Sunday, April 24, 2011

WWII Tustin military chapel to be demolished

     Item 6.15 of the South Orange County Community College District board of trustees meeting Monday night is "Demolition of Chapel at ATEP site." 
     The agenda is available HERE (see blue box at right of opening page).
     From the agenda:

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I took these pictures of the chapel in its present condition just a few years ago
It's still a beautiful spot. Love the trees
• Tustin Preservation Conservancy
• Tustin gives OK to raze blimp hangar (LA Times)

Commercial filmed inside Tustin blimp hangar:

2 comments:

13 Stoploss said...

This makes me sad.

Roy Bauer said...

Yeah, it's a serious bummer. People in this county don't care about history. Eventually, those blimp hangers will be torn down as well.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...