Item 18 - Appeal Application Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project

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State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # CONTINUATION SHEET HRI # Trinomial Page 3 of 6 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 1971 East 4th Street *Recorded by LSA Associates, Inc. *Date: June 2022 X Continuation Update P3a. Description: (continued from page 1) The building reads from the street as two stories; the third floor consists of one small office space over the entry, accessed by stairs. Exterior staircases at the corners of the building have pebblestone treads, and distinctive railings of wood and metal. The staircases have metal stringers. Brick masonry walls are seen by the corner staircases and by the elevator shaft up on the second floor, where they have arched openings with metal gates accessing two small "courtyards." The building is in good condition. Other than the usual modifications made by the tenants to the interior spaces, there were no signs of significant alterations. At a little over 40,000 square feet, it may be classified as a medium-sized office building. Mature pine trees line gently sloping ground toward East 4th Street. This building is the oldest of four built between 1971 and 1978; together, they comprise the small business park known as Town Center Plaza. The building was designed on a grid, and likewise, the business park was laid out on a grid that determined the relationships between the buildings. Central to the modernist design is the "plaza," a large open area, in this case an asphalt concrete paved parking lot. The second oldest building in the park is 1901 East 4th Street (1974). It has a square plan and textured stucco walls, with red Spanish clay roof tiles, cantilevered balconies, and arches. More importantly, its notable design features and motifs tie it to the other buildings, as do minor details. For example, the distinctive wood and metal railing seen at 1971 is again seen at 1901, as are the pebblestone treads, but this time the staircase stringers are wood, not metal. As a modernized version of a Southern California Spanish Colonial Revival regional identity dating back to Arthur Benton and Charles Lummis, these buildings complement each other. The third and fourth buildings to complete the park are more closely related to each other than to the first two, although they all share many features. Ken Himes is known to have designed 525 North Cabrillo Park Drive (1976) (Building Permits; Los Angeles Times 1976a) and likely designed 515 North Cabrillo Park Drive (1978) as well. With these buildings, abstraction has progressed a bit further from regional identity, eschewing balconies, toward more classic, temple -like fagades. The articulated horizontal bands on both 525 and 515 are notable. Each of the four buildings stands as a separate object in space, related by materials, workmanship, and design. They do not crowd one other. The outer lot lines of the parcels form the business park boundaries. P5a. Photo (continued from page 1) South and east elevations, view to the northwest (1/18/22). See Continuation Sheet Courtyard looking north at the third floor office (1/18/22). DPR 523L (1/95) *Required Information City Council 18 — 806 10/3/2023