Alice has been honored posthumously by several Architectural Preservation Organizations. Awards she has received include:
San Francisco Beautiful: Lifetime Achievement Award. August 21
California Preservation Foundation: Lifetime Achievement Award. September 27.
She has also been nominated for the Governor of California's Historic Preservation Award, to be give in November.
San Francisco Beautiful: Lifetime Achievement Award. August 21
California Preservation Foundation: Lifetime Achievement Award. September 27.
She has also been nominated for the Governor of California's Historic Preservation Award, to be give in November.
Governor's Historic Preservation Award Notification
Nomination for the San Francisco Beautiful Award
SF Beautiful
42nd Annual Beautification Awards Nomination
Alice Ross Carey, in memoriam
Category: Placemaking Award
http://sfbeautiful.org/nominate/
Please provide a brief introduction to your nominee.*
As the founding principal of Carey & Co. Inc., an award-winning, San Francisco-
based architecture firm, Alice Carey practiced in this City for over 30 years. A
native of Brooklyn, New York, she was raised in Toledo, Ohio, attended college at
the University of Colorado, Boulder, graduate school at the University of California,
Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, and subsequently made her home on
Nob Hill in San Francisco.
In 1983, she established one of the country’s first woman-owned architectural
practices specializing in historic preservation. Mayor Art Agnos appointed Alice
to the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board (LPAB) in 1988. After the 1989
Loma Prieta earthquake, Carey & Co. guided the repair and
rehabilitation of many of the City’s historically significant municipal buildings, most
notably City Hall of 1915. Alice’s generous civic involvement extended to numerous
organizations and Boards; just a few include UC Berkeley College of Environmental
Design Archives, San Francisco Beautiful, and the 640 [Sutter Street] Heritage
Preservation Foundation.
Alice was the recipient of several San Francisco Beautiful awards for San Francisco
City Hall (1999), the Palace of Fine Arts (2007), and for her involvement in the
Proposition J Campaign (2009). Apart from her work as an architect, which was
richly recognized with many awards, Alice leaves a legacy as a successful, civic advocate.
Recent examples of her advocacy and efforts include the Tonga Room in the
Fairmont Hotel, the New Mission Theater, and the Metropolitan Club. Over the
decades, her activism and energy for preservation and good architectural design
never waned, but was only fortified by the friendships she continued to make and
the individuals she inspired.
She died on July 27th at her home with her husband, architect Paul Fisher, at her side.
Please describe the special contribution of the nominee to making San
Francisco more beautiful - specifically addressing the Award Category.*
At Carey & Co., Alice Carey led a large number of rehabilitation projects throughout
the State of California, extending the life of some of the State’s most important
historic buildings, including the California State Capitol, the California State Library
and Courts, Oakland City Hall, Berkeley City Hall, Stanford University’s Main Quad
Buildings, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Marin County Civic Center, a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
But it is within the City of San Francisco that Alice’s professional
contributions have been most numerous and memorable. Alice’s design expertise
and vision for preservation revived, beautified, or benefited some of the City’s most
recognized and treasured landmarks including the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
City Hall, San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, the Metropolitan Club, the Old
Mint, the Noe Valley Library, and structures in Golden Gate Park: Murphy Windmill,
and the Spreckels Temple of Music, informally known as the Bandshell.
These are places where San Franciscans gather or bring visitors and friends to
experience the essence of the City: browsing books at the Noe Valley Library;
strolling along the peristyle and lawns that border the lagoon at the Palace of Fine
Arts; enjoying music at the Concourse at Golden Gate Park; and, walking through the
Beaux Arts Civic Center on the way to a concert at the Opera House, or a hearing, or
wedding, at City Hall.
Alice Carey’s influence on San Francisco’s built environment cannot be measured
in terms of numbers of buildings or projects alone. In addition to an unwavering
commitment to preservation values to maintain the best of the
City, Alice brought skill, style, spark, and wit to all she touched. She immersed
herself in this City’s urban life, appreciating its history, and good design.
Alice is deserving of this award because in one way or another she touched every
corner of San Francisco, enhancing buildings and spaces for others to enjoy,
delight in, and learn from. She gave of herself to the city she loved through her
professionalism and integrity, but ultimately by being a citizen advocate for
including the past in the City’s future.
42nd Annual Beautification Awards Nomination
Alice Ross Carey, in memoriam
Category: Placemaking Award
http://sfbeautiful.org/nominate/
Please provide a brief introduction to your nominee.*
As the founding principal of Carey & Co. Inc., an award-winning, San Francisco-
based architecture firm, Alice Carey practiced in this City for over 30 years. A
native of Brooklyn, New York, she was raised in Toledo, Ohio, attended college at
the University of Colorado, Boulder, graduate school at the University of California,
Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, and subsequently made her home on
Nob Hill in San Francisco.
In 1983, she established one of the country’s first woman-owned architectural
practices specializing in historic preservation. Mayor Art Agnos appointed Alice
to the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board (LPAB) in 1988. After the 1989
Loma Prieta earthquake, Carey & Co. guided the repair and
rehabilitation of many of the City’s historically significant municipal buildings, most
notably City Hall of 1915. Alice’s generous civic involvement extended to numerous
organizations and Boards; just a few include UC Berkeley College of Environmental
Design Archives, San Francisco Beautiful, and the 640 [Sutter Street] Heritage
Preservation Foundation.
Alice was the recipient of several San Francisco Beautiful awards for San Francisco
City Hall (1999), the Palace of Fine Arts (2007), and for her involvement in the
Proposition J Campaign (2009). Apart from her work as an architect, which was
richly recognized with many awards, Alice leaves a legacy as a successful, civic advocate.
Recent examples of her advocacy and efforts include the Tonga Room in the
Fairmont Hotel, the New Mission Theater, and the Metropolitan Club. Over the
decades, her activism and energy for preservation and good architectural design
never waned, but was only fortified by the friendships she continued to make and
the individuals she inspired.
She died on July 27th at her home with her husband, architect Paul Fisher, at her side.
Please describe the special contribution of the nominee to making San
Francisco more beautiful - specifically addressing the Award Category.*
At Carey & Co., Alice Carey led a large number of rehabilitation projects throughout
the State of California, extending the life of some of the State’s most important
historic buildings, including the California State Capitol, the California State Library
and Courts, Oakland City Hall, Berkeley City Hall, Stanford University’s Main Quad
Buildings, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Marin County Civic Center, a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
But it is within the City of San Francisco that Alice’s professional
contributions have been most numerous and memorable. Alice’s design expertise
and vision for preservation revived, beautified, or benefited some of the City’s most
recognized and treasured landmarks including the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
City Hall, San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, the Metropolitan Club, the Old
Mint, the Noe Valley Library, and structures in Golden Gate Park: Murphy Windmill,
and the Spreckels Temple of Music, informally known as the Bandshell.
These are places where San Franciscans gather or bring visitors and friends to
experience the essence of the City: browsing books at the Noe Valley Library;
strolling along the peristyle and lawns that border the lagoon at the Palace of Fine
Arts; enjoying music at the Concourse at Golden Gate Park; and, walking through the
Beaux Arts Civic Center on the way to a concert at the Opera House, or a hearing, or
wedding, at City Hall.
Alice Carey’s influence on San Francisco’s built environment cannot be measured
in terms of numbers of buildings or projects alone. In addition to an unwavering
commitment to preservation values to maintain the best of the
City, Alice brought skill, style, spark, and wit to all she touched. She immersed
herself in this City’s urban life, appreciating its history, and good design.
Alice is deserving of this award because in one way or another she touched every
corner of San Francisco, enhancing buildings and spaces for others to enjoy,
delight in, and learn from. She gave of herself to the city she loved through her
professionalism and integrity, but ultimately by being a citizen advocate for
including the past in the City’s future.