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120 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • F A L L 2 0 2 4 center, Earthbound Farm Center’s popular food stand on Carmel Valley Road was created from former artichoke field outbuildings and the Seventh & Dolores building, which oper- ates now as a restaurant, was transformed from a former bank building. “Our present is possible due to the events of the past,” Hood says. “To protect the past is to acknowledge its impact on our lives daily.” This year’s Carmel Heritage Society Tour kicks off at 4pm on Saturday, September 7, with a lec- ture by architect Brian Congleton, “Hugh Comstock and his Fairytale Houses in Carmel,” at the Carmel Foundation, located on the SE corner of 8th Avenue and Lincoln Street in Carmel.Admission is free with donations to the Heritage Society appreciated.The house tour takes place on Sunday, September 8, from 11am-4pm. For more information and tour tickets ($50-$60), visit www.carmelheritage.org . The Tuck Box Tea Room was built by Comstock in 1927 and was first used as a restaurant, Sally’s, in the 1930s. It was turned into a tea room in the 1940s as it remains today.