{"id":1066,"date":"2013-08-01T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T04:06:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"ernest-batchelder-the-roebling-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/2013\/08\/01\/ernest-batchelder-the-roebling-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Batchelder &#038; The Roebling Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To sign up for this free event: <\/strong>First <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/user\">register<\/a> as a user on this site, and then return to this page. Refresh the page and the signup tab will appear just to the left, above this paragraph. Click &#8220;signup&#8221; and reserve your spot. No plus-ones; each guest must register individually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THIS EVENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join  LAVA \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Los Angeles Visionaries Association in <a style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;\" title=\"Roebling Building\" href=\"http:\/\/esotouric.com\/wireworks\" target=\"_blank\">The Roebling Building <\/a> in Downtown LA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Arts District for an historical discussion of the custom Ernest Batchelder decorative tile \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a gift from Mr. Roebling\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s employees \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in the building\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s original corner lobby.<\/p>\n<p>The figural tiles portray the history of the company and its signature product, spun metal rope cable, and its use to solve a wide variety of engineering challenges. Also on view in the lobby is the remarkable curving staircase, partially constructed of the metal rope also used in the suspension of the Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The talk will be conducted by <span class=\"caps\">LAVA<\/span> Visionary and Southern California tile expert Brian Kaiser, who with <span class=\"caps\">LAVA<\/span> has previously presented on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A1I8Gewd-UA\" target=\"_blank\">Batchelder\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dutch Chocolate Shop<\/a>. Brian will discuss the tile commission in the larger context the development of Batchelder\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work in Los Angeles, and the possible later integration of these custom designs into his commercial catalog.<\/p>\n<p>The Roebling Building is the home of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelcitybrewing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Angel City Brewery<\/a>, and we invite you to allow yourself time before or after the presentation to sample their fine brewed beers and ales.<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1066\" data-postid=\"1066\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1066 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To sign up for this free event: First register as a user on this site, and then return to this page. Refresh the page and the signup tab will appear just to the left, above this paragraph. Click &#8220;signup&#8221; and reserve your spot. No plus-ones; each guest must register individually. ABOUT THIS EVENT: Join LAVA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,13,15,22,24,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}