Comments on: Original Quincy Jones Home Demolished in Crestwood Hills

By: Harold

Harold — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:24:52 +0000

Destroyed for a basketball court… WEAK!!!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:01:55 +0000

I love the landscape of this area and the modern midcentury smaller houses in Ca I currently live in Pa. in a beautiful suburb of philly. The only problem here is the Mcmansion as you call it, those things are all over the place here people do not know how to invest their money they buy these huge horrible looking houses that suck energy and money right out of their pockets. These huge house make no sense at all the landscape around here is so amazing but builders and home owners are not taking any of it into consideration when building its really ashamed. Everyone around here just wants a big house “just make it big” they say building one house uglier than the next. If you wanted to buy a midcentury house in this area youd be luck to find one. People are just so uneducated about these things I would love to have a living room with wide expanses of glass so see the amazing landscape here I think what you guys are doing out there is great! I would love to move out there one day !

By: Grace Blumberg

Grace Blumberg — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:27:33 +0000

If the new owners are going to turn it into a garden, I would like to make contact with them. We need a demonstration garden in the community: native drought-resistant, fire-resistant plantings; backyard fruit orchards; and space-intensive vegetable gardening, including raised-bed and container gardening. I would be happy to participate in such a project. (I farm two parcels at Ocean View Farm Community Garden and have just completed the UC Master Gardener program.)

Grace

By: B. Shapiro

B. Shapiro — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:19:21 +0000

I don’t think commentary like that is bizzarre–in fact I think its quite understandable given the degree to which so much of our architectural heritage has been thoughtlessly demolished. There’s a lot of anger and frustration about it, legitimately so in my opinion. People are objecting as much to the “i can buy it, so I can tear it down” phenomenon as much as the specifics. That house is a grim stand-in for all that has been and continues to be lost. So to respond strongly is, it seems to me, not nonesense at all.

By: Victor Parsons

Victor Parsons — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:02:11 +0000

I find it fascinating that there is such vindictive and bizarre commentary allowed on this website. As an architect I can truthfully say that the structure that was demolished was an extremely weak and badly altered example of Jones’ work and really not worth saving. I wonder if any of the above commentators even saw the house before it was torn down.
I have heard through the grapevine that the new owners intend to turn it into a garden. Development appears to be the furthest thing from their mind. If I read your attitude and morality correctly, I doubt you will publish my comments, but at least you have seen what I have to say. Victor Parsons

By: Tom Goodfellow

Tom Goodfellow — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:47:29 +0000

I met the people who bought the property. They seem to have a lot of respect for the area but felt the original design had been so butchered that it was not a good enough representation of the architects’ otherwise fine work. I am certain they will not build a McMansion and I know for a fact they do not lease any CL550’s. In fact I doubt they will develop the property at all as they feel the community is already too jammed up and overcrowded. Another pet peeve of mine is people speculating on things they know nothing about and spreading malicious nonsense as in some of the comments above. The world would be a lot better place if people would do some research rather than speculate. All the best, Tom

By: C. Baines

C. Baines — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:39:28 +0000

I think that these “Flipping Out”-esqe guys, with their faux-hawk’s, leased CL550’s, and obbessive compulsive disorders are going to destroy a lot of good homes with interesting architecture.

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By: mm stratton

mm stratton — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:53:04 +0000

p.s. i am appalled at some of the responses on la curbed by the way about this…

By: mm stratton

mm stratton — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:52:14 +0000

i heard that there were existing CCRs in place that were totally ignored.
could a “scorched earth” overlay be applied on this property to scare away any future illegal demolitions from happening again…
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