Maybe by now everybody knows that the game court was designed by Mokta for a game that was a cross between golf and pool. Also, from the one interview with Leo that I've been able to get to so far, our east side "water feature" was definitely a fish pond, since Leo talks about the arrangement that his father made to cool the water for the fish.
Another interesting bit of news, at least news to me, is that there was a "hexagonal"cage beside where the rose bed would have been that was meant to house two pets: a squirrel that Alessio brought with him from San Francisco, and a jackrabbit from the site. The cage was about six feet tall and had an upper and lower compartment, one for each animal. This is according to information in the application for the National Register of Historic Places, but must have come from an interview with Leo, since it's hard to imagine anybody else having that bit of information. The cage I've seen beside the rose garden site isn't hexagonal, so I'm wondering where this fancier one went.
Marie did tell me once that Alessio had a pet squirrel that he brought out with him from San Francisco. That little tidbit makes me like Alessio even more!
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ReplyDeleteDoes Marie know anything about the Hexagonal cage?
This cage was used to house the pet squirrel from San Francisco and my dad thought it was lonely so they captured a rabbit and put it in one half of the 2 part custom built cage.
ReplyDeleteBut what happened to it? Any idea where it is now, Marie?
ReplyDeleteIf anybody else is interested, Eileen said it's in the machine shop. Can't wait to get in there and see it.
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