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Casa Dorinda - Montecito's Downton Abbey - The Urban Hikers toured Casa Dorinda, the magnificent estate built in 1919 by Anna Dorinda and William
Bliss, and the closest thing Montecito has to Downton Abbey.
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Potential Historic Resources for $200 Alec - The Urban Hikers checked out City properties recently deemed worthy of being added to the City's
Potential Historic Resources List, as well as those that got the axe.
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Casa Dorinda - Montecito's Downton Abbey II - The Urban Hikers promised to describe the many similarities between "Casa Dorinda"and "Downton
Abbey", and they have. What a place Casa Dorinda must have been back in the day!
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88 Acres - Or is it 80 Acres? - The Urban Hikers left their downtown neighborhood on Earth Day and headed to Montecito. There they
wandered through the old "88 Acres" and felt at home.
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Typographer, Artist, Sculptor, Man - What do a historic home on Channel Drive, the Montecito Polo Club's clubhouse and the "Chromatic Gate"
have in common? Herbert Bayer, the last of the famed Bauhaus artists. That's what.
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Snow in Santa Barbara - The Urban Hikers bring you images and reports from the Great Santa Barbara Snowstorm of 1949. What do
other Edhat subscribers know about this?
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Victorian Cribs of the Upper East - The Urban Hikers celebrate Neal Graffy's new book Then and Now, by sharing some of the Upper East's
Victorian Houses now and then.
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Goats & Their Protector - The Urban Hikers promised more about Casa Dorinda this week, and while they haven't yet collected all
the info they'd hope to, they did find out more about the grazing goats and their protector.
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The Leaning Tower of Montecito - The Urban Hikers spied an historic water tower right in the heart of Montecito. Even though she's seen
better days they think she's pretty darn beautiful.
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