Read a few pages of internet search results and cannot find anything referring to COAST or Ken Parker. Suspect other motives, just like the conspiracy theory that the NOAA building was a CIA facade.
Two years safter the federal government sold Pacific Grove’s NOAA building to a private buyer, a group that formed to oppose the sale is asking the National Park Service to create a 92-acre historical district at Point Pinos that includes the former NOAA property — and prevents the building from being used for any commercial or residential purposes.
“Designation of the complete 92-acre parcel as the Point Pinos Lighthouse Reservation Historic District would restore the original intention to preserve this unique site,” the group contends. “This historic and scenic coastal location warrants comprehensive recognition and protection.” Measuring 11,200 square feet, the NOAA building was built in 1952 as a training facility for Navy pilots and ground personnel — and to withstand a nuclear blast. It was later used as a weather station for NOAA before being transferred to the federal agency in 1995. In 2009, artist Ray Troll was commissioned to create a colorful 400-foot-long mural of sea life on the building. The effort cost taxpayers $120,000.