[CPEO-IRF] Alameda Point (CA) historic houses

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Future of region's historic houses remains hazy

By Kelly Rayburn
Inside Bay Area/Oakland Tribune (CA)
January 14, 2007

ALAMEDA - The 18 homes around the Admiral's House on the former U.S. 
Naval Air Station in Alameda are known as the "Big Whites."

They were built on sprawling lots before U.S. involvement in World War 
II to house senior officers. Nowadays, some are rented out. Others are 
empty.

Their future is uncertain.

"So dirty you can't even see in it," said Dick Rutter, as he tried to 
peer through the window of one of the old homes, an empty one.

Rutter, an Alameda architect who served in the Navy and was stationed at 
the air station during the Vietnam War, is a member of the Alameda 
Architectural Preservation Society and takes particular interest in the 
old base. For years, he and others have advocated saving many of the 
historic structures at the former Air Station, now called Alameda Point.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_5012750

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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