Development review committee approves Windansea belvedere plans
A pad on Neptune Place near Rosemont Street is pictured in 2018 where a belvedere believed to have been torn down in an act of vandalism once stood.
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Plans for a controversial belvedere shade structure at La Jolla’s Windansea Beach got support from the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee in a 6-1 vote Feb. 16.
The public-private project would build a belvedere (sometimes referred to as a gazebo) at Neptune Place near Rosemont Street as part of a broader list of planned improvements between Westbourne Street and Palomar Avenue, including better path delineation and repairs to the beach stairs and post-and-chain barriers. The whole project is to be funded by Friends of Windansea. The gazebo is expected to cost $24,000.
This Month in History is a recurring feature in the La Jolla Light highlighting local happenings from yesteryear. If you are aware of events from any year in La Jolla history that deserve recognition, email efrausto@lajollalight.com.
Feb. 8, 1897: Ellen Browning Scripps began construction on her home on Prospect Street in La Jolla, naming the house South Molton Villa (sometimes spelled South Moulton Villa) after the London street on which she was born in 1836, according to “This Day in San Diego History” by Linda Pequegnat.
Scripps also built two cottages on the property, one for her library and the other for visitors. Another cottage nearby, built in 1904, was owned by her half sister Eliza Virginia Scripps. That cottage, called Wisteria Cottage, is the current home of the La Jolla Historical Society.
When it comes to science-based exhibitions, institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) and the Mingei International Museum are not often the first places that come to mind.
But in 2024, MCASD and Mingei, along with the La Jolla Historical Society, the San Diego Museum of Art and the UC San Diego Institute of Arts and Humanities, will all unveil multifaceted, multitiered programming as part of the Getty Foundation’s “Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x L.A.” Pacific Standard Time is a series of concurrent exhibitions held throughout Southern California. On Jan. 27, it was announced that more than $5 million in exhibition research grants had been awarded to 45 organizations throughout the region.
Engineering council awards include two La Jolla projects
Two San Diego companies received honors for projects in La Jolla as the American Council of Engineering Companies of California announced the 2021 recipients of its annual
Engineering Excellence Awards.
Kleinfelder received an award for its work on the UC San Diego Mesa Housing pedestrian and bicycle bridge, which links the Mesa Housing neighborhood to almost every part of the campus.
The bridge spans 465 feet and features a 10-foot-wide bike lane and a 6-foot-wide pedestrian walkway.
Moffatt & Nichol received an award for its work on the Gilman Road bridge, which extends Gilman across Interstate 5, ties into Medical Center Drive on the east campus, completes the campus transportation “loop road” and provides a direct link for buses, cars, bicycles and pedestrians.
Indigenous futurism. Narrative medicine. Cyberpunk and digital dystopias. Soil contamination. Environmentally sustainable mega-cities.
These and other topics will be explored in “Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x L.A.” in 2024. The Getty Foundation announced Wednesday the 45 Southern California cultural and educational institutions that will collectively receive more than $5 million in exhibition research grants. “Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x L.A.” will include dozens of concurrent exhibitions as well as performances, publications and other programming, all exploring the intersection of art and science.
The funding comes at a critical time when most of these cultural institutions have been closed for 10 months, resulting in unprecedented financial challenges. In November, the American Alliance of Museums released a survey reporting that nearly a third of museums in the U.S. were concerned about permanent closure within 12 months should they not receive addit