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2008 March Edness

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Sunday March 30, 2008

Ortega Water Tank - This water tank is located by the Santa Barbara Survey Office at 220 E. Ortega Street.

Timber's Restaurant - This is the parking lot of Timbers Restaurant. It was built using the timbers from the Goleta oil field pier that was bombed by the Japanese during WWII.

 
Thursday March 27, 2008

School Tower - This tower is on what must be one of the most beautiful Junior High schools in the country, Santa Barbara Junior High, home of the amazing Marjorie Luke Theater.

Street Clock - This cool clock is a four-sided, cast iron Ansonia street clock that was originally manufactured in 1914, and placed here around 1985. It is the only such clock on public display.

 
Wednesday March 26, 2008

Grafitti-Ridden Succulent - This hard-to-find March Edness location is front row center on the tourist map. In fact, people from the Czech Republic have been there. Edhat documented all the carvings on the succulents at this popular spot.

Old Fort on a Hill - This structure that looks like an old fort is clearly visible from a road that leads up to the hills. It used to be a treehouse, but the tree died, so it was resupported.

 
Tuesday March 25, 2008

Anisq'oyo Park Barn - This barn is found in Anisq'oyo Park in the heart of Isla Vista.

Cathedral Oaks Wagon - This wagon is located on Cathedral Oaks Road between 154 and Turnpike Road.

 
Monday March 24, 2008

Campbell Cross - This cross marks the former grave of Colonel Colin Campbell, a British military officer and millionaire. His body was moved to a location in Chicago, where the prominent family of his wife was from. The dance floor of his local home was moved to Oak Park.

Community Fountain - Local sculptor Andy Johnson created this fountain. The idea came to him in a dream after seeing a man drinking from a hose. Andy crawled into an old, crumbling wine cellar in a hillside and chipped out the tiles from it to use in this fountain.

 
Friday March 21, 2008

Montecito Entryway - These cool structures can be found at the entryway of a Montecito office building. They were designed by local architect Sherrill Broudy. The building used to be the storefront for Forms and Surfaces.

Downtown Skylight - Construction on this skylight began in 1926 and it was rehabilitated in 2003. It is 44 feet in diameter and is located in the same building as a previous Edhat WWII.

 
Thursday March 20, 2008

Our Lady of Guadalupe - Our Lady of Guadalupe is depicted here on the side of a building located on a street with many religious buildings.

Altar - The shrine shown here can be found at the former site an institution that was in Santa Barbara from 1900 to 1987. A major construction project is scheduled to begin shortly on these grounds.

 
Wednesday March 19, 2008

Billionaire's Gate - A billionaire has spent the last many years building his 18,000 square foot dream home on the bluffs above a local beach. The only thing between the monster-sized house and the ocean is a bike path and a 40-foot drop. The picture shown here is of the front gate of the property.

Park Shed - The County of Santa Barbara has a Coke and a smile in one of their local parks. We wouldn't have guessed that there was such a big demand for soft drinks in this off-the-beaten path location.

 
Tuesday March 18, 2008

Office Building Quote - Yesterday on Edhat we commented on how cool it would be to have a geographical feature, even one as mundane as a sediment basin named after you. Wouldn't it be really cool to have one of your quotes chiseled in stone above the doorway of a public building? Well, Ann Sullivan has that privilege. Her quote, "Law is the voice of the people. Justice makes it heard", is chiseled front and center on a building on Santa Barbara Street.

Building Ornamentation - This building is one of the most well known buildings in town because of its grand old style and ornate decorations. We all know it's there, but the grandness of the structure must be all we can take in, because the details go unnoticed.

 
Monday March 17, 2008

Off Ramp Building - There are 37 steps that lead to this building. What goes on in that building is top-secret. Only a few know, and those who do are sworn to secrecy.

Sediment Basin Mural - Have you ever thought that it would be cool to have a star, a theorem, a disease, or a geographical landmark named after you? Well, Kim knows how it feels. Whoever Kim is. This mural is on a bridge over a sediment basin named after Kim.

 
Friday March 14, 2008

Memorial Park - This memorial, together with a flag, was placed in a location close to a beach in 1918. In 1969 the flag was moved to its current location. The monument was not moved to be together with the flag until 1998. When they were reunited the town had a celebration.

Park Compass - While enjoying the beauty of this park it is easy to overlook a cool compass on the floor of the gazebo by the pond.

 
Thursday March 13, 2008

Wood Fence - Did you ever wonder how we took one of the high ground perspective weekly pictures for Edhat's Pictures Over Time feature? They are not taken from John Wiley's airplane. They are taken from a hill in a parking lot with a wood fence.

School Walkway - Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Well, every fifth grader at a certain elementary school knows about this secret passageway.

 
Wednesday March 12, 2008

Sears Walkway - In recent years there have been many changes in the local retail scene, but nowhere have the changes been more evident than at the Sears Shopping Center on La Cumbre Road. This picture was taken in the front entrance to Sears on the top level by the auto repair center.

Lotusland Wall - There are not many places in town where you can find a long pink wall. In fact, the only place known to the dedicated staff of edhat.com is on Cold Springs Road where it intersects Sycamore Canyon Road (Hwy 192). The wall surrounds Lotusland, a 37-acre botanic garden built on the former estate of opera singer and socialite Ganna Walska.

 
Tuesday March 11, 2008

Bath & Haley Laundromat - This medallion is above the entry door of the laundromat on the corner of Haley and Bath. There are two medallions on the facade of the building, and another two on a low wall of a house a few doors away.

Chase Palm Park Plaque - There is a plaque at Chase Palm Park commemorating Harold and Pearl Chase, a brother and sister that made many contributions to the beauty of the city.

 
Monday March 10, 2008

Garden Street Under-Crossing - The picture of the cement design shown is a side shot of the freeway from underneath the Garden Street under-crossing. It's a little tricky because the sides of both sides of the freeway appear in the picture.

La Cumbre Over-Crossing - This picture was taken from Modoc, where the La Cumbre Road over-crossing ahead looks big and foreboding - more than just a road that leads to Hope Ranch.

 
Friday March 7, 2008

Dos Pueblos Pool - The blue and gold tiles are part of the new Dos Pueblos High School pool. They make up the outside shower. The pool officially opened on July 20, 2007. Dr. Virgil Elings, who donated an ocean of money for the pool, swam the ceremonial first lap that day.

San Marcos Gym - The blue and red doors open up to the newly renovated San Marcos High gym. The project cost $7.5 million. Measure V funding helped pay for this. It has a new floor, new bleachers, and a bunch of other things. The gym was officially open on August 8, 2007.

 
Thursday March 6, 2008

Transfer Station - At the County Transfer Station (dump) off of Calle Real there is big white sign that spells out these hold- your-nose no-nos in big, black, capital letters. Up until 1966 the Calle Real facility was a landfill in its own right. Today the daily trash is put onto big trucks and driven 24 miles up 101N to the County-owned Tajiguas landfill.

Bacara Resort Entrance - The sign is located at the entry road to the Bacara Resort. We're pretty sure the emergency in question would be expected to come from the oil and gas plant next door, rather than the four-star spa hotel. But you never know.

 
Wednesday March 5, 2008

Los Olivos Gargoyle - If you think that the green monster shown here a gargoyle, then Wikipedia would classify you as a layman. True gargoyles, it turns out, must have water spouting from their mouths. This green thing is more properly labeled as a chimera or a grotesque figure. It can be found within spitting distance of the Mission.

Yoga Center Windows - Each of the three neo-classical windows shown in this March Edness picture has twenty-two panes. All sixty-six panes can be found on the front of a former church that is now home to the Santa Barbara Yoga Center. The building is on Micheltorena Street, just east of State Street.

 
Tuesday March 4, 2008

La Arcada Lions - These big cats, their tails, and the castle they're guarding are on an arch above the entry to La Arcada, the little shopping haven in the middle of the block behind the corner of Figueroa and State Streets. This design was taken from original artwork that appeared on a building at this location in 1927.

City Hall Gates - These gates are on Anacapa Street in front of City Hall. The gates used to be made of wood and painted blue, but in the early 1990s the wooden gates needed to be replaced. The City hired architectural designer and artist Henry Lenny to design the gates.

 
Monday March 3, 2008

Cattleman's Horse - This horse is located in front of the Sandman Inn at 3714 State Street. It was created at the Santa Barbara School of Fine Arts in the late 1960s.

Presidio Cart - This is a picture of an ox cart, known as a 'carreta', located at the Santa Barbara Presidio. Though the Presidio was founded in 1782 this cart is not original. It is a replica from that period that was made in Mexico.

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