Michelle painting, Skinners great paintjob, and Kim and Craigs cabs.
Michelle painting, Skinners great paintjob, and Kim and Craigs
cabs.
Midnight paint job! (John and Craig)
July 14th
Banners on the Boulevard!
see 60 hand painted banners hanging along Del Paso Blvd july and aug.
See a banner by Kim
7-06 The rush is on, we are trying to get this thing to bed by the end of the month of July.... any bets?
6-06 pouring driveways- Charland, Rik, Dave, Jack,Dan and Skinner (Kim on camera)
6-06 Walking the watchdogs- Dolores, Skinner and Dan (Kim on camera)
Robert Swan Johnson! Ditch Witch man.
See Joel Sternfelds
photography from Sweet
Earth: Experimental Utopias in America, by Joel Sternfeld
at Sheryl
Haynes Gallery in SF this month (April 2006)
Surreal Estates gets a mention in the New York Times
3-24-06 top: west and south
facing- bottom: south and east facing
3-4-06 sideview
3-4-06 panorama Cantalier and Calvados
Feb 25 2006 Panorama of Oakmont and Calvados
Feb 25 2006 Oakmont
Feb 25 2006 Calvados
Feb 25 2006 Houses (left) and Studios (right)
nice one of the siders from Rik above
2-11-06 Val chasing the light in a "big house"
2-11-06 Val, Robyn, Rob and Robert- coffee break
2-11-06 Portches!
2-10-06 Dan on a portch
1-29-06 Jack Jr. on the hoe
.
Jan 24- val putting up windows
1-23-06 New member Robert Johnson putting in windows
1-23-06 our great roofers
Safety Meeting crew
four images from December 2005 (KS)
See
newspaper articles and other press
11-05- trying to beat the rain...
Cleanup
after a long weekend, its starting to look like a village.10-16-05
See
October 14th build day photos here!
AM shift, starting to look like a neighborhood! (next4 photos by Kim)
Super Volunteer, Bobbi
testaclese, golden nuggets, ginger nuts, romeo and scooter....all names for the local cat
Here are some great photos by Rik (next four)
Moshell doing some chillin
Jack and Rob itching to get to work
No, Jack is not cutting his foot off.
Skinner and Gerry looking proud, as well they should!
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Val with super volunteers Jay and Robin (phot by Kim)
Nice Black and White Photo shoot by Jay Rudin 8-18-05 (next 6 images)
LVL Beam raising, left to right: Val and Gerry, Jack, Rob and Michelle
Two Ladders, left to right: Rob, Valentino, Jack, Gerry and Michelle
Craig pushing dirt
Our new friend and volunteer Gerry from Berlin
House
Sweet
Earth: Experimental Utopias in America, by Joel Sternfeld
See
SurrealEstates included in this book, on sale at bookstores soon
Community
build day- July 2nd beginning of 9th week
Thanks to the Chamber of Commerce and Costco for supplying refteshments
and to all those who came out and helped us build for the day.
someplace
cool to rest on a hot build site
studio raising
friends
inside view of one of the houses
view from upstairs window opening
June-27-05
In only 7weeks!
The
panel buildings are the houses and the stick buildings are the studios.
June-15-2005
WALLS!!!
May-29-2005
Most of the bunch at Sammy's
for a business lunch, (may we recommend the french fries,
the egg salad sand and the chicken fried steak!)
You
can watch a Story on Surreal Estates and the Del Paso area
Wednesday
May 18th on channel six (PBS KVIE- "ViewFinder") at 7:30 PM
and again the following Sunday at 6PM. Hope you enjoy
it!.
5-17-05-
first foundations started
Finally!
Saturday the 14th of May, 2004
artists will be on site to build!
Photos to follow.
We well be inviting volunteers in a week or two.
Feels
so real: News and Review March 24th
2005
Bee
Article: Hello, Dali January 27, 2005
SHRA
Nov 2004Bee
Article- November 18 2004
News
and Review- Bites Article- November 18th 2004
5-3-2005
Craig
in "The Pit" on the north west corner
After
a coffee break at Sammys.....
I
cant wait to get painting in the new studio!
Jack
musing over a new sculpture
3-14-05
Surreal Estates first building is up!
(Notice the use of high tech materials)
Its starting
to feel like home already.
It ain't glam,
but we have new sewers!
Men working on Cantalier (not seen in photos- also on Calvados).
Trucks facing Dixianne, North Sacramento School District bilding on right, see
bell tower.
Old playground on right is SurrealEstates site.
Pictures
of the November 6th 2004 Ground Breaking here!
Check out that shirt sleeve weather.
We had three TV stations and a media writer to document the event.
Members of the community, City council, Mercy Housing, Redevelopment Agency,
Artists, Friends and Family were present.