Following graduation , Carey worked for the firms Esherick , Homsey Dodge & Davis ( EHDD ) and Whisler/Patri . While at EHDD , she became interested in the Bay Region Style of architecture and its architects Joseph Esherick , William Wurster , Charles Moore and William Turnbull , Jr. . She established her own practice Carey & Co. , in 1983 in San Francisco , one of the first woman-owned architectural practices specializing in historic preservation in the United States . She was named to San Francisco ’s Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board by 1988 . After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake , her firm managed the preservation of several San Francisco historically significant civic buildings , including City Hall and the War Memorial Opera House . Her work on these projects earned Carey & Co. nearly three dozen state and national awards . During her career , Carey worked on restoring countless buildings , including Jordan Hall at Stanford University , San Francisco ’s Fairmont Hotel , Oakland City Hall , Berkeley City Hall , Sunol Water Temple , San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts , and the Marin County Civic Center . She was a founding member of the Friends of Terra Cotta and on the Boards of several organizations including the Association of Advocates for Preservation , San Francisco Heritage , and the Environmental Design Archives at U.C. Berkeley
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Alice Ross Carey