesis explored ways to preserve and integrate Monterey's historic adobe dwellings into the fabric of the city. His Doctoral dissertation, Water and Architecture, was a survey of the presence of water in shaping the experience of place; many decades later, the dissertation became the basis of a book with the same title. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Willard_Moore


07b 199 Chautaugua Blvd - West House - Case Study House 18A - Rodey A Walker (E)
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West House - Case Study House No. 18A, 1948 Rodney A Walker 199 Chautaugua Blvd A romantically sited, single-floor, five-room house sheathed in straited plywood. This was one of the early Case Study House Projects. Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide David Gebhard and Robert Winter Pacific Palisades, South, No 23. __________ The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by John Entenza's (later David Travers') Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers. The program ran intermittently from 1945 until 1966. The first six houses were built by 1948 and attracted more than 350,000 visitors. While not all 36 designs were built, most of those that were constructed were built in Los Angeles; a few are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one was built in Phoenix, Arizona. A number of them appeared in the magazine in iconic black and white photographs by architectural photographer Julius Shulman. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_study_houses


15c 581 Amalfi Dr - Keller Residence (E)
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Keller Residence (Unsubstanciated) 581 Amalfi Dr Landscaping by Joseph Copp (Unsubstanciated) This house is a wonderful Spanish Colonial Revival worthy of the likes of John Byers and other Revivalist architects. The central courtyard, with its massive tile-framed and gated entrance, provides acess to the house. Tall chimneys, french doors, balconies, and fountains make this house fancifull as well as romantic. This may be the home of Alfred S Keller, an actor who enjoyed some success in Hollywood westerns, although it has not been confirmed. Also, the landscaping may have been desingned by Joseph Copp, a promenant Los Angeles landscape architect of the 20th Century, although it too needs to be confirmed. The architect, obviously a skilled, is as yet undetermined. - Kansas Sebastian __________ Online Archive of California (OAC): content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf787007j8&doc.view=enti...


"When I bestride him, I soar. I am a hawk: he trots the air" Shakespeare
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When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.  William Shakespeare, Henry V I was visiting Los Angeles for a wedding at the Hotel Bel Air. I went to the Will Rogers State Historic Park to hike. Saw this finishing a hike of the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains. The Trailhead starts at the Will Rogers State Historic Park and goes for 55 miles to Point Magu. I did about 10 miles today. The morning was foggy so I don't have any photos of the landscape, but this photo made the expedition worthwhile. Will Rogers was passionate about Polo. He was rated a 3 goal player. I have no idea what that means. Polo & Cricket are very foreign to me. It would have been great if the horse & player had been 50 yds closer to the fieldhouse & I had been on the field at stirrup height, but sometimes you take what you can get.


18a 630 Amalfi Dr - Kingsley House - J R Davidson (E)
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At first glance this house blends into the neighborhood as just another mid-century tract house, unimportant and uninspired. Given that it was designed and built in 1946 by J R Davidson gives it a slightly different perspective. By today's standards it may not be all that interesting, but I'm sure then it was more unusual. . . maybe. - Kansas Sebastian __________ Kinglsley Houses, 1946 J R Davidson 1920 and 1930 Amalfi Dr [Note: 1920 Amalfi Dr has been completely remoddled or rebuilt. Of the two houses, 1930 Amalfi Dr is the lone survivor.] Absolutely simple buider's houses distinguished only by the name of their architect. Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide David Gebhard and Robert winters Pacific Paliisades, South, No. 31


14b 248 Amalfi Dr - Haines House #2 - Thornton M Abell (E)
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Note: This may or may not be Abell Thornton's Haines House #2. David Gebhard and Robert Winters in their book Architecture in Los Angeles have the Haines house listed at 247 Amalfi Dr. That house doesn't seem to fit their description, although it has been heavily remodeled. This house at 248 Amalfi Dr fits the description completely. A thorough search of the internet revealed nothing. If you find that I have put up the wrong house, please let me know. __________ Haines House, 1951 Thornton M Abell 247 [248?] Amalfi Dr A refined pavilion; sheathed in horizontal redwood and with a flat roof, brick chimney, and brick terraces. Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide David Gebhard and Robert Winters Pacific Palisades, South, No. 22.


05b 1 Latimer Rd - Kley House - Alfred Heineman (E)
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Kley House Alfred Heineman 1 Latimer Rd The log cabins, some of them authentic, some of them stagesets, are probably of chief interest. The first at 1 Latimer Road is the Kley House (1923), a log-faced lodge, now almost completely cut off from public view. It is probably by the Heinemans as are other log-faced cabins at 3 and 18 Latimer Road. Others are on Haldeman Road at 31, 32, and 34. At 36, 37, and 38 are authentically constructed log cabins in which 38, the Marco Hellman Cabin is the most interesting. Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide David Gebhard and Robert Winters Pacific Palisades, South, No. 13.


11d 602 Kingman Ave - The Ugliest house in Los Angeles (E)
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602 Kingman Ave After years of searching, I believe we have found the ugliest house in Los Angeles. Nestled in Rustic Canyon among traditional houses by John Byers and The Heineman Brothers, and modernist architects like: Richard Neutra, RM Schindler, Craig Elwood, Charles Eames, Raphael Soriano, and Harwell Harris, is this gem. Classical elements (assumed to be salvaged from older houses) combine with a completely uninspired block of a house to create. . . this. With a million-dollar ocean view, the only question we have is, Why? Our apologies to the current residents (and their neighbors).


"A man that don’t love a horse, there is something the matter with him." Will Rogers
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A man that don’t love a horse, there is something the matter with him. Will Rogers Saw this finishing a hike of the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains. The Trailhead starts at the Will Rogers State Historic Park and goes for 55 miles to Point Magu. I did about 10 miles today. The morning was foggy so I don't have any photos of the landscape, but this photo made the expedition worthwhile. Will Rogers was passionate about Polo. He was rated a 3 goal player. I have no idea what that means. Polo & Cricket are very foreign to this Arizona cowboy.


Will Rogers State Historic Park - Will Rogers' House
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“In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where he has a house to sell Will Rogers This is the Will Rogers' house at the Will Rogers State Historic Park. Saw this finishing a hike of the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains. The Trailhead starts at the Will Rogers State Historical Park and goes for 55 miles to Point Magu. I hiked about 10-12 miles of it today but the fog was so bad I did not get any good landscape photos. www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=626


Will Rogers State Historic Park - The entry to the Barn that Jokes Built
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This is the Barn at the Will Rogers State Historic Park. The photo inside calls it The Barn that Jokes Built. Will Roger's two favorite horses are buried just outside the barn. Things ain't what they used to be - and probably never was Will Rogers Saw this finishing a hike of the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains. The Trailhead starts at the Will Rogers State Historical Park and goes for 55 miles to Point Magu. I hiked about 10-12 miles of it today but the fog was so bad I did not get any good landscape photos.


Horse at Will Rogers State Historic Park, Los Angeles, 1979
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Horsemanship through the history of all nations has been considered one of the highest accomplishments You can't pass a park without seeing a statue of some old codger on a horse. It must be to his bravery, you can tell it's not to his horsemanship. -- Will Rogers. As we strolled past this horse was running around the corral and clearly feeling wonderful. The man loved horses. Maybe they can still tell. Scan of a Kodachrome transparency taken with an Olympus OM-1. Adjusted with Picasa. (1979-04e-17)


Will Rogers State Historic Park - OId Ford Model A Flatbed in the Barn that Jokes Built
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This is inside the Barn at the Will Rogers State Historic Park. An old photo on a wall calls it The Barn that Jokes Built. Will Roger's two favorite horses are buried just outside the barn. Saw this finishing a hike of the Backbone Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains. The Trailhead starts at the Will Rogers State Historical Park and goes for 55 miles to Point Magu. I hiked about 10-12 miles of it today but the fog was so bad I did not get any good landscape photos.


Tapioca! Get out the sugar and eggs....
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Well, not really. This hardy tapioca or wild cassava is Manihot grahamii, a close relative of Manihot esculenta, the plant whose tubers are dried and processed into the pearls that become that stuff you can eat for dessert. Photographed in the extraordinary private garden of botanists Margaret and the late Harlan Lewis, former dean of Life Sciences at UCLA.


a horse is a horse
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Will Rogers State History Park (Pacific Palisades, CA) The main barn (with an unusual round, canopy roof) still houses a number of horses, and just outside the stable is a spacious oval riding ring. On weekdays you can sometimes watch young women in riding clothes being taught the basics of English horseback riding. You'll often encounter horses on the ranch's many riding trails and pastures.


Kappe House
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Kappe House (1968) Architect: Raymond Kappe Location: Brooktree Rd, Pacific Palisades A virtual tree house, built on a steep hillside. A wood frame serves as the building's core, with glass to create interior spaces. Bridges and staircases connect the interior spaces with each other. The house is a obvious mixture between Craftsman and the International Style.


Pacific Palisades
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Taken from the north end of 4th St in Santa Monica. People come here to Do the Stairs. Google 4th St Stairs+Santa Monica. Or here's some links www.funkyfresh.com/viewarticle.php?id=41 www.inthecanyon.com/lifestyles/useful/walks/walk1pg1.htm


12a Canyon Elementary School (E)
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Canyon Elementary School, 1894 Northeast of intersection of Ocean Ave and Channel Rd (421 Entrada Dr.) A nice Classical Revival one-room schoolhouse (now a children's library) said to be the second oldest school building in Los Angeles County. Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide David Gebhard and David Winters Pacific Palisades, South, No. 3.


LAFD Assists Santa Monica FD
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Los Angeles and Santa Monica Firefighters tackled a stubborn non-injury residential fire just inside Santa Monica city limits on February 10, 2011. © Photo by John Conkle