Costa Mesa architect John Linnert has especially enjoyed taking his daughter to the orthodontist over the years because he’s admired the Mariners Medical Arts Center, designed by Richard Neutra in 1963. But at the beginning of July, Linnert took his daughter to an appointment and learned that the three-building Newport Beach complex, designed to allay patients' fears with calming courtyards, water elements, and landscaping visible from treatment rooms, was slated for demolition.

- bill 7-23-2008 5:18 pm




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