Post Hurricane Maria, Champalimaud Restores a Historic Home in Puerto Rico
A verdant, 8,000 square foot villa with a keen aviation past succumbed to the 2017 hurricane; then Champalimaud brought it back to life.
A verdant, 8,000 square foot villa with a keen aviation past succumbed to the 2017 hurricane; then Champalimaud brought it back to life.
The 1920s Mission Revival estate, which had passed through some famous hands, was ravaged by Hurricane Maria. The property was affectionally named ?Su Casa? and was first built in 1928 by 28-year-old Clara Livingston. (Coincidentally, Livingston built this home after her father?s wooden ?finca? home was torn apart in another hurricane, San Felipe.) The young, aviation-obsessed Livingston painted Su Casa pink, built her own airstrip on the reserve, and invited her good friend?and the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?Amelia Earhart, to visit, stay, play, and rest in her abode. Su Casa would become one of the last places Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan were seen alive. The duo stayed here on their famous journey around the world, they disappeared shortly after; it was the last time Clara Livingston saw her friends.
Livingston then sold the home to Laurance Rockefeller; it was later reopened as a hotel.
When Hurricane Maria plundered the property in 2017, trees toppled, ceilings caved in, floors warped. It was a heartbreaking sight to see the gem of Dorado Beach destroyed and falling apart.
Anna Beeber and Elisabeth Rogoff, from the New York based studio Champ...
A verdant, 8,000 square foot villa with a keen aviation past succumbed to the 2017 hurricane; then Champalimaud brought it back to life.
The 1920s Mission Revival estate, which had passed through some famous hands, was ravaged by Hurricane Maria. The property was affectionally named ?Su Casa? and was first built in 1928 by 28-year-old Clara Livingston. (Coincidentally, Livingston built this home after her father?s wooden ?finca? home was torn apart in another hurricane, San Felipe.) The young, aviation-obsessed Livingston painted Su Casa pink, built her own airstrip on the reserve, and invited her good friend?and the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?Amelia Earhart, to visit, stay, play, and rest in her abode. Su Casa would become one of the last places Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan were seen alive. The duo stayed here on their famous journey around the world, they disappeared shortly after; it was the last time Clara Livingston saw her friends.
Livingston then sold the home to Laurance Rockefeller; it was later reopened as a hotel.
When Hurricane Maria plundered the property in 2017, trees toppled, ceilings caved in, floors warped. It was a heartbreaking sight to see the gem of Dorado Beach destroyed and falling apart.
Anna Beeber and Elisabeth Rogoff, from the New York based studio Champ...
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