BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//192.124.249.56//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-670@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240328T102535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Please join us on April 21\, 2021\, 7pm.\nPaul Revere Williams’ s inspirational story has fascinated historians for the simple fact that h is journey was so improbable. The orphan son of an African American fruit- and-vegetable merchant\, he was repeatedly told he had no chance of ever r ealizing his childhood dream of becoming an architect. And yet\, he ignore d the naysayers to reach the pinnacle of his chosen profession\, while ove rcoming widespread discrimination throughout early- to mid-twentieth centu ry America. The odds against him succeeding were enormous.\n$60 Hardcover copy of the book from Angel City Press\n*$10 Presentation only – Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)\n*$15 Presentation only – Non Members ( Pay Below with small Paypal fee)\n\n*Once you purchase your ticket you wil l be taken to a page with your zoom link to the event . That is your invit e. Yay! Please bookmark that page\, print that page or save that link as w e will not be emailing out the zoom link.\n\nWindsor Square Hancock Park H istorical Society\nAnd\nAngel City Press\nPresent\nMaster Architects of So uthern California 1920-1940: Paul R. Williams\nby Marc Appleton\, Stephen Gee\, and Bret Parsons\nApril 21\, 2021\, 7pm\n\n\n\nMaster Architects of Southern California 1920-1940\, a new twelve-volume series by Marc Applet on and Bret Parsons showcases the work of the Golden Era’s most important residential architects as originally featured in the earliest issues of Th e Architectural Digest. Featuring some of the earliest known photographs o f the work of legendary architects\, the series is devoted to the era when oil titans\, film industry moguls\, bankers\, and successful entrepreneur s who were new to the region hired the most accomplished and talented arch itects they could find. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210421T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210421T200000 LOCATION:Virtual Event SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940: Paul R. William s URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/master-architects-of-souther n-california-1920-1940-paul-r-williams/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_2020-12-15-Paul-R-Williams-150x150.jpg\;150\;15 0\;1\,medium\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020 /12/Screenshot_2020-12-15-Paul-R-Williams-215x300.jpg\;215\;300\;1\,large\ ;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screensho t_2020-12-15-Paul-R-Williams-734x1024.jpg\;734\;1024\;1\,full\;https://win dsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_2020-12-15 -Paul-R-Williams.jpg\;860\;1200\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
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ril 21\, 2021\, 7pm.
\nPaul Revere Williams’s inspirational
story has fascinated historians for the simple fact that his journey was s
o improbable. The orphan son of an African American fruit-and-vegetable me
rchant\, he was repeatedly told he had no chance of ever realizing his chi
ldhood dream of becoming an architect. And yet\, he ignored the naysayers
to reach the pinnacle of his chosen profession\, while overcoming widespre
ad discrimination throughout early- to mid-twentieth century America. The
odds against him succeeding were enormous.
$60 Hardcover copy of the book from Angel City Press
\n*$10 Presentation only – Members (Pay Belo
w with small Paypal fee)
\n*$15 Presentation only – Non Members (Pay
Below with small Paypal fee)
\n*O
nce you purchase your ticket you will be taken to a page with your zoom li
nk to the event . That is your invite. Yay! Please bookmark that p
age\, print that page or save that link as we will not be emailing out the
zoom link.
And
\nMaster Architects of Southern California 1920 -1940\, a new twelve-volume series by Marc Appleton and Bret Parsons showcases the work of the Golden Era’s most important residential architects as originally featured in the earliest issues of The Architectural Digest. Featuring some of the earliest known photog raphs of the work of legendary architects\, the series is devoted to the e ra when oil titans\, film industry moguls\, bankers\, and successful entre preneurs who were new to the region hired the most accomplished and talent ed architects they could find.
\n \n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:2021\,April 21\,Architechture\,Bret Parsons\,Hancock Park\,Historical Society\,Los Angeles\,Marc Appleton\,Paul R. Williams\,St ephen Gee\,The Architectural Digest\,Virtual Event\,Windsor Square END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-925@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240328T102535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM. A prime Hancock Park 1927 Medite rranean Revival Architectural Masterpiece has been fully renovated\, resto red\, decorated and enhanced into its present pristine condition by the l egendary design firm of Ron Wilson Interiors and its owner\, Joseph Guider a as his personal residence. This distinctive estate has all the hallmark s of a truly unique and special property: built in the 1920s for a direct descendant of Los Angeles oldest original Spanish land grant holding famil ies\, designed for large-scale entertaining and yet with many smaller inti mate personal spaces in a grand period revival style by noted architects\, constructed by a local well know builder of most prestigious luxury homes of the era\, and now restored to all of its former glory.\n$25 Member pri ce (Pay Below with a small Paypal fee)*$35 Non-member price (Pay Below wit h a small Paypal fee)*\n*After your purchase you will be emailed the speci al presentation link by 6pm the day before the presentation and by 12pm on the day of the presentation.\n\nWednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM\nThe Windso r Square Hancock Park Historical Society\npresents its first\nHistory and Virtual Home Tour of 330 N. June Street\nFeaturing an interview and guided tour through this historic property by President Richard Battaglia and ho me owner Joseph Guidera followed by question and answer period with Mr. Gu idera.\nPatrick J. Watson was born in 1876 to his parents\, Colonel James Alexander Watson of Scotland and Maria Dolores Dominguez on the old Manual Dominguez Rancho\, which encompasses much of present day cities of Torran ce\, Wilmington\, Compton\, Carson\, San Pedro and the South Bay area of L os Angeles. This was the first Spanish land grant in CA from King Carlos o f Spain. Patrick Watson was the vice president of the Watson Land Co and i n 1923\, he sold his share of the original Rancho property to The Pan Amer ican Oil Company which was a subsidiary of the Doheny Company. In the mid- 1920s\, Patrick Watson & his wife\, Miss Mamie O’Farrell of San Francisco\ , were looking to move off of the original Rancho property and decided to build a new home for themselves in the fashionable and developing area of Hancock Park.\nPatrick hired the notable Architectural firm of Hunt & Burn s to design his new family estate on a large double access lot located on a prominent corner in the new district of Hancock Park. During their tenu re together\, Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns built some of the most bea utiful buildings in the Los Angeles area including: Automobile Club of So uthern California\, Headquarters – 1921-1923\, Children’s Hospital\, Los A ngeles – 1910\, The Wilshire – Ebell Club\, Clubhouse – 1926-1927\, Los An geles Public Library\, Vermont Square Branch – 1913\, McKinley House\, Laf ayette Park\, Los Angeles\, CA – 1917\, Scripps College\, Claremont\, CA – 1929\, The Los Angeles Tennis Club – 1927 and The Wilshire Country Club – 1919.\nFor his new home\, Patrick Watson would enlist the services of the Sweden-born master builder C.J. Nordquist who had a well-deserved reputat ion for building some of the grandest homes and public buildings in Los An geles.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T200000 LOCATION:Virtual Event SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:VIRTUAL HOME TOUR 303 N. JUNE ST. URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/history-of-303-n-june-street / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2021/04/DSC_2244b-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://windso rsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DSC_2244b-300x218.jpg\;3 00\;218\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads /2021/04/DSC_2244b-1024x743.jpg\;1024\;743\;1\,full\;https://windsorsquare hancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DSC_2244b-scaled.jpg\;2560\;185 7\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nWednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM. A prime Hancock Park 1927
Mediterranean Revival Architectural Masterpiece has been fully renovated\
, restored\, decorated and enhanced into its present pristine condition b
y the legendary design firm of Ron Wilson Interiors and its owner\, Joseph
Guidera as his personal residence. This distinctive estate has all the h
allmarks of a truly unique and special property: built in the 1920s for a
direct descendant of Los Angeles oldest original Spanish land grant holdin
g families\, designed for large-scale entertaining and yet with many small
er intimate personal spaces in a grand period revival style by noted archi
tects\, constructed by a local well know builder of most prestigious luxur
y homes of the era\, and now restored to all of its former glory.
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\nPatric k J. Watson was born in 1876 to his parents\, Colonel James Alexander Wats on of Scotland and Maria Dolores Dominguez on the old Manual Dominguez Ran cho\, which encompasses much of present day cities of Torrance\, Wilmingto n\, Compton\, Carson\, San Pedro and the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Th is was the first Spanish land grant in CA from King Carlos of Spain. Patri ck Watson was the vice president of the Watson Land Co and in 1923\, he so ld his share of the original Rancho property to The Pan American Oil Compa ny which was a subsidiary of the Doheny Company. In the mid-1920s\, Patric k Watson & his wife\, Miss Mamie O’Farrell of San Francisco\, were looking to move off of the original Rancho property and decided to build a new ho me for themselves in the fashionable and developing area of Hancock Park.< /p>\n
Patrick hired the notable Architectural firm of Hunt & Burns to de sign his new family estate on a large double access lot located on a promi nent corner in the new district of Hancock Park. During their tenure toge ther\, Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns built some of the most beautiful buildings in the Los Angeles area including: Automobile Club of Southern California\, Headquarters – 192 1-1923\, Children’s Hospital\, Los Angeles – 1910\, The Wilshire – Ebell Club\, Clubhouse – 1926-1927\, < a href='https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/2555' targ et='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'>Los Angeles Public Library\, Vermont Square Branch – 1913\, McKinle y House\, Lafayette Park\, Los Angeles\, CA – 1917\, Scripps College\, Claremont\, CA – 1929\, The Los An geles Tennis Club – 1927 and The Wilshire Country Club – 1919.
\nFor his new home\, Patrick Wats on would enlist the services of the Sweden-born master builder C.J. Nordqu ist who had a well-deserved reputation for building some of the grandest h omes and public buildings in Los Angeles.
\n\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Architechture\,Hancock Park\,Historical Society\,Jose ph Guidera\,Larchmont\,Los Angeles\,Mediterranean Revival Architectural Ma sterpiece\,Patrick J. Watson\,Ron Wilson Interiors\,Virtual Event\,Windsor Square END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-873@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240328T102535Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 22nd. 7:00 PM. In 1933\, “Fortune” magazi ne suggested to the American fashion industry that they could benefit from the showmanship demonstrated by the Hollywood designers in order to compe te with the French couturiers. The Hollywood designer “Fortune” most prais ed was Adrian of M-G-M. It was a logical choice as Adrian’s design for Joa n Crawford in the 1932 film “Letty Lynton” dominated the fashion industry for the next two years. Join us for Adrian\, American Designer\, Hollywood Original by Richard Matukonis-Adkins.\n$10 Presentation only – Members ( Pay Below with small Paypal fee)*$15 Presentation only – Non Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)*$55 Presentation and electronic book\, Membe r price (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)$60 Presentation and electronic b ook\, Non-Member price (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)Purchase e-book or additional e-books separately\n*After your purchase you will be emailed t he special presentation link by 6pm the day before the presentation and by 12pm on the day of the presentation.\n\nThe Windsor Square Hancock Park H istorical Society\npresents\nAdrian\, American Designer\, Hollywood Origin al\nwith author Richard Matukonis-Adkins\nPlease join us Wednesday\, Septe mber 22nd. 7:00 PM\n\n\n\nDespite offers to go into the retail business as early as 1928\, Adrian did not enter the commercial fashion world until 1 942\, after leaving M-G-M\, but taking his fame with him. In 1944 he would win the prestigious Coty Award for fashion design. One of the reasons he did so was his innovative Trompe l’oiel painted imagery on fabric\, a tast eful solution to the L-85 fabric restrictions of World War II. So proud of the award was Adrian that he added the line “American Designer” to all hi s advertisements in the prestigious fashion magazines.\nBy 1952\, he had a chieved all his dreams. He was famous\, successful\, married to a lovely w oman\, movie star Janet Gaynor\, father to a son\, Robin\, had traveled to Africa\, and was working happily in fashion\, theatre\, and fine art. Unf ortunately\, a weak heart demanded he give up his fashion business. His “r etirement” however\, was hardly inactive.\nAttendance at a film festival i n Brazil in 1952 led the Adrians to build – by hand – a home outside the n ew capital of Brasilia. They spent half their year in Brazil and half in L os Angeles. Janet made a return to movies in 1957\, and Adrian designed hi s first stage production since 1924\, a musical version of his film hit “G rand Hotel”. Dual offers came to Janet and Adrian to continue theatrical w ork\, her to star in “Midnight Sun” with Arthur Hill\, and for Adrian to d esign for the musical which became “Camelot” and for which he was awarded a posthumous Tony Award\, shared with Tony Duquette\, who completed the pr oduction after Adrian suddenly died three months into the assignment.\nThe nostalgia boom began just a few years after Adrian’s passing\, but the su rviving pieces of his film work were soon commanding high prices at auctio ns\, with the Judy Garland-worn ruby slippers becoming the most valuable o f all movie artifacts. Also\, his couturier work began to be presented in museum exhibitions all over the world.\nAccording to their son\, Robin\, n either Janet nor Adrian dwelt in the past. He would probably be a little s urprised at the attention his work still receives\, but would nonetheless be pleased about it\, I’m sure.\nI have studied Adrian and his work for th e last two decades\, with the result being my book\, “Adrian – American De signer\, Hollywood Original” and I am pleased to be able to share new info rmation with those familiar with his work and to introduce him to new audi ences who know the designer\, but not as much about the man. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T200000 LOCATION:Virtual Event SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Adrian\, American Designer\, Hollywood Original URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/adrian-american-designer-hol lywood-original/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2021/04/Adrian-American-Designer-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\ ;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Adrian-Am erican-Designer-219x300.jpg\;219\;300\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquarehanc ockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Adrian-American-Designer-748x1024.j pg\;748\;1024\;1\,full\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/up loads/2021/04/Adrian-American-Designer.jpg\;1095\;1500\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Wednesday\, September 22nd. 7:00 PM. In 1 933\, “Fortune” magazine suggested to the American fashion industry that t hey could benefit from the showmanship demonstrated by the Hollywood desig ners in order to compete with the French couturiers. The Hollywood designe r “Fortune” most praised was Adrian of M-G-M. It was a logical choice as A drian’s design for Joan Crawford in the 1932 film “Letty Lynton” dominated the fashion industry for the next two years. Join us for Adrian\, America n Designer\, Hollywood Original by Richard Matukonis-Adkins.
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15 Presentation only – Non Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)*
$55 P
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\n*After your purchase yo
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presents
\nDespite offer s to go into the retail business as early as 1928\, Adrian did not enter t he commercial fashion world until 1942\, after leaving M-G-M\, but taking his fame with him. In 1944 he would win the prestigious Coty Award for fas hion design. One of the reasons he did so was his innovative Trompe l’oiel painted imagery on fabric\, a tasteful solution to the L-85 fabric restri ctions of World War II. So proud of the award was Adrian that he added the line “American Designer” to all his advertisements in the prestigious fas hion magazines.
\nBy 1952\, he had achieved all his dreams. He was f amous\, successful\, married to a lovely woman\, movie star Janet Gaynor\, father to a son\, Robin\, had traveled to Africa\, and was working happil y in fashion\, theatre\, and fine art. Unfortunately\, a weak heart demand ed he give up his fashion business. His “retirement” however\, was hardly inactive.
\nAttendance at a film festival in Brazil in 1952 led the Adrians to build – by hand – a home outside the new capital of Brasilia. T hey spent half their year in Brazil and half in Los Angeles. Janet made a return to movies in 1957\, and Adrian designed his first stage production since 1924\, a musical version of his film hit “Grand Hotel”. Dual offers came to Janet and Adrian to continue theatrical work\, her to star in “Mid night Sun” with Arthur Hill\, and for Adrian to design for the musical whi ch became “Camelot” and for which he was awarded a posthumous Tony Award\, shared with Tony Duquette\, who completed the production after Adrian sud denly died three months into the assignment.
\nThe nostalgia boom be
gan just a few years after Adrian’s passing\, but the surviving pieces of
his film work were soon commanding high prices at auctions\, with the Judy
Garland-worn ruby slippers becoming the most valuable of all movie artifa
cts. Also\, his couturier work began to be presented in museum exhibitions
all over the world.
\nAccording to their son\, Robin\, neither Janet
nor Adrian dwelt in the past. He would probably be a little surprised at
the attention his work still receives\, but would nonetheless be pleased a
bout it\, I’m sure.
I have studied Adrian and his work for the las t two decades\, with the result being my book\, “Adrian – American Designe r\, Hollywood Original” and I am pleased to be able to share new informati on with those familiar with his work and to introduce him to new audiences who know the designer\, but not as much about the man.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Adrian\,Coty Award\,Judy Garland\,MGM\,Richard Matuko nis-Adkins\,Windsor Square\,Windsor Square Hancock Park Historical Society END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR