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The property : Malibu's other colony / by Jay Ruby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruby, Jay, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malibu (Calif.)--History.
- Malibu (Calif.).
- Ethnohistory--California--Malibu--20th century.
- Ethnohistory.
- Bohemianism--California, Southern--History.
- Bohemianism.
- California, Southern--Intellectual life--History.
- California, Southern.
- Intellectual life.
- California--Malibu.
- Southern California.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 187 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Malibu's other colony
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2016]
- Summary:
- "This book is an innovative ethnohistorical study of an artists colony located on a 132-acres in Malibu. It was originally the site of Coffee House Positano where avant-garde theater, political debates, lectures and art displays were located. After Positano closed in 1962, John Wilder and Jerry Ziegman aspiring screenwriter, established an artists community at this location that they simply called "The Property." This evolved into an attempt to invent a new kind of artists colony. Ziegman believed that creativity was insufficiently rewarded and wanted to rent spaces to artists her thought could benefit from having an inexpensive place to work and live."--Page 4 of cover
- Contents:
- Beginnings. Introduction
- Methods
- Prehistory
- Coffee House Positano
- A description of the property
- 1962-1970. Jerry Ziegman
- A serendipitous beginning and the founding fathers
- The first tenants
- 1962-1970
- Jim Fiorito
- Susan and Patrick Farrow
- The end of the beginning
- 1970-1980. Bond Johnson and Bruce Dath
- Rosa Jordan
- Lita Albuquerque and Steve Kahn
- 1980s and 1990s. David Seidler and Jacqui Feather
- Richard Hertz and Pamela Burton
- Aino Passonen
- Life at the property. Life at the property
- Children of the property
- The 1993 Malibu brush fire
- Fire reunions
- Comparisons and conclusions. Comparisons
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes index (pages 186-187).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Monahan Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780692493526
- 0692493522
- OCLC:
- 1051462496
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