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The Last Resort Lagunitas has a special place in the cultural landscape of the area of Marin County, California, as it exemplifies many of the traditions that originated and evolved in this rural area north of San Francisco, including the inception of the local environmental movement, the birth of a unique style of Arts and Crafts/Pacific Rim architecture, and the formation of alternative artistic currents growing from the counter-culture of the 1960s-‘70s.

Salvation Mountain Update

Take Action!, Threatened Environments 7 years ago 3 Minute(s) to read

Most who know the story of how Leonard Knight’s Salvation Mountain came to be or have visited the Dr. Seussian spectacle rising triumphantly out of the monochromatic Sonoran Desert landscape realize the fragility of this incredible monument to God’s love as understood by Knight (1931 – 2014). After falling down several years into its making, Knight adjusted his technique and began packing handmade adobe into the side of an existing cliff face, then applying coats upon coats of technicolor paint as a strikingly beautiful layer of protection.

Laura Pope Forrester Home + Art Environment on the Market

Gardens, Threatened Environments 7 years ago 2 Minute(s) to read

Laura Pope Forrester Home + Art Environment on the Market

Hamtramck Disneyland sold to local art collective!

Threatened Environments 8 years ago 2 Minute(s) to read

Hamtramck Disneyland sold to local art collective!

Call to Action: Preserve Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in California

Threatened Environments 8 years ago 2 Minute(s) to read

Call to Action: Preserve Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in California

Category: Threatened Environments

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