Before I leave Westlake/Pico Union, I wanted to take note of two great shingle Craftsman apartment buildings, a couple of blocks west of the Navarro, which face each other on
the 900 block of South Park View at W 10th. I don't think they've come up before.
Thankfully neither has been stuccoed and each looks mostly intact, including original doors and windows. They were built in the early years of the last century, and because the
surrounding area was still all single-family homes, the architects endeavored to maintain that scale.
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baist, 1910, plate 15
The first, on the east at No 958, was built in 1909. It has bags of charm and a wealth of detail. The tri-level entrances address the slope beautifully:
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I can't help thinking that if this building was in Pasadena, it would be valued and famous. The brickwork is particularly nice, especially the
bowed retaining wall of the porch on the right:
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The other one, on the west side of South Park View, at No. 945, was built in 1903. It, at first glance, looks like a group of homes, but is really one building. Only the second-floor
balconies seem to have been replaced, but otherwise, it's intact. The end towers are reminiscent of the Navarro's original ones. It could sure use a better color scheme, but,
otherwise, it's a charmer:
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The concrete street is scored to look like pavers:
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