Rich Mintz historical site: 1900 Quail Street
June 19th, 2011 at 5:35 pm ETBelow are some photos of the Rich Mintz Historical Site known as “1900 Quail Street,” in the light-industrial northern reaches of Newport Beach, practically Costa Mesa, hard by the unsexy private-plane underbelly of John Wayne Airport. In this building I learned much of what I knew about direct marketing in the early part of my career (roughly 1992-1994).
Here I also learned about: crappy commutes (I lived in West Hollywood and commuted an hour each way with a friend via the carpool lane), office politics (when some people a few years older than me left the company unexpectedly, I got sucked into the vacuum and had to learn things very quickly), business travel (Detroit! Houston! St. Louis!), the importance of alcohol to a successful office Christmas party, and many other valuable lessons.
You probably can’t tell, but this place has had a full makeover in the past few years and it looks VASTLY more trendy and sophisticated and fabulous than it did in 1992. So, um, just imagine.
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Rich Mintz blogs on online fundraising and social media, American history and culture, bicycling and urbanism, food, technology, and other topics. Professionally, he's an expert in fundraising, constituency development, and social media for nonprofits, cultural organizations, cause-related marketers, and corporations. He is based in New York, where he serves as Vice President, Strategy, for 
