RESO NO. 2019-04_200 N MAIN STREET

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