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e invite our readers to March into Spring with this month’s issue of Crown City Magazine. Read up on the wonderful places to go and things to do this month. We celebrate Coronado Historical Association’s 50th anniversary as Christine Stokes tells us how this treasured organization is preserving Coronado’s rich history. In celebration of this milestone, we look back at history in the month of March through the years. Times have changed, but Coronado is still a place like no other. One thing that makes Coronado so special is its artistic side. We look at Coronado Creates, a 10-year strategic arts plan that is getting closer to becoming a reality. And Dr. Seuss is coming to town! City of Coronado Arts Administrator Kelly Purvis gives us the details about a special exhibit celebrating a collection of the beloved
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childrens author’s work at the Coronado Public Library and C3 Gallery at the Coronado Community Center. This will be fun for the whole family. Don’t forget to come on down to support our schools on Thursday, March 14 at the Coronado High School Theater and Quad. As Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax would say, unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. Let’s come together to support our schools with CSF! #inittowinit We hope our March issue puts a spring in your step and inspires you to get out and enjoy everything this beautiful island has to offer. Your Crown City Team, Yertle the Turtle, The Lorax, Thing 1 and Thing 2
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James Party 2019: 4-8pm March 10 Coronado Cays Yacht Club The annual James Party honors James Richard Shirey, Jr. who passed away suddenly on Jan. 10, 2009 at the age of 14 from complications of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. The James Shirey Foundation, Inc.’s mission is to keep James’ memory alive by supporting the community in impactful ways through charities that benefit local youth. Young Life Coronado, CARES Foundation and the James Shirey Memorial Garden at Silver Strand Elementary are the beneficiaries this year. Tickets on sale at jamesshireyfoundation.org CSF Telethon: 5pm March 14 Coronado High School Coronado Schools Foundation presents the 31st CSF Telethon, live on TV, Spectrum Channel 19. It’s
an evening of fun for the whole family. The gameshow themed 2019 telethon includes a family carnival and a live showcase of CSF funding in our schools to help raise $1 million for Coronado’s students. csfkids.org Home Front Judging: March 31 – April 2 In the spirit of beautifying Coronado one property at a time, the annual home front judging sets the stage for a beautiful Coronado during Flower Show weekend. During a three-day period, community volunteers will walk the streets and neighborhoods evaluating the gardens throughout the city. Besides the over 6,000 homes, judges will look at commercial fronts, church gardens, school gardens, apartment and condos, municipal fronts and hotels/motels. coronadoflowershow.com
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This Month in Crown City History T H R O U G H
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Dirigible Takes First Flight at North Island March 1, 1920
The inaugural flight of dirigible Airship C-6, the first lighter-than-air ship constructed on the West Coast, occurred at North Island. The C-6 was the first of a fleet
of lighter-than-air ships stationed at North Island. The dirigible measured 196 feet in length with a capacity of 35,000 cubic feet of gas. A crew of six sailed the airship out over the coast, then the city, reaching an altitude of 1,000 feet. Thousands of people stopped to marvel at the wonder of this new type of aeronautic display.
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George W. March 3, Granniss 1873 acquires the final one-fourth interest in the Peninsula of San Diego, as Coronado was originally known, from A.C. Peachy, the last of three partners. A few days prior, on Feb. 28, Granniss acquired one-half interest from William Aspinwall, and one-quarter interest from Frederick Billings. Granniss acquired full ownership for less than $1,000, paying the delinquent taxes for the prior owners.
Shelby E. (“Pop”) Millar was a local legend, the juvenile officer of the Coronado Police Department. His kind humor had made him one of the town’s most popular citizens. The city declared “Pop Millar Day” and 1,800 parents and children paraded him through the city and made him the guest of honor at a big luncheon where he was loaded down with gifts.
March 8, 1947
Virginia Bridge takes office as the first woman elected mayor of Coronado,
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presiding for one term. Bridge was also well known as the owner and publisher of the Bridge & Bay Magazine. Work begins on the foundation for the Hotel del Coronado. Construction materials included 14,000 barrels of concrete, several tons of sand and 250,000 tons of broken stone. The foundation was built 12 feet high, running a total of 2,308 linear feet.
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March 20, 1911 At the outbreak of a revolution in Mexico, the 4th Provisional Regiment, U.S. Marines arrived at North Island and began work on Camp Thomas, the first formal Marine Corps camp in the San Diego area since the MexicanAmerican War that ended in 1848. In June 1911, due to the overthrow of Mexican President Porferio Diaz, the 4th Regiment was disbanded.
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Elisha Babcock wrote a letter to the University of California offering the use of the Hotel del Coronado’s boathouse in Glorietta Bay to the newly formed Marine Biological Association of San Diego. The director of the lab was Dr. William E. Ritter, a professor at University of California Berkeley, who had been looking for a permanent location for his studies. The Marine Biological Lab was headquartered at the boathouse for two summers before it moved into a small building above La Jolla Cove, financed by the Scripps family. The Marine Biological Association eventually became known as Scripps Institution of Oceanography. LESLIE CRAWFORD
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Streets flooded from more than 2 1/4 inches of rainfall. Ocean Boulevard is severely damaged from heavy surf, threatening oceanfront homes. Fearing future destructive storms, one homeowner moved his house to 10th and Adella where it still resides today, beautifully restored and tended by the current owners.
March 24, 1906
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The last run of the Belt Line train made its way down the Silver Strand. A ceremony was held by the old Coronado Boat House next to the tracks, marking the end of an era. The railroad had been in operation for 83 years.
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March 25, 1922
Mr. William Holland,
president of the newly formed Coronado Cycle Club staged an event of stationary bicycle races for boys at 955 Orange Mrs. Edna Cooper took a group of March 23, ladies on a “coaching tour” of North 1905 Island to see the fields of poppies and Indian paintbrush in bloom. Elsewhere on Coronado, near the polo fields, another group of ladies found a clump of blooming yuccas and tried to break off a stem, which proved to be very difficult. Yucca plants were blooming all over Coronado, which were always of great interest to Easterners since they were typically the first flowers they would see from the train passing through the desert and so unusual by their standards. The women finally succeeded and walked back to the hotel with their big bouquet only to be met by the police who informed them that picking the wildflowers was prohibited, but since the harm was done the women were left to enjoy their prize.
Ave. Racing bikes were set up on rollers and riders were tested on speed. Frank Spreckels won in the Under 9 age category for riding the quarter mile in 33 seconds. Prizes that day were handlebars, bike seats aka saddles, tire pumps and rear safety lights.
March 29, 1908 Poinsett Nowell Littlefield was born at the Hotel del Coronado at 6:25 p.m. to a naval officer and his debutante wife. The newest arrival was registered in the hotel ledger in red ink and was presented to hotel guests, who considered his birth a good omen, on Sunday, April 5. Author L. Frank Baum was staying at the resort and delivered a speech and a poem specially written for the baby. An engraved silver cup was presented to the new family and according to the Army & Navy Register, “Master Littlefield throughout the ceremony acted decorously.”
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Big change was on the horizon in this iconic photo showing the final stages of bridge construction, which was completed in 1969. Coronado’s beloved ferries were in the last months of transporting autos and passengers back and forth across San Diego Bay as they had done for 80 years.
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Golden Memories Coronado Historical Association celebrates 50 years
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ifty years ago, if you looked out your window in Coronado you might be able to see the completion of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. The bridge
represented a change to our town. It opened Coronado to the possibilities of San Diego while altering the small-town feel.
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That’s when Bunny MacKenzie, Katherine Carlin and other concerned community members started working to preserve the island’s history. They rallied to save the last of the soon-to-be-retired ferry boats. Until the completion of the bridge, the ferry was the primary way to reach Coronado, and for Bunny and Katherine, that boat was the representation of our town’s history and culture. The group saw the possibility of what the decommissioned ferry could become — home to something Coronado desperately needed, a museum. In Bunny and Katherine’s plan, which is still in the Coronado Historical Association’s archival collection, the ferry would be a museum and community space. Ultimately, the cost of the ferry proved prohibitive and saving it was out of reach. However, their dream set in motion the Coronado Historical Association of today. The founding members established the Coronado Historical Association on Feb. 7, 1969. With the original goal of saving the ferry beyond reach, CHA embraced the community and vigorously sought to preserve Coronado’s history by collecting artifacts, records, photos and remembrances. These items needed a home, so CHA moved into a small bungalow in Bab-
Built in 1911, this beautiful, historical building is home to the Coronado Historical Association.
cock Court on the corner of 7th Street and Orange Avenue. Through exhibitions, lectures, and historical home tours, the association grew in membership, collections and prestige. Soon, CHA ranked as one of the largest historical societies in California, relative to the size of its community. In 1987, CHA purchased a home at 1126 Loma Ave., which would become the city’s first museum. Over the next 12 years of collecting and preserving Coronado’s history, CHA and its large stock of local items outgrew the historic house on Loma. In 1999, the organization
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relocated to the historical bank building at 1100 Orange Ave. The Orange Avenue site opened to the public in October 2000 with three exhibit galleries, a research library and a state-of-the-art collections storage space. Fulfilling Bunny and Katherine’s goals, CHA features changing exhibits and preserves more than 22,000 photographs, thousands of archival documents and over 1,500 artifacts. The research library is available to the public, and monthly adult and youth programs continue to creatively tell the history of the island. And, just like the original goal of providing community space on the decommissioned ferry, 1100 Orange is home to diverse community programming. For 50 years the Coronado Historical Association has been serving the community of Coronado. This incredible resource is here for all to enjoy. This year, CHA is celebrating its own history with a 50th-anniversary exhibit opening March 21. You can help write CHA’s story for the next 50 years. Become involved in the strategic plan process by visiting coronadohistory.org. One of Coronado’s ferry ticket booths was saved
• Christine Stokes is the Coronado Historical Association’s museum director.
from destruction and now sits at the site of the old ferry landing at First Street and Orange Avenue.
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One of Coronado’s latest public art installations, photograph by Dan McGeorge and graphics by Jody Esquer. This fun and colorful mural along the side of the old Coramart building in the 800 block of Orange Avenue is the result of a public-private partnership between the city and the property owners.
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10-year arts and culture plan dreams big for community
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You might have attended a screening at the
Coronado Island Film Festival last November or are planning to read Laura McNeal’s The Practice House: A Novel with your friends and neighbors as part of Coronado Community Read. Maybe you’ve noticed the banners on Orange Avenue or the bronze sculpture “The Handstand” by Daniel Stern at the community center. If so, you can thank the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission. CROWNCITYMAGAZINE.COM
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“It’s a very aspirational plan. There is excellence here. We want it for our kids and we want it for our seniors.” — CORONADO ARTS ADMINISTRATOR KELLY PURVIS
The City Council and the Cultural Arts Commission held a joint meeting in January with displays highlighting local authors, artists and arts organizations culminating with the presentation of Coronado CREATES: A Strategic Plan for Arts and Culture.
Since its establishment in 2011, the commission of mostly volunteers has been working to promote all aspects of the arts and has made it easier than ever to keep up with what’s going on through the organization’s website, coronadoarts.com And for the past 18 months, the commission has been working in conjunction with Kelly Purvis, the city’s arts administrator, and Louise Stevens of the consulting firm ArtsMarket of Bozeman, Montana, to put together Coronado Creates, a 10-year strategic arts and culture plan. The plan, Stevens said, is “totally doable,” especially because the residents of Coronado are so engaged in the community. “It’s a very aspirational plan,” Purvis said. “There is excellence here. We want it for our kids and we want it for our seniors.” Taking on the project, she said, 18
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couldn’t have been possible without the support of the city council and the city manager’s office. “They are cheerleaders for the arts.” The ambitious plan, which is scheduled to go before the city council for acceptance in the near future, has three main areas of focus for the commission: overseeing the city’s arts grant program, establishing an art or community foundation and creating a venue. The city council gives the arts community approximately $1 million each year in arts grants. It’s testament to the city’s support for the arts and the importance of art to the prosperity of the community, Purvis said. “Our goal is to make the process transparent and make sure it’s open to all non-profits,” she said. The commission would be responsible for making recommendations to the council, which will have final approval for the disbursement of the allocations.
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“The idea would be to have a very clear program that is documented well and is fair to all,” said Jeff Tyler, the commission’s chairman who also heads the public art program for the commission. The grant process would include guidelines for documentation of results for future funding. “We expect a report back,” Purvis said. The commission is also looking at creating a foundation, either just for the arts or for the whole community to raise money for the arts. “We want to take a proactive position to raise money and work in conjunction with other non-profits,” Purvis said. The foundation would become the main repository for residents to give to the arts, Tyler said. “Some things are above and beyond what the city wants to fund,” he said. One of those items is a venue for music and performing arts, which could either be new construction or the reimagining of a current facility such as creating a joint space with the Coronado Unified School District at Coronado High School’s Performing Arts Center. “We really don’t have a lot of good performing arts places that work acoustically and space-wise,” Tyler said. The Coronado Island Film Festival, now in its third year, is also in need of venues. An option for an entirely new space is at the Coronado Ferry Landing, which is under the jurisdiction of the San Diego Unified Port District and therefore could include funding from the San Diego Port Commission. Garry Bonelli, the chairman of the port commission and a Coronado resident, has expressed interest in revamping the Landing. “It’s the perfect opportunity to include a performing arts center,” Tyler said. “The timing is ideal to consider something significant, something appropriate.” “If you don’t plan and you don’t put that aspiration out there, you don’t know what’s possible,” Purvis said. Another item on the Coronado Creates wish list is establishing a California Cultural District to help foster creativity and collaborate on arts events and promotion, ensuring a vibrant downtown area. “I see the district running from the library to the Hotel Del,” Purvis said. “We need to realize that this is a smart investment,” she said. “Cultural tourists spend money on tickets and dinners. These are a different type of tourist coming to town. They add to the community.”
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The plan also calls for historic districts to protect the city’s character. Historical preservation and heritage come under the umbrella of culture, Stevens said, to keep the city’s sense of place. “I view culture in a community equally important as recreation,” Stevens said. The cultural arts commission is also working with a group to start a music festival, and the strategic plan calls for thinking bigger when it comes to public art. “I’d like to see a significant, defining public art piece for the future,” Purvis said. “The public art process needs to be enhanced to receive some major pieces in the future.” Public art so far has been on a smaller scale, some of it temporary, such as the Piano Project, which will start its third year in May. Three pianos will be set up around town for public use. The 10-year plan was developed through conversations, townhall meetings and surveys with arts partners, non-profits and the public over the past year and a half. “We did everything within our power to give residents a chance to respond,” Tyler said. “We got as much involvement as we possibility could.” The planning culminated in the State of the Arts, a joint event Jan. 8 by the Cultural Arts Commission and the City of Coronado to unveil the draft of the plan. If the 10-year plan is accepted by the city council, the commission will then develop the first steps, which will have to be approved by the council. “Ten years is a big bite for anyone,” Purvis said. “We’re going to take it in smaller bites and organize it into yearly goals.” The first-year goals will most likely include plans for taking over the grant program and exploring ways to establish a foundation. “We’re taking it one step at a time and doing it the right way,” Tyler said. The new goals will be incorporated into the Cultural Arts Commission, which has had seven program areas with seven commissioners since its inception: arts education and musical arts, arts partners and advocacy, communications, development and special events, literary arts, public art and visual arts. “We were getting ahead but not thinking ahead to the big picture,” Purvis said. “It may not necessarily be more (arts), but it will be better.” She sees the 10-year plan as a map that can be recalibrated, if needed. “We wanted to dream big,” Tyler said.
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A Gallery of Our Own CIT Y- O W N ED C3 G A LLERY S H O W CA S ES LO CA L A RTIST S By KELLY PURVIS
When the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission
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was established seven years ago, a primary goal was to create opportunities for local artists to show and sell their artwork in the community. In order to hit the ground running, the commission planned pop-up exhibitions at the Coronado Public Library, the Coronado Golf Course and Spreckels Park. Local artists would bring tables and umbrellas and display their work at these occasional events. However, commission members soon recognized that a more permanent gallery would be desirable, and work began to develop a space owned by the City of Coronado and operated by the Cultural Arts Commission.
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The result is the Coronado Community Center Art Gallery, known as the C3 Gallery. The gallery, in the north wing of the lobby of the Coronado Community Center at 1845 Strand Way, is comprised of three cabinets for the display of two- and three-dimensional art. It was dedicated November 2015 Timeless Designs for Life during the city’s 125th celebration, Timeless Designs for Life and since its inception, the gallery has staged three to four exhibitions each year. The space was always meant to be used for art. When the Community Center building opened in 2005, plans called for recessed cabTimeless Designs for Life inets in the hallway adjacent to the Nautilus Room. But the cabinets, envisioned as a space for exhibiting artwork, were not completed in the original construction and instead recessed bulletin boards were built. The Cultural Arts Commission again envisioned this as a potential site for a permanent gallery as it already had the bones in place, significant foot traffic and exposure for shows and space for artist receptions in the neighboring Nautilus Room. When it came time to build the gallery, local cabinetmaker Stan Withouski, of Withouski Cabinets stepped forward and built the cabinets at cost. Coronado Hardware Glass and Paint owner Phil HamInterior Design Decorating New Construction Renovations mett collaborated on the project, designing the locking sliding glass Renovations Interior Interior Design NewConstruction Construction Decorating New Renovations DesignDecorating doors, again at cost. Total expense of the project was $15,030 which included the cost of the first exhibition. The gallery was accomplished through grants and donations from the City of Coronado, the Coronado Woman’s Club
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Louise Gens Wicarious has collected art work signed by Dr. Seuss for many years. Her collection will be on display in All Things Seuss, Exhibit 1 & 2 at Coronado Public Library and at C3 Gallery.
“ALL THINGS SEUSS, EXHIBIT 1 & 2” Exhibit 1 will run from March 1 to May 20 at the Coronado Library. A Celebration Reception to unveil Exhibit 2 will be held Wednesday, March 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Nautilus Room, 1845 Strand Way. A guest speaker will talk about the artist and collecting Seuss. The event is free and open to the public.
and the Coronado Art Association. Contributions also poured in from 53 private donors, many from outside of Coronado. The C3 has three named gal-
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sponsor the exhibition of art in the city of Coronado.” Many of the association’s members have been juried into exhibitions in the C3 over the last three years. CROWNCITYMAGAZINE.COM
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The second case is dedicated to Doug St. Denis, a co-founder of the Cultural Arts Commission and the founding director of the Coronado Island Film Festival. An artist, poet, actress and community arts advocate she has worked tirelessly to promote the arts in Coronado. And the third, a free-standing cabinet, is dedicated to Dale St. Denis, husband of Doug St. Denis, who was a noted architect and pottery artist. In 2015, Dale St. Denis suffered a stroke but was able to attend the C3 Gallery and learn of the dedication of the space in his honor. He had three pottery pieces in that first show, “Visions of Coronado” which featured 25 local artists. St. Denis’ enthusiasm for the project made the dedication of the galleries by former Mayor Casey Tanaka emotional. It was a celebration of organizations and individuals who value art and its influence in the community. The second exhibition opened in early 2016 and featured three artists selected by attendees at the
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inaugural exhibit. “The 2016 People’s Choice Awards” featured the works of painters Pamela Murphy and Uwe Werner and the pottery of Coronado High School ceramics teacher Kelly Schnorr Telebrico. Subsequent exhibitions have included photographers, painters, quilters, mosaic artists and jewelry designers. Two student art shows have featured the work of more than 40 Coronado High School visual and ceramic artists, and shows are in the works to include the art of middle and elementary school students. The student shows were curated by the classes, and students designed and hung their own shows, giving them first-hand experience in creating an exhibition for public display. So far, C3 has hosted a dozen shows featuring more than 175 artists ranging in age from 15 to 94. This includes students from the Coronado Adult Education classes for jewelry design, mosaics and ceramics, artists from the John
D. Spreckels painting classes and students from several local painting instructors. For many artists, it was the first time they had answered a call to artists for consideration in a juried show. (Formal calls to artists are announced regularly on CoronadoARTS.com.) The emphasis has been on local artists, however as the gallery evolves the commission is exploring exhibitions from local art collections, regional artists as well as art organizations in a particular genre. “In Defense of Art,” which closed last month, featured 22 artists who are active military, veterans or military dependents. It was an eclectic collection of paintings, photographs, ceramics, painted porcelain and baskets. This show tapped a new demographic of artist. Many participants commented about the
healing value of the art. Up next is “All Things Seuss, Exhibit 1 & 2,” featuring the collection of local resident Louise Gens Wicarius at the C3 Gallery and at the Coronado Library. This is the first time the C3 Gallery is featuring a local collector’s artwork highlighting a world-renowned artist. Wicarius, an on-and-off resident since 1952, has been collecting Seuss-signed pieces since the early 2000s. Included in the collection are “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “The Sneetches,” which will be on display at the library, and seven of the “La Jolla Birdwomen” series on display at the C3 Gallery. As one of the few men in La Jolla who worked from home, Theodor Geisel called himself a “bird watcher on the social scene,” and created gentle spoofs of his La Jolla female friends.
Wicarius has taken special care in framing each piece playing on its themes and colors. The frames are artwork on their own. The Hotel del Coronado is also loaning Seuss’ “I Dreamed I Was A Doorman at the Hotel Del Coronado” for display at the library. That piece has not been on public display in many years and the image has been sold out for a long time. One thing is evident, the quantity and quality of artwork that has displayed at the C3 Gallery since opening in 2015 demonstrates that Coronado has many talented artists and avid collectors, and the commission will continue to seek and create opportunities to display their art. • Kelly Purvis is the arts administrator for the city of Coronado.
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Sidewalk Stories Builders and dreamers have left their mark Coronado sidewalks tell their own history. I have always been fascinated by their contractor stamps and the random graffiti that has crept in over the years. Originally, owners were responsible for paving in front of their properties, which may explain why some blocks have as many as three different contractor stamps. Eventually the city took over, making sidewalks an infrastructure priority. Most city sidewalks were poured between 1910 and 1915. Based on the timing, I speculate that city leaders wanted the town looking tip-top for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, knowing that people from all over the world would be visiting. — Leslie Crawford
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Nailing It TIPS AND TRICKS FOR HANGING WALL ART 3”-4”
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than one piece, the width of all the art together should add up to two-thirds.
• Place all large pieces of furniture and accessories in the room before starting to hang artwork. This will help create vignettes throughout the space and make sure the pieces are centered correctly. We often use art to trick the eye if something is off-centered or the space needs to be balanced.
• When hanging a piece of art over a buffet, dresser, sofa or any other piece of furniture, we like to make sure the bottom is 4 to 6 inches above the item. Ideally, the piece of art should land about 60 inches off the ground (which is eye level for most people).
• In design, we use the rule of thirds when selecting the rightsized piece for a space. The art should be two-thirds the width of the furniture piece it is going above. If you are using more
• When hanging multiple pieces of art, they should be no farther than 3 or 4 inches apart. This helps them act as one united piece and not feel disconnected. • Gallery walls are all about balance. Whether you want a
uniform look by using frames of the same size hanging in a grid or a more organic look using mismatched frames and objects, we always suggest laying them out on the floor first to find the perfect balance. When you are ready to hang, start with the piece in the center and work your way to the outer edges. • You will need a hammer, nails, tape measure, pencil and a level to hang your artwork. Happy hanging! Karyn Frazier and Jessica Nicolls are the owners of interior design firm Bungalow 56. CROWNCITYMAGAZINE.COM
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Ask any old-timer and you will learn just how much Coronado has changed. While it’s true some areas have undergone a wee bit of a makeover, lots of old-school haunts still remain. Dripping with a particular brand of small town, coastal nostalgia, they tell tales of friendship, family and easy beach living. If you’re feeling dreamy, summon some memories of yesteryear with a visit to one of these quintessential Coronado spots.
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B E A K I D AG A I N The saying goes: “Four wheels will move your body. Two wheels will move your soul.” Lucky for us, Holland’s Bicycles has been selling beach-town bikes since 1924. The time-honored, island-flavored shop is said to be the oldest business in town…aside from the Hotel Del. Offering rentals, repairs and an array of bikes, helmets and accessories, it’s a one-stop shop for all your biking necessities. After all, how can you live in Coronado without a beach cruiser? (Don’t forget the tiki drink holder, a basket and a bell.) Holland’s Bicycles 977 Orange Ave. 619-435-3135
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The iconic 11-story Catalina Casino is still the centerpiece of the town of Avalon. It was built in 1929 to mark the 10-year anniversary of William Wrigley Jr.’s purchase of Catalina Island.
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Island Inspiration Wrigley’s vision still evident on Catalina
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t’s only “Twenty-six miles across the sea,” according to the 1957 Four Preps song. Yet Catalina Island, chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr.’s utopia getaway, is decades removed from the mainland. Wrigley believed in “build it and they will come,” when he planned Catalina Island. He first purchased stock in the Santa Catalina Island Company sight unseen and became its sole owner in 1919, buying out the other investors. The Wrigley family owned the island until the 1970s, when his descendants deeded most of it to the Catalina Island Conservancy.
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The Catalina Island Museum (above) will celebrate the 100-year anniversary of William Wrigley Jr.’s purchase of the island with the exhibit “Wrigley’s Catalina: A Centennial Celebration,” which runs through Jan. 19, 2020. The photograph of the Wrigley family at the beach circa 1920 (below) is part of the exhibition. The museum also displays the sculptures of renowned glass artist Dale
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Each time I set foot in Avalon, I am struck by the forward-thinking magnate’s vision to create a destination for everyman, while nurturing the island’s unique flora and fauna. The town’s landmark, the extraordinary art deco casino, remains Avalon’s principal attraction. My husband and I visited the first time to celebrate a momentous anniversary and chose the 90-minute crossing on the Catalina Express (catalinaexpress.com) from Dana Point to Avalon. The weather was glorious, the crossing smooth and the boat flew across the waves. Much to our delight, we felt we had landed in the middle of a movie set: a seaside town painted with the colorized cheerfulness of a vintage postcard, where each cloudless day is simply a repeat of the day before. No cars; just golf carts darting around the narrow streets lined with beach cottages. We rolled our suitcases along the harbor, past the pier, toward the bubblegum pink façade of the iconic Hotel Mac Rae (hotelmacrae. com) on Crescent Avenue facing the waterfront. The establishment, built in 1920 by Herbert Dewey Mac Rae, reinforced the impression of stepping back in time. It reminded us of old hotels in France and Spain, where stairs lead to a lobby, then up more stairs to the room. After check in, we resumed our walk along the harbor toward the world-renowned Catalina Casino with its soaring hand-painted murals and specially commissioned tiles depicting the history of the island and the famed circular ballroom. The vast ballroom, with a 50-foot domed ceiling, Tiffany-style lamps and walls covered in gold leaf and tiles, attract-
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ed many early 20th-century movie celebrities. The Catalina Island Museum (catalinamuseum.org) at the elegant Ada Blanche Wrigley Schreiner Building at 217 Metropole Ave., illustrates the island’s fascinating history, from a refuge for smugglers and pirates, to a training ground for the Union army and for Wrigley’s beloved Chicago Cubs baseball team. Though the island was inhabited for at least 7,000 years, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was the first European to drop anchor there in 1542. Decades later, Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaíno named it Santa Catalina in honor of Saint Catherine. In 1891, the Banning Brothers established the Santa Catalina Island Company to develop the island as a resort. They started building Avalon and paved the first roads into the interior. The green pier they built in 1909 is still a focal point of the
bay front. But a catastrophic fire in 1915 burned half of Avalon to the ground. The fire and the restrictions of World War I forced the brothers to sell their island. After Wrigley bought it, he expanded the Banning Brother’s dream and along the way, he attracted a nascent film industry. Catalina became a location for many early “talkies.” One 1920s movie called for 14 bison. The movie was made, the set torn down but the bison remained. Now, a herd of about 150 roams the island’s interior. An attempt to catch a glimpse of the elusive beasts inspired us to book a bus tour for the drive along a string of hair-raising turns leading to the Airport in the Sky. Our adventure proved futile for viewing bison, so we consoled ourselves with the airport’s frisbee-sized chocolate cookies fresh from the oven. Closer to town, the Wrigley
Memorial and Botanical Gardens proved a bit of a letdown. The paucity of water had turned it into a dry landscape dotted with lackluster plants. And we made the mistake of visiting in searing midday heat. Since then we have returned for another island escape. This trip included the open-air Cyclone ferry to Two Harbors, a diminutive village on a sandy crescent 40 minutes from Avalon. What a pleasure to discover yet another part of Catalina. The inlet is the narrowest point on the island, and you can walk from one side to the other in about 20 minutes. We lunched on the beach at Harbor Sands under palapas facing a small flotilla of sailboats bobbing in the emerald water, reminiscent of a Mediterranean hideaway. • Kitty Morse is a travel writer and cookbook author. CROWNCITYMAGAZINE.COM
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will plant in March, and the smaller multi-headed red and orange sunflowers, that I will plant later in the spring for fall blooms. Sunflowers are one of the most satisfying plants to grow for all ages because they are easy to nurture, grow quickly and are spectacular to have in your garden. Bees will happily buzz around as flowers open up. For a new or young gardener, the novelty of a tall plant with a giant flower is unbeatable. For older kids, point out the Fibonacci Sequence (a mathematical sequence found everywhere in nature) in the seed patterns. I don’t save the seeds for eating, but I do cut the heads off the stalks when they are done blooming and lay them out for the birds to pick at, completing a perfect cycle in the garden.
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