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October 4, 2018, 10:00 am
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Source: City of Santa Barbara
The City Council has designated the Alhecama Theatre a City Landmark.
Part of an arts school campus from 1925 to 1938, the building played an important role in the community offering space for theatre, adult education, and events. In recent years, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation restored it to its 1925 condition.
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Not everything built last century is worthy of a landmark distinction. In fact, I’d say 1 out of 20 buildings classified as such in SB are actually worth preserving or even noting. Someone’s nostalgia does not make it historic. The declaration and classification of a parcel / unit as historic is a major cause of our cities lack of housing. I read that there were something like 750 units in our little town that cannot be improved, developed or changed due to someone somewhere thinking they were “historic”…
Santa Barbara honors it’s history. It is one of the reasons that I like this town. If you want to live in a place that does not, I suggest that you move back to L.A. or Orange County.
I dont see any historical monuments to the hundreds of murdered and enslaved Chumash at or near the Mission, nor do I see anything resembling a monument for the hundreds of young boys who were raped and molested by the priests that called that place home for decades…. History is not limited to a select period of architectural heritage between 1880-1940, it is important to understand the truth, not just rely on nostalgia.
@santabarbaraobserver
Nice strawman argument. If you have a problem with the Mission and what went on at St. Anthony seminary, take it up with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, they own the Mission. Here is a link:
http://www.la-archdiocese.org/Pages/default.aspx