Julius Shulman

2009

January 1, 2009 by Futura Girl

Chairperson

Alan Lieb, 2008-2009

Regina O’Brien, 2009-2015

Milestones in the Community

Modern Masters Awards are established

Meeting Locations

Events

City of Seekers L.A. Unique Spiritual Legacy

Tour of buildings of the 20^th century that have ties to unusual spiritual movements.

It’s a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod City

Tour was part of a year-long program called “The Sixties Turn 50” to highlight the fact than many of our mid-20th century buildings are now eligible for historic landmark status.
http://ellenbloom.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-mod-mod-mod-mod-city.html

Advocacy

Johnnies Broiler

Downey which was determined eligible for the California Register in 2002 is unceremoniously AND illegally demolished in 2007. Jim Louder agrees to rebuild the Broiler as a new Bob’s Big Boy restaurant along with assistance from the City of Downey Redevelopment Agency.

CBS Columbia Square

Saved March 2009

Columbia Savings

1965 bank building on Miracle Mile demolished in 2010.
https://www.laconservancy.org/issues/columbia-savings

Annual Holiday Party:

Los Angeles City Hall

Modern Master Awards

Jack Laxar
Leland Lee
Julius Shulman
Marvin Rand

Tangents

MAC Architecture Tour

Annual tour focus Silverlake and Los Feliz on October 4, 200 including seven residences dating from 1926 through 1964, by seminal architects R.M. Schindler, Gregory Ain, Raphael Soriano, Harwell Harris and Craig Ellwood.

Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea

by Peter Moruzzi – September 1, 2009
https://www.amazon.com/Palm-Springs-Holiday-Vintage-Saltan/dp/1423604768/ref=llvn-20

Autumn’s Come Undone

A radical departure in SHAG’s style away from satirical pop Modern look – to a dark and foreboding feeling. New book by Shag– October 15, 2009
https://www.amazon.com/Autumns-Come-Undone-Shag/dp/0979330734/ref=llvn-20

“William Krisel, Architect”

Film is produced by Design on Screen
http://www.designonscreen.org/dvds/william-krisel-architect/

Case Study Houses June 2009

by Elizabeth Smith (Author), Peter Gossel (Editor), Julius Shulman (Photographer)
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Study-Houses-Elizabeth-Smith/dp/3836510219/ref=llvn-20

Southern California Eats

A fresh look at Southern California’s roadside eateries. Embark on a road trip to out-of-the-way Route 66 landmarks, futuristic Googie coffee shops, and exotic Polynesian paradises. Part-homage and part-guidebook, this photo essay captures the flavor and character of Southern California’s most unique eating establishments. By John Eng and Adriene Biondo.
https://www.amazon.com/Southern-California-Eats-John-Eng/dp/0764333321/ref=llvn-20

2004

January 1, 2004 by Futura Girl

Chairperson

Alan Lieb, 2001-2004

Milestones in the Community

ModCom is Twenty Years Old!
Atomic Ranch: Midcentury Marvels – A new magazine devoted entirely to ranch houses. Jim Brown, the publisher, and Michelle Gringeri-Brown, the editor
Panorama on Hollywood Blvd closes and is torn down.

Meeting Locations

Event

20-20-20: 20 years – 20 sites – 20 Bucks”

Tout that celebrated the 20^th anniversary of the Modern Committee that included 20 sites for attendees to choose from over a weekend. vernacular buildings, formal residential architecture, industrial buildings, innovative commercial design, recreational architecture. Attendees also could purchase a limited edition of 200 prints – 13 color serigraph by SHAG called “L.A. Modern” with all proceeds benefitting ModCom.

Sites included:

Eames House – Mary-Margaret Stratton, Tour Captain
Casa de Cadillac –Jeff Stork, Tour Captain
Downey McDonalds – Tour Captain
First Modern Historic District – Tour Captain
Cinerama Dome – Tour Captain
Crestwood Hills development in Brentwood – Tour Captain
VDL Research House – Tour Captain
Mar Vista Tract Homes – Tour Captain
Pann’s Coffee Shop – Tour Captain
Raphel Soriano – Shulman House – Tour Captain

Hobo Party

In Glendale

Holiday Party

Beverly Blvd.

Advocacy

Case Study House

Efforts to landmark begin. Peter Moruzzi begins to prepare a National Register multiple property nomination for the entire Case Study House Program. Eleven original dwellings remained in Los Angeles, San Diego and Ventura counties. Work by Charles Eames, Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koeing, Eero Saarinen, and Rodney Walker. Ten of them ended up being successfully nominated by 2013. The eleventh was owner opposed.

Friend Paper Company

Portions of the fabulous Modern commercial structure designed in 1964 by Smith & Williams and located on West Green Street, were saved from demolition due to Pasadena Heritage’s advocacy along with ModCom support

Tangents

Mondo Lounge Event “Where Cocktail Cultures Collide.”

A full day event on October 16, 2004 produced by Mary-Margaret Stratton included a vintage car rally and a conference and entertainment event that included many members of the Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee. Presentations by Charles Phoenix, Nathan Marsac, Eric Lynxwiler, Tony Merchell and Michael Palumbo.
www.mondolounge.com

Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside

Book released October 7, 2004 by Alan Hess is a significantly expanded follow-up to the seminal book, Googie.
https://www.amazon.com/Googie-Redux-Ultramodern-Roadside-Architecture/dp/081184272X/ref=llvn-20

Getty Talks

Eric Lynxwiler and Charles Pheonix give talks at the Getty Museum

1986

January 1, 1986 by Futura Girl

Chairperson

Tom Gardener, 1984-1987

Milestones in the Community

Alan Hess writes the book that will become the bible of the movement: Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture , released on February 1, 1986
https://www.amazon.com/Googie-Fifties-Coffee-Shop-Architecture/dp/0877013349/ref=llvn-20
This same year Thomas Hines also writes Populuxe – the Look and Life of America in the ’50s and ’60S, from Tailfins and TV, release on January 1, 1986
https://www.amazon.com/Populuxe-Thomas-Hine/dp/1567313167/ref=llvn-20

Meeting Locations

Events

Fifties Architecture: Exploring the Issues”

Lecture and panel discussion. Alan Hess moderated a discussion with John Lautner and Whitney R. Smith. A slide show is presented to acquaint the audience with examples of historic and threatened buildings.

Huell Howser Interviews

Huell performs oral history interviews with

Julius Shulman, Architectural photographer
Garrett Eckbo, Landscape architect
Edward Frank, furniture designer
Ray Kappe, architect
John Lautner, architect
Whitney Smith, architect

Advocacy

Tangents

Bowl-O-Rama: The Visual Arts of Bowling

The first influential “Recollectibles” book of many more to come is produced by H. Thomas Steele May, 1986
https://www.amazon.com/Bowl-O-Rama-Visual-Arts-Bowling-Recollectibles/dp/0896596079/ref=llvn-20

Chairperson

Milestones in the Community

Meeting Locations

Events

City of Seekers L.A. Unique Spiritual Legacy

It’s a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod City

Advocacy

Johnnies Broiler

CBS Columbia Square

Columbia Savings

Annual Holiday Party:

Modern Master Awards

Tangents

MAC Architecture Tour

Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea

Autumn’s Come Undone

“William Krisel, Architect”

Case Study Houses June 2009

Southern California Eats

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Event

20-20-20: 20 years – 20 sites – 20 Bucks”

Hobo Party

Holiday Party

Advocacy

Case Study House

Friend Paper Company

Tangents

Mondo Lounge Event “Where Cocktail Cultures Collide.”

Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside

Getty Talks

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