Linden Tree presentation: July 8th (at) 7pm

NILES IS HERE, NOT THERE – Alley Talk and Other Civic Maladies

“After living here in Niles for the past twenty years, apparently a lot of my practice has found its way into my community life, creating a wealth I never expected. A wealth that comes from like minded individuals, nurturing the culture landscape of Niles despite the draconian ways of the City of Fremont.

None of this is funny, but it is.”

Paul Welschmeyer

The notion of spirit of place is one of America’s cultural obsessions. From William Bradford’s aspirations to make Boston a “shining cittie on a hill” to Gertrude Stein’s “There’s no there there” about her native Oakland, Americans have been seized by the sense that the land is alive, that is what Emerson called “the Genius of Place,” a spirit animating particular landscapes. Paul Welschmeyer’s new book, Niles is Here, not There, is profoundly important because it dares to evoke the spirit of place of the Bay Area’s lost town of Niles, California.

Book Review: Matt Hayden, Tri City Voice

Paul is an East Bay native whose architectural experience began with The Ratcliff Architects in Berkeley and continued with Studios Architecture in San Francisco. His private practice began in 1991 and maintains core expertise in three areas of practice: Adaptive Reuse and Historic Projects; Architectural Interiors, and Residential Works, all of of which include a focus in green building practices. He currently hosts the Transcontinental Connections symposium held at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, he is a member of the California Nursery Legacy Council was a member of Fremont’s Historic Architectural Review Board from 1991 to 1998 and is an architectural graduate from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1979.

Contact info:

Paul Welschmeyer Architects 
STUDIO
37735 Second Street
Niles, California
Phone +1 510 825 0783
studio@pwarchitects.biz

www.pwarchitects.biz