J.B. Nethercutt Collection - 15180 Bledsoe Street, Sylmar
 This building's Grand Salon houses an
impressive display of luxury automobiles, while other floors feature mechanical
musical instruments and a hood ornament display. The Nethercutt Collection
is committed to authentic restoration: where original parts are unobtainable
-- even if they can't be seen -- the Collection's preservationists fabricate
new ones to the original specs.
The award recipient is Skip Marcetti.
Herbert Hoover Memorial Pavilion - 211 Quarry Road, Stanford
 Located next to the famous Hoover Tower
on the Stanford campus, the pavilion is a venue for museum-quality exhibits,
such as "A Romanoff Album" of rare letters, photographs and artifacts of
Imperial Russia.
The award recipient is David Neumann, Stanford University campus architect.
Howard Automobile Co. Bldg. - 2140 Durant Ave., Berkeley
This auto dealership -- built in 1930 for the Howard Buick franchise, and later occupied by Maggini Chevrolet -- stands empty today, its future uncertain. Its exemplary design, by Frederick Reimers, features ornamental brick- and cement-work, pylons and capitals in fine Deco style.
Bellevue-Staten Apartments - 492 Staten St., Oakland
 Overlooking Lake Merritt, this 1928 apartment
house by architect Hermann C. Baumann is an extravaganza of red brick,
cream-colored terra cotta, spires, fleurs-de-lys, Streamline Moderne cornices
and a Spanish Colonial Revival.
The award recipient is Bob Schock.
Sea Scouts Building - Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
 The Sea Scouts still meet twice a week in
this "Nautical Deco" confection, just as they have ever since 1941, when
it was built. Architects Birge and Clark gave it the look of a Streamline
Moderne ocean liner: a curved "stern," portholes, tubular railings, even
a "captain's bridge," and a flagpole that evokes a ship's mast.
Woolworth Building - 1400 19th St., Bakersfield
 It's the "Five & Dime Antique Mall" now
-- a fittingly adaptive reuse and name for what was once a Woolworth 5
& 10. Built in 1949, the 44,000 square-foot building still has
much of its trim (and even it's marble fallout shelter) intact. And
the original luncheonette is still serving!
The McClure House - 3101 Gibbons Dr., Alameda
 This is one of only 100 "New American" homes
built in 1936 as a showcase for General Electric appliances. Architect
F. H. Slocombe designed it with exemplary Moderne details: stucco exterior,
a curved window-wall, and a roof-terrace. Much of the original interior
detailing also remains.
The award recipients are the owners, John and Jan McClure.
Sara Klotz de Aguilar
 A special award. Few ADSC members have
done so much, for so long, to promote awareness of the Deco era. She was the ADSC's first "Miss Art Deco" (then called "Miss 1929"), and has become an energetic singer and bandleader (Sara and Swingtime).
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