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HISTORIC RESOURCES ASSESSMENT TOWN CENTER PLAZA � C A <br />A DULY 2022 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA J <br />METHODS <br />ARCHIVAL RESEARCH <br />LSA completed archival research during the months of January, May, and June 2022. Research <br />methods focused on the review of a variety of primary and secondary source materials relating to <br />the history and development of the project area. Sources included, but were not limited to, online <br />sources, published literature in local and regional history, news articles, historic aerial photographs, <br />and historic maps. The primary historical themes identified are post -World War II commercial <br />development in Santa Ana and architecture. <br />FIELD SURVEY <br />Field surveys were conducted on January 18 and May 31, 2022. In January, LSA architectural <br />historian Casey Tibbet and LSA photographer Dennis Lechner conducted a survey of all four <br />buildings as part of a due diligence report. During the survey, Mr. Lechner took numerous <br />photographs of the exterior of the buildings, as well as overviews of the property and setting and <br />architectural details. Ms. Tibbet made detailed notations regarding the structural and architectural <br />characteristics and current conditions of the buildings and associated features. The pair then <br />conducted a brief reconnaissance survey of the vicinity to determine whether the project area is <br />within a potential historic district. <br />On May 31, 2022, a follow-up field survey was conducted by LSA architectural historian Eugene Heck <br />and LSA photographer Dennis Lechner. The purpose of the follow-up survey was to consider Town <br />Center Plaza in relation to the 174-acre Parkcenter development that surrounds it. Using historic <br />aerial photographs and contemporaneous newspaper photographs, Mr. Heck identified and field - <br />checked 18 individual commercial, residential, and landscaped (park) areas within Parkcenter, <br />starting with Town Center Plaza. The extensive fieldwork included photographing and making <br />detailed observations of apartment complexes, tract houses, commercial developments, shopping <br />centers, and parks within the area bounded by Tustin Avenue to the east, 17th Street to the north, <br />Mabury Street and North Cabrillo Park Drive to the west, and 1st Street to the south. <br />Play °touncif �07/21/22) 18 - 775 10/3/2023 4 <br />