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TENT CITY THE BIRTH OF ATASCADERO The Original Design for the Civic Center Once E.G. Lewis, a major magazine publisher from St. Louis (actually University City, Mo.) purchased the 23,000-acre Atascadero Rancho from Jason Henry in 1913, and almost before starting to plan what he would do with the property, E.G. decided to start advertising the concept of Atascadero in a series of bulletins. Ultimately, there were nine Atascadero Bulletins published. The writers of this column will use and reference those bulletins in some of our columns published here in COLONY Magazine. Unfortunately, the Atascadero Historical Society does not have copies of all of the bulletins but we are currently working on a project to scan those we have and make them available on our website, as they make fascinating reading. This column will focus on E.G. Lewis’ initial design for the Atascadero Civic Center. Below is the perspective sketch of the planned Atascadero Civic Center, as well as a caption with a description of it, all appearing in Atascadero Bulletin #3, dated June 1913. (In the drawing’s title, notice the reference to “the Woman’s Republic,” indicating the role of a By The Atascadero Historical Society national organization Mr. and Mrs. Lewis had created in the very early 1900s, to promote the role of women in government.) More specifics about this connection will be presented in a later column. Some of the buildings in this sketch were built, but many were not. However, this sketch does show the early vision E.G. Lewis had for the city. His main collaborator was Walter Bliss, a San Francisco architect who was a member of the governing board of the Colony Holding Corporation. The Bliss firm, because of its knowledge of the most modern seismic design practices learned from their work in rebuilding San Francisco, after the 1906 earthquake, was a great choice in designing the Civic Center of Atascadero. We think you will be impressed by the details of these buildings from the actual caption and some insights from our discussion which we hope you find informative. Notice the orientation of the Civic Center and the buildings that were planned. From this sketch, only the Administration Building was built as indicated, giving it the distinction of being the only building that was not significantly modified throughout the planning process. One eventual change from the diagram was to move the Administration Building and the current Sunken Gardens one block east of the State Highway, currently El Camino Real (the caption describes the State Highway between the Administration Building and the current Sunken Gardens.) The caption also identifies “a central plaza and beautiful gardens” as a key feature behind the Administration Building. These were to be what we call Sunken Gardens and was originally intended to be where the current middle school is located. In keeping with the grand plan, an Opera House, a University and office buildings were all in the core of the planned city. The grand department store called La Plaza or the Mercantile, was the only other building described in the caption, that was built. This building, which had been converted into a hotel, known as the Atascadero Inn, burned to the ground in a fire in 1935. Until next time… Specializing in: • Children's horseback riding lessons • Quail for meat and egg production Roadside Farm Stand Full of fresh farm goodies and handmade crafts 3300 Traffic Way, Atascadero | (805) 550-7517 BOARD CERTIFIED ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON FELLOWSHIP TRAINED IN SPORTS MEDICINE NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS Joint Replacement, Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, Fractures, Joint Pain and General Orthopedics 22 | colonymagazine.com COLONY Magazine, December 2018
Not Your Parents’ CAREER and TECHNICAL EDUCATION By James J. Brescia Ed.D SLO County Office of Education Superintendent Career Technical Education (CTE) in each of our school districts provides North County students of all ages with the training, academic skills, and technical knowledge necessary to succeed in future careers. Our schools not only promote “Future Careers, Locally Grown” they support lifelong learning. Across the United States, nearly 12.5 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE courses. CTE prepares these learners for the world of work by providing academic content, introducing workplace competencies, and exposing students to providing a hands-on context. The current high school graduation rate for CTE concentrators is about 90 percent, which is nearly 15 percentage points higher than the national average. The San Luis Obispo County Office of Education established SLO Partners in 2014 to address college and career readiness among the county’s student population. SLO Partners’ mission is to engage business partners and educators in aligning workforce needs with career and college pathways and provide work experience opportunities to ensure that stu- “A dream doesn’t become a reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” ~Colin Powell dents have the skills and knowledge necessary for success in the workplace and businesses have the skilled workers required for a sound growing economy. SLO Partners is committed to collaborating with local businesses and education for pathways to opportunity and skilled local talent. Templeton High School is one such example of a blossoming CTE program in our county that has built up their program pathways. Energy and Power Technology, taught by Jason Diodati, is one of the school’s most robust CTE programs. This pathway includes engineering, manufacturing and energy. Many CTE courses are dual-enrolled with Cuesta College, allowing high school students to earn college credit through their high school courses. The program fosters local participation with large businesses such as PG&E and smaller businesses such as Dale Evers Arts Studio. Programs originated through local efforts of the school districts, the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education and legislators. “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” ~Vince Lombardi December 2018, COLONY Magazine colonymagazine.com | 23
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