The City of Anaheim’s Lincoln Boulevard widening project is on hold but the limited scope environmental review conducted for the project was approved in August 2020 leaving Visser’s Florist and the historic resources in the project area still at risk. Since then we’ve taken the time to research the building’s architect, Anaheim boy, Ulysses Bauer.
The career of Orange County architect Ron Yeo can be understood in the context of important currents in California Modernism and a life-long commitment to the environment.
George Bissell (1927-2010) may be best known for the concrete “Horizon Home” in Laguna Niguel but his architectural imprint can be found throughout the county.
Banner image above is a photograph of Jean Vandruff by Chris Lukather. Chris wrote and published the book, The Cinderella Homes of Jean Vandruff: Fairy Tale Tracts in the Suburbs (2019), about Vandruff, the designer and builder of the “Cinderella” homes in Orange County and elsewhere. For more information and to order the book, go to: https://thecinderellahome.com
