1937 Young and Young 

Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182pp., 1937, 1936

     "In 1937 the Art Show added exhibits by photographer Edward Weston, watercolorist Marian Gage, painter Otto Classen, architect Thornton Abell, and the Jensens . . ."

     "475 Mesa . . . In 1937, John Entenza, who was a widely recognized authority on architecture, commissioned architect Harwell Hamilton Harris to design a small house in a new and different form. The result was this International-style/Streamline Moderne design, featuring a curving carport and staircase in the front and banks of windows looking out over the canyon at the rear. The pairing of this house with the Neutra design at #491 won critical acclaim. Entenza, who lived in this house for several years, went on to become editor and publisher of Arts and Architecture magazine and to found the Case Study Program . . .

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 Kelyn Roberts 2017