APPENDIX B Historical Resources Report

250 E Union Street Project Pasadena, California

Historical Resource Technical Report

Prepared by:

July 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...... 1 1. INTRODUCTION ...... 3 1.1 Purpose and Qualifications ...... 3 1.2 Methodology ...... 3 2. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ...... 5 2.1 National Register of Historic Places ...... 5 2.2 California Register of Historical Resources ...... 7 2.3 City of Pasadena Historic Preservation Ordinance ...... 9 3. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ...... 10 3.1 Description of the Study Area ...... 10 3.2 Historical Resources on the Project Site ...... 12 3.3 Historical Resources in the Study Area ...... 14 4. PROJECT IMPACTS ...... 23 4.1 Determining the Significance of Impacts on Historical Resources ...... 23 4.2 Secretary of the Interior's Standards ...... 24 4.3 Project Description ...... 25 4.4 Analysis of Project Impacts ...... 28 5. CONCLUSION ...... 34 6. SOURCES ...... 35

Appendix A: DPR 523 Form Set

Appendix B: Project Plans

Appendix C: Key View Renderings

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

DC Union Holdings, LLC proposes to develop a six-story mixed-use residential and commercial building on an existing surface parking lot at 254 E Union Street in the Civic Center of the City of Pasadena. The project title is the 250 E Union Street Project, previously known as the Union Street Condominiums Project. The purpose of this report is to determine if the development project will directly or indirectly impact any historical resources within the study area. The study area includes the project site and adjacent parcels. Michael Baker International (MBI) retained GPA Consulting (GPA) to complete this Historical Resource Technical Report (HRTR) as part of the Addendum to the Union Street Condominiums Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND), adopted September 2, 2015 by the City of Pasadena. Since adoption of the IS/MND, changes to the project have been proposed, thus requiring further environmental analysis. The proposed changes are addressed in the Addendum, which has been prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

GPA initially prepared a Historical Resource Technical Report for the Union Street Condominiums Project IS/MND in July 2015. In that report GPA concluded that there was one known historical resource on the project site: a locally designated historic sign, known as the “Parking for Citizens Bank & Building sign”. There were 13 additional historical resources in the vicinity of the project site. These included two historic districts, contributors to the districts, and individually designated and eligible resources. Specifically, there were five designated and one surveyed as eligible contributors to the Civic Center Financial District, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) in 1982, and four contributors to the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District, which was listed in the National Register in 1979. Two of the nearby contributors to the Pasadena Civic Center were also locally designated as Pasadena Historic Monuments or Pasadena Landmarks. Also within the vicinity was a designed landscape that was surveyed as eligible for listing in the National Register in 2000. The project site is not located within either the Civic Center Financial or the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District, but is located across an alley or street from both districts.

In addition to the known historical resources on and around the project site, GPA identified one building which required evaluation as a potential historical resource: a parking booth and attached garages located on the project site and planned for demolition as part of the proposed project. GPA evaluated the building and concluded that it was not eligible for designation under the national, state, or local designation programs. It is, therefore, not a historical resource as defined by CEQA.

Based on the historical resources identified, the July 2015 HRTR found that the project had the potential for direct impacts to one historical resource on the project site as it involved the relocation of the locally-designated historic sign. It also had the potential for indirect impacts to multiple historical resource in the vicinity. The report concluded that the project as previously designed would have a less than significant impact on all historical resources. Specifically, it would have a less than significant impact on the historic sign, because although it would be relocated, the sign would be re-installed on the proposed new building in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (Standards). It would have a less than significant impact on historical resources in the vicinity, because although it would introduce a new visual element to the area, the new building would be physically separated from the nearby historical resources and it has been designed in a manner that is consistent with the Standards.

In support of the Addendum, GPA conducted additional research on the study area to identify any new historical resources listed or identified in surveys completed between July 2015 and

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May 2018. No new historical resources were identified in this research. GPA also conducted a new analysis of project impacts on the previously identified historical resources in light of changes to the proposed new building’s height, massing, architectural style, and treatment of the locally designated historic sign on the project site. The threshold for determining significant impacts on historical resources in the State CEQA Guidelines is whether the proposed project will cause a substantial adverse change, which is defined as demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of the resource such that the significance of the historical resource is materially impaired.

For the analysis of project impacts, GPA reviewed plans for the proposed building (Concession Permit Plans, LCRA Architects, July 11, 2017) and historic sign relocation (LCRA Architects, July 2018). As with the 2015 HRTR, this report also concludes that the project would have a less than significant impact on historic resources. The original project plans reviewed in 2015 proposed relocating the historic sign to the east elevation of the new building, above the garage entry, in a manner consistent with the Standards. The new project plans propose relocating the sign in a similar manner, above the garage entry located on the west elevation of the new building. Consistent with the Standards, this placement of the historic sign will preserve its original use and character defining features. As such, the project will have a less than significant impact on the historic sign.

With regards to indirect effects to historical resources in the study area, the proposed building is consistent with the Standards. Similar to the prior building design analyzed in 2015, the proposed new building would introduce a new visual element to the area, but would be completely physically separated from the nearby historical resources and would be compatible, yet differentiated from them. None of the nearby historical resources would be materially impaired, therefore impacts to historical resources in the study area would be less than significant.

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose and Qualifications

The purpose of this report is to determine if a proposed mixed-use residential and commercial development project in the Civic Center of the City of Pasadena will impact any historical resources. The project site is located at 254 E Union Street and consists of a surface parking lot with a parking attendant’s booth and associated garages. The site is also associated with the address 250 E Union Street and is known as the 250 E Union Street Project. A previous iteration of the project was known as the Union Street Condominiums Project.

GPA Consulting (GPA) was retained to complete this Historical Resource Technical Report (HRTR) as part of the Addendum to the Union Street Condominiums Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND), adopted September 2, 2015 by the City of Pasadena. Since adoption of the IS/MND, changes to the project have been proposed, thus requiring further environmental analysis. The proposed changes are addressed in the Addendum, which has been prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

GPA initially prepared a Historical Resource Technical Report for the Union Street Condominiums Project IS/MND in July 2015. The report concluded that the project would have a less than significant impact on all historical resources in the study area. The purpose of the current HRTR is to provide a new analysis of project impacts based on the changes to the proposed project in support of the Addendum.

GPA staff members Laura O’Neill, Senior Architectural Historian, and Jenna Kachour, Senior Preservation Planner, were responsible for the preparation of both the July 2015 HRTR and this current report. They fulfill the qualifications for historic preservation professionals outlined in Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 61. Résumés are available upon request.

1.2 Methodology

To identify potential historical resources and assess potential project impacts, the project team performed the following tasks:

1. GPA conducted field inspections of the proposed project site and vicinity to determine what areas might be impacted by the proposed project and to update the previous identification of known or potential historical resources within the study area. For the purposes of this report, the study area was identified as the project site, abutting parcels on the subject block, and adjacent parcels on surrounding blocks (Figure 1 in Section 3.1, below).

The project site is a surface parking lot with access driveways from Union Street. The driveways are covered by a canopy attached to a parking attendant’s booth and two garages. This structure was designed by architect Breo Freeman and built in 1951. A canopy-mounted sign is mounted on the northern edge of the structure’s roof and was likely installed at the same time as the structure. The sign is included in the City’s historic sign inventory and is a locally designated historic resource in the Historic Sign category.1 In the July 2015 HRTR, the structure was also identified as a potential historical resource because it was over 45 years of age. It was evaluated in that report. The evaluation

1 City of Pasadena. Notice of Decision: Application for Consolidated Design Review – Rehabilitation of Historic Canopy Sign. August 2, 2011.

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determined that the property was not eligible for designation under the national, state, or local designation programs. It is, therefore, not a historical resource as defined by CEQA. A copy of the DPR 523 Form Set from the previous evaluation is included in Appendix A for reference.

2. GPA initially requested a records search from the South Central Coastal Information Center (SCCIC) on May 4, 2015 to determine if the study area contains any properties that are currently listed as landmarks under national, state, or local programs and if any properties have been previously identified or evaluated as historical resources. In addition, GPA utilized the City of Pasadena’s California Historical Resources Inventory Database (CHRID) to cross-reference the City’s records of currently listed and previously identified or evaluated properties with the SCCIC records search results. GPA submitted an additional records request on May 8, 2018, requesting any records added to the study area since the initial records request in 2015. No new records were identified by the SCCIC in response to the May 2018 request.

The 13 properties listed below were included in the SCCIC or CHRID search results for the study area. A description of these properties and their evaluations can be found in Section 3.3 of this report. Please note that these 13 properties are in the study area, but are not a part of the project site. For an explanation of status codes noted below, please see report Section 2.2: California Register of Historical Resources.

• A portion of the designated Pasadena Civic Center Historic District, including the following contributing properties: o US Post Office, 281 E Colorado Boulevard (Status Code 1D) o Pasadena YWCA, 78 N Marengo Avenue (Status Code 1D, also 5S1 – Designated Pasadena Monument) o Pasadena City Hall, 100 N Garfield Street (Status Code: 1D, also 5S1 – Designated Pasadena Landmark) o First Baptist Church, 75 N Marengo Avenue (Status Code 1D) • A portion of the designated Civic Center Financial Historic District, including the following contributing properties (and one surveyed as an eligible contributor): o 231-243 E Colorado Boulevard (Status Code 1D) o Citizens Bank Building, 225 E Colorado Boulevard (Status Code 1D) o Equitable Savings and Loan Association, 24 N Marengo Avenue (Status Code 1D) o Wolfangle Building, 30 N Marengo Avenue (Status Code 1D) o Crown Building and Loan Association, 32 N Marengo Avenue (Status Code 1D) o Loweman Building, 230 E Union Street (Status Code 3D) • And one property surveyed as individually eligible: o Mutual Savings Bank Building Landscape (Status Code 3S)

The other buildings in the study area were excluded from further consideration as potential historical resources due to a lack of age, architectural character, and/or physical integrity – in addition to the fact that they are not currently listed as landmarks at the local, state, or national levels and are not included as significant in any historic resource surveys of Pasadena.

3. GPA reviewed the 254 E Union Street Concession Permit Plans (July 11, 2017) and sign relocation plan (July 2018) prepared by LCRA Architects for the project to determine if they are consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of

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Historic Properties and to determine if the project has the potential to impact historical resources (see Appendix B).

4. GPA reviewed and analyzed ordinances, statutes, regulations, bulletins, and technical materials relating to federal, state, and local historic preservation designations, and assessment processes and programs.

5. GPA reviewed the July 2015 HRTR and consolidated and summarized its findings into the current HRTR.

2. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Generally, a lead agency must consider a property a historical resource under CEQA if it is eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register). The California Register is modeled after the National Register of Historic Places (National Register). Furthermore, a property is presumed to be historically significant if it is listed in a local register of historic resources or has been identified as historically significant in a historic resources survey (provided certain criteria and requirements are satisfied) unless a preponderance of evidence demonstrates that the property is not historically or culturally significant.2 The National Register, California Register, and local designation programs are discussed below.

2.1 National Register of Historic Places

The National Register is "an authoritative guide to be used by federal, state, and local governments, private groups and citizens to identify the nation's cultural resources and to indicate what properties should be considered for protection from destruction or impairment."3

Criteria

To be eligible for listing in the National Register, a property must be at least 50 years of age (unless the property is of “exceptional importance”) and possess significance in American history and culture, architecture, or archaeology. A property of potential significance must meet one or more of the following four established criteria: 4

A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or

B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or

C. Embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or

D. Yield, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

2 Public Resources Code Section 5024.1 and 14 CCR Section 4850. 3 Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60.2. 4 Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60.4.

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Physical Integrity

According to National Register Bulletin #15, “to be eligible for listing in the National Register, a property must not only be shown to be significant under National Register criteria, but it also must have integrity.” Integrity is defined in National Register Bulletin #15 as "the ability of a property to convey its significance.”5 Within the concept of integrity, the National Register recognizes the following seven aspects or qualities that in various combinations define integrity: feeling, association, workmanship, location, design, setting, and materials, and they are defined by National Register Bulletin #15 as follows:6

• Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred.

• Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property.

• Setting is the physical environment of a historic property.

• Materials are the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form a historic property.

• Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory.

• Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time.

• Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property.

Context

To be eligible for listing in the National Register, a property must also be significant within a historic context. National Register Bulletin #15 states that the significance of a historic property can be judged only when it is evaluated within its historic context. Historic contexts are “those patterns, themes, or trends in history by which a specific...property or site is understood and its meaning...is made clear.”7 A property must represent an important aspect of the area’s history or prehistory and possess the requisite integrity to qualify for the National Register.

Historic Districts

The National Register includes significant properties, which are classified as buildings, sites, districts, structures, or objects. A historic district “derives its importance from being a unified entity, even though it is often composed of a variety of resources. The identity of a district results from the interrelationship of its resources, which can be an arrangement of historically or functionally related properties.”8

5 National Register Bulletin #15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (Washington D.C.: National Park Service, 2002) 44-45. 6 National Register Bulletin #15, 44-45. 7 National Register Bulletin #15, 7. 8 National Register Bulletin #15, 5.

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A district is defined as a geographically definable area of land containing a significant concentration of buildings, sites, structures, or objects united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical development.9 A district’s significance and historic integrity should help determine the boundaries. Other factors include:

• Visual barriers that mark a change in the historic character of the area or that break the continuity of the district, such as new construction, highways, or development of a different character;

• Visual changes in the character of the area due to different architectural styles, types, or periods, or to a decline in the concentration of contributing resources;

• Boundaries at a specific time in history, such as the original city limits or the legally recorded boundaries of a housing subdivision, estate, or ranch; and

• Clearly differentiated patterns of historical development, such as commercial versus residential or industrial.10

Within historic districts, properties are identified as contributing and noncontributing. A contributing building, site, structure, or object adds to the historic associations, historic architectural qualities, or archeological values for which a district is significant because:

• It was present during the period of significance, relates to the significance of the district, and retains its physical integrity; or

• It independently meets the criteria for listing in the National Register.11

2.2 California Register of Historical Resources

In 1992, Governor Wilson signed Assembly Bill 2881 into law establishing the California Register. The California Register is an authoritative guide used by state and local agencies, private groups, and citizens to identify historical resources and to indicate what properties are to be protected, to the extent prudent and feasible, from substantial adverse impacts.12

The California Register consists of properties that are listed automatically as well as those that must be nominated through an application and public hearing process. The California Register automatically includes the following:

• California properties listed in the National Register and those formally Determined Eligible for the National Register;

• State Historical Landmarks from No. 0770 onward; and

9 Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60.3(d). 10 National Register Bulletin #21: Defining Boundaries for National Register Properties (Washington D.C.: National Park Service, 1997) 12. 9 National Register Bulletin #16a: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1997) 16. 12 Public Resources Code Section 5024.1 (a).

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• Those California Points of Historical Interest that have been evaluated by the State Office of Historic Preservation (SOHP) and have been recommended to the State Historical Resources Commission for inclusion on the California Register.13

The criteria for eligibility of listing in the California Register are based upon National Register criteria, but are identified as 1-4 instead of A-D. To be eligible for listing in the California Register, a property generally must be at least fifty years of age and must possess significance at the local, state, or national level, under one or more of the following four criteria:

1. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States; or

2. It is associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history; or

3. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values; or

4. It has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important in the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the nation.

Historical resources eligible for listing in the California Register may include buildings, sites, structures, objects, and historic districts. Resources less than fifty years of age may be eligible if it can be demonstrated that sufficient time has passed to understand its historical importance. While the enabling legislation for the California Register is less rigorous with regard to the issue of integrity, there is the expectation that properties reflect their appearance during their period of significance.14

The California Register may also include properties identified during historic resource surveys. However, the survey must meet all of the following criteria:15

1. The survey has been or will be included in the State Historic Resources Inventory;

2. The survey and the survey documentation were prepared in accordance with office [SOHP] procedures and requirements;

3. The resource is evaluated and determined by the office [OHP] to have a significance rating of Category 1 to 5 on a DPR Form 523; and

4. If the survey is five or more years old at the time of its nomination for inclusion in the California Register, the survey is updated to identify historical resources that have become eligible or ineligible due to changed circumstances or further documentation and those that have been demolished or altered in a manner that substantially diminishes the significance of the resource.

13 Public Resources Code Section 5024.1 (d). 14 Public Resources Code Section 4852. 15 Public Resources Code Section 5024.1.

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The specific Status Codes referred to in this report are as follows:

1D Contributor to a district or multiple resource property listed in NR by the Keeper. Listed in the CR. 3D Appears eligible for NR as a contributor to a NR eligible district through survey evaluation. 5S1 Individual property that is listed or designated locally. 6Z Found ineligible for National Register, California Register, or local designation through survey evaluation. 7N Needs to be reevaluated (Formerly NR Status Code 4)

SOHP Survey Methodology

The evaluation instructions and classification system proscribed by the SOHP in its Instructions for Recording Historical Resources provide a three-digit evaluation code for use in classifying potential historical resources. In 2003, the codes were revised to address the California Register. The first digit indicates the general category of evaluation. The second digit is a letter code to indicate whether the resource is separately eligible (S), eligible as part of a district (D), or both (B). The third digit is a number, which is coded to describe some of the circumstances or conditions of the evaluation. The general evaluation categories are as follows:

1. Listed in the National Register or the California Register.

2. Determined eligible for listing in the National Register or the California Register.

3. Appears eligible for listing in the National Register or the California Register through survey evaluation.

4. Appears eligible for listing in the National Register or the California Register through other evaluation.

5. Recognized as historically significant by local government.

6. Not eligible for listing or designation as specified.

7. Not evaluated or needs re-evaluation.

2.3 City of Pasadena Historic Preservation Ordinance

The City of Pasadena’s Historic Preservation Ordinance is codified in Chapter 17.62 of the Pasadena Zoning Code. It includes criteria for Landmarks, Historic Monuments, Historic Signs, Landmark Trees, and Landmark Districts. The criteria for designation of Landmarks are outlined in Section 17.62.040 C. as follows:

1. A landmark shall include all properties previously designated a landmark before adoption of this Chapter and any historic resource that is of a local level of significance and meets one or more of the criteria listed in Subparagraph 2., below.

2. A landmark may be the best representation in the City of a type of historic resource or it may be one of several historic resources in the City that have common architectural

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attributes that represent a particular type of historic resource. A landmark shall meet one or more of the following criteria:

a. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the City, region, or State.

b. It is associated with the lives of persons who are significant in the history of the City, region, or State.

c. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, architectural style, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of an architect, designer, engineer, or builder whose work is of significance to the City or, to the region or possesses artistic values of significance to the City or to the region.

d. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important locally in prehistory or history.

In addition to these criteria, the City’s ordinance states that the seven aspects of integrity defined by National Register of Historic Places Bulletin #15 shall be applied when determining Landmark eligibility.

3. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING

3.1 Description of the Study Area

The project site is located on the south side of Union Street between Marengo and Garfield Avenues in the Civic Center of the City of Pasadena (Figure 1 and associated Table 1, below). The topography of the project site is generally flat. East Union Street is a multimodal corridor travelling one-way west. The surrounding parcels are generally developed with institutional and governmental buildings to the north and commercial buildings to the south. A surface parking lot is located directly across Union Street to the north of the project site and is associated with the former YWCA building, located north and west of the project site. The Pasadena City Hall is located northeast of the project site, and is the focal point of the Civic Center, and the US Post Office, located east of the project site, is another prominent civic building in the study area. Commercial buildings located south of the project site front along Colorado Boulevard, the City’s primary commercial corridor, while those located west of the project site, fronting along Marengo Avenue, originally housed a number of financial institutions.

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Figure 1: Map of the project site and study area.

Table I: Parcels in Study Area Year CHRIS Map Address AIN Built/Effective Use Description Status # Year Built Code16 Government – 1. 100 N Garfield Ave 5723018903 1927 1D, 5S1 City Hall None No 2. 135 E Union St 5723025021 Parking Structure recorded records Commercial 3. 177 E Colorado Blvd 5723025022 1970/1980 7N Office Building 225 E Colorado Commercial 4. Boulevard /18 N 5723026015 1906/1912 1D Office Building Marengo Ave 231-243 E Colorado 5723026016, Commercial 5. 1929/1942 1D Blvd -17 Stores 6. 24-26 N Marengo Ave 5723026020 1926/1935 Commercial Store 1D

16 Recorded in City Of Pasadena California Historical Resources Inventory Database (CHRID) as of May 11, 2018.

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Combination Commercial 7. 247 E Colorado Blvd 5723026018 1895/1925 6Z Stores Parking Lots No 8. 250-254 E Union St 5723026024 1951 (Commercial Use records Properties) Commercial 9. 251 E Colorado Blvd 5723026019 1914/1937 Restaurants, 6Z Cocktail Lounges Government – 10. 281 E Colorado Blvd 5723026901 1915 1D Post Office Commercial 11. 28-30 N Marengo Ave 5723026021 1910/1914 1D Office Building 301-355 E Colorado Commercial No 12. 5723027034 1963 Blvd Office Building records Commercial 13. 32-38 N Marengo Ave 5723026022 1912/1930 1D Office Building Parking Structure No 14. 330 E Union St 5723027035 1963 (Commercial Use records Properties) 5723027041, No 15. 345 E Colorado Blvd 2007/2008 Residential -68 records 42-44 N Marengo Commercial Store 16. Avenue/ 230 E Union 5723026023 1932/1935 3D Combination St Institutional – 17. 75 N Marengo Ave 5723025016 1930 1D Church Recreational Clubs., Lodge 18. 78 N Marengo Ave 5723026902 1922 1D, 5S1 Halls, Fraternal Organizations Not No None 5723025020 Vacant applicable records Vacant, Not No None 5723026900 Government applicable records owned Parking Lots No None 5723026903 1958 (Commercial Use records Properties)

3.2 Historical Resources on the Project Site

Project Site History and Description

The project site itself is primarily characterized by a surface parking lot with a parking attendant’s booth and attached garages located at the Union Street frontage (Figure 2). The surface parking lot is accessed from driveways on Union Street (one “in” and one “out”) (Figure 3). The driveways are covered by a flat canopy attached to a parking attendant’s booth and two garages. This structure was designed by architect Breo Freeman and built in 1951 for then property owner Citizens Bank.17 A canopy-mounted sign, which originally read “Parking for Citizens Bank & Building,” is mounted on the northern edge of the structure’s roof and was likely

17 City of Pasadena. Historic Building Permit File No. HP036980. Various dates.

Historical Resource Technical Report – 250 E Union Street Project 12 installed at the same time as the structure.18 The sign was removed in 2009 without permits and subsequently required by the City to be reinstalled. In 2011, the City approved the rehabilitation of the sign, which incorporated the original lettering for the words “Parking” and “Building,” replication of the word “for,” and fabrication of new letters for the number “225” and the word “Colorado.” The sign now reads “Parking for 225 Colorado Building.”

Figure 2: View of project site, looking southeast. (GPA Consulting: May 2018)

Figure 3: View of project site, looking south. (GPA Consulting: May 2018)

18 City of Pasadena. Notice of Decision: Application for Consolidated Design Review – Rehabilitation of Historic Canopy Sign. August 2, 2011.

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The canopy-mounted sign is included in the City’s Historic Sign Inventory and is a locally designated historic resource in the Historic Sign category.19 The sign has a Status Code of 5S1 and is considered a historical resource. The rest of the property, including the associated parking attendant’s booth/garage structure, was evaluated in the July 2015 HRTR prepared as part of the Union Street Condominiums Project IS/MND and determined ineligible for listing under the local, state, and federal programs due to its lack of historic or architectural significance. It is, therefore, not a historical resource as defined by CEQA. See DPR forms in Appendix A for the complete 2015 evaluation. Thus, there is one historical resource on the project site: the designated historic parking sign.

3.3 Historical Resources in the Study Area

There are two National Register historic districts in the immediate vicinity of the project site: the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District and the Civic Center Financial Historic District (Figure 4). The Old Pasadena Historic District is further removed, located one and one-half blocks east of the project site.

Figure 4: Boundaries of Study Area and nearby Historic Districts.

19 City of Pasadena. Notice of Decision: Application for Consolidated Design Review – Rehabilitation of Historic Canopy Sign. August 2, 2011.

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Pasadena Civic Center Historic District

The north and east property lines of the project site abut the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District, which was listed in the National Register in 1979. The district is a nationally significant example of a civic center, designed by Bennett, Parsons and Frost in the City Beautiful style of the 1920s. Its designers located the main buildings as terminations of axes, which showed the structures off to their best advantage, and gave a sense of interest, scale and unity to the center of the City. The minor axis, Garfield Avenue, crosses the major axis, Holly Street, in the center of the Plaza in front of City Hall (Figure 5). Terminating at the north end of Garfield Avenue is the Public Library and terminating at the south end is the Civic Auditorium. Other public and institutional buildings ling Holly Street and Garfield Avenue, such as the American Legion, YWCA and YMCA, US Post Office, and County Courts.20

Figure 5: View from Marengo Avenue at Holly Street, looking northeast towards City Hall within the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District. Holly Street is the main axis of the district, and the dome of City Hall is the principal view. (GPA Consulting: May 2018).

Civic Center Financial Historic District

The project site abuts the eastern boundary of the Civic Center Financial Historic District, which was listed in the National Register in 1982. The district is significant as a group reflecting the early twentieth century development of Pasadena, particularly the 1920's, and as individual structures exhibiting high-quality architectural designs. The original commercial center of Pasadena in the late-nineteenth century, known today as the Old Pasadena Historic District, was located approximately one-third mile west of what is now the Civic Center Financial Historic District. Gradually, the commercial area expanded eastward along Colorado Boulevard toward Marengo Avenue, particularly from 1915 through the early 1930's by the construction, to the east and north of the District, of public and institutional buildings within what is now the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District. The prestige and beauty of this example of the City Beautiful movement attracted other institutions to the immediate area, such as banks, and developed into an important office and retail locale.

20 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Pasadena Civic Center District. September 15, 1978.

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Figure 6: View from Marengo Avenue south of Colorado Boulevard, looking northeast at the Civic Center Financial District. The two tall buildings at the right and center of the photograph anchor the District at Marengo Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. The lower scale buildings at the far left are also contributing buildings within the district. (GPA Consulting: May 2018).

In addition to the two historic districts described above, there are 12 other historical resources within the study area (Figure 7), including the historic sign on the project site. The proposed new building will be either across a street, alley or intersection from the additional 11 historical resources, which are described below.

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Figure 7: Map of Historical Resources in the Study Area

1.) 254 E Union Street, Parking for Citizens Bank & Building Sign (c. 1951)

As described in Section 3.2 above, the subject property includes one historical resource, a locally-designated Historic Sign known as the Parking for Citizens Bank & Building sign. The sign originally read “Parking for Citizens Bank & Building” and was likely installed around 1951, when the parking attendant’s booth to which it is affixed was constructed. The sign was removed in 2009 without permits and subsequently required by the City to be reinstalled. In 2011, the City approved the rehabilitation of the sign, which incorporated the original lettering for the words “Parking” and “Building,” replication of the word “for,” and fabrication of new letters for the number “225” and the word “Colorado.” The sign now reads “Parking for 225 Colorado Building.” The sign has a

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Status Code of 5S1, indicating that it was designated as a local Historic Sign in 1987. It is proposed to be removed from the parking attendant’s booth prior to demolition of the structure and relocated either to span Stratton Way immediately west of the new building or to the new building’s west elevation above the new parking garage entrance. The project applicant is still determining the final location for the relocated sign, pending a license agreement with the City.

2.) 231-243 E Colorado Boulevard, Garrett Van Pelt, Jr. (1928)

The building at 231-243 E Colorado Boulevard is located on the north side of Colorado Boulevard. It is located southwest of the proposed new building site, across Brainard Alley. The two-story stone retail and office building, divided into six bays by piers, is a notable Pasadena example of Art Deco merging into Moderne. The ground floor has angular fluted piers topped by cast stone urns overflowing with abstract fruit and flower forms. The second story has piers with notched corners extending above the parapet roof. Second story windows are recessed in a secondary wall plane and consist of metal framed casements with three rectangular panes topped by three smaller square panes. Additional ornamentation includes bands of stylized fruit, animal, and human forms at the top of each story and the upper portion of each second story pier.21 The building has a Status Code of 1D, denoting that it was listed in the National Register in 1982 as a contributor to the Civic Center Financial Historic District.

3.) 225 E Colorado Boulevard/18 N Marengo Avenue, Citizens Bank Building, John Parkinson and Edwin Bergstrom (1914)

The Citizen’s Bank Building is located at the northeast corner of Colorado Boulevard and Marengo Avenue. It is located southwest of the proposed new building site. It is a Neoclassical seven-story bank and office structure, with dual south and west facades. The richly ornamented first story is faced in cream terra-cotta. Doric pilasters with ornamented recessed shafts are located between large, almost square, plate glass windows and topped by entablature. A simple, marble, trabeated entrance on Colorado Boulevard includes a doorway surrounded by Doric pilasters, sidelights and transom. An entrance to the upper stories on Marengo Avenue includes intricate terra-cotta with composite pilasters flanking a richly molded elliptical arch doorway and supporting an ornate entablature. The six-story office portion of the building is faced in light gray stone, and contains single-light, double-hung, sash windows. The top story has "bundled rod" molding below windows, raised field panels between windows, and is surmounted by a bold bracketed cornice with classical moldings and cresting of alternating swags and shields. A square metal clock (erected 1926, restored 1980) overhangs the sidewalk

21 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Civic Center Financial District. August 18, 1981.

Historical Resource Technical Report – 250 E Union Street Project 18 at southwest corner of the building.22 The building has a Status Code of 1D, denoting that it was listed in the National Register in 1982 as a contributor to the Civic Center Financial Historic District.

4.) 24-26 N Marengo Avenue, Equitable Savings and Loan Association, Benjamin G. Horton (1926)

The Equitable Savings and Loan Association building is located at the northeast corner of Marengo Avenue and Brainard Alley. It is located west of the proposed new building site, across Stratton Place. The Neoclassical, two-story, brick structure with beige terra-cotta façade was originally used as a bank and offices. It has a temple-like design comprised of two-story engaged Ionic columns and Doric corner pilasters flanking a central doorway containing a transom and entablature. An entablature across the facade above the second story is topped by a parapet with projecting pediment. Single-light, double-hung, sash windows are located on the second floor. A doorway leading to the upper story is located on the north end of the first floor. The south elevation (facing Brainard Alley) has tripartite windows with massive stone lintels and sills.23 The building has a Status Code of 1D, denoting that it was listed in the National Register in 1982 as a contributor to the Civic Center Financial Historic District.

5.) 28-30 N Marengo Avenue, Wolfangle Building, W. B. Edwards (1905)

The Wolfangle Building is located on the east side of Marengo Avenue. It is located west of the proposed new building site, across Stratton Place. The two-story office building of buff brick in stretcher bond pattern. The altered wood and stucco storefront includes a square post and recessed entryway. The storefront’s north end consists of windows in various pane sizes and doorway at angle to street, while the south end contains wooden double doors leading to the upper story, each with large, oval, beveled light. The second floor has double-hung windows with corbelled brickwork below the sills. A rectangular recessed panel extends across the facade near roofline.24 The building has a Status Code of 1D, denoting that it was listed in the National Register in 1982 as a contributor to the Civic Center Financial Historic District.

22 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Civic Center Financial District. August 18, 1981. 23 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Civic Center Financial District. August 18, 1981. 24 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Civic Center Financial District. August 18, 1981.

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6.) 32-38 N Marengo Avenue, Crown Building and Loan Association, C. F. Driscoll (1907) and Leon C. Brockway (1928)

The Crown Building and Loan Association building is located on the east side of Marengo Avenue. It is located west of the proposed new building site, across Stratton Place. The two-story brick building was constructed in 1907 and altered to a terra- cotta facade in 1928. The ornate Beaux Arts second story has a symmetrical composition and is faced in cream terra-cotta with a row of four over four sash windows. Tan terra-cotta paired pilasters separating each window are located between a continuous lintel and sill. The wall plane of each end bay projects slightly, with pilasters extending down to a mid-cornice above the first floor, creating a visual terminus for the design. The parapet roof, with ornate cornice just below roofline, is topped by coping above end bays and a center section of anthemion cresting.25 The ground floor was restored in recent years. The building has a Status Code of 1D, denoting that it was listed in the National Register in 1982 as a contributor to the Civic Center Financial Historic District.

7.) 42-44 N Marengo Avenue, Loweman Building, A. Thorns (1920) and Wilfrid Vervey (1933)

The Loweman Building is located at the southeast corner of Marengo Avenue and Union Street. It is located west of the proposed new building site, across Stratton Place. This building is located immediately north of the Civic Center Financial District. When surveyed in 2000, it was noted that the building “appears to qualify for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as a contributor to the listed Civic Center Financial District, to which it is adjacent.”26 The 1981 National Register nomination for the district, however, noted that “several adjacent buildings beyond these [buildings at East Colorado and North Marengo] to the east and north are omitted [from the district]; although comparable in scale and use, they are architecturally undistinguished.”27 Indeed, a similar building located immediately east of the district at 245-249 E Colorado Boulevard was noted as “lack[ing] sufficient integrity necessary to merit consideration as an addition to the district” in the 2000 survey.28 Regardless, the Loweman Building has a Status Code of 3S, which denotes that it appeared eligible for listing in the National Register as a

25 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Civic Center Financial District. August 18, 1981. 26 PCR Services. DPR 523L Continuation Sheet: 42-44 North Marengo Avenue. August 30, 2000. 27 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Civic Center Financial District. August 18, 1981. 28 PCR Services. DPR 523B Building, Structure, and Object Record: 245-249 East Colorado Boulevard. August 30, 2000.

Historical Resource Technical Report – 250 E Union Street Project 20 contributor to the Civic Center Financial Historic District through survey evaluation in 2000, and is therefore considered a historical resource for the purpose of this report.

8.) 75 N Marengo Avenue, First Baptist Church, Carleton Winslow and Frederick Kennedy (1925)

The First Baptist Church is located on the west side of Marengo Avenue, between Holly and Union Streets. It is located northwest of the proposed new building site, across the intersection of Marengo Avenue and Union Street. The tower, which is the dominant feature of the building, is derived from the tower of the famous Romanesque church of St. Trophime in Arles, France. The entrance portal is derived from Romanesque precedents. The rest of the building has fenestration in the Gothic style. The simple warm plaster walls and Mediterranean tile roofs tie the whole complex together and relate it successfully to the other buildings in the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District.29 The building has a Status Code of 1D, denoting that it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places 1979 as a contributor to the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District.

9.) 78 N Marengo Avenue, Pasadena YWCA, Julia Morgan (1922)

The Pasadena YWCA is located on the east side of Marengo Avenue, between Union and Holly Streets. It is located north of the proposed new building site, across Union Street. The building has a Status Code of 1D, denoting that it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as a contributor to the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District. The building also has a Status Code of 5S1, indicating that it was designated as a local Pasadena Historic Monument. The National Register Nomination for the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District describes the Pasadena YWCA as an important work of Julia Morgan's middle period, whose proportions and scale make one feel at home. The Mediterranean-style is eminently suitable for Southern California and the building is understated and unobtrusive.30

29 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Pasadena Civic Center District. September 15, 1978. 30 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Pasadena Civic Center District. September 15, 1978.

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10.) 100 N Garfield, Pasadena City Hall, John Bakewell and Arthur Brown (1927)

The Pasadena City Hall is located on the east side of Garfield Avenue, between Union and Ramona Streets. It will be located northeast of the proposed new building, across the intersection of Garfield Avenue and Union Street. The City Hall is the dominant building of the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District. All the decoration from the very large scaled cornice, to the swags, garlands, lions' heads, urns, pylons and other ornaments, to the characteristic and beautiful lighting fixtures, is reminiscent of architect Arthur Brown's work in San Francisco and Washington D.C. The outsize "lantern" at the top of the dome is a viewing gallery which overlooks the whole city.31 The building has a Status Code of 1D, denoting that it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as a contributor to the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District. The building also has a Status Code of 5S1, indicating that it was designated as a local Pasadena Landmark.

11.) 281 E Colorado Boulevard, United States Post Office, Oscar Wenderoth (1914) and Sylvanus Marston (1939 addition along Union Street)

The Post Office is located on the west side of Garfield Avenue between Colorado Boulevard and Union Street. The primary façade (built 1914) faces south on to Colorado Boulevard, while the secondary façade (built 1939) faces north on to Union Street. The Post Office building is located east of the proposed new building site, across Skillen Alley. It has white plaster walls and a red tile roof, as well as an entrance composed of a series of arches slightly reminiscent of the California missions. As a formal public building, it is set on a podium of white marble, with sophisticated white marble pilasters between the columns and white marble arched pediments with delicate finals over the first story windows. The five pairs of iron grilled gates and the iron balconies on the second floor give the building an even more Mediterranean flavor.32 The building has a Status Code of 1D, denoting that it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as a contributor to the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District.

31 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Pasadena Civic Center District. September 15, 1978. 32 Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Pasadena Civic Center District. September 15, 1978.

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12.) 301 E Colorado Boulevard, Mutual Savings & Loan Association Plaza and Gardens, Ruth Shellhorn (1963)

The Mutual Savings & Loan Association building is located on the east side of Garfield Street, between Colorado Boulevard and Union Street. Ruth Shellhorn's landscape design for the site surrounds the building and includes geometric planters with sculptural flowering trees, a water fountain with statuary at the rear, and rows of palms and smaller shrubs along the east and west sides. The rear portion of the plaza along Union Street is sunken below street level, while the portion at the front along Colorado Boulevard is raised above the street.33 The Plaza and Gardens has a Status Code of 3S, denoting that it appeared eligible for listing in the National Register as an individual property through survey evaluation in 2012, as part of the City’s Historic Designed Gardens survey. Therefore, the landscape is considered an historical resource for the purposes of this report. The Mutual Savings & Loan Association building itself is a nine-story, concrete-frame office building that was designed by Welton Beckett. The building has a Status Code of 6L, indicating that it was determined by the City of Pasadena in 2004 to be ineligible for local listing or designation, but may warrant special consideration in local planning. 34 As such, the building is not considered a historical resource for the purposes of this report.

4. PROJECT IMPACTS

4.1 Determining the Significance of Impacts on Historical Resources

The State CEQA Guidelines set the standard for determining the significance of impacts to historical resources in Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15064.5(b), which states:

A project with an effect that may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource is a project that may have a significant effect on the environment.

Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15064.5(b)(1) further clarifies “substantial adverse change” as follows:

Substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource means physical demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of the resource or its immediate surroundings such that the significance of an historical resource would be materially impaired.

Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15064.5(b)(1) in turn explains that a historical resource is “materially impaired” when a project:

33 City of Pasadena. California Historical Resources Inventory Database. http://cityofpasadena.net/Planning/CHRID/ 34 City of Pasadena. DPR 523A Primary Record: 301 East Colorado Boulevard. January 22, 2004.

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Demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics that convey its significance and that justify its inclusion in or eligibility for inclusion in the California Register, local register, or its identification in a historic resources survey.

As such, the test for determining if a proposed project will have a significant impact on an identified historical resource is whether it will materially impair the physical integrity of the historical resource such that it would no longer be eligible for listing in the National or California Registers or other landmark programs such as the list of Pasadena Landmarks.

4.2 Secretary of the Interior's Standards

Projects that may affect historical resources are considered to be mitigated to a level of less than significant if they are consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (Standards).35 Projects with no other potential impacts qualify for a Class 31 exemption under CEQA if they meet the Standards.36 The Standards were issued by the National Park Service. The Standards are accompanied by Guidelines for four types of treatments for historical resources: Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction.

Although the proposed project is not technically a rehabilitation project, the definition of rehabilitation most closely resembles the project scope as it assumes that at least some repair or alteration of the historical resource will be needed in order to provide for an efficient contemporary use; however, these repairs and alterations must not damage or destroy materials, features or finishes that are important in defining the resource's historic character. Thus, the Standards for Rehabilitation were selected as the appropriate measure for project impacts. In this case, the alteration of a historical resource is the relocation of the historic sign. The Standards for Rehabilitation also include language for new construction adjacent to historical resources. For the proposed project the new construction standards were applied both to the historic sign and to the 13 other historical resources in the vicinity of the project site.

The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation apply to all historical resource types, and are as follows:

1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces and spatial relationships.

2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.

3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.

4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.

5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.

35 14 CCR Section 15126.4(b). 36 14 CCR Section 155331.

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6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.

7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.

8. Archeological resources will be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken.

9. New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.

10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.

4.3 Project Description

The revised project proposes a six-story mixed-use development with 59 condominium units, including 54 market-rate condominiums and five very low-income units, and 1,953 square feet of office commercial space on the 0.50-acre site. The units would include a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units. The project would include a single structure of six stories reaching a maximum height of 75 feet situated over three levels of subterranean parking (Figure 8). A total of 156 parking spaces are proposed, including 91 spaces for residents and guests and 65 dedicated spaces to serve the proposed office commercial uses on-site and the existing office uses at 225 East Colorado Boulevard. Storage for 15 bicycles would be provided on-site for use by residents and employees.

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Figure 8: Union Street (north) elevation for the proposed new building. (Source: Concession Permit Plans, LCRA, July 11, 2017) The ground floor level would provide a combination of parking, commercial spaces, and resident-serving facilities including the lobby, mail room, and bicycle storage. The commercial/retail space would front Union Street. Utility and trash rooms would also be located on this level. A driveway would be located on the west elevation off Stratton Alley, providing access to parking.

The second level would include 13 condominium units as well as a communal outdoor open space area at the southwestern corner of the building. The third and fourth levels would both include 13 condominium units. The fifth level would include 11 condominium units. The sixth level would include nine condominium units and a terrace.

The exterior of the building would be stucco with storefront windows incorporated along the office frontage. The upper residential levels would incorporate recessed casement windows, wood shutters, exterior paneling and wrought iron railings. The materials would be featured on all facades.

Due to the small scale of the commercial use, signage would be minimal along East Union Street. The commercial uses would have signs designed to be compatible with the building design. The project proposes to preserve and reuse the historic sign that currently exists on the site. The sign would be moved from Union Street to Stratton Way (Figure 9), above the garage entry on the west elevation of the new building (Figure 10 and Figure 11). See Appendix B for project plans; see Appendix C for key views of the proposed project in relation to its surroundings.

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Figure 9: View looking south from Union Street down Stratton Way. The proposed new location for the historic sign is on the left, where the west elevation of the proposed building would be constructed. (Source: GPA Consulting, May 2018)

Figure 10: Stratton Way (west) elevation of proposed building. The historic sign is shown above the garage entry (Source: LCRA, July 2018)

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Figure 11: Inset of proposed sign relocation. The canopy-mounted sign, consisting of individual channel letters affixed to baseplates, would be re-installed at the edge of a projecting fame surrounding the garage entry. (Source: LCRA, July 2018) 4.4 Analysis of Project Impacts

The revised project would have the potential to directly impact one historical resource – the historic sign located on the project site. This historical resource is proposed to be relocated from its current position above the existing driveway along Union Street to the new building’s west elevation, above the parking entrance. The project would also have the potential to indirectly impact 13 other historical resources in the study area that are on parcels across an alley, street, or intersection from the project site. The 13 historical resources include portions of the Pasadena Civic Center District and the Civic Center Financial District, including 10 contributing buildings, plus one individually eligible landscape (Section 3.3, above).

Rehabilitation work directly involving the historic materials that comprise a historic property is primarily addressed in Standards #1 through #8, while the indirect effects of related new construction are primarily addressed in Standards #9 and #10. The following paragraphs analyze the project plans to determine if they are consistent with the Standards, based on the design presented in the Concession Permit Plans (July 11, 2017) and sign relocation plan (July 2018) prepared by LCRA Architects (Appendix B), and key view renderings provided by MBI in May 2018 (Appendix C).

Standard #1

The Standard states: “A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces and spatial relationships.”

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The project is consistent with Standard #1. The “property” in this case is the historic sign. The sign will continue to be used for its historic purpose of indicating the location of parking for the building at 225 E Colorado Boulevard. The spatial relationships between the sign and its site and setting will be minimally changed. It will be relocated to a position above the proposed new garage entry on Stratton Way, near the northwest corner of the site (Figure 10 and Figure 11). Its immediate setting will change as the sign will be affixed to the ground floor of a six-story building, instead of a low, one-story structure; however, the sign will be similarly situated above a vehicular entry. The visibility of the sign from Union Street will also change, due to its new orientation to face Stratton Way. The sign will still be visible from Union Street, but to a lesser degree. All other characteristics of the sign, including its distinctive materials, design features, and arrangement of physical elements, will remain unchanged. Overall, the proposed sign relocation will preserve its historic use and require minimal changes.

Standard #2

The Standard states: “The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.”

The project is consistent with Standard #2. The character of the historic sign will be retained and preserved, as there will be no changes to the sign’s existing materials or the features that comprise its design. It will retain the characteristics of its canopy-mounted sign type, as the individual channel letters and the base plates to which they are affixed are proposed to be mounted on top of the projecting frame surrounding the garage entry. The location will be minimally changed but the sign will remain partially visible from Union Street and be similarly situated above a new vehicular entrance, as described above.

Standard #3

The Standard states: “Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.”

The project is consistent with Standard #3. No new features or elements are proposed to be added to the historic sign. The sign’s materials and the configuration of text will be preserved as they exist now. The new building to which the sign will be affixed will be clearly contemporary, so it will not be conjectural or create a false historical sense.

Standard #4

The Standard states: “Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.”

The project is consistent with Standard #4. The historic sign does not have any changes which have acquired significance in their own right, so there are no such changes to preserve. It was removed in 2009 and later rehabilitated in 2011, resulting in a change in text from “Parking for Citizens Bank & Building” to “Parking for 225 Colorado Building.” The words “Parking” and “Building” are original, while the word “for” has been replicated to match, and the number “225” and word “Colorado” are new and subtly differentiated. These changes are not yet old enough to have acquired historic significance in their own right, but will remain after relocation.

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Standard #5

The Standard states: “Distinctive materials, features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.”

The project is consistent with Standard #5. The historic sign’s materials and design will be maintained as is, therefore the finishes and craftsmanship that characterize the sign will be preserved.

Standard #6

The Standard states: “Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.”

The project is consistent with Standard #6. As described above, the historic sign was recently rehabilitated in 2011. There has not been any significant deterioration since that time; therefore, no repairs or replacement are currently proposed.

Standard #7

The Standard states: “Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.”

The project is consistent with Standard #7. No chemical or physical treatments are currently proposed for the historic sign. Surface cleaning, if required when the sign is removed from the existing building for storage during construction and/or prior to re-installation on the proposed new building, shall be undertaken using the gentlest means possible so as not to cause damage to the historic materials.

Standard #8

The Standard states: “Archeological resources will be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken.”

The relocation of the historic sign does not have the potential to affect any archaeological resources. The construction of the proposed new building will involve excavation to allow for three levels of subterranean parking. If any archeological resources are discovered during construction, work must be stopped until a qualified archeologist investigates the situation and determines the best means for protection and preservation.

Standard #9

The Standard states: “New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.”

The proposed building is compatible with the materials, massing, size, scale, proportion, and architectural features of the historic sign. The scale and proportion of the new construction is

Historical Resource Technical Report – 250 E Union Street Project 30 reasonable in relation to the sign, such that the sign would appear appropriately sized when re- installed above the new garage entrance. The materials palette and architectural features of the new building are similar to those used in nearby historic buildings, but the design is clearly contemporary, creating a compatible but differentiated new building.

As described in Sections 3.3 above, in addition to the historic sign, there are 13 other historical resources in the study area surrounding the project site (two districts, ten buildings, and one landscape). The proposed new building will be located directly northeast and east of the existing building at 231-243 E Colorado Boulevard, Citizens Bank Building, Equitable Savings and Loan Association, Wolfangle Building, Crown Building and Loan Association, and Loweman Building, which are (or have been surveyed as eligible) contributors to the Civic Center Financial Historic District, and will be physically separated from these resources by Brainard Alley and Stratton Way. The proposed new building will also be located directly south of the Pasadena YWCA, a locally-designated Pasadena Historic Monument, and directly east of the US Post Office. Both of these historic resources are contributors to the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District, and will be physically separated from the proposed new building by Union Street and Skillen Alley, respectively. The proposed building will be physically separated from the remaining three historical resources in the study area by the intersection of Union Street and Marengo Avenue (First Baptist Church) and the intersection of Union Street and Garfield Avenue (Pasadena City Hall and the Mutual Savings & Loan Association Plaza and Gardens). The First Baptist Church and Pasadena City Hall are contributors to the Pasadena Civic Center Historic District. Pasadena City Hall is also a locally-designated Pasadena Landmark. The Mutual Savings & Loan Association Plaza and Gardens was surveyed as eligible for listing in the National Register.

The proposed building is compatible with the materials, massing, size, scale, proportion, and architectural features of these nearby historical resources. The proposed building will be six stories tall, 75 feet in height. This will be taller than the one- to three-story commercial buildings west and south of the subject property, but not so much as to visually overwhelm these nearby structures. This is due to the fact that new building would be located behind these commercial buildings and further separated from them by alleys. As a result, the new building will be less visible beyond the roofline of the commercial buildings than if the new building were immediately abutting the rear or side elevations of the existing buildings. The proposed building height falls in between the taller historic buildings in the study area, including the Citizens Bank Building (86.9 feet), Pasadena City Hall (64.5 feet), and First Baptist Church (60.4 feet).37 Most importantly, the building will not interfere with the key views of City Hall along the axis of Holly and Garfield Streets that define the Civic Center. The new building will obscure an existing view of City Hall that exists from the south side of Colorado Boulevard, looking north over the one- to two-story buildings on the north side of Colorado Boulevard (Figure 12). However, this is not one of the two primary visual corridors that exemplify the Civic Center plan. The majority of the proposed building will be shielded from view along Colorado Street by existing buildings. Only the upper two floors in southeastern portion of the new building will visible from Colorado Boulevard, when directly south of the project site.

37 Architectural Resources Group. Plans for Kimpton Hotel YWCA Building. September 24, 2014, p. 26.

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Figure 12: View of proposed Project from south side of Colorado Boulevard (Source: MBI, 2018). See Appendix C for additional key view renderings. The proposed building design is contemporary, but incorporates some aspects of Mediterranean Revival style architecture, including hipped roofs with red clay tiles, stucco exterior, columns, wood shutters, and metal balcony grilles. These elements are similar to those on nearby historic buildings, particularly the US Post Office, City Hall, YWCA, and First Baptist Church. The massing of the proposed building is physically broken into forms of varying heights and depths. As a result, the Union Street elevation of the proposed building is shorter and more similar to the heights of buildings across the alley or street, and the taller portion of the building is located at the rear of the property, towards the core of the city block and away from the facades of nearby historic buildings. There are large rectangular openings proposed at the ground level on Union Street, consistent with the historic commercial storefronts of nearby buildings. The primary exterior materials of the proposed building will be stucco, with wrought iron and wood details. The historic buildings nearest to the subject property also have smooth stucco exteriors and employ wrought iron and wood details, such as the grillework of the YWCA and US Post Office buildings, the latter of which also has wood corbels.

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Figure 13: Simulated view of proposed building from the north side of Union Street, looking southeast. See Appendix C for additional key view renderings. (Source: MBI, 2018) In summary, the project is consistent with Standard #9 because the proposed building will not destroy historic materials, features, or spatial relationships that characterize the property’s historic sign or any of the adjacent historical resources. It is compatible with the property’s historic sign in terms of materials, massing, scale, proportion, and architectural features, yet adequately differentiated as contemporary. In addition, it is differentiated from the adjacent historical resources by its contemporary design; however, it is still compatible in massing and scale. The architectural features of the proposed building also make reference to the traditional building styles and materials in the study area and vicinity.

Standard #10

The Standard states: “New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.”

The project is consistent with Standard #10. The individual channel letters and affixed baseplates of the historic sign could be removed from the proposed new building in the future without altering or destroying its essential character-defining features. In addition, the proposed building is sufficiently set back from the historical resources on abutting parcels, pursuant to building code requirements relating to building separation as well as existing alleys, streets, and intersections. If the proposed building were removed in the future, the adjacent historical resources would not be materially affected. The essential form and integrity of the historical resources and their environment would be unimpaired.

Summary of Project Impacts

The proposed project is consistent with the Standards for Rehabilitation; therefore, it would have a less than significant impact on historical resources. Relocation of the historic sign as proposed would not materially impair the historic sign and the design of the new building is compatible, yet differentiated from it. In addition, although the proposed building would introduce a new visual element to the area, it would be completely physically separated from the nearby historical resources and would be compatible, yet differentiated from them.

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5. CONCLUSION

As the project is consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, it would have a less than significant impact on historical resources as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act and associated Guidelines. The project would not negatively impact the physical integrity of the historic sign on the project site, nor any of the historical resources in the vicinity. All of the identified historical resources in the study area would remain listed or eligible for listing under the relevant designation programs. The ability of these historical resources to convey their significance would not be materially impaired by the project. As such, no mitigation is required or recommended.

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6. SOURCES

Architectural Resources Group. Plans for Kimpton Hotel YWCA Building. September 24, 2014.

California Code of Regulations, California Office of Administrative Law, State of California Government.

City of Pasadena. California Historical Resources Inventory Database. http://cityofpasadena.net/Planning/CHRID/.

City of Pasadena. DPR 523A Primary Record: 301 East Colorado Boulevard. January 22, 2004.

City of Pasadena. Notice of Decision: Application for Consolidated Design Review – Rehabilitation of Historic Canopy Sign. August 2, 2011.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 36: Parks, Forests, and Public Property. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, United States Government.

Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Civic Center Financial District. August 18, 1981.

Pasadena Heritage. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Pasadena Civic Center District. September 15, 1978.

PCR Services. DPR 523L Continuation Sheet: 42-44 North Marengo Avenue. August 30, 2000.

PCR Services. DPR 523B Building, Structure, and Object Record: 245-249 East Colorado Boulevard. August 30, 2000.

National Park Service. National Register Bulletin #15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, revised 1997.

National Park Service. National Register Bulletin #16a: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, revised 1997.

National Park Service. National Register Bulletin #21: Defining Boundaries for National Register Properties. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, revised 1997.

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Appendix A

Historical Resource Technical Report – 250 E Union Street Project Appendix A State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 6Z Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date

Page 1 of 4 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 250-254 E Union Street (Building Only) P1. Other Identifier: ____

*P2. Location: Not for Publication ✔ Unrestricted *a. County Los Angeles and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Pasadena Date 2015 T ; R ; of of Sec ; B.M. c. Address 250-254 E Union StreetCity Pasadena Zip 91101 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone , mE/ mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, decimal degrees, etc., as appropriate) APN: 5723-026-024; Form is for the building only. *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries)

Please note: This evaluation form and corresponding status code is for the building on the property only. The canopy-mounted sign on the building has been considered separately by the City of Pasadena and is a designated historic sign. The building to which the sign is mounted had not been previously evaluated.

The property is primarily characterized by a surface parking lot with a parking attendant’s booth and attached garages located at the Union Street frontage. The surface parking lot is accessed from driveways on Union Street (one “in” and one “out”). The driveways are covered by a flat canopy attached to a parking attendant’s booth and two garages. This structure was designed by architect Breo Freeman and built in 1951 for then property owner Citizens Bank. (See Continuation Sheet, Page 3)

*P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP39. Other *P4. Resources Present: ✔ Building Structure Object Site District P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.) Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (view, date, accession #) Southeast view, 06-28-15 *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: ✔ Historic Prehistoric Both 1951 (Pasadena Building Permit Records)

*P7. Owner and Address: 225 Colorado Partners LLC 626 Wilshire Boulevard #1150 Los Angeles, CA 90017 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Jenna Kachour GPA Consultin g , 231 California Street El Segundo, CA 90245 *P9. Date Recorded: 06/29/2015 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.")

_ ____Historical Resources Report for 254 E Union Street, Pasadena, California, June 2015 *Attachments: NONE Location Map ✔ Continuation Sheet ✔ Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List):

DPR 523A (9/2013) *Required information State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION  HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 250-254 E Union Street *NRHP Status Code 6Z Page 24 of

B1. Historic Name: Parking for Citizens Bank & Building B2. Common Name: Parking for 225 Colorado Building B3. Original Use: Parking B4. Present Use: Parking *B5. Architectural Style: Vernacular Modern *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations)

1951: Construct 1-story building for garages. 1952: Plumbing for 1 lavatory, 1 water closet. 1981: New planter, repaint wall, restripe. (Pasadena Building Permit Records)

*B7. Moved? ✔ No Yes Unknown Date: 2015 Original Location: *B8. Related Features:

Canopy-mounted sign, likely installed circa 1951 (no permit located for sign), originally read: "Parking for Citizens Bank & Building." Sign was removed in 2009, then rehabilitated and re-installed in 2011 to read: "Parking for 225 Colorado Building." (Pasadena Planning Dept.) B9a. Architect: Breo Freeman b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme Civic Center/Financial District Development Area Pasadena

Period of Significance 1951 Property Type Parking Applicable Criteria N/A (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.)

National Register of Historic Places Evaluation Criterion A To be eligible for the National Register under Criterion A, a resource must have a direct association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. The contexts considered in this evaluation are the Pasadena Civic Center and Civic Center Financial Historic Districts. Research did not reveal the property to be the site of any historical events. In terms of broad patterns of history, the building is adjacent to the Pasadena Civic Center District and provided parking for the Citizens Bank Building, which is within the Civic Center Financial District. However, the subject building was constructed as a combined parking attendant’s booth and covered garage spaces in 1951, and does not share the common style, type, or period of construction as either of these adjacent districts. It is not a high style public or institutional building meant to convey importance and permanence, as is characteristic of the contributing buildings in the adjacent districts, and was built decades after most of these nearby buildings. As a parking facility, it serves an ancillary function to the nearby buildings, and did not play an important role in the development of the Civic Center or Financial District. In conclusion, the subject building is not significant under Criterion A. (See Continuation Sheet, Page 3)

B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See full report from report citation field for a complete list of references. (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) B13. Remarks:

*B14. Evaluator: Jenna Kachour *Date of Evaluation: 06/29/2015

(This space reserved for official comments.)

DPR 523B (9/2013) *Required information Stateage of California of - The Resources Agency *Resource Primary# Name or # (Assigned by recorder) DEPARTMENT*Recorded by:OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #*Date  Continuation  Update Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: ______250-254 E Union Street, Pasadena, California Page _____34 of _____

P3a. Description, Continued from Primary Record, Page 1 The building is a low concrete block structure with a central glass-enclosed parking attendant booth between the two driveways. Divided in two groups of three on either side of the parking lot. Two built-in benches are located on the sides of the garages that face towards the driveways and parking attendant booth. Built-in planters, both at ground level and raised, are located at the base of the building’s primary (north) façade and extend along the Union Street frontage. A low concrete wall surrounds the property.

A canopy-mounted sign, which originally read “Parking for Citizens Bank & Building,” is mounted on the northern edge of the structure’s roof and was likely installed at the same time as the structure. The sign was removed in 2009 without permits and subsequently required by the City to be reinstalled. In 2011, the City approved the rehabilitation of the sign, which incorporated the original lettering for the words “Parking” and “Building,” replication of the word “for,” and fabrication of new letters for the number “225” and the word “Colorado.” The sign now reads “Parking for 225 Colorado Building.”

The canopy-mounted sign is included in the City of Pasadena's Historic Sign Inventory and is a locally designated historic resource in the Historic Sign category. This form and corresponding status code is for the building on the property only, not the historic sign.

B10. Significance, Continued from Building, Structure and Object Record, Page 2

Criterion B

To be eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion B, a property must be associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Citizens Bank is a business that was closely associated with the subject building over time, from the time of it was established as an ancillary parking use for the Citizens Bank Building at 225 E Colorado Boulevard in 1951 until the bank moved out of that building in recent years. The banking institution was established as “Citizens Commercial Trust and Savings Bank of Pasadena” in 1912. It merged into and subsequently operated as part of Citizens Business Bank in 1996, and changed its name to “Citizens Business Bank” in that same year. William H. Hubbard was the first president of Citizens Savings Bank of Pasadena. He was previously President of the American Bank and Trust Company of Pasadena. M. Vilas Hubbard, son of William H., served as Citizen Savings’ first cashier, and was previously assistant cashier at American Bank. By the time the subject building was constructed in 1951, M. Vilas was President of Citizen Savings. In 1964, Robert Vilas Hubbard, son of M. Vilas, was elected as president of Citizens Savings. Although the property does have a connection to Citizens Bank and the individuals associated with that business, research did not reveal any of those individuals to be historically significant personages. Moreover, the Citizens Bank Building at 225 E Colorado Boulevard, rather than the ancillary parking use that was later established at the subject property, would better represent the life’s work of those individuals associated with Citizens Bank. In conclusion, the property is not eligible under Criterion B.

Criterion C

To be eligible for listing under Criterion C, a property must embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, represent the work of a master, possess high artistic values, or represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. The subject building was constructed in 1951 as a parking attendant’s booth and covered automobile parking. It is of a simple, utilitarian design and constructed of concrete blocks. It is relatively unornamented, except for built-in benches and planters and a canopy-mounted sign. The subject building possesses only a few references to the Mid-Century Modern style, namely simple rectangular forms, flat exterior surfaces, and little decorative detailing. However, it does not possess characteristics to make it a good representation of the Mid-Century Modern style and is more accurately characterized as a Vernacular Modern building.

(See Continuation Sheet, Page 4)

DPR 523L (9/2013 Stateage of California of - The Resources Agency *Resource Primary# Name or # (Assigned by recorder) DEPARTMENT*Recorded by:OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #*Date  Continuation  Update Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: ______250-254 E Union Street, Pasadena, California Page _____44 of _____

B10. Significance, Continued from Continuation Sheet, Page 3 The building was evaluated for its potential to represent the work of a master. The original building permit indicates that it was designed by architect Breo Freeman. Early in his career, Freeman designed a number of residences in the Pasadena area, as well as a remodel of the lobby and storefronts of the Washington Theater in north Pasadena in 1937 (since reversed). Other known works by Freeman include the Mediterranean style County Court building (now Municipal Court building) at 200 N Garfield Avenue, just north of Pasadena City Hall, which was constructed in 1952. In collaboration with Neptune & Thomas Associates, Freeman later designed the New Formalism style Pasadena Courthouse building at 300 East Walnut Avenue, which was constructed in 1967 just north of his 1952 County Court building. The parking structure at Marengo Avenue and Walnut Street was also designed my Freeman with Neptune & Thomas Associates as part of the 1967 Courthouse commission. Aside from the court buildings in Pasadena, Freeman was involved in the design of other public buildings, including several structures at El Toro Marine Base with architects Robert Ainsworth and George Duncan in 1959 , and a new press box for the Rose Bowl in 1961 (since replaced). However, despite his involvement in a number of projects in Pasadena and southern California, no information was found to indicate that Breo Freeman could be considered a master architect. Additionally, even if he were considered a master architect, it is highly unlikely that this small, modest, utilitarian building would be able to adequately represent his body of work.The possession of high artistic values refers to a building’s articulation of a particular concept of design so fully that it expresses an aesthetic ideal. A building eligible under this aspect of Criterion C would need to possess ornamentation and detail to lend it high artistic value, which the subject property does not. Nor does the property represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction, which generally applies to historic districts. Therefore, these last two aspects of Criterion C do not apply.

In conclusion, the subject building is not significant under Criterion C.

Criterion D

Criterion D was not considered in this report, as it generally applies to archaeological resources. There is no reason to believe that the subject building has yielded, or will yield information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or nation.

Integrity

In order for properties to be eligible for listing on the National Register, they must retain integrity in addition to possessing significance. The seven aspects of integrity are location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. The building has not been moved, so it retains integrity of location. Sanborn maps indicate the subject property was used for auto parking prior to the construction of the subject building, and that the surrounding buildings consisted of commercial, governmental, and institutional uses, as is true today. Therefore, the building’s integrity of setting is intact.

The building has undergone no apparent alterations, except for rehabilitation of the canopy-mounted sign. The building therefore also retains integrity of design, materials, or workmanship. The building also retains integrity of feeling, as it is still recognizable as a 1950s parking attendant’s booth and garage. The building was not found to be significant under Criteria A or B, so there is no relevant association to evaluate.

Summary of National Register Eligibility

In conclusion, the building at 254 E Union Street retains integrity, but is ineligible for listing on the National Register due to a lack of significance under any of the four established criteria.

California Register of Historical Resources Eligibility

The California Register criteria for eligibility mirror those of the National Register. Therefore, the building at 254 E Union Street is ineligible for listing in the California Register for the same reasons outlined above.

City of Pasadena Landmarks Eligibility

Similarly, the Pasadena Landmarks criteria were modeled on those of the National and California Registers. Therefore, the subject building is ineligible for designation as a Pasadena Landmark for the same reasons outlined under the National Register evaluation. The locally-designated historic sign is the only historical resource present on the subject property.

DPR 523L (9/2013

Appendix B

Historical Resource Technical Report – 250 E Union Street Project Appendix B OPEN SPACE SITE AREA 0.5 ACRES (21,780 SF) LCRA COMMUNITY SPACE REQ'D: 8,850 SF (150 SF/UNIT X 59 UNITS DENSITY DC UNION HOLDINGS, LLC ARCHITECTURE 35 HUGUS ALLEY, SUITE 220 1005 EAST LAS TUNAS DRIVE #125 A-0.0 COVER SHEET MAXIMUM ALLOWED: 87 DU/AC (44 UNITS) PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91103 SAN GABRIEL CA 91776 A-1.0 SITE SURVEY (626) 449-9698 COMMON OPEN SPACE DENSITY BONUS ALLOWED (33%): +15 UNITS W/ 10% VERY LOW-INCOME A-1.1 COMMON OPEN SPACE DIAGRAMS COURTYARD & ATRIUM: 5,125 SF 44 + 15 = 59 UNITS A-1.2 BUILDING FLOOR PLANS (B2-B3) A-1.3 BUILDING FLOOR PLANS (B1-1ST) KORN RANDOLPH ROOF TERRACE: 1,185 SF PROPOSED: 59 UNITS A-1.4 BUILDING FLOOR PLANS (2ND-3RD) 609 E GREEN STREET A-1.5 BUILDING FLOOR PLANS (4TH-5TH) PRIVATE OPEN SPACE PASADENA, CA 91101 A-1.6 BUILDING FLOOR PLANS (6TH-R) (626) 564-0259 BALCONIES (30% MAX. OF TOTAL REQ'D): 2,655 SF F.A.R. A-2.0 BUILDING ELEVATIONS (NORTH & SOUTH) A-2.1 BUILDING ELEVATIONS (EAST & WEST) COMMUNITY SPACE PROPOSED: 8,928 SF MAXIMUM ALLOWED: 2.25 (49,005 SF) 250 E UNION ST A-3.0 BUILDING SECTIONS 2.96 (64,457 SF) PROPOSED W/ CONCESSION: 5723-026-024 PARKING REQUIRED CD-2 (CENTRAL DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN) COMMERCIAL PARKING (TOD MIN. = MAX.) PROJECT AREA EXISTING HISTORIC OFFICE BUILDING: 61 SPACES NEW OFFICE (TOTAL COMMERCIAL): 1,953 SF NEW OFFICE (3 SPACES PER 1,000 SF): 6 W/ 25% REDUCTION = 4 SPACES CONSTRUCTION OF ONE 6-STORY MIXED-USE BUILDING WITH TWO AND A HALF FLOORS OF SUBTERRANEAN PARKING. EXISTING SURFACE PARKING & OFFICE TOTAL COMMERCIAL PARKING REQ'D 65 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AREA COUNT SUBTOTAL TO BE DEMOLISHED. LANDSCAPE PLAN 1 - STUDIO 546 SF/UNIT 1 546 SF L-1.0 CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN RESIDENTIAL PARKING PLAN 1x - STUDIO 546 SF/UNIT 5 2,730 SF UNITS < 650 SF (1 PER UNIT) 9,720 SF 21 SPACES PLAN 2 - 1 BEDROOM 648 SF/UNIT 15 1/2-MILE UNITS > 650 SF (1.5 PER UNIT MIN.) 57 SPACES PLAN 3 - 1 BEDROOM 828 SF/UNIT 10 8,280 SF RADIUS UNITS > 650 SF (1.75 PER UNIT MAX.) 67 SPACES PLAN 4 - 2 BEDROOM 1,019 SF/UNIT 5 5,095 SF GUEST PARKING (1 PER 10 UNITS) 6 SPACES PLAN 5 - 2 BEDROOM 1,051 SF/UNIT 4 4,204 SF TOTAL RESIDENTIAL PARKING (MIN. / MAX.): 84 SPACES / 94 SPACES PLAN 6 - 2 BEDROOM 1,157 SF/UNIT 5 5,785 SF PLAN 7 - 2 BEDROOM 1,182 SF/UNIT 5 5,910 SF TOTAL PARKING REQUIRED (MIN. / MAX.): 149 SPACES / 159 SPACES PLAN 8 - 2 BEDROOM 1,180 SF/UNIT 5 5,900 SF TOTAL PARKING PROPOSED*: 156 SPACES PLAN 9 - 2 BEDROOM 1,313 SF/UNIT 4 5,252 SF TOTAL RESIDENTIAL: 59 53,422 SF *PARKING PROVIDED IN THREE LEVELS OF UNDERGROUND PARKING, ONE LEVEL OF ABOVE GRADE PODIUM PARKING LOBBIES & AMENITIES 1,509 SF CIRCULATION 7,573 SF

TOTAL PROJECT: 64,457 SF 250 E UNION ST PASADENA, CA 254 E. Union Street COVER SHEET A-0.0 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017 (E) TREE #2 TO BE REMOVED (E) TREE #3 TO BE REMOVED

EXISTING GARAGE EXISTING GARAGE (TO BE DEMOLISHED) (TO BE DEMOLISHED)

(E) OFFICE TO BE DEMO

PROPOSED SIX-STORY BUILDING

(E) TREE #1 TO BE REMOVED

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street SITE SURVEY A-1.0 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017 PLAN 5

TERRACE 1,185 SF LOGGIA

ROOF TERRACE

PLAN 1 PLAN 3 PLAN 3 4,866 SF COURTYARD SEE SHEET L-1.0 FOR ENLARGED PLAN 6 ( CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN ) PLAN 6

TRASH TRASH

PLAN 3 PLAN 7 PLAN 8 PLAN 3 PLAN 7 PLAN 8

ATRIUM OPEN 259 SF TO BELOW PLAN 4 PLAN 1 PLAN 4 PLAN 1 (AFFORDABLE) (AFFORDABLE)

PLAN 9 PLAN 9 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 (AFFORDABLE)

2ND FLOOR 6TH FLOOR (5,125 SF) (1,185 SF)

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street COMMON OPEN SPACE DIAGRAMS A-1.1 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017

UNION STREET

859.68' 859.04'

BIKE STORAGE

LOBBY

OFFICE

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 1 2 3

MAIL

OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE GUEST GUEST GUEST OFFICE

55 6 OFFICE

OFFICE 860.50' 859.67' 56 7 OFFICE OFFICE

8 OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE 57 TRASH OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE GUEST GUEST OFFICE OFFICE METERS OFFICE 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 58 9 OFFICE OFFICE

59 10 OFFICE SKILLEN ALLEY OFFICE STRATTON ALLEY

60 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 OFFICE OFFICE RESIDENT RESIDENT RESIDENT RESIDENT RESIDENT RESIDENT RESIDENT RESIDENT OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE 61 12 OFFICE OFFICE

62 13 OFFICE OFFICE

63 14

OFFICE

RESIDENT RESIDENT OFFICE OFFICE RESIDENT RESIDENT RESIDENT RESIDENT RESIDENT

RESIDENT OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE 857.70' TRANSF. MPOE / 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 65 64 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 ELECTRICAL 859.87'

BRAINARD ALLEY

BASEMENT FLOOR - B1 FIRST FLOOR - GROUND

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street BUILDING FLOOR PLANS A-1.3 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017 PLAN 5 PLAN 5

PLAN 1 PLAN 3 PLAN 3 PLAN 2

COURTYARD SEE SHEET L-1.0 FOR ENLARGED PLAN 6 ( CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN ) PLAN 6

TRASH TRASH

PLAN 3 PLAN 7 PLAN 8 PLAN 3 PLAN 7 PLAN 8

ATRIUM OPEN TO BELOW

PLAN 4 PLAN 1 PLAN 4 PLAN 1 (AFFORDABLE) (AFFORDABLE) (AFFORDABLE)

PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 (AFFORDABLE) (AFFORDABLE)

2ND FLOOR 3RD FLOOR

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street BUILDING FLOOR PLANS A-1.4 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017 PLAN 5 PLAN 5

PLAN 3 PLAN 2 PLAN 3 PLAN 2

PLAN 6 PLAN 6

TRASH TRASH

PLAN 3 PLAN 7 PLAN 8 PLAN 3 PLAN 7 PLAN 8

OPEN OPEN TO BELOW TO BELOW

PLAN 4 PLAN 1 PLAN 4 PLAN 1

PLAN 9 PLAN 9 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2 PLAN 2

4TH FLOOR 5TH FLOOR

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street BUILDING FLOOR PLANS A-1.5 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017 TERRACE LOGGIA

ROOF TERRACE

PLAN 3

PLAN 6

TRASH

PLAN 3 PLAN 7 PLAN 8

OPEN ATRIUM TO BELOW ROOF PLAN 4 PLAN 1

PLAN 9 PLAN 9

6TH FLOOR ROOF FLOOR

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street BUILDING FLOOR PLANS A-1.6 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017 5 14 11 15 3 1 12

16 5 15 4 10 9 7

NORTH ELEVATION (UNION STREET)

3 11 13 14

1 EXTERIOR STUCCO FINISH

2 EXTERIOR CORNICE

3 BARREL CONCRETE ROOF TILES

4 EXTERIOR TRIM

5 WROUGHT IRON RAILING

6 METAL SCREEN

7 METAL AWNING

8 EXTERIOR DOOR

9 PAIR FRENCH DOOR

10 STOREFRONT WINDOW

11 RECESSED CASEMENT WINDOW

12 RECESSED FIXED WINDOW

13 EXTERIOR PANELING

14 WOOD SHUTTER

15 DECORATIVE COLUMN

16 FINIAL

1 4 1 6 15 6 5 10 16

EAST ELEVATION (SKILLEN ALLEY)

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street BUILDING ELEVATIONS A-2.0 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017 4 11 13 14 5 9 15 3

1 4 5 6 1 12

SOUTH ELEVATION (BRAINARD ALLEY)

1 3 5 11 13 14 9 4

1 EXTERIOR STUCCO FINISH

2 EXTERIOR CORNICE

3 BARREL CONCRETE ROOF TILES

4 EXTERIOR TRIM

5 WROUGHT IRON RAILING

6 METAL SCREEN

7 METAL AWNING

8 EXTERIOR DOOR

9 PAIR FRENCH DOOR

10 STOREFRONT WINDOW

11 RECESSED CASEMENT WINDOW

12 RECESSED FIXED WINDOW

13 EXTERIOR PANELING

14 WOOD SHUTTER

15 DECORATIVE COLUMN

16 FINIAL

8 4 6 1 4 8

WEST ELEVATION (STRATTON PLACE)

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street BUILDING ELEVATIONS A-2.1 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017 3 11 13 14 15 4 5 1 3 4 5 11 14 15

ROOF

2 BR 2 BR TERRACE 1 BR

2 BR 2 BR 1 BR 1 BR

1 BR 2 BR 1 BR 1 BR COURTYARD

1 BR 2 BR 1 BR 1 BR

LOGGIA 1 BR 2 BR STUDIO 1 BR

ALLEY ALLEY ALLEY PARKING PARKING PARKING OFFICE

B1 PARKING B1 PARKING B1 PARKING

B2 PARKING B2 PARKING B2 PARKING

B3 PARKING B3 PARKING

BUILDING SECTION A BUILDING SECTION B

1 EXTERIOR STUCCO FINISH 9 PAIR FRENCH DOOR

2 EXTERIOR CORNICE 10 STOREFRONT WINDOW

3 BARREL CONCRETE ROOF TILES 11 RECESSED CASEMENT WINDOW

4 EXTERIOR TRIM 12 RECESSED FIXED WINDOW

5 WROUGHT IRON RAILING 13 EXTERIOR PANELING

6 METAL SCREEN 14 WOOD SHUTTER

7 METAL AWNING 15 DECORATIVE COLUMN

8 EXTERIOR DOOR 16 FINIAL

SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street BUILDING SECTIONS A-3.0 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017 SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0" 254 E. Union Street CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN L-1.0 DC Union Holdings, LLC July 11, 2017

Appendix C

Historical Resource Technical Report – 250 E Union Street Project Appendix C

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COLORADO BOULEVARD GARFIELD AVENUE GARFIELD GARFIELD AVENUE GARFIELD 2 1

Project Site Direction of Photo Key View Location 1 Key View Number

SOURCE: Google Earth 2015 UNION STREET CONDOMINIUMS PROJECT INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION ADDENDUM not to scale Key View Locations Map 04/04/18 JN 165836 MAS Existing

Proposed

Proposed Project

"For comparative purposes, site photographs are utilized to demonstrate the general character at different points of the project area. These simulations are UNION STREET CONDOMINIUMS PROJECT subject to change and are intended to provide the reader with information on INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION ADDENDUM the form, size, and scale of the proposed improvements within the project area. Key View 1 04/04/18 JN 165836 MAS Existing

Proposed

"For comparative purposes, site photographs are utilized to demonstrate the general character at different points of the project area. These simulations are UNION STREET CONDOMINIUMS PROJECT subject to change and are intended to provide the reader with information on INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION ADDENDUM the form, size, and scale of the proposed improvements within the project area. Key View 2 04/04/18 JN 165836 MAS Existing

Proposed

"For comparative purposes, site photographs are utilized to demonstrate the general character at different points of the project area. These simulations are UNION STREET CONDOMINIUMS PROJECT subject to change and are intended to provide the reader with information on INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION ADDENDUM the form, size, and scale of the proposed improvements within the project area. Key View 3 04/04/18 JN 165836 MAS Existing

Proposed

"For comparative purposes, site photographs are utilized to demonstrate the general character at different points of the project area. These simulations are UNION STREET CONDOMINIUMS PROJECT subject to change and are intended to provide the reader with information on INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION ADDENDUM the form, size, and scale of the proposed improvements within the project area. Key View 4 04/04/18 JN 165836 MAS