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The Barry Building
The Barry Building, located at 11973 W. San Vicente Boulevard in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, is a distinguished example of mid-twentieth century California architecture – a variant of the International Style. The building was designed by architect Milton Caughey (1911-1958) and completed in 1951. It was designated as a Historic-Cultural Monument by the city in 2007, joining the San Vicente Coral Tree Meridian, designated in 1976. The building’s ground-floor storefront and courtyard served as a bookstore and café for nearly 50 years becoming a gathering place and landmark for the Brentwood community.

History

The Barry Building was completed in 1951, as postwar development was beginning to redefine Brentwood’s San Vicente Boulevard commercial corridor. Milton Caughey, the architect of the building, was a lieutenant of the Naval Reserves, and opened his private practice in 1947. Mostly designing private homes and schools, the Barry Building is one of Milton’s only commercial buildings. Diane Caughey’s profile of her father, which was written during the landmark nomination of the Barry Building, revealed that Milton was the winner of four Merit Awards by the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and that two of his private residences, the Garred House (1949) and the Goss House (1950) were included in David Gebhard and Robert Winter’s classic Guide to Architecture in Southern California, published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1965). The architectural design and layout of the Barry Building epitomize the simplistic outdoor comfort that has since become synonymous with mid-20th century modern architecture in Southern California and shows the influence of Corbusier and the International  Style. Although appearing seemingly sparse and modest in design at first glance, closer inspection of the subject building reveals subtle design features and detailing such as curving cantilevered stairs, pilotis-style posts, grid and louver windows, metal railings, slightly angled storefronts, and solid smooth unornamented surfaces. It was built for and named after its developer David Barry and since its inception has served as a fixture in the Brentwood community. Most famously housing the literary renowned Dutton’s Bookstore for more than two decades: with regulars such as Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton, Carolyn See and readings and signings from a myriad of literary giants throughout its history. The building and the surrounding properties were bought by billionaire investor Charles T. Munger and his wife Nancy in 2006: founder of the Los Angeles law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson and later in 1978 partnering with Warren E. Buffett to run Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Preservation

In 2007 the owners decided they wanted to build on the property and moved to evict Dutton’s Bookstore. At the same time the Cultural Heritage Board was in the early stages of reviewing the building for landmark status. The building's preservation effort has benefited greatly from a highly successful grassroots campaign. Diane Caughey, daughter of the architect, prepared the landmark nomination application and formed the Friends of the Barry Building coalition. In 2007 the Barry Building was declared an Historic-Cultural Monument (#887). In its report, the Historic-Cultural Monument and the Cultural Heritage Commission stated that it met its stated criteria: 1) “embodies the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type specimen, inherently valuable for a study of a period style or method of construction” and 2) reflects “the broad cultural, economic, or social history of the nation, State or community.”  Today the cause has been taken up by such organizations as the Brentwood’s Residents Coalition and is joined by the City’s Cultural Heritage Commission, the City’s Office of Historic Resources, Councilmember Bill Rosendahl, the Los Angeles Conservancy, Saltair Neighbors, and 1000's of residents seeking it’s preservation.

Threat

In 2007 Charles Munger submitted a draft EIR to develop the site, which included surrounding properties. Calling it Green Hollow Square, the project was initially a 49,300 square-foot commercial center but was redrafted in 2011 and is now a proposed 73,000 square foot commercial space in three new, two-story buildings on the Barry building site. The developer’s plan calls for demolishing the building even though according to the LAConservancy, allowing the demolition of a designated HCM is exceedingly rare, in fact it is almost unprecedented for a developer to demolish a landmarked building for commercial purposes. Once demolished, a developer or future heir could build up to a 105,000 sq. foot Shopping Mall on the property. Such changes could be made without subjecting his or her project to the type of environmental review required to protect the historic Barry Building. According to the Los Angeles Conservancy, although Los Angeles’ current Cultural Heritage Ordinance can’t prevent the demolition of a Historic-Cultural Monument, it does allow the City to delay demolition. Despite more than eighty comment letters submitted on the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) urging for the retention of the Barry Building as part of the new project, the final EIR still calls for the demolition of the modernist landmark just 5 years after it was designated. The project also includes an optional design feature for a mid-block turn lane across the Coral Tree Median in front of the project site. Allowing the removal of some coral trees and creating a new mid-block crossing would set a precedent and could have a cumulative impact on the continuous, uninterrupted nature of this linear monument.

However, the EIR does include a Preservation Alternative: “Alternative 4 [Preservation Alternative] is considered to be the environmentally superior alternative, as it would result in impacts similar to those of the proposed project, and would reduce the significant and unavoidable impacts of the project with respect to both historic resources and aesthetics.”

This is the only alternative that proposed to reuse the Barry Building for retail space while retaining its landmark designation. Despite this preservation-friendly choice being identified as the environmentally superior alternative, and repeated requests from the LA city Councilman Bill Rosendahl, the developer has not pursued this preservation option.

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User talk:Krista Temp → Barry Building – There is currently no page on Wikipedia pertaining to the Cultural-historic monument, the Barry Building located on San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles in the Brentwood Community and the information here is valid and sourced accurately and legitimately. Krista Temp (talk) 21:08, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment you shouldn't be using your own user talk page as your sandbox for articles, it should be a user page subpage. See WP:USD for how to create such a thing. 70.49.124.225 (talk) 04:37, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

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