This property has always fascinated me. That unbelievably fabulous mid-century modern sign and gate juxtaposed with the Victorian house in the center of the property with the bright-green circa '70s 7-Up machine. The bungalows. They mystique! It's heartbreaking to me that it could all be gone. I'm just coming upon this post now and will call Hugo's office. Why not? At least I'll know I tried. I stopped there briefly this past Monday morning, 10/27/25 and looked through. The place is a wreck. Up until very recently, the place always looked lived-in. There were always a lot of cars in the lot, and it clearly looked as though something was going on there (what, I have no idea -- and that's a whole 'nother story). But since the fire a week or two earlier, the place is a wreck. The bungalows are still there but damaged. And the house! There are now broken windows. The front door is wide open. The top section of the house has been tagged. The 7-Up machine is flat on the ground. There is only one car in the lot, and it's been tagged with graffiti to match the graffiti on the adjacent wall (the old Rite-Aid wall?) and there is a lot of debris, especially out in front of the bungalows -- mattresses, etc. There IS a tarp on the roof of one of the bungalows, so there has been SOME effort made to preserve it? There is so much to care about on this property.
I just called Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez’s office and spoke to a lovely person named Lila (sp?), who was very nice and took down my information, but I don't have high hopes. She had no idea what I was talking about, had never heard of the property and said that she has no emails about it in her inbox. So how about we flood the emails with urgent messages not to demolish the property!
This property has always fascinated me. That unbelievably fabulous mid-century modern sign and gate juxtaposed with the Victorian house in the center of the property with the bright-green circa '70s 7-Up machine. The bungalows. They mystique! It's heartbreaking to me that it could all be gone. I'm just coming upon this post now and will call Hugo's office. Why not? At least I'll know I tried. I stopped there briefly this past Monday morning, 10/27/25 and looked through. The place is a wreck. Up until very recently, the place always looked lived-in. There were always a lot of cars in the lot, and it clearly looked as though something was going on there (what, I have no idea -- and that's a whole 'nother story). But since the fire a week or two earlier, the place is a wreck. The bungalows are still there but damaged. And the house! There are now broken windows. The front door is wide open. The top section of the house has been tagged. The 7-Up machine is flat on the ground. There is only one car in the lot, and it's been tagged with graffiti to match the graffiti on the adjacent wall (the old Rite-Aid wall?) and there is a lot of debris, especially out in front of the bungalows -- mattresses, etc. There IS a tarp on the roof of one of the bungalows, so there has been SOME effort made to preserve it? There is so much to care about on this property.
I just called Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez’s office and spoke to a lovely person named Lila (sp?), who was very nice and took down my information, but I don't have high hopes. She had no idea what I was talking about, had never heard of the property and said that she has no emails about it in her inbox. So how about we flood the emails with urgent messages not to demolish the property!