Without first seeing an engineering report, officials can't be sure whether suggested alternatives to demolishing the house are possible, committee members say.
The city of San Diego says the Lloyd and Raymona Swortwood ‘spec house’ ‘continues to embody the distinctive characteristics of the Contemporary style.’
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.
After heavy deliberation on the extent to which local Native American tribes should be consulted, the San Diego Historical Resources Board decided to designate an area of the Torrey Pines Mesa as a historic archaeological site.