Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, La Jolla
Gehry - Chiat Day
Wednesday 9th December – JET LAG
Arrive in Palo Alto
Thursday 10th December – GETTING IN THE LOOP
0900 Leave Mermaid Inn, 727 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California 94025
1030 Arrive at googleplexx bldg 43, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA
1100 Commence tour of googleplex
1400 Apple Headquarters, 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014
1600 Steve Job’s Garage, 2066 Crist Drive, Los Altos
1700 Hewlett Packard Garage Museum, 367 Addison Avenue, Palo Alto
Evening in San Francisco?
Friday 11th December – TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
0900 Walking tour, Stanford University,
MEETING POINT: Stanford Shopping center, Palo Alto, CA 94304
1100 Walking tour, Stanford Research Park,
1300 Public transport back to starting point: Evergreen Park to Menlo Park
1400 Depart Palo Alto for San Jose
1430 The Wincester Mystery House,
525 South Winchester Boulevard, San Jose, CA 95128 – LAST TOUR 1500
Saturday 12th December – THE OPEN ROAD
Depart Hotel – earlier the better
Drive from Palo Alto to Venice Beach – minimum 8.5 hours
Highlights and rest stops;
Santa Cruz – beach boardwalk
Monterey – fisherman’s Wharf & Cannery Row
Cambria – pit stop
Pismo Beach – for Pismo clams
Santa Barbara – apparently beautiful
2000 Evening in Venice Beach
MEETING POINT: Outside Venice Beach Cotel
Sunday 13th December – GOOD MORNING LOS ANGELES
0800 Walking tour, Venice Beach,
MEETING POINT: Outside Venice Beach Cotel
Norton House – Gehry
House – Predock
Venice Canals
72 Market Street – Morphosis
Spiller House – Gehry
Electric ArtBlock – Koning/Eizenberg
Studio Houses – Gehry
Chiat Day – Gehry
Edgemar – Gehry
Horatio West Court – Gill
Santa Monica Pier
Hennessy & Ingall – Morphosis
3rd Street Promenade – Gehry
1150 Depart Venice Beach for Santa Monica
1200 Gehry House, 22nd Street at Washington Ave. CA 90403
1250 enroute to…
1300 Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave. CA 90404
converted light industrial complex to art studios / galleries
1440 Depart for Downtown (15 minute journey, up tp 50 min in traffic)
1500 California Aerospace Museum, 700 State Drive, CA 90007
open till 1700
1640 Depart for Watts (14 min journey, 25 min in traffic)
1800 Watts Towers, 10618-10626 Graham Avenue, 1711-1765 E. 107th Street, CA 90002
1900 Back to the beach…
Monday 14th December – AROUND THE HOUSES
0900 Depart Venice Beach
0930 Arrive on site for Eames House tour, PARKING Corona Del Mar Ave.
1000 Eames House, 203 Chautauqua Ave Pacific Palisades CA 90272, Commence tour
1100 Depart for Hollywood (travel time max 1 hour)
1130 quick stop: Danziger Studios, 7001 Melrose Avenue, CA 90038
on the way;
Propaganda Films, 940 N Mansfield Ave.
Limelight Productions, 6806 Lexington St.
1230 quicker stop: Frances Goldwyn regional branch library, 1623 Ivar St
1240 Depart for Universal City (travel time max 20 mins)
1300 lunch stop: Universal City Walk,
1000 Universal Center Dr, off the Ventura freeway
1430 Depart for Toluca Lake (travel time max 10 mins)
1440 quick stop: World Savings Bank, Riverside drive and Mariota Ave, CA 91602
1535 Depart for Hollywood (travel time max 25 mins)
1600 glimpses from roadside tour
Lovell Health House, best seen from Aberdeen Ave.
Neutra VDL House, 2300 Silverlake Blvd
Hollyhock House, 4800 Hollywood Blvd.
1830 Evening in West Hollywood somewhere
Tuesday 15th December – JOLLY LA JOLLA
0930 Latest departure from Venice Beach (leave earlier to take in the sights)
0930 3 hour drive to La Jolla
1245 latest arrival at Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
1300 tour commences
1600 tour ends
1700 return 3 hour drive to Venice Beach
Potential stops on the way / way back;
Lovell Beach house – Schindler, 242 W Ocean Front Newport Beach, CA 92661
Wayfarer’s Chapel – Lloyd Wright, 5755 Palos Verdes Dr. S, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
2000 Evening in Culver City
Wednesday 16th December – IN THE MIX
0800 Depart for Los Angeles Downtown (19 min journey, 1 hour 10 in traffic)
0900 Loyola Law School, 1441 W Olympic Blvd, CA 90015
1030 Depart for Hollywood (14 min journey, 30 mins in traffic)
1100 MAK/Schindler House, 835 N Kings Rd, CA 90069
1215 Depart for Culver City (15 min journey)
1230 Samitaur, 3520 & 3535 Hayden Ave, CA 90232, Culver city lunch
1500 Walking Tour; Downtown (if time after the above)
South Broadway Latino Market
Japanese Village Plaza Mall
Geffen Contemporary
Walt Disney Concert Hall
World’s oldest Mac Donalds
1800 depart hotels for LAX (or otherwise)
