HAMMER TIME!
A Santa Barbara landmark is headed to auction: The former St. Anthony’s Seminary complex at 2300 Garden Street will be auctioned off next month. This marks the second major change for the area around the Mission, what with the seven-story apartment complex proposed for the neighboring Mount Calvary Monastery property.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 1925 Hope Ranch hacienda for $6.053 million; cool 1973 Cielito house for $275,000 over ask; pretty spec reno of a 1933 Spanish Colonial near Cold Spring School; the Alta Mesa house with a party room on top; the former site of Richard Neutra’s 1956 Slavin House; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Well is opening an outpost in Montecito.
••• The Castle in the Sky is available for rent (above).
••• A visit to the new Venture Apparel Co. store on lower State Street.
••• Two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows were announced.
••• A Bowlus RV showroom has opened downtown.
••• Summer Solstice Celebration exhibit at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.
••• Hiking up to the Hollywood sign.
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