DOCSLIB.ORG

Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global Index Addams, Jane, 27 Albertson Ranch, 29–30 African Americans. See Race relations Aldrich, Lloyd, 190 Agriculture Alexander, Lamar, 267 farmers’ markets and, 80–82, 301–303, Alinsky, Saul, 284 357n43 Alisal, El, 217 farm-to-school program and, 301–303 Allen, David, 8 Green Revolution and, 326–327 Alliance for a Livable Los Angeles, 251 immigrants and, 261–264, 291–293, 305, Alston, Dana, 342n7 308–312, 325–329, 340 Alternative media, 85–86 National Immigrant Farming Initiative American Airlines Flight 11, 293 (NIFI) and, 304–306 American Forests, 46 U.S. Department of Agriculture and, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, 301–302, 304, 308, 400n22 29 water and, 103, 108, 113 American Planning Association, 163 Agriculture and Land-Based Training American Rivers, 163 Association (ALBA), 305 American Society of Civil Engineers, Air pollution, 2, 4, 313–314 233 freeways and, 196, 198 Anaheim, 121 Air Quality Plan, 46 Andrus, Cecil, 104 Alameda, 41 Annenberg Foundation, 18–19, 170, 311 Alameda Corridor, 279–280, 308, 310, ARCO, 273 332 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 4 Alaska, 23 Arizona, 112 Index Army Corps of Engineers, 103, 131, flood control and, 219, 227–232 372n46 Los Angeles River and, 217 Arroyo Seco Parkway and, 221 restoration of, 227–234 Los Angeles River and, 141–144, Tongva Indians and, 217–218 152–154, 162–163 watershed study of, 231–232, 238 Principles and Standards of, 165 Asociaciones de Pueblos, 324 ArroyoFest, 12, 216–217 Assimilation in American Life: The Role of Caltrans and, 236, 239–240, 242, Race, Religion and National Origins 245–246, 250 (Gordon), 334 Occidental College and, 242–243 Atlanta, 295 organization of, 240–246 Audubon Society, 248 Urban and Environmental Policy Institute Australia, 322 (UEPI) and, 242–244, 250 Automobile Club, 186, 190, 221–222 Arroyo Seco Council, 230–231 Automobiles Arroyo Seco Earth Festival, 228 car-share programs and, 205 Arroyo Seco Foundation, 235 culture of, 173, 175 Arroyo Seco Park, 220, 226 Model T, 178 Arroyo Seco Parkway/Pasadena Freeway, parkways and, 184–191 11–12, 187, 215–217, 384n110, 387n32 rise of, 175, 178–179 Army Corps of Engineers and, 221 Sig Alerts and, 173–176, 216 bike ride on, 236–252 street widening and, 185–187 congestion on, 223–224 traffic congestion and, 174–180 Corridor Management Plan and, Automobile suburbs, 68, 83 233–234, 238 critics of, 70–72 Historic American Engineering Record green spaces and, 35–49 and, 233 interstate highway development and, hybrid design of, 222–223 69–70 as National Engineering Landmark, 233 Westlake and, 29–31 as Pasadena Freeway, 223 Autopia, 192 speed and, 220, 223 Avila, Modesta, 312–313 as State Historic Parkway, 232 Aztlán, 265, 334 traffic safety and, 222, 224–225, 231–232 Azuma, Andrea, 167 “Arroyo Seco Release: A Serpentine for Pasadena” (Harrison and Harrison), Báez, Fernando, 337 228 Bakersfield, 254 Arroyo Seco Stream, 140–141, 149 Baldwin Hills Village, 32–33 Colorado Street Bridge and, 217 Barbour, Hailey, 75 408 Index Bartholomew, Harlan, 138–141, 186, 219, Boyle Heights Anti-Golden State Freeway 227 Committee, 195 Bartlett, Dana W., 41, 110, 120, 227, Braceros, 262–263, 266 349n55 Brackpool, Keith, 125 Basmati rice, 326 Bradbury, Ray, 206–207 Bass brothers, 125 Bradley,Tom, 6–7, 131, 144, 196, 279, 286, Bauman, Zygmunt, 331, 339 307 Bean, Charles, 189 Braker, Beth, 237–238 Bechtel Corporation, 8, 30 Brick, Tim, 130–133, 230, 234 Bel Air, 31 Brigadistas, 314, 318–319 Bellah, Robert, 62 British Columbia, 117 Bender, Thomas, 57 British Medical Journal, 208 Beverly Hills, 195, 294 Broadway Avenue, 19, 41, 254 Bicycle Kitchen, 251 Broadway Bridge, 20 Bicyclists, 157, 332 Brodsly, David, 175 ArroyoFest and, 216, 236–252 Bronx River Parkway, 184 safety issues for, 209–210, 231, Brookings Institution, 176 382n58 Brooklyn, 45 Big Red Car company, 177–178, 183, 197, Brooks, David, 77 375n14 Brower, David, 22 Biotechnology, 38–40 Brown, Marianne, 1–2 Blais, Earle, 99 Brown, Rick, 1–2 Blake, William, 66 Brownfields, 28 Blogs, 86–87, 238 Browning Ferris, 229 Blue Ridge Parkway, 185 Bubbly Creek, 166 Bon, Lauren, 18–19, 167, 170 Buddhist Centers, 328–329 Bonneville Dam, 99 Bunker Hill, 294 Boon Koon Larn, 326 Burbank, 54 Border Industrialization Program, 273–275 Bureau of Reclamation, 23, 103, 116 Bowron, Fletcher, 189 Burr, Aaron, 120 Boyer, Ernest, 91 Buses, 11–12, 187–188, 248, 254 Boyle Heights, 195, 337, 353n19 declining service and, 210–214 ethnic diversity of, 67–68 economic issues and, 213–214 Evergreen Cemetery and, 57–59, 67 streetcars and, 181–182 Golden State Freeway and, 67, 195 Bush, George H. W., 165 immigrants and, 254, 299–300 Bus Riders’ Union, 213 Los Angeles River and, 139, 148, 172 Bustamante, Jorge, 263 409 Index Cadillac, 192 Census of Agriculture, 302 CalFed, 119–120, 131 Center for Community Action and California, State of Environmental Justice (CCAEJ), 317 Cornfield ownership and, 18 Center for Food and Justice, 239, 293, Proposition 13 and, 48 300–303 Proposition 187 and, 286–290 Center for Healthy Communities, 170–171 California Air Resources Board (CARB), Central Park, 47–48 38 Central Valley, 71, 101, 254 California Bay-Delta Authority, 131 Century Freeway, 197 California Department of Transportation Chandler, Harry, 111–112, 186, 261–262 (Caltrans), 385n13, 388nn38,39 Chandler, Norman, 83 ArroyoFest and, 236, 239–240, 242, Chandler, Otis, 175 245–246, 250 Chandler family, 82–84, 111–112, freeway management and, 174, 197–198, 357n49 223–224, 231–235 Chaney, Charles, 186 California Highway Commission, 221 Chávez, César, 285 California Highway Patrol, 174, 246, Chavez Ravine, 172, 294 250 Chemicals California Institute of Technology, 225, 242 agriculture and, 38–39 California 110, 11–12 fertilizers and, 37–38, 42 California Route 7, 281 lawn care and, 37–38 California State Polytechnic University, pesticides and, 23, 34, 36–38, 42 228 water and, 101–103, 118–119, 126–127 California Water Project, 114 Chevrolet, 192 Camarillo, Albert, 299 Chicago, 27 Cambodia, 305 Bubbly Creek and, 166 Canada, 322 Cronon and, 3–5 Carlson, Oliver, 111 fire of, 3 Car-share programs, 205 heat waves and, 49–51, 297, 350n57 Cárdenas, Lázaro, 282 Hull House and, 63 Carter, Edward, 284 South Park and, 47 Carter, Jimmy, 103–104, 165 Chicago River, 106–107, 165–167 Cartier, Carolyn, 280, 395n40 China, 14, 275, 279, 282 Castelar Elementary, 20 Chinatown, 11 Castles, Stephen, 320 the Cornfield and, 17–20, 148–150, 159, Catholic Church, 287, 299 167–172 Celebration, 73–75 Chinatown Yards, 17 410 Index Chinese Cemetery, 58 concept of, 4–5 Chinese immigrants, 390n9 defining, 60–61 migration issues and, 258–259 environmental justice and, 64–65 Cholera, 126 farmers’ markets and, 80–82 Christian Science Monitor, 166 freeways and, 2, 11–12 Cincinnati, 47 gardens and, 40–44 Citrus industry, 108 higher education and, 87–92 City Beautiful, 41, 45, 66, 110, 120, 227, Hull House and, 63 349n55 immigrants and, 12–14, 293–300 City Repair, 77 loss of, 61–66 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), new urbanist, 72–82 163–164 place and, 65–82, 293–294 Civil rights, 85, 334 Santa Catalina Island and, 92–93 Civil Rights Act, 212–213 Seaside and, 73–76 Clean Air Act, 46, 196, 198 street life and, 297–300 Clean Water Act, 34 urbanization and, 28–35 (see also Cleveland National Forest, 155 Urbanization) Clinton, Bill, 266 Community-based organizations (CBOs), Clinton, DeWitt, 120 61 CNN, 319 Community Committee, 283–284 Coachella Valley, 112 Compton, 143 Coalition for a Safe Environment, 315 Concerned Citizens, 310–311 Coalition to Restore Urban Waters, Congress for a New Urbanism, 72–73, 75, 165–166 354n27 Coastal Conservancy, 148 Connecticut, 185 Cobo, Albert, 194 Connecticut College, 89 Coffee, 327–328 Cook County, 49 Colorado River, 96, 111–113 Cornfield, the, 373n55 Colorado Street Bridge, 217 FoLAR and, 159–162 Colten, Craig, 50 Urban and Environmental Policy Columbia River, 114, 116–117 Institute (UEPI) and, 149–150, 159–162, Columbia University, 89 168 Committee of 25, 283–284 Corrido music, 264 Common Ground, 78 Cosgrove, Stuart, 264 Communities for a Better Environment Cosmopolitan city of scale, 28 (CBE), 316 Country and the City,The (Williams), 52 Community, 1, 3 Cox, Laurie Davidson, 218 411 Index Coyle, Mayvis, 209 Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Cranz, Galen, 48, 372n51 Plant, 142 Crash (film), 59–60 Dow, 125 Crespi, Juan, 138, 225, 367n7 Downs, Anthony, 176 Croatians, 259 Dracut land trust, 292 Cronon, William, 3–5, 344n14 Dreier, Peter, 67 Culture, 334 Duany, Andrés, 72–73, 75, 299, 354n27 border issues and, 319–329 Due, John, 178, 183 food and, 300–312 Dunphy, Robert, 201 immigrants and, 255–267 Dust Bowl, 261–262, 268 Cuyahoga River, 102, 167, 361n10, 372n47 Eagle Rock, 147, 159, 236 Cycleways, 218, 236 Earth Day, 132, 228 Cyclists Inviting Change thru Live East, E. E., 190, 384n110 Exchange (CICLE), 251 East Bay Municipal Utility District Cypress Park, 249 (EBMUD), 130 Cyprus Mines, 272 East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (CEJ), 316 Daley, Richard, 50 Ecological modernization, 23–24 Dam projects, 23 Ecological Restoration journal, 24 Davis, Mike, 32–33, 139, 296 Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Davis, Robert, 74 Imagination of Disaster (Davis), 32–33 Davis, Tim, 224 Education, 7–8, 332, 342n10 Day of the Locust (West), 60 farm-to-school program and, 301–303 Debs Park, 248 higher, 87–92 Deverell, William, 2, 111, 139, 151 immigrants and, 319 Devil’s Gate Dam, 229 research universities and, 88–91 Devil’s Gate Park, 386n23 scholarship of engagement and, 9–10, Diaz, Nadine, 59 91–92 Didion, Joan, 175 Educational
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 1952 Big Job the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area LI8RARY by P
    :' -s. ~~~ ,,:-~ — ; , --~l~ X52 'lHI~'G'~~'~~WAYS AN D ~a~~rn~ ~►~ ~~~ ~- ~° ~. ~ €~ . ~ ~ ~~ ~ `yi , F t ~ ,y4 r .~y~ F~3 p 1i v .k, _ '. fix.' ~TY M 3- J~ ~ ~+z. ~n#:` . i 4aac~r~ r~( jiY ~ ~ ~',, ~ k ~~i ~ r}~ ~ ~ `. ..~ ti ti j` I~i ~ ` , 7 fY r .- - R.1 i l/ ~i Y ~F i # ~; ~}~ o a ,:..,~,a. ~~ ~,,_ ~{ ~ ..~ ~ ~ ,~ t4 ~ 'i y ~ ~ ~ ~ .~ ~`~~~ F ~v - Q . A .I ~ r.€ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t ~- - F: .~s . I =~i~' ~ l a~ t . ~'~ .. ~~/ ~ r ~ ~-Y L 5 ~.~~ r i d J~ F `~ M. f~ \X 3- S J ~. ` t ^~'~ '~~ ~' y,~ 1, til. ~~,y,a 3 ~1'~ 7 g}~h } t Y '~}~; t ,;, }Y~ i , ~i Yi ~. i2~ ~ ~ Q ~ ~~ a Y r~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ s ~c 4 fi 4 Itity ~ ~ ^~. \. 3 r,~ Tom .:. 6. ~1.>~ `~4x r ~, 4 Y ~ .[F ~ d~ . -x'x-si. ,BE~t ~,a'j. v~ '~ ~~ :`" ^~i~~ y~. r. S ._, _.— +IwJVW '.~.W~ .~~_._...ar.r.: .~~... _-r~.~yr.. ~..~. ~...r`... ~..~...~~.. ~.~. ___.~~.~. ._.... _~~_- Yv~c~~i' California Highways and Public Works Public Works Building Official 10u'rna I of the Division of Highways, Twelfth and N Streets Department of Public Works, State of California Sacramento FRANK B. DURKEE GEORGE T. McCOY Director State Highway Engineer KENNETH C. ADAMS, Editor HElEN HALSTED, Associate Editor MERRITT R. NICKERSON, Chief Photographer Published in the interest of highway development in Cali­ fornia. Editors of newspapers and others are privileged to use matter contained herein. Cuts will be gladly loaned upon request. Address communications to CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS P. O. Box 1499 Sacramento, California Vol. 31 March-April Nos.
    [Show full text]
  • A Historic Guide to Pasadena
    A HISTORIC GUIDE TO PASADENA WELCOME TO CICLAVIA—PASADENA Welcome to CicLAvia Pasadena, our first event held entirely outside of the city of Los Angeles! And we couldn’t have picked a prettier city; OUR PARTNERS bordered by the San Gabriel Mountains and the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, which means “Crown of the Valley” in the Ojibwa/Chippewa language, has long been known for its beauty and ideal climate. After all, a place best known for a parade of flower-covered floats— OUR SUPPORTERS OUR SPONSORS City of Los Angeles Cirque du Soleil the world-famous Tournament of Roses since Annenberg Foundation Tern Bicycles Ralph M. Parsons Foundation The Laemmle Charitable Foundation 1890—can’t be bad, right? Rosenthal Family Foundation Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition David Bohnett Foundation Indie Printing Today’s route centers on Colorado Boulevard— Wahoo’s Fish Taco OUR MEDIA PARTNERS Walden School Pasadena’s main east-west artery—a road with a The Los Angeles Times Laemmle Theatres THANKS TO long and rich history. Originally called Colorado 89.3 FM KPCC Public Radio La Grande Orange Café Time Out Los Angeles Old Pasadena Management District Street, the road was named to honor the latest Pasadena Star-News Pasadena Arts Council state to join the Union at the time (1876) and Pasadena Heritage Pasadena Museum of History was changed to “Boulevard” in 1958. The beau- Playhouse District Association South Lake Business Association tiful Colorado Street Bridge, which was built in 1913 and linked the San Gabriel Valley to the San Fernando Valley, still retains the old name.
    [Show full text]
  • West Adams Matters
    WAHA Number 241 West Adams Heritage Association June 2007 West Adams Matters A Landmark Victorian Cottage Needs New Home by Laura Meyers The little 1890 Queen Anne cottage on Washington Boulevard is battered and beaten up, but not bowed. And now the Henry Obee Cottage, boarded up for more than a year, has passed one hurdle in the effort to save this little piece of West Adams history. In May, eight months after Anna Marie Brooks took the initiative and nominated the property for landmark status, the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted to declare the Henry Obee Cottage ,^y^ > f , a Cultural-Historic Monument (HCM). But that vote came with a caveat: the Victorian cottage I has lost its original context and should be moved to a more compatible site, near residences of similar character. Brooks, WAHA, and several other preservation activists, including Ben Davis and Mitzi Mogul, played a seminal role in having this home's historic status recognized and made official. Indeed, the City's staff had recommended against an HCM determination, saying that the cottage wasn't "distinguished" enough. But we rallied to the cause, attending the May hearing and arguing, in part, that in fact vernacular cottages are as much a fabric of Los Angeles history - telling the story of Southern California's development from pueblo to cosmopolitan metropolis — as are mansions designed by famous architects. Located at 1408 West Washington Blvd. near the corner of New England Street (between Henry Obee Cottage's Hoover and Vermont), the Obee Cottage sits on a lot that is slated for the development of new nortli gable detail (continued on page 10) WAHA's Star Spangled 4th of July Wednesday, July 4,1 - 4 p.m.
    [Show full text]
  • West Adams Matters
    West Adams Heritage Associaition October 2007 Number 244 West Adams Matters A Century of Holidays WAHA Holiday Tour, Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2 WAHA will celebrate A Century of Holidays in the West Acres Tract, at the 21st Annual WAHA Holiday Historic Homes Tour and Progressive Dinner, on Saturday, December 1, and Sunday, December 2. This year, we invite you to join us in a community whose homes have, one by one, been celebrating their 100th birthdays- and 100 holiday seasons. With a nod to that milestone, we will explore a variety of holiday traditions that have warmed West Adams households over the past century. The West Acres Tract, which runs from Adams Boulevard to 23rd Street and Normandie Avenue to Rayrnond Avenue, is a part of the larger West Adams-Normandie Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ), and is also known as the "ANNA" neighborhood. Its period of development is from the early 1890s until about 1911. Prior to the latter part of the 19th century this area was primarily agricultural. With the coming of the horse-drawn streetcars from downtown Los Angeles in the IsiSOs, much of the land was subdivided for residential and commercial use. In 1896 the community • was annexed to the City of"Los Angeles, part of the South and Western Addition. Eventually the streetcar routes had been taken over by the Los Angeles Transit, and (continued on page 6) WAHA Wins Preservation Award WAHA has won a 2007 Governor's Historic Preservation Award for its popular Evening'Strolls, begun . three years ago to encourage West Adams residents to meet neighbors and learn about each area's cultural and architectural heritage.
    [Show full text]
  • A Historical Context and Methodology for Evaluating Trails, Roads, and Highways in California
    A Historical Context and Methodology for Evaluating Trails, Roads, and Highways in California Prepared by The California Department of Transportation Sacramento, California ® ® © 2016 California Department of Transportation. All Rights Reserved. Cover photography provided Caltrans Headquarters Library. Healdsburg Wheelmen photograph courtesy of the Healdsburg Museum. For individuals with sensory disabilities, this document is available in alternate formats upon request. Please call: (916) 653-0647 Voice, or use the CA Relay Service TTY number 1-800-735-2929 Or write: Chief, Cultural Studies Office Caltrans, Division of Environmental Analysis P.O. Box 942874, MS 27 Sacramento, CA 94274-0001 A HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING TRAILS, ROADS, AND HIGHWAYS IN CALIFORNIA Prepared for: Cultural Studies Office Division of Environmental Analysis California Department of Transportation Sacramento 2016 © 2016 California Department of Transportation. All Rights Reserved. OTHER THEMATIC STUDIES BY CALTRANS Water Conveyance Systems in California, Historic Context Development and Evaluation Procedures (2000) A Historical Context and Archaeological Research Design for Agricultural Properties in California (2007) A Historical Context and Archaeological Research Design for Mining Properties in California (2008) A Historical Context and Archeological Research Design for Townsite Properties in California (2010) Tract Housing In California, 1945–1973: A Context for National Register Evaluation (2013) A Historical Context and Archaeological Research Design for Work Camp Properties in California (2013) MANAGEMENT SUMMARY The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) prepared this study in response to the need for a cohesive and comprehensive examination of trails, roads, and highways in California, and with a methodological approach for evaluating these types of properties for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
    [Show full text]
  • A Historical Context and Methodology for Evaluating Trails, Roads, and Highways in California
    A HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING TRAILS, ROADS, AND HIGHWAYS IN CALIFORNIA Appendices C-K Appendix C. Timeline for Development of Engineering for Highways in California 1895-2009 ..1 Appendix D. Historic Roads and Highways in California .............................................................17 Appendix E. Designated California Legislature Roads in California ............................................22 Appendix F. Scenic Highways in California .................................................................................23 Appendix G. Interstate Highways throughout California ..............................................................24 Appendix H. California Tolls Roads and Turnpikes .....................................................................25 Appendix I. Oregon-California Trail Guidelines and Classification System ................................29 Appendix J. Evaluated Roads and Highways in California ...........................................................31 Appendix K. Caltrans Evaluated Roads and Highways ................................................................42 Appendix L. Highway Route Numbers and Date of Construction ................................................48 Prepared for: Cultural Studies Office Division of Environmental Analysis California Department of Transportation Sacramento 2016 http://www.dot.ca.gov/ser/guidance.htm#highway Appendix C Timeline for Development of Engineering for Highways in California 1895-2009 1895 The Bureau of Highways is created with the
    [Show full text]
  • James B. Case Slides of Highway Construction in California PC 039
    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8s1887g Online items available Finding aid to the James B. Case slides of highway construction in California PC 039 Jaime Henderson, 2019 California Historical Society May 2019 678 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 [email protected] URL: http://californiahistoricalsociety.org/ Finding aid to the James B. Case PC 039 1 slides of highway construction in California PC 039 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: California Historical Society Title: James B. Case slides of highway construction in California Creator: Case, James B. Identifier/Call Number: PC 039 Physical Description: 1 folder(102 color Kodachrome transparency slides) Date (inclusive): 1949-1953 Abstract: Collection comprises 102 35 mm color Kodachrome transparency slides documenting construction of highways in Los Angeles, Orick, and San Francisco, California; training at Fort Ord army base; and a Case family vacation and recreation in Orick, California taken by James B. Case between 1949 and 1953. Case worked for the California Department of Transportation when taking many of these photographs. Language of Material: Collection materials are in English. Conditions Governing Access Collection is open for research. Immediate Source of Acquisition Gift of James C. Case, 2019. Biographical / Historical James B. Case trained at Fort Ord army base in Monterey County, California in the early 1950s. Between 1949 and 1953 he worked for the California Department of Transportation, constructing and photographing highways throughout California. Preferred Citation [Identification of item, date]; James B. Case slides of highway construction in California, PC 039; [box number, folder number]; California Historical Society. Scope and Contents Collection comprises 102 35 mm color Kodachrome transparency slides documenting construction of highways in Los Angeles, Orick, and San Francisco, California; training at Fort Ord army base; and a Case family vacation and recreation in Orick, California taken by James B.
    [Show full text]
  • Arroyo Seco Parkway National Scenic Byway Interpretive Plan
    Arroyo Seco Parkway National Scenic Byway Interpretive Plan May 2012 This plan was prepared for Mountains Recreation Conservation Authority This plan was prepared by Engaging Places, LLC, a design and strategy (MRCA) in partnership with Caltrans with funding provided by a grant firm that connects people to historic places. from the National Scenic Byway program, funded in part by Federal Highway Administration Max A. van Balgooy Engaging Places, LLC Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority 313 Twinbrook Parkway 570 West Avenue 26, Suite 100 Rockville, Maryland 20851-1567 Los Angeles, CA 90065 (301) 412-7940 [email protected] (323) 221-9944 EngagingPlaces.net 1 Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Section One: Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Shoppers Market Building Recommended for Monument by Charles J
    Volume XVIII • Issue 4 FALL 2013 Shoppers Market Building Recommended for Monument by CHARLES J. FISHER he former Shopper’s Market Building, now and advertise their business. Mitzi Mogal, former operated as Superior Market, has been director of the Heritage Square Museum noted that Trecommended for Historic Cultural Monument Superior should recognize the preservation of the status by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage historic facade as a marketing tool. Commission in a unanimous vote at a hearing on Nicole Waldeman for the law firm of August 1, 2013, based on nomination submitted Armbruster, Goldsmith and Delvac spoke for the by the HPHT. The vote followed testimony by owners and argued that the building had too many architect and author Alan Hess, as well as HPHT alterations and that there was even a question as President, Antonio Castillo and board member to what style is, Midcentury Modern or Googie. Charlie Fisher, who prepared the nomination. Ramon Galvez Delgado, the architect for the The nomination will now proceed to the full replacement design stated that they were working City Council which must confirm the Commission’s with the HPOZ and the community to make the action. The HPHT is asking that letters, emails design more acceptable and had both the HPOZ and phone calls be sent to Councilmember Gilbert Board and the Land Use Committee Historic Cedillo, asking him to support the designation of Highland Park Neighborhood review the plans (both this historic building. of which are in support of retaining the existing Flora Chou spoke for the Los Angeles historic facade) and then went on to discuss his Conservancy, noting that the building was a design until informed by Commission Chair Richard showcase of the Googie style, Mt.
    [Show full text]
  • Arroyo Seco Parkway
    Official Publication of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Western District January 2013 Vol. 67, No. 1 President’s Message: Arroyo Seco Parkway – The Taking On Traffic First Freeway in the West Engineer Bashing By John Fisher, P.E., former Assistant General Manager, City of Los Angeles By Walter Okitsu, Presi- dent, ITE Western District The City of Los Angeles’ first bypass roadway designed as an alternate route to the City’s north gateway was Figueroa Street through the Elysian Hills. The final features of the new Somehow, “traffic roadway, the College Street grade separation and the Temple Street/Flower Street/Figueroa engineer” has become Street diamond interchange, showed us the future of roadway programs. While the plan- shorthand for a car-loving, ning, funding and construction took 15 years to complete, the undertaking marked more of lane-inserting opponent a beginning than a conclusion. That beginning would be the Arroyo Seco Parkway, which of all things walkable and was the extension of the Figueroa Street bypass roadway and the first freeway in the West. livable. Among us ITE members who are traffic The words, “arroyo seco,” mean “dry riverbed” in Spanish. Indeed, the wash that extends engineers, being viewed as 10.5 miles from a point north of the Rose Bowl to the Los Angeles River still lies dry most the villain might be regarded as part of the job. of the year. However, prior to 1940 flood waters from winter storms would gather mo- Even though perhaps half the projects I work on mentum on the steep slopes of the mountains and damage downstream properties.
    [Show full text]
  • IV. Environmental Impact Analysis
    IV. Environmental Impact Analysis IV. Environmental Impact Analysis A. Aesthetics 1. Introduction In 2013, Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown signed Senate Bill (SB) 743. Among other things, SB 743 adds Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21099, which provides that “aesthetic and parking impacts of a residential, mixed-use residential, or employment center project on an infill site within a transit priority area shall not be considered significant impacts on the environment.” PRC Section 21099 defines a “transit priority area” as an area within 0.5 mile of a major transit stop that is “existing or planned, if the planned stop is scheduled to be completed within the planning horizon included in a Transportation Improvement Program adopted pursuant to Section 450.216 or 450.322 of Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations,” and “employment center project” as “a project located on property zoned for commercial uses with a floor area ratio of no less than 0.75 and that is located within a transit priority area.” PRC Section 21064.3 defines “major transit stop” as “a site containing an existing rail transit station, a ferry terminal served by either a bus or rail transit service, or the intersection of two or more major bus routes with a frequency of service interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods.” PRC Section 21099 defines an infill site as a lot located within an urban area that has been previously developed, or on a vacant site where at least 75 percent of the perimeter of the site adjoins, or is separated only by an improved public right-of-way from, parcels that are developed with qualified urban uses.
    [Show full text]
  • Period Revival Architecture and Development in Pasadena from 1915-1942
    RESIDENTIAL PERIOD REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN PASADENA FROM 1915-1942 Prepared by Teresa Grimes and Mary Jo Winder for the City of Pasadena, Planning & Development Department August 2004 1 Period Revival Architecture in Pasadena, California: 1915-1942 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . 3 Historic Context . 6 Annexation Map by Decade (figure A) . 11 Architects. 12 Period Revival Styles. 25 Mediterranean Styles . 30 English Styles. 32 French Styles . 34 Bibliography. 36 Appendix A . List of Work – by Architect . 37 Appendix B . Historic Districts. 46 Appendix C . Individual Properties for Further Study 88 2 Period Revival Architecture in Pasadena, California: 1915-1942 INTRODUCTION Project Funding The activity which is the subject of this Residential Period Revival Architecture and Development in Pasadena from 1915-1942 has been financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, through the California Office of Historic Preservation. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior or the California Office of Historic Preservation, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation by the Department of the Interior or the California Office of Historic Preservation. Project Objective The project objective was to document significant historic districts that are representative of the period 1915-1942 in the City of Pasadena as part of a future plan to nominate districts for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and designating local landmark districts. Area Surveyed The initial proposal was to complete a reconnaissance survey of four residential areas in different parts of the City.
    [Show full text]