Month: December 2017

Maintaining its natural charm, city planners enacted development controls to prevent demolition of Spanish Colonial architecture in 1925. The community was the first in the country to positively think about the importance of historic buildings. Regulations were put in place and guidelines were designed to keep unique structures and park areas, and in 1960 Santa…

The dam’s engines room and tis 17 generators power all of the energy, where 16 of them are large generators and two smaller ones operate as one single generator. They provide hydroelectric energy to regional communities. Kenny Slaught states that the energy generated from the dam is divided across 15 areas. As one of the…

The dam’s engines room and tis 17 generators power all of the energy, where 16 of them are large generators and two smaller ones operate as one single generator. They provide hydroelectric energy to regional communities. Kenny Slaught states that the energy generated from the dam is divided across 15 areas. As one of the…

The landmark structure was built during the American Great Depression years, between 1931 and 1936, costing the government $49 million. Initially named Boulder Dam, it was later switched to Hoover Dam in honor of the then-President Herbert Hoover, who made major contributions to the construction of this prodigious undertaking. It stands at 221 meters in…

Central Santa Barbara offers a meaningful opportunity for interested people to examine how the architecture at that time was introduced. The design of buildings, and details telling the relation each building had with the historical aesthetics of that phase is also helpful when examining the Hispanic architecture. For example, a roof design has a colonial…