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FREE RECORDING PURSUANT TO <br />GOVERNMENT CODE § 27383 <br /> <br /> <br />concrete, and a partial steel frame system. The project <br />would therefore require minimal change to the building’s <br />distinctive features, spaces, and spatial relationships. <br />ii. Standard No. 2. The project would restore the building’s <br />exterior distinctive features and materials in the storefront <br />bays along the east and south elevation, including the wood <br />framed transom window system, double-hung and fixed <br />windows, and polished black tile base. Additionally, the <br />removal or alteration of historic materials or features is <br />proposed to be minimal. Along the rear light well portion of <br />the building (not protected by façade easement), the <br />masonry will remain visible within the space and through the <br />exterior windows. Where the windows are not necessary, the <br />existing windows will be removed and the opening will be <br />infilled with framing and drywall, maintaining the expression <br />of the window opening. Several window locations will have <br />the sills cut down to the floor line for pedestrian access <br />into/out of the new floor area within the existing light well. <br />Therefore, the majority of the property’s historic character <br />would be retained and preserved. <br />iii. Standard No. 3. The proposed changes will not create a <br />false sense of historical development and no conjectural <br />features or elements from other historic properties would be <br />added under the project. The proposed pedestrian access <br />gateway and glassed-in atrium have been carefully chosen <br />to read as modern in order to provide a distinction from the <br />commercial building design. Additionally, the new is <br />differentiated from the old, with both the pedestrian access <br />gateway and glassed-in atrium set back from the existing <br />building edges, allowing the addition to appear subordinate <br />to and not overwhelm the existing massing, and preserve the <br />historic sense of the commercial building design. This allows <br />the original commercial building design to be recognized as <br />a physical record of its time, place, and use. <br />iv. Standard No. 4. Since 1983, the Los Angeles Conservancy <br />has held an exterior/façade conservation easement on the <br />building which requires their review and approval for any <br />proposed alterations or modifications to the exterior of the <br />building along the east and south elevation. Since the <br />1980’s, the building has undergone significant repair and <br />reconstruction following substantial fire damage. Although <br />many of the original elements are no longer in place <br />following the fire, the elements that remain following <br />recordation of the easement have acquired historic <br />2-15