Hints of a tropical paradise and a burst of bougainvillea color says there’s an oasis inside these walls. The texture and details of this house make for an attractive home. The mission tile and plaster are staples of the style. The curved triangular front window is unique and visually interesting. The entry tower is a good size to be inviting, but not so tall and massive to overpower the home’s overall design. The simple color palette allows the home’s forms to be the feature. The landscaping is thoughtful. The tax records say the house was built in 1951. I suspect it was reworked in that year and the original house built in the 1930s.
The house is located at 3405 Olive Street, North Park, San Diego, CA 92104.
I really like the low slope/angle of the soffit at the upper roof. It’s very graceful. The roof line is flat—modernism and then soffit, or underside, is sloped. I read this as residential iconography. The color scheme works nicely delineating the various parts of the structure.
The added security gates are an unfortunate reality of the world we live in.
It’s located on 28th Street at Gunn Avenue.
3750 28th Street, San Diego, CA 92104
I like the planning of this apartment complex built some time around 1950. It separates the formal entry and private gardens from the service yard located behind and between the units. Some of the 1950’s detailing like the angled eave line on a “flat” roof are nice. My critizism would be of how some eave lines crash together from unit to unit, well and the recently added lattice gates.
Lincoln Avenue & Hamilton Street, San Diego, CA 92104
