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Appendix E Cultural Resources Appendix E Cultural Resources Appendix E.1 Historical Resource Technical Report Art Center College of Design Master Plan Pasadena, California Historical Resource Technical Report Prepared by: November 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose and Qualifications ................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 2 2. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK .................................................................................... 3 2.1 National Register of Historic Places .................................................................................... 3 2.2 California Register of Historical Resources ........................................................................ 4 2.3 Pasadena Historic Preservation Ordinance ..................................................................... 6 3. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ..................................................................................... 7 3.1 Hillside Campus ..................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 South Campus ..................................................................................................................... 12 4. PROJECT IMPACTS ................................................................................................ 16 4.1 Project Description .............................................................................................................. 16 4.2 Determining the Significance of Impacts on Historical Resources ............................. 16 4.3 Analysis of Project Impacts ................................................................................................ 17 5. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................... 19 6. SOURCES ............................................................................................................... 20 APPENDIX A – Résumés APPENDIX B – Design & Historic Preservation Comments from City of Pasadena Historical Resource Technical Report – ArtCenter College of Design Master Plan EXECUTIVE SUMMARY GPA Consulting (GPA) was retained to complete this report as part of the environmental review for the proposed ArtCenter College of Design (ArtCenter) Master Plan (Master Plan, sometimes referred to as "the project") in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). ArtCenter has submitted an application for a new 15-year Master Plan that encompasses development on its Hillside Campus and South Campus. Both campuses are located in the City of Pasadena. GPA conducted a field inspection of each campus to identify known or potential historical resources, and then analyzed the impacts of the Master Plan on the identified historical resources. The Hillside Campus comprises two permanent buildings, one modular building, one structure, and two surface parking lots in a wooded, hillside setting. The main building, commonly called the Ellwood Building, was designated a City of Pasadena Historic Monument in 2005. It is considered a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA. None of the other buildings or structures on the Hillside Campus are historical resources. The South Campus comprises four buildings and four surface parking lots in an urban setting. The Master Plan would affect buildings within the campus boundaries. However, none of the buildings on the South Campus is a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA. The City of Pasadena has reviewed the Master Plan and determined the work described therein does not propose any major exterior or interior modifications to the identified historical resource, namely the Ellwood Building, that require review by the City’s Planning & Community Development Department (see Attachment B - Design & Historic Preservation Comments from City of Pasadena). GPA also analyzed the potential for direct or indirect impacts on the historical resource as a result of work proposed in the Master Plan in compliance with CEQA. GPA concluded that the Master Plan would have a less than significant impact on the historical resource. The project would not affect the physical integrity of the Ellwood Building, the historical resource. It would not be demolished, altered, or relocated as a result of the project. The improvements to the infrastructure and changes to other buildings on the Hillside Campus would not diminish the setting of the Ellwood Building. The ability of the historical resource to convey its significance would not be materially impaired by the project. As the project would have a less than significant impact, no mitigation is required or recommended for historical resources. Historical Resource Technical Report – ArtCenter College of Design Master Plan 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose and Qualifications The purpose of this report is to determine whether or not a proposed Master Plan (Master Plan) for the ArtCenter College of Design (ArtCenter) would impact historical resources. ArtCenter was established in Los Angeles in 1930 and moved to its current Hillside Campus located at 1700 Lida Street in the City of Pasadena in 1976. In 2004, ArtCenter established a second campus, referred to as the South Campus, at 950 S. Raymond Avenue. As academic programs offered at the South Campus, which is located approximately five miles to the south of the Hillside Campus, have expanded and operations shifted to the South Campus over time, the Hillside Campus and the South Campus have become increasingly connected. Despite the distance between the two campuses, the campuses are integrated functionally and programmatically. ArtCenter has submitted an application for a new 15-year Master Plan that encompasses development on, and comprehensively identifies a vision for, both the Hillside Campus and the South Campus. ArtCenter would focus growth on its South Campus, while providing for infrastructure improvements and building renovations on its Hillside Campus.1 The Hillside Campus comprises two permanent buildings, one modular building, one structure, and two surface parking lots in a wooded, hillside setting. The main building was designed by noted Modern architect Craig Ellwood and is commonly called the Ellwood Building. On the Hillside Campus, work associated with the Master Plan would be limited to removing a temporary modular building, altering a structure completed in 2001, renovation and expansion of a maintenance building, improving circulation, and enhancing the main vehicular entrance. No major exterior or interior modifications to the Ellwood Building are proposed. The South Campus comprises four buildings and four surface parking lots in an urban setting. None of the buildings on the campus is currently designated as a landmark under national, state, or local programs. None of the buildings has been determined eligible for listing at the national, state, or local level through previous historic resource surveys. On the South Campus, work associated with the Master Plan would involve renovating and expanding existing buildings, constructing six2 new buildings primarily dedicated to student housing, and improving circulation and connections. GPA Consulting (GPA) was retained to identify known and potential historical resources on the Master Plan project site, and to analyze impacts on the identified historical resources in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Teresa Grimes, Principal Architectural Historian at GPA, and Allison M. Lyons, Associate Architectural Historian, were responsible for the preparation of this report. They both fulfill the qualifications for historic preservation professionals outlined in Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 61. Their résumés are attached in Appendix A. 1 Eyestone Environmental, Initial Study for the ArtCenter College of Design Master Plan (Pasadena, CA: 2016). 2 This number includes the following six buildings: 888 S. Raymond Avenue – Four separate buildings 966 S. Raymond Avenue – One building 1101 S. Arroyo Parkway – One building Historical Resource Technical Report – ArtCenter College of Design Master Plan Page 1 1.2 Methodology In preparing this report, GPA performed the following tasks: 1. Established the study area for the report. The study area was identified as the Master Plan project site. Please refer to Figures 1 and 2 below for maps of the study area. 2. Researched the Hillside Campus and South Campus to determine whether or not buildings on the project site are currently listed as landmarks under national, state, or local programs and whether or not buildings on the campuses have been previously identified or evaluated as historical resources. This involved a search of the California Historical Resources Inventory System (CHRIS) and the City of Pasadena’s California Historical Resources Inventory Database. CHRIS is a database maintained by the State Office of Historic Preservation that includes properties listed and determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, listed and determined eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, California Registered Historical Landmarks, Points of Historical Interest, as well as properties that have been
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