LAJOLLA 1970-1975 / radiant oeuvre @ wind & sea & cove

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+WIND & SEA BEACH+

>la jolla, california, 1970, was our first locus while<

>writing the environmental design classes at sdsu<

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>and tonight i have assembled 13 photos to try<

>and share our early life here in radiant lajolla<

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+LA JOLLA 1970-1975+

>was an exciting place to introduce our love<

>for radiant southern california to our young<

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>family of marian, derek, bronwen, lesley<

>and i as a newly arrived louisiana family<

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>photo #1) / la jolla magazine cover w/<

+LAJOLLA OF VERDURE+

>many old tropical pacific island trees<

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>photo #2)  /  the nexus bookshop of<
+LAJOLLA OF BOOKS+
>friends larry & geraldine mc gilvery<
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>photo # 3) / lajolla, town of radiant light<
+LAJOLLA OF LIGHT+
>& as a peninsula, filled w/ negative ions<
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>photo #4) / "the shack" @ wind-n-sea beach<
+LAJOLLA OF SEA+
>our first lajolla apartment just steps away<
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>photo #5) / "red rest" bungalow @ the cove<
+LAJOLLA OF BUNGALOWS+
>for which i wrote a 1975 paper to help save<
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 >my drafting table and work corner in our<
>bonair street living room…it was here,
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>that tim vreeland head of the ucla<
>architecture school visited me<
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 >from bonair street, after 2 years we moved to<
>an apartment w/ a productive peach tree in<
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>its private garden on fay avenue and we<
>loved the mithras bookshop & theatre<
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>we all loved lajolla, w/ its sun, sand & sea /<
>art, architecture & life were vivid w/ light<
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>color and energy as we harvested peaches<
>while i designed bio-radiant structures<
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 >marian, radiant in the la jolla light/<
>beach lady in orange beach outfit<
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>marian, radiant in a lajolla bungalow/<
>red bungalows at the l j cove beach<
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 >one volume of my archive devoted to our life<
>in lajolla, ultimately leads to this page w/ an<
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>openable beach bungalow i designed for<
>tropical baja california, mexico beaches<
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 >one of the attractions of lajolla was a group<
>of cast-in-place walled conc. townhouses<
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>designed by rudolf schindler plus several<
>distinctive modern designs by irving gill<
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 >finally, this 1952 maserati roadster was<
>typical of a car you might see in lajolla<
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>and vital to my vision for a prototype<
>"sports house" light, open, "sportif"<

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>came from my drawing board in several<

>kit of parts, prototype versions and this<

>vision could serve a very special need<

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu