Fairview Register April 2019
Stanley Paher on Ghost Towns, Dave Gardner’s 90th, Willard T. Jordan’s Lost Landmarks, Craig MacDonald Recap and more !
Detail from a 1938 photo of students and parents at the Japanese school in Costa Mesa. L-to-R: B. Omori, M. Inokuchi, S. Kanno, Kaz Kuirhara, S. Kurihara, K. Shigaki, Unknown.
Japanese Costa Mesans, 1920-1942
You may have heard of the postwar Japanese-Costa Mesans like the Sakiokas and the Iwamotos. But how much do you know about the Japanese who lived here before World War II – the Hiratas, Yamamis, Omoris, Ikedas, and Kuriharas?
Willard Jordan, AIA, called Nabers Cadillac at 2600 Harbor Boulevard “as good as I have ever designed.”
The Lost Landmarks of Mayor Willard T. Jordan
We look at the lost legacy of Mayor Willard T. Jordan's favorite architectural designs.