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Historic Coronado Home Saved From Demolition
Home Was Built By Architect Homer Delawie In 1960s
SAN DIEGO -- A compromise is in the works over a home in Coronado that was facing demolition.
The house located on Glorietta Street was built by master architect Homer Delawie in the 1960s and is considered to be historically significant.
Delawie, a renowned leader in modernist architecture, designed some of San Diego's most recognizable sites, including the Bea Evenson Fountain at Balboa Park and the clock tower in downtown San Diego.
Mark Gosselin bought the home last April for $1.7 million and was planning to tear it down to build a larger one. He disputes the home's historical significance.
"He did some notable residential work. This is not one of them. It's not even mentioned in his book and so forth. It wasn't one of his notable works," Gosselin said during a Coronado City Council meeting last month.
Council members voted to withhold issuing a demolition permit in a closed session.
Read the entire 10News.com article here.
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Comment by CECILIA A. CASEY (Cece) on January 3, 2011 at 12:51pm -
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TEARING DOWN ANOTHER OLD HOUSE ON THAT ISLAND! there are too many "cookie cutter" modern piles already!
Transplanted Nado native
Cece Casey
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Comment by Debi Demetrion on January 3, 2011 at 11:15pm -
Good for the City Council! Sorry to the owner, but you just need to realize the value of keeping these old homes as they are. Change is not always 'good.' Perhaps he should have looked in to just what he could and couldn't do with the house before he bought it.
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