Historical Building Code News Today

Questions newly raised about seal and sea lion protections and possibly adding more properties to the district necessitate responses by proponents that must be reviewed by the State Historical Resources Commission.

Owners of the 1928 home want it deemed historic under three possible criteria, but city staff members contend that modifications have made it ineligible.

San Diego Historical Resources Board could reconsider the late Joseph Yamada's role in the Jerome and Joyce Shaw/Lloyd Ruocco house on Rue de Roark at a future date.

The city of San Diego says the Lloyd and Raymona Swortwood ‘spec house’ ‘continues to embody the distinctive characteristics of the Contemporary style.’

A local preservationist hails the decision as 'glorious,' and the applicants for a planned development of the property hope for clear guidance on what they will be allowed to do.

Given that one of the three La Jolla properties that went before the San Diego Historical Resources Board on Sept. 22 for potential historic designation belonged to a landscape architect, the role of landscape architecture was a key item of discussion about it during the board’s meeting.

Two La Jolla properties received historic status from the San Diego Historical Resources Board during its June 23 meeting.

A question of what constitutes a minor change went before the San Diego Historical Resources Board on May 26 in connection with a house in La Jolla.

A house halfway up Roseland Drive overlooking Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla was designated historic Jan. 27 by the San Diego Historical Resources Board.

A house in La Jolla's Upper Hermosa area designed by master architect Edgar Ullrich in the 1920s earned historic designation during the San Diego Historical Resources Board’s Oct. 28 meeting.