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Iii. Environmental Setting III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING A. OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING i) Regional Setting The Reef Project Site is located in Los Angeles County, within greater downtown Los Angeles (see Section II [Project Description], Figure II-1 [Regional and Project Vicinity Map]). The Project Site is located in the Southeast Los Angeles Community Plan Area of the City of Los Angeles. The Project Site is located within the Council District 9 Redevelopment Project area, the Central City Parking area, the Downtown Housing Incentive area, the Central City Revitalization Zone, the Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone, and the Conditional use Approval for Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Specific Plan area. The northern section of the Southeast Los Angeles Community Plan Area was within the original Los Angeles city boundary (incorporated in 1850). The remainder of the Community Plan Area was consolidated or annexed into the City of Los Angeles between 1859 and 1944. The Community Plan Area includes the neighborhoods of Historic South Central, West Adams, University Park, South Park, Central Alameda, Florence, Green Meadows, Broadway-Manchester, and Watts. The Southeast Los Angeles Community Plan area is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles community plan areas of Central City to the north; Central City North to the northeast; and South Los Angeles to the west. The Cities of Vernon and Huntington Park and the Florence community in unincorporated Los Angeles County border the Southeast Los Angeles Community Plan area on the east. The Willowbrook community in unincorporated Los Angeles County borders the Southeast Los Angeles Community Plan area on the south. Southeast Los Angeles largely comprises single-family neighborhoods, which followed a typical development pattern with commercial corridors along larger streets and single-family residential development along smaller, gridded streets in between. Multi-family duplex and fourplex property types are scattered throughout these early developments. Commercial development along major thoroughfares typically includes historic theaters, restaurants, one-to-three story mixed use commercial and residential buildings, gas stations, and banks. Residential lots were generally long and narrow and were laid out along a regular grid pattern of streets. Commercial development was laid out to accommodate the streetcar and, later, the automobile. Even though the Community Plan Area was largely built out by the 1930s, some redevelopment and infill resulted in construction of buildings in the post- World War II era, largely including commercial and industrial buildings and public housing complexes. There is a significant amount of industrial development in the Community Plan Area, and there are large portions zoned for industrial use. The Project Site is situated near numerous freeways that provide regional access. The Project Site is located approximately 0.6 miles from the intersection of the Harbor Freeway (I-110) and the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10). Other freeways providing regional access into the area containing the Project Site include the Pasadena Freeway (SR-110), approximately 2.5 miles to the north; the Pomona Freeway (SR-60), approximately 2.75 miles to the east; and the Hollywood Freeway (US-101), approximately 2.2 miles to the northeast. Additional regional access to the Project Site is provided by the Metro Rail Blue Line and Expo Line, running along portions of Washington Boulevard and Flower Street, respectively. The closest Blue Line station to The Reef Project III. Environmental Setting Page III-1 City of Los Angeles September 2015 the Project Site is the Grand station, located one block west of the Project Site. The closest Expo Line station to the Project Site is the 23rd Street station, located approximately one-third mile southwest of the Project Site. These rail lines provide further access to the rail transit and commuter rail systems serving the region. ii) Local Setting and Surrounding Land Uses The Project Site consists of two full city blocks comprising approximately 9.7 acres bounded by Washington Boulevard on the north, Hill Street to the west, 21st Street to the south, and Main Street to the east, in downtown Los Angeles (see Figure II-1, Regional Vicinity and Project Location). Broadway bisects the Project Site into the East Block and the West Block (see Figure II-2, Aerial View of Project Site). The Project Site is occupied by the existing 861,162 square foot, 12-story plus basement Reef building (formerly known as the L.A. Mart, hereinafter referred to as The Reef), surface parking lots with approximately 1,100 parking spaces, and an approximately 11,150 square foot warehouse building. Views of the Project Site and existing uses are shown in Figures II-3 and II-4 in Section II, Project Description, of this EIR. Vehicular access to the area of the Project Site is provided from Washington Boulevard, Hill Street, Main Street and Broadway, with entrances to the Site provided from Broadway. Public transit service is provided adjacent to the Project Site, including multiple Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) bus routes, as well as the rail transit lines described above. The physical setting of the Project area consists of a flat portion of the Los Angeles basin, where development in the area has occurred continuously over the last century. Thus, the Project area consists of buildings of varying age and architectural style, and there is a lack of uniformity in design among nearby development, ranging from more contemporary structures to buildings that were constructed from the 1920’s. Over time, development in the area of the Project Site has resulted in buildings ranging in height from one to 14 stories. More specifically, on the northwest corner of Washington Boulevard and Hill Street, is a one-story McDonald’s restaurant with associated surface parking. To the north of the West Block of the Project Site, on the northeast corner of Washington Boulevard and Hill Street, is a 14-story art deco designed office building built in 1927, which currently contains creative office uses, with a Subway restaurant and Chinese fast food located on the ground floor, and an attached one-story urban strip mall with assorted retail uses.1 Additionally, to the north of the East Block of the Project, on the northeast corner of Washington Boulevard and Broadway, is a two-story Ashley Home Furniture store. Directly adjacent is a four-story art deco designed building, the Da Capo, with three stories of residential uses (the Rutland Apartments), and ground floor commercial uses, which was built in 1912.2 On the northeast corner of Washington Boulevard and Main Street, is a two-story contemporary style commercial structure, which houses a 24- hour medical clinic. The area east of the Project Site contains low-rise industrial and commercial buildings. On the southeast corner of Washington Boulevard and Main Street, is a one- to two-story, suburban-style commercial complex with associated surface parking. Approximately one-half of this building is occupied by the L.A. Sports Museum (the “Sports Museum”), and the remainder is vacant. The Sports Museum houses a private collection of sports memorabilia that, at present, is not generally open to the public. To the east 1 SkyscraperPage.com, Los Angeles, website: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=42750, accessed October 7, 2014. 2 SOLA Village Historic Resources Technical Report, prepared by Historic Resources Group, dated July 15, 2014, provided as Appendix IV.E-1. The Reef Project III. Environmental Setting Page III-2 City of Los Angeles September 2015 of the East Block, across Main Street, is a three-story art deco designed building with ground floor commercial uses, and an adjacent two-story silk screening commercial use with associated surface parking. Additionally, the Santee Education Complex and Frida Kahlo Continuation High School are located one block east of the Project Site, east of Los Angeles Street and south of Washington Boulevard. The area to the south of the Project Site contains a mix of older commercial and industrial buildings, with a few mixed-use buildings interspersed, and surface parking lots. A two-story contemporary utilitarian building, housing ABC Sewing Machine Company, is located on the southeast corner of Main Street and 21st Street. A three-story apartment building (the Southland Apartments) is located to the south of this building on the east side of Main Street. On the southwest corner of Main Street and 21st Street, is a partially vacant two-story warehouse use. Directly adjacent, is an additional warehouse use housing a janitorial business. South of the West Block, across East 21st Street, and on the southeast corner of 21st and Hill Streets, are low rise commercial/industrial buildings, including Shinhwa, a manufacturer of custom jewelry. Minimal amounts of associated surface parking are associated with these uses. To the west of the West Block, across Hill Street, is the eight-story Los Angeles County Superior Courthouse (the “Courthouse”). A privately owned parking lot serving the courthouse is located on the southwest corner of Hill and 21st Streets. The Los Angeles Trade Technical College (the “LATTC”) campus is located one block further west, and it extends from Olive Street to Flower Street, south of Washington Boulevard. Views of the surrounding uses to the west are shown in Figure IV.B-4 (Views of Surrounding Land Uses, Views 8 and 9). Beyond the immediate area of the Project Site, to the north, is a mixed commercial and residential area that is part of greater downtown Los Angeles. Many new developments have either recently been built, are currently under construction, or are proposed in this area, as well as in the remainder of downtown Los Angeles. The L.A. Live entertainment complex, Staples Center, and the Los Angeles Convention Center are located approximately one mile northwest of the Project Site.
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