Big Step in Replacing The Spirit of the Ocean Fountain
by David Petry
The two sandstone figures, a nude male and female divided by a fish, who keep watch out in front of the Santa Barbara Courthouse, lead troubled lives. One might think, given the detailed body scans they were receiving Monday and [...]
“We knew we were going to have to replace it.” Robert Ooley is both the sole Santa Barbara County architect, responsible for any modifications for nearly 600 structures in the county, and a founding trustee of the Courthouse Legacy Foundation, an organization charged with overseeing and funding the preservation and restoration of the numerous architectural [...]
