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Bob Barzan

Save The Depot

Bob Barzan

If the current plan is accepted by the city council, our 114-year-old depot will lose much of its historic and architectural integrity. The plan is to remove most of the interior waiting room walls including the historic women’s waiting room, creating one large open space.

Architecture Is Fun

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan Who Knew Architecture Could Be So Much Fun? There is something inspirational, informative, and fun for ...

ArchitectureView – Park(ing) Day

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan Reclaiming Urban Space I moved back to Modesto in December 2001 after decades living away in ...

ArchitectureView – Building Restoration

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan Owner Vandalism and Building Restoration I’d like to think that the days of covering the façade ...

ArchitectureView -Artistic Bike Racks

Bob Barzan

Architecture View Bob Barzan Artistic Bike Racks Bring a Touch of Beauty to the Design District Watch for more design ...

ArchitectureView – Modesto Design Week

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan Modesto Design: the city is our collection, the neighborhoods are our galleries Over the last eight ...

ArchitectureView – New Courthouse

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan New Courthouse Will Recreate Downtown Modesto will get a new courthouse. The building will be between ...

ArchitectureView – New Parklets

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView Bob Barzan New Parklet for the Design District Over the last several months, we have seen many changes in ...

ArchitectureView

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan Bike Racks and Movies for Modesto Design District The Modesto Design District is already home to ...

ArchitectureView – Public Art Worth It?

Bob Barzan

Architecture View By Bob Barzan Photo is Forma X, 1969 by Arnaldo Pomodoro, at 1700 Standiford. It is an amazing ...

ArchitectureView -Endangered Buildings

Bob Barzan

Architecture View By Bob Barzan Endangered Modesto Buildings Last month I asked people to nominate buildings for Modesto’s first endangered ...

ArchitectureView-Save a Building

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan Nominate an Endangered Modesto Building You can make nominations for the list of endangered buildings, structures, ...

ArchitectureView

Bob Barzan

Architecture View Modesto Modernism By Bob Barzan In the middle decades of the 20th century, the Modernist architecture of Modesto, ...

ArchitectureView

Bob Barzan

August ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan Breaking News: All Modesto International Architecture Festival events and activities this year will be free. ...

ArchitectureView-Modesto Heritage

Bob Barzan

Modesto Heritage The Cote d’Oro, Shannon Mortuary, Fire Station #2, Hotel Covell, the Chuck Wagon, Hughson Hotel, the Strand Theatre, ...