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Proposed Crown City Medical Center HRAR Revised Sept 2012 Appendices Appendix D Historic Resource Analysis Report Crown City Medical Center Subsequent Draft EIR City of Pasadena Appendices This page intentionally left blank. The Planning Center|DC&E October 2012 Historical Resource Analysis Report Proposed Crown City Medical Center Project EIR 550-558 East Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91101 Prepared For / Submitted To: Leah Boyer, Associate Planner The Planning Center | DC&E 3 MacArthur Place, Suite 1100 Santa Ana, CA 92707 Prepared By: Wendy L. Tinsley Becker, AICP, RPH, Principal Noah Stewart, MCP, Associate Urbana Preservation & Planning, LLC www.urbanapreservation.com December 2011 | Revised February 22, 2012 | Revised September 28, 2012 D-1 Historical Resource Analysis (Technical) Report Proposed Crown City Medical Center Project EIR TABLE OF CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...................................................................................................................................................1 II. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................................................2 Project Description......................................................................................................................................................2 Project Location ..........................................................................................................................................................2 Methodological Approach ...........................................................................................................................................2 III. HISTORIC PRESERVATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................................6 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) & Historical Resources ..........................................................................6 Projects & Significant Effects.............................................................................................................................7 The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation...............................................................................7 City of Pasadena Historical Resource Evaluation / Landmark Designation Criteria .......................................................8 Integrity ......................................................................................................................................................................8 IV. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW...............................................................................................................................................9 Pasadena.....................................................................................................................................................................9 Pasadena Playhouse Historic District...........................................................................................................................10 Proposed Crown City Medical Center Project Historical Resource Survey Area ............................................................12 V. HISTORICAL RESOURCE SURVEY AREA EXISTING CONDITIONS & OBSERVATIONS ..................................................................14 Properties Outside of the Survey Boundaries...............................................................................................................14 VI. ELIGIBILITY ANALYSIS & REGULATORY INTERPRETATION ..................................................................................................15 Eligibility Analysis – California & Local Register ...........................................................................................................15 CEQA Historical Resource Interpretation & Impacts Findings ......................................................................................16 VII. HISTORICAL RESOURCE CONCLUSIONS.........................................................................................................................17 VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY.........................................................................................................................................................18 FIGURES Figure 1 – Proposed Project Site Plan Figure 2 – Regional Location Map Figure 3 – Local Vicinity Map Figure 4 – Los Angeles Assessor Parcel Map Figure 5 – Boundary Map of the Pasadena Playhouse National Register Historic District Figure 6 – Vandevort Residences (Image) Figure 7 (a-d) – Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1894, 1903, 1931, 1951 Figure 8 – Mullen and Bluett Store (Image) Figure 9 – Harold A. Parker Photographic Service (Image) APPENDICES Appendix A – Department of Parks & Recreation 523 A Form Appendix B – Preparer Qualifications Urbana Preservation & Planning, LLC December 2011 | Revised February 2012 | Revised September 2012 ◼ Page ii D-2 Historical Resource Analysis (Technical) Report Proposed Crown City Medical Center Project EIR I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Historical Resource Analysis Report (HRAR) was prepared by Urbana Preservation & Planning, LLC (Urbana) to assist the City of Pasadena in the decision-making process and historic preservation requirements related to current and future proposed projects at the Crown City Medical Center property located at 550-558 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91011. A historical narrative (overview) of the proposed project site (survey area), description of existing conditions and field survey observations, contextual and site-specific historical property research and associated eligibility evaluation determinations, and related CEQA historical resource regulatory interpretations are included on the following pages. Urbana’s historical resource survey boundaries include all parcels located within the footprint of the proposed project site. The parking lot and its appurtenant landscaping and small attendant building are not yet 50 years of age. There are no buildings or structures located within the survey area that are included on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historical Resources, or the City of Pasadena Register of Historic Places, nor have any survey area buildings been previously surveyed or evaluated for eligibility on the Local, California Register, or National Register. No survey area properties are listed as California Historic Landmarks or Points of Historical Interest, and none of the survey area properties are included on the California State Office of Historic Preservation’s Historic Property Data File for Los Angeles County. None of the survey area properties observed and / or documented by Urbana were identified as being eligible for inclusion on the National Register, the California Register, or the Local Register. The proposed project would involve the construction of an 112,252 square foot, five-story office and retail building. As proposed, the ground floor would contain 16,201 square feet of retail space and a lobby. The remaining four levels would consist of approximately 96,051 square feet of medical office space and common areas. The building would be 86 feet, 6 inches high. The building would be in an L-shape from the second floor upward spanning the northern and eastern parts of the site. The main lobby entrance would be at the northeastern corner of the building. On the east side of the building the second through fifth levels would be set back about 13 feet to provide space for the canopies of existing trees on Madison Avenue. A six level subterranean parking garage is proposed (one level at grade and five subterranean) levels). ADA accessible parking spaces would be on the ground level; 396 total parking spaces would be provided. The floor of the fifth, that is, lowest, underground parking level would be roughly 56 feet below grade. Access to and from the parking structure would be from separate entrance and exit driveways that would both provide access to and from Converse Alley. Because no properties within the survey area have been identified as listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historical Resources, or for designation as a City of Pasadena Landmark, it has been determined as part of this HRAR that no historic properties or historical resources are extant within the proposed project boundaries. The proposed project will not have a direct impact on historical resources. There are numerous buildings immediately beyond the proposed project and survey area boundaries that have been evaluated as eligible for, or listed on, the Local Register, the California Register, or the National Register, including the National Register listed Pasadena Playhouse Historic District (PPHD), the boundaries for which were drawn to exclude a portion of the block containing the proposed project site at 550-558 Colorado Boulevard. The proposed project site is located outside the boundaries of the PPHD, but the site is surrounded to the east and the west by the historic district. Because no tasks are proposed project within the PPHD boundaries, the proposed project will not result in a direct significant impact to the PPHD. The proposed project is located within a void in the PPHD – outside of the district boundaries – and will not indirectly impact the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of the PPHD, and as such, the proposed project will not cause a substantial adverse
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