D.6.1 - 2501 Inwood Place - History from Applicant — original pdf
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Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Importance: High Vincent Huebinger Wednesday, August 18, 2021 3:17 PM Sadowsky, Steve; Allen, Amber Dane Wilkins RE: Item D-6 2501 Inwood Demo Hugh McMath 1.JPG Steve, just left you and Amber a VM. It is indeed a very interesting house but we are not finding the Mid‐century modern aspects on 2501 Inwood based on the industry (architectural) standards. Yes there are some pronounced windows but no lines and angles established in this front elevation or roof. Most mid‐century modern houses built in 1950‐60’s had had lines with open spaces and pronounced split level roofs. The exterior wood is an odd combination and is not repairable. We are preparing some backup material for Landmark commissioners to try to emphasize the lack of element for this agenda. I have another hearing on Monday evening in Grand Prairie, therefore Dane Wilkins out of our office will be on the live line of the meeting. I am assuming that the postponement policy by staff will be granted (since it always is) and this is the last item on the agenda. Knowing the process, I believe you will be requesting postponements at the beginning of the hearing? We did find 2502 Inwood went to your landmark commission in 2018 and was allowed to be demo’d and rebuilt as a combination of mid‐century and eclectic. Others on that block were also demo’d. Regarding Hugh McMath, he was a very impressive tenured professor and acting director for a few years. The most we have found on him are his international trips to Monterrey, his thesis at MIT and some other articles. We can agree to postpone in light of your mention of Ned Cole and Plan con, which we did not discover in our research. The only thing we know about Ned Cole is that he may have been a student of Professor McMath. We also need to finish the structural walk Monday morning for the interior. From the exterior, Mike McIntyre has already found very disturbing damage & conditions, to be documented by the next hearing. We can include his preliminary exterior findings sometime tomorrow morning in the backup. According to his daughter, Hugh did not design the house. Let us know the best way we should proceed and your thoughts on if Laura Burkhart would benefit on having some architectural renderings available next month? She may be able to get someone to prepare something for that time frame. Thanks Vincent G. Huebinger Vincent Gerard & Assoc. Inc 1715 S. Capital Texas Hwy, Suite 207 Austin, Texas 78746 From: Sadowsky, Steve <Steve.Sadowsky@austintexas.gov> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 1:55 PM To: Vincent Huebinger Cc: Dane Wilkins Subject: RE: Item D‐6 2501 Inwood Demo 1 Allen, Amber <Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov> Steve Sadowsky Historic Preservation Officer City of Austin, Texas 974-6454 From: Vincent Huebinger Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 1:47 PM To: Sadowsky, Steve <Steve.Sadowsky@austintexas.gov>; Allen, Amber <Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov> Cc: Dane Wilkins Subject: RE: Item D‐6 2501 Inwood Demo I will let the owner know. Thanks Steve. ; Allen, Amber <Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov> From: Sadowsky, Steve <Steve.Sadowsky@austintexas.gov> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 1:37 PM To: Vincent Huebinger Cc: Dane Wilkins Subject: RE: Item D‐6 2501 Inwood Demo Vince: I am going to recommend postponement of your application to September. There was a lot more to the history of this house than I thought. Steve Sadowsky Historic Preservation Officer City of Austin, Texas 974-6454 From: Vincent Huebinger Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 5:12 PM To: Allen, Amber <Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov>; Sadowsky, Steve <Steve.Sadowsky@austintexas.gov> Cc: Dane Wilkins Subject: RE: Item D‐6 2501 Inwood Demo Yes Ma’am, Dane received it. I will get you our info as soon as possible. ; Sadowsky, Steve <Steve.Sadowsky@austintexas.gov> From: Allen, Amber <Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 3:16 PM To: Vincent Huebinger Cc: Dane Wilkins Subject: RE: Item D‐6 2501 Inwood Demo Hi Vincent, I just sent out an email with this information and more about the upcoming HLC meeting on Monday to all applicants. Let me know if you did not receive it. Otherwise, all backup material is due as soon as possible so both staff and the Commissioners can review them prior to the meeting. I will be uploading all received backup first thing Thursday morning online. The last deadline to upload backup documents is Sunday, August 22nd at noon. 2 Amber Allen Planner II, Historic Preservation Office City of Austin – Housing & Planning Department T: 512.974.3393 E: Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov From: Vincent Huebinger Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 12:05 PM To: Sadowsky, Steve <Steve.Sadowsky@austintexas.gov>; Allen, Amber <Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov> Cc: Dane Wilkins Subject: Item D‐6 2501 Inwood Demo *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Steve/Amber – when Is our deadline for us to get all our info to you for the backup material and our presentation? Thanks Vincent G. Huebinger Vincent Gerard & Assoc. Inc 1715 S. Capital Texas Hwy, Suite 207 Austin, Texas 78746 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 3