Having produced a "Historic Properties of Costa Mesa" calendar, Renee Pina wants to help homeowners seek historical designations for important properties currently being overlooked.
Realtor Renee Pina created the 2022 calendar, “Historic Homes of East Side Costa Mesa” to celebrate early 20th-century residences and benefit the Costa Mesa Historical Society.
"Home on the Range" shows the transformation from indigenous tribes in 1500 B.C. to modern day Fairview Park. But sunlight and erosion have taken a toll on the 16-year-old work, prompting a restoration effort.
How do you begin to explain Art Goddard?
His wife, Mary Ellen Goddard, considers her words carefully. He was loving, she says at first. He was smart and never tried to get attention. He liked to do things for the sake of doing them. He liked to work, even after his retirement in 2001 because he wouldn’t have been happy sitting on his behind, she jokes. He was honest, and she knew she could always trust him.
Her husband of 55 years and a fixture of the Costa Mesa Historical Society and the Friends of the Costa Mesa Libraries, Art died on Feb. 13 of complications with prostate cancer.