Amber, I was born in Oakland, and when I was commuting into the city to law school on BART, we used to pass thru a section of Oakland (Rockridge?) that looked like it was being refurbished/rennovated...I really liked all the cute little homes I saw...I happen to love old Victorians, and I like all the wood shingling. Once, when I worked in the library at my community college, we were doing a huge cleaning, and I had the section of the alphabet at the beginning....I saw a lot of books on architecture, and I ended up checking out a book or two on Bay Area Architects and their styles. VERY enlightening. Many of those styles found their way to Chico. Have you ever just ridden around parts of Chico to see the different house styles? Bungalows, Craftsman, Victorian, Spanish, Art Deco....its all there. And my favorite house on 8th St, I call the Wavy Gravy house. It has a unique roof shingling style called slump. its so cool! Take a drive sometime down East First Street (turns into West First I think!) or even the Esplanade....
Im glad you liked my pics, they came from a local website where you can see local shots. I love this part of the State, it SMELLS good. I know you love this area too, but be warned, there's not a lot of money to be made here, (unless you're in medicine, and there's WAAAAAAY too many attorneys!) thats why Im working for the County....
PS: just for you Amber, I found a site that has a slide show of Chico/Paradise pics:
Photo Tour of NorthValley
here's one of Chico's historic homes:
