I've Found the Museum!

OK, anyway I've found a house that looks sort of like the museum in the book will here, though there are going to be a few differences - that turret in front will have a third story with an outside railing and there'll be an access ramp up the side and stuff like that, but that's about what it'll look like. It's the Ecung-Ibbetson House at 1190 W. Adams in Los Angeles. It's a Historic Monument so it'll still look like it does in the picture I should imagine; I'll go out there sometime soon and take a look at it (and pictures), soon as Vicky returns my camera. (hint, hint, hint)

In other news, the Pacific Jewish Center in Venice wants to put Vicky's school in my back yard. No, really! :) They want to string an eruv around an area stretching from south of us to the I10 which is a block or so north of Santa Monica College, and inland several miles. The Coastal Commission may put the kibosh on the whole thing, though - to have a continuous band you have to string whatever you use up high enough to avoid blocking people, which means either you block views if it's visible, or if it's not (fishing line) then birds may run into it. The coastline which it would have to run along is a nesting area for rare birds, and of course people walking on the beach want an unobstructed view of the ocean. Discussions continue...