Friday's Photos - Diane Keaton's Spanish Colonial Revival

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____November 2008 Issue
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Actress Diane Keaton is a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation - who knew.
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She was quoted as recently saying, "We’ve treated old buildings like we once treated plastic shopping bags — we haven’t reused them, and when we’ve finished with them, we’ve tossed them out. This has to stop. Preservation must stand alongside conservation as an equal force in the sustainability game. More older and historic buildings have to be protected from demolition, not only because it affects our pocketbooks but more important because it threatens our environment. Let’s face it, our free ride at the expense of the planet is over."
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Diane apparently has a passion for restoration. This Spanish Colonial Revival in Beverly Hills she actually bought at the beginning of the decade, but backed out during escrow and let another buyer take it. “It needed a lot of work,” she explained, “and I got cold feet.” When it went up for sale again two years ago, she bought it a second time—this time for keeps.
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The house was designed in the 1920s by California architect Ralph Flewelling.
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_____Beverly Hills, California
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Architecture by Ralph Flewelling/Architectural and Interior Design by Stephen Shadley Text by Gerald Clarke/Photography by Scott Frances Portraits by Peggy Sirota

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Happy Friday!!

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