Comments on: Lost to Katrina (etc.): East Ward School (1921-2008)

By: They Fought the Feds and the Feds Won | Preservation in Mississippi

They Fought the Feds and the Feds Won | Preservation in Mississippi — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:03:57 +0000

[...] Modernism and that people just don’t like Modernist buildings, I need only raise the issue of East Ward School in Gulfport and the Administration Building at Gulf Park College, both built in the 1920s, handsome [...]

By: ELMalvaney

ELMalvaney — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:17:37 +0000

Certainly you may guess! I like to keep people guessing :-)

By: Carunzel

Carunzel — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:09:39 +0000

May I hazard a guess that it is the Tivoli Hotel?

By: ELMalvaney

ELMalvaney — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:44:33 +0000

Well, I’ve become philosophical about it in the last 4 years–not sure whether long-time Coast residents are to that point yet or if they ever will be. My feeling is that it’s a natural thing–albeit very sad–for beach houses to “die” in hurricanes. One day, they were there, the next day they were gone, washed cleanly away into the sea, like an old sailor. Buildings like East Ward that could have been saved are much harder for me to deal with. The building I have planned for Saturday, the actual anniversary, is the most hard to swallow–just thinking about it fills me with furious grief.

By: Carunzel

Carunzel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:41:32 +0000

Aargh! It’s all so depressing! Are you ok writing about this day after day?