ROGER DODGER
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2012-08-18 10:26 AM |
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Your articles are always so informative I never knew Grovers story very intresting man I remember seeing him about town. I just realized that the Miramar would make a wonderful homeless shelter there is a whole community there plus the beach. The current owner isn't doing anything with the proptery. I'm sure my neighbors would join me in helping CE move out of our neighborHOOD into Montecito. Just a though it's the thought that counts...Thanks UH..
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D8VANILLA
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2012-08-18 10:45 AM |
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Great job reporting. Amazing photos and very interesting to read all the history... Thats the street that Biden was on when he was in Santa Barbara doing fundraising. Eucalyptus Lane
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COMMENT 309887
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2012-08-18 11:05 AM |
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Great stories and pics. Would love more of the same about Bonnymede estate and Biltmore pier.
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COMMENT 309894
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2012-08-18 11:28 AM |
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Wonderful! Thanks for going into such detail about so many people and places I fondly remember from my neighborhood. (My children have been fifth-generation residents and we are blessed). I hope things will change so that jewels like the Sykes garage will be protected. And how about the Sykes house and All Saints by-the-Sea and the Victorian house on the corner which at one time was owned by the Jeffersons who also owned the Music Academy?
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KDEF
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2012-08-18 04:40 PM |
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Thanks to the urban hikers for the photos and information about the region'.s historic sites. It is encouraging to see that many residents are interested in learning about these sites and hopefully will encourage their preservation.
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SEEDLADY
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2012-08-18 05:24 PM |
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One of your best articles; love and respect just eminate from it. Mr Barnes would surely be proud of you 'young people'. Thank you for doing such detailed research. I just spent some time with someone who had stayed there and wondered what had happened to the hotel. I will be emailing him a link to this story!
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COMMENT 310034P
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2012-08-18 07:35 PM |
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Jacques was the ever present lifeguard at the Miramar beach in the 1960's -1970's. He was a real character in his speedo and spoken English with a heavy French accent.
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SUMMERTIME
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2012-08-19 08:17 AM |
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thank you....
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FLICKA
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2012-08-19 09:31 AM |
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Thank you for comments about Grover, one of the dearest men you'd ever want to meet. We lived next door to the Miramar; great-grandparents bought a couple acres from the hotel in 1907. In the photo of the water tower you can see some of the huge palm trees my great-grandfather planted over 100 years ago, he was the gardner for the Jeffersons (Eucalyptus & Miramar Ave) who later bought Mira Flores (Music Academy), they wanted gramps to be their head gardner there but he didn't want to go that far from home. We can thank the board of supervisors for the condition of the Miramar today, they gave a permit to tear it down without demanding a "bond of completion", to insure there was enough money to rebuild.
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STACE
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2012-08-19 12:47 PM |
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Thanks for the info, FLICKA. The next time I'm in the 'hood I'll take an extra long look at the palm trees your gramps planted. It's funny to think he did't take the job at Mira Flores because it was so far from home! Those were definitely simpler, gentler days...
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