Just four weeks ago the city unveiled the newly restored William McKinley Monument in Golden Gate Park restoration. It only lasted about two weeks.
Historic Monument in Golden Gate Park gets Seismic Retrofit
An Interview with Kenneth Varner – Cemeteries as Repositories of Historic Resources
Recently, our principal David Wessel talked with Kenneth Varner, president and chief executive officer of Cypress Lawn, to get his take on the role of historic structures in cemeteries.
Preserving the Handiwork of Time and Art: The David Ireland House
As a conservator, I started out conserving historic building materials and finishes, but that’s morphed into working with art and sculpture, too, like the murals in Coit Tower and the gypsum-and-latex door surrounds by Tom Otterness for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Recently I’ve had the opportunity to work at a fascinating intersection […]
The Haas-Lilienthal House got its new paint! Article on page 13
The Haas-Lilienthal House at 2005 Franklin Street has a new paint job that returns the historic Victorian to its original, more subdued color palette.
For conceptualist David Ireland, home is where the art is – SFGate
Glowing mustard-gold from the shining coats of polyurethane artist David Ireland applied to them when he lived and worked in this 1886 Edwardian-Italianate style building at the corner of 20th and Capp streets, they flow from room to room, ascend a stairwell and follow the gently bulging curve…
Preserving David Ireland’s Home in All Its Marred Glory – The New York Times
As the host of an unorthodox dinner party, Carlie Wilmans held a red Bic lighter up to a pair of propane canisters hanging on stiff wires from the ceiling until one ignited.
Preserving history: San Mateo’s House of Merkel, art deco exterior undergoing restoration – – San Mateo Daily Journal
A piece of downtown San Mateo history is getting a shiny new finish as the owners of the House of Merkel are undergoing the painstaking process of restoring the 1930s terra-cotta tiled Art Deco exterior.
Brotherhood Way Peace Sculpture Restored
A 38-foot sculpture that was removed from San Francisco’s Brotherhood Way during construction of new housing has been returned to its home of nearly two decades and restored, officials with the San Francisco Arts Commission said today.
City Visions: Coit Tower, Restored | KALW
City Visions host Joseph Pace speaks with the architect, conservator [ARG/CS Principal, David Wessel] and city officials responsible for the $1.7 million project, and explores the monument’s artistic, historical and social significance in San Francisco.