California Preservation Foundation Conference Comes to Santa Monica May 2011

The 2011 California Preservation Conference begins this Sunday! If you haven't yet taken a look at the program, you may be surprised by the wide variety of tours, workshops and special events being offered along with the conference educational sessions. Download the Conference at a Glance for a quick listing, or the Registration Brochure for detailed descriptions and pricing.


The Conference Headquarters, Registration and Exhibitor Booths at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel will be open from noon to 6 PM on Sunday May 15, from 8 AM to 6 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday. Early registration will also be available from 8 AM to noon on Sunday.

The Opening Plenary Session on Monday May 16 (Free) features National Trust President Stephanie Meeks speaking on ‘Sustaining the Future’, the importance of bringing diverse interests into the preservation movement. 9:00 – 11:30 AM at Barnum Hall on the Santa Monica High School Campus. Since the High School is in session, parking is not available on campus; please park at the Civic Center Garage at 4th St and Olympic Way. For a map of campus, click here.

Featured Study Tours, Workshops + Events (Ticketed):

Stewardship at Home. Sunday, May 15 - 9:00 to 12:30 pm $40

Beaches, Boards, & Bungalows. Sunday, May 15 - 1:30 to 5:00 pm $40

Pascual Marquez Historic Cemetery Study Tour. Sunday, May 15 - 1:30 to 5:00 pm $40

Radical Preservation: An Unorthodox Approach Might be the Only Answer. Panel luncheon, Monday May 16, 12:15 – 1:45 pm $40

Three Minute Success Stories: Monday, May 16th 8:00 – 10:30 pm $40 (dessert reception)

Legislative Breakfast, Tuesday, May 17th, 7:30 - 8:45 am $40

The Power of Partnerships, Place, and Preservation, a Workshop at the Annenberg Beach House. Wednesday, May 18: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm $65, lunch included

Trees, Time and Interim Treatments: Avoiding the Cutting Edge? Wednesday, May 18: 1:30–5:00 pm $35

Stewardship at Home Sunday, May 15 - 9:00 to 12:30 pm $40. See three very different historic Santa Monica houses and learn from their owners the particular challenges faced in renovating and restoring to meet the needs of every day life. Among the houses toured will be an 1876 Carpenter Gothic church adapted to a residence. Tour Guides/Homeowners: Deborah Levin, Fiona Mason, Anne Troutman

Beaches, Boards, & Bungalows: Sunday, May 15 - 1:30 to 5:00 pm $40. Experience Santa Monica's beachfront the way locals and visitors have for over a century. We will stroll down the 100-year-old Pier, re-live the famed Muscle Beach and tour the history of the Z-Boys with one of its members. Tour Guides : Margaret Bach, Landmarks Commissioner, City of Santa Monica , Jim Harris, Community Venue Liaison and Pier Historian, Santa Monica Pier Restoration Co. , Nathan Pratt, CEO, Z-BOY® Holdings; Founder, Horizons West® Surfboards, Nelson White

Pascual Marquez Historic Cemetery Study Tour: Sunday, May 15 - 1:30 to 5:00 pm, $40. The Pascual Marquez Cemetery in Santa Monica Canyon, part of the 1839 Mexican Land Grant Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, was the first private cemetery of the Los Angeles region and is seldom open to the public. Its grounds also contain the foundations of the first adobe casa of the Santa Monica area. The study tour is hosted by La Senora Research Institute and Historian Ernest Marquez, great grandson of the recipients of the 1839 Land Grant. Since 2008, the Cemetery has been the focus of La Senora’s research project to rediscover the location of graves whose markers have been lost to time. Their work in collaboration with UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archeology and the Geoarcheologal Laboratory won the California Governor’s Award for Historic Conservation.

This is a hands-on workshop during which Drs Dean Goodman and Brian Damiata, Research Associates from The Cotsen, will demonstrate the use of state of the art technologies in ground penetrating radar. Dr. Wendy Teeter, Curator of the Fowler Museum of Archeology, will explore with participants the identification and documentation of the original foundations of the 1839 adobe casa inhabited by Ernest Marquez’ great grandparents. Following the Cemetery investigations, Dr. Teri Brewer, Cotsen Research Associate and La Senora Anthropology Fellow, will lead a walk to La Senora’s Mojica Hacienda where the history of the cemetery will be put in context, including a discussion of the local Tongva communities which preceded the Rancho. Dr. Goodman will present materials on today’s extensive use of geophysical and other new non intrusive technologies in exploring and interpreting local history and archaeology in an area like Santa Monica.

Panel Luncheon: Radical Preservation- An Unorthodox Approach Might be the Only Answer: Monday May 16, 12:15 – 1:45 pm $40 (lunch included). John Ruble of Moore Ruble Yudell, Craig Hodgetts of Hodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture, and Frank Matero Professor at University of Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Program speaking on their personal experiences and the world view on what heritage conservation means today and in the future. Moderated by Ann Gray, Publisher of Balcony Media, (Form Magazine). Location: Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club at 1210 4th Street in Santa Monica.

Three Minute Success Stories: Monday, May 16th 8:00 – 10:30 pm $40 (dessert reception). This evening of lively and entertaining preservation stories has been a California Preservation Foundation tradition stretching back to the 3rd Annual California Preservation Conference in 1978. Don’t miss seeing Conservancy Board Members Sherrill Kushner and Mario Fonda-Bonardi present the story of our Shotgun House project “You Saved That Shack?” Register here. Location: Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club at 1210 4th Street in Santa Monica.

Legislative Breakfast: Tuesday, May 17th, 7:30am - 8:45am $40. Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA, chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and California State Historic Preservation Officer will discuss federal and state goals for developing renewable energy and the potential issues and opportunities for the preservation of California’s cultural resources. Breakfast is provided.

Location: Fairmont Miramar Hotel

The Power of Partnerships, Place, and Preservation,a Workshop at the Annenberg Beach House: Wednesday, May 18: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. $65, lunch included. Spend the day at our award-winning Annenberg Community Beach House while learning to think beyond traditional preservation models. Originally constructed in the 1920s as part of actress Marion Davies’ beachfront estate, the Annenberg Community Beach House project encompassed historic restoration, adaptive reuse, new construction, sustainability strategies, and a broad vision of Santa Monica’s coastal cultural landscape. Anchored by two significant Julia Morgan-designed landmarks, the guest house and swimming pool, the site’s recent revitalization as a LEED Gold rated public beach club has received wide acclaim—including a CPF Preservation Design Award.

This daylong workshop, composed of four ninety-minute sessions, features a diverse roster of speakers who will explore the power of cross-sector partnerships, innovative rehabilitation practices, conservation methods employed, and the cultural landscape of Santa Monica's beach history. Moderators: Karen Ginsberg, Community and Cultural Services, City of Santa Monica, Jessica Cusick, Cultural Affairs Manager, City of Santa Monica, Linda Dishman, Executive Director, Los Angeles Conservancy, John Berley, Associate, Frederic Fisher and Partners. Speakers: Leonard Aube, Managing Director, Annenberg Foundation, Frederick Fisher, Principal, Frederick Fisher Partners Architects, Mia Lehrer, Principal, Mia Lehrer and Associates, Richard Stupin, Project Manager, Charles Pankow Builders, Joel Brand, Friends of 415 PCH, Ken Breisch, Director, USC Historic Preservation Program, Ruthann Lehrer, Architectural Historian, Zoltan Pali, Principal, SPF Architects, Christy McAvoy, Principal, Historic Resources Group, John Griswold, Principal, Griswold Conservation Association, Ray Adamyk, Principal, Spectra Company,Peyton Hall, Principal, Historic Resources Group, Charles Kibby, Principal, Preservation Arts, William Rowley, President, Rowley International, Gene Higginbotham, City of Santa Monica , Joseph Coriaty, Principal, Frederick Fisher and Partners Architect.

Trees, Time and Interim Treatments: Avoiding the Cutting Edge? Wednesday, May 18: 1:30–5:00 pm $35. Baldwin Hills Village (now known as Village Green) is a 68-acre, 627-unit “superblock” residential complex closely associated with Clarence Stein and the “Garden City” movement. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2001, the property’s iconic designed landscape is now in its eighth decade. In this workshop, which combines lecture and discussion with a site visit, we’ll learn how an intrepid volunteer group within the Baldwin Hills Village/Village Green Homeowners Association came forward to work toward the documentation, interpretation, and treatment of this cultural landscape – and to deal (on a nearly daily basis) with interim treatment issues, while awaiting the completion of a cultural landscape report. From theory to practice, you’ll learn many of the issues — and some of the answers! — involving the interim treatment and management of historic cultural landscape elements. Moderator: Noel Vernon, Professor of Landscape Architecture, Cal Poly Pomona. Speakers: Steven Keylon, Baldwin Hills Village/Village Green Landscape Committee, Robert Page, Director, Olmsted Ctr. For Historic Landscape Preservation. Robert Nicolais, Architect, Baldwin Hills Village/Village Green Landscape Committee.

The Santa Monica Conservancy is very pleased to bring this statewide conference to Santa Monica, and thanks the many local partnering organizations, sponsors and volunteers who have made this possible. For more information on all aspects of the conference, see the California Preservation Foundation website http://www.californiapreservation.org/

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SARAH BARNARD is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), is certified by the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), and is recognized by the International Institute for Bau-Biologie & Ecology as a Building Biology Practitioner (BBP) and by the United States Green Building Council as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP). She serves on the Santa Monica Conservancy’s board of directors and specializes in green interior design and historic preservation. For more information about Sarah and her work visit http://www.sarahbarnard.com/