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Wilshire BRT Final EIR/EA Architectural Resources Technical Report for the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project Los Angeles, California Prepared for: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority 1 Gateway Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90012 Prepared by: ICF International 811 West 7th Street, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 627-5376 April 2010March 2011 This document should be cited as: ICF International. 20102011. Architectural Resources Technical Report for the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project. Los Angeles, CA. April. (ICF International 00629.08.) Prepared for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Los Angeles, CA. Table of Contents SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................1 Project Overview .................................................................................................................1 Project Description ...............................................................................................................1 Findings................................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................3 City and County of Los Angeles Project Components ........................................................3 Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act ......................................................56 California Environmental Quality Act ...............................................................................67 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ................................................................................................89 Historic Context .................................................................................................................89 Historic Background ..............................................................................................89 Restrictive Covenants in Community Building .................................................2122 Westwood Industrial Development: Twentieth Century Fox Studios ..............2122 UCLA Master Plans ...........................................................................................2223 Westwood Development in the 1950s and 1960s ..............................................2324 Westwood Village Specific Plan: Historic Resources Survey 1985 .................2627 Janss Hallmark in the Streets of Westwood .......................................................2627 Wilshire Boulevard History ...........................................................................................2627 Westwood and Brentwood Religious Institutions along Wilshire Boulevard ...............................................................................................2829 Works Progress Administration .........................................................................2930 Brentwood ......................................................................................................................2930 West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Campus ........................................3031 Wadsworth Chapel .............................................................................................3131 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................3233 Public Participation ........................................................................................................3233 Responses Received ...........................................................................................3536 Field Survey .......................................................................................................3536 RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS .........................................................................................3637 Current Conditions .........................................................................................................3637 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................3839 Mitigation .......................................................................................................................3839 Findings..........................................................................................................................3840 REFERENCES .........................................................................................................................3941 Appendices Appendix A: DPR 523a Forms Appendix B: Letters from Interested Parties Appendix C: Maps Architectural Resources Technical Report April 2010March 2011 Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project i List of Figures 1 Westwood Observation Tower .......................................................................................... 910 2 Westwood Memorial Park ............................................................................................... 1112 3 Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres (Westwood) ............................................................. 1112 4 Byzantine-influenced Janss Investment Company Uptown Branch Building (Sokol Hall) . 1415 5 Janss Ad for Belvedere Subdivision, 1910. ..................................................................... 1415 6 Westwood Hills, Holmby Hills, Westwood Village ........................................................ 1617 7 Alan G. Siple House, Pengelly House, Durham House ................................................... 1718 8 Janss Investment Company “Dome” Building .................................................................. 1819 9 Westwood Model Residence ............................................................................................ 1920 10 Richard Neutra's Strathmore Apartments ........................................................................ 2021 11 UCLA, 1929, Opening Day ............................................................................................. 2223 12 Ship’s Westwood ............................................................................................................. 2324 13 Wilshire Terrace Apartments ........................................................................................... 2425 14 Kirkeby Building Westwood (Occidental Petroleum Headquarters) ............................... 2526 15 Janss Investment Company Stamp Imbedded in a Sidewalk ........................................... 2627 16 1881 Plat Map of Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica .................................................. 3031 List of Tables 1 Properties Included in or Determined Eligible for the National Register and Listed in the California Register ............................................................................................................... 37 2 Properties Determined Eligible for the National Register and California Register as a Result of This Study ............................................................................................................ 37 3 Properties Determined Not Eligible for the National Register or California Register as a Result of This Study............................................................................................................. 38 Architectural Resources Technical Report April 2010March 2011 Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project ii Acronyms ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation California Register California Register of Historical Resources CCR California Code of Regulations CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CFR Code of Federal Regulations CRA Community Redevelopment Area DPR Department of Parks and Recreation FTA Federal Transit Administration HCM City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument LACMTA Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority NHPA National Historic Preservation Act PWA Public Works Administration USGS U.S. Geological Survey VA Veterans Administration Architectural Resources Technical Report April 2010March 2011 Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project iii Summary Project Overview The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has initiated the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project within a 12.5-mile segment of Wilshire Boulevard, between downtown Los Angeles and the City of Santa Monica. The project route excludes the City of Beverly Hills. The cultural resources survey was performed at the request of LACMTA to comply with the regulations of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA, 36 CFR Part 800, hereafter Section 106) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Using federal funds administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), LACMTA proposes to fund construction of weekday peak-period curbside bus lanes in the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County. The project converts existing curbside lanes to peak period bus lanes by repaving and/or re-striping and creates approximately 1.5 miles of new curbside bus lanes through selective street widening or jut-out removal. Section 106 applies to proposed projects that involve funding, licensing, permitting or approval by a federal agency. This technical report documents FTA’s compliance with Section 106, including evaluation of architectural resources within the Area of Potential Effects (APE) using the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) Criteria for Evaluation (36 CFR Part 60) and the potential effects on those properties
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