An Ode To Red Tile Roofs and Stucco

Nostalgia for the red tile roofs and stucco exteriors of 1980's SoCal suburbia.

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April 4, 2007, 12:08 PM PDT

By Anonymous (not verified)

"The '80s tract home will be celebrated with coffee-table books, home tours and preservation campaigns - Save the Stucco Sea! L.A.'s literati will eat up my poignant, yet-to-be-written suburban memoir, "Faded Stucco." Hipsters will scour aging neighborhoods of Rancho Cucamonga and Moreno Valley in search of terra cotta-topped treasure."

Thanks to Cindy Jackson

FULL STORY:

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 in The Los Angeles Times

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