AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: June 23, 2026
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Daren Grilley, Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Christine Chung, Project Manager
Subject: DENY THE PROPERTY OWNER’S REQUEST TO RESCIND
RESOLUTION NO. 72-R-4552 AND ENCROACHMENT PERMIT
FOR DECORATIVE PAVING ADJACENT TO 8484 WILSHIRE
BOULEVARD; AND REVIEW CULTURAL HERITAGE
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SIDEWALK
RESTORATION
Attachments: 1. May 19, 2026, City Council Agenda Report
2. June 10, 2026, Cultural Heritage Commission Report
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council deny the Property Owner’s request to rescind Resolution No. 72-R-4552 and the associated Covenant and Encroachment Permit for decorative paving adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard; and review the written report on the Cultural Heritage Commission’s recommendations regarding restoration of the decorative paved sidewalks.
If the City Council proceeds with staff’s recommendation, staff will continue coordinating with Metro and the Property Owner to restore the sidewalk with pavers consistent with the original material. This will be done in conjunction with the Cultural Heritage Commission to ensure compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s standards for restoration.
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Meeting Date: June 23, 2026
INTRODUCTION
This report concerns the permanent restoration of the public sidewalks surrounding 8484 Wilshire Boulevard following construction activities associated with Metro's Purple (D) Line Extension Project. The property is subject to Resolution No. 72-R-4552, which authorized decorative mosaic paving within the public right-of-way and established ongoing maintenance obligations by the Property Owner through a Covenant and Agreement of Encroachment.
At its May 19, 2026 meeting, the City Council considered a request from the current Property Owner, DE 8484 Wilshire LLC (DE), to terminate the Encroachment Permit and replace the decorative paving within the public right-of-way with diamond-pattern concrete sidewalk materials (Attachment 1). Following public comments regarding the historic and cultural significance of the decorative paving, the Council postponed a final determination and requested the Cultural Heritage Commission’s feedback before returning for next steps.
The purpose of this report is to present the Cultural Heritage Commission’s recommendations to the City Council for review and consideration, and to address the Property Owner’s request to rescind the Encroachment Permit.
DISCUSSION
Cultural Heritage Commission Review
On June 10, 2026, the Cultural Heritage Commission reviewed the history of the property, previous historic resource evaluations, Metro's restoration constraints, and the Property Owner's request to terminate the Encroachment Permit (Attachment 2). During the Commission’s deliberations, the Commission received public and stakeholder input from a range of speakers, including local residents, individuals with professional and familial connections to the original project architect William L. Pereira & Associates, and representatives of the Los Angeles Conservancy.
These speakers generally expressed support for retaining and restoring the existing decorative sidewalk paving, citing its association with the original 1970s design intent and its contribution to the Mid-Century Modern architectural features. Comments also encouraged a more formal historic evaluation of the sidewalk paving system, engagement with qualified historic preservation professionals or consultants with expertise in historic architectural materials, and exploration of specialized manufacturers capable of producing substantially matching replacement pavers consistent with the original design intent.
Several speakers further suggested establishing a structured review process, such as a subcommittee of the Cultural Heritage Commission, to evaluate and provide input on proposed replacement paving materials prior to installation.
The Commission reviewed the Metro project’s background and information regarding the challenges associated with restoring the decorative paving, including the unavailability of the original manufacturer, limited salvaged inventory, ADA requirements, Metro's efforts over the past two years to identify matching replacement materials, and project-related constraints. However, the Commission did not conclude that these constraints necessarily precluded restoration of the decorative paving. Commissioners questioned whether all reasonable efforts had been exhausted to identify substantially matching replacement materials, including consultation with historic preservation professionals, specialty fabricators, or a qualified historic preservation architect. Commissioners also expressed Meeting Date: June 23, 2026
concern regarding the limited quantity of original pavers available for reuse and questioned whether sufficient measures had been taken to salvage and preserve the original materials during construction activities.
Based on these concerns, the Commission recommended that:
• The existing Encroachment Permit and Covenant and Agreement of Encroachment remain in effect;
• Metro and the Property Owner continue investigating substantially matching replacement paving materials to restore the decorative sidewalks; and • The Cultural Heritage Commission participate in the review of replacement paving materials prior to installation to ensure compatibility with the historic character of the property.
Environmental Assessment
Any future City Council action related to sidewalk reconstruction or modification or termination of the Encroachment Permit will be evaluated in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as applicable, at the time of project consideration.
Regardless of the treatment of the public sidewalks, the primary historic resource features remain associated with the building and private plaza areas of the property.
The sidewalk replacement/restoration issue is a component of the Metro Wilshire/La Cienega Station construction, which is part of the Purple (D) line extension project for which Metro is the CEQA lead agency. Metro has advised the City that historic resource review was conducted pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) as part of the project. Staff understands that such review addressed Metro’s restoration activities within the project area, including portions of the Wilshire Boulevard frontage adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard. However, to the extent that Metro’s treatment of the sidewalks adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard is revised from previously evaluated restoration approaches, or expanded beyond Metro’s original restoration limits, in a manner that could result in a new impact to a historic resource, additional CEQA review may be warranted. Similarly, environmental review is warranted prior to deciding to replace the sidewalk materials along La Cienega Boulevard or South Hamilton Drive.
The Secretary of the Interior’s (SOI) Standards recognize the need for accessibility improvements to historic properties when designed to minimize impacts to characterdefining features. Installation of ADA-compliant curb ramps and related improvements that are compatible with the existing historic paving in terms of design, color, scale, and appearance may therefore be appropriate, and could be exempt from further CEQA review. The City and Metro may consider requiring oversight by a qualified historic preservation consultant to ensure consistency with the SOI Standards. Such improvements may qualify for a Class 31 (Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation) Categorical Exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15331, or potentially a Class 1 exemption for repair and replacement of sidewalks, although Metro would likely be responsible for making the ultimate determination as the project’s lead agency.
Meeting Date: June 23, 2026
Next Steps
Staff will coordinate with Metro and the Property Owner to further investigate substantially matching replacement paving materials for the decorative sidewalk restoration. This effort will include review of potential specialty fabricators and historically compatible paving systems consistent with the original design intent.
Staff will also coordinate with the Cultural Heritage Commission regarding the identifying and procuring of replacement paving materials consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s standards. Finally, staff will provide the City Council with any additional information as it becomes available and will seek further direction if needed.
FISCAL IMPACT
There are no anticipated costs to the City associated with the sidewalk restoration and reconstruction. Metro is the lead agency for the Purple (D) Line Extension Section 1 project, and sidewalk reconstruction along Wilshire Boulevard and portions of La Cienega Boulevard and South Hamilton Drive adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard is included within Metro’s project scope. The Property Owner’s obligations under the Encroachment Permit, including maintenance, insurance, indemnification, and related covenant obligations, remain in effect. Accordingly, there is no anticipated fiscal impact to the City associated with consideration of the Commission's recommendations at this time.
Shana Epstein,
Director of Public Works
Approved By
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Attachment 2
City of Beverly Hills
Planning Division
455 N. Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210
TEL. (310) 285-1000
Cultural Heritage Commission
Report
Attachment(s):
A. Encroachment Permit
B. Metro Project Limits
C. DE’s Landscape Concept
D. City’s Streetscape Standards
E. DE’s Historic Assessment and Recommendations Report
F. City’s Peer Review Historic Assessment
G. 2006 DPR Form
Report Author and Contact Information:
Christine Chung, PE, Project Manager
(310) 285-2516
[email protected]
Meeting Date: June 10, 2026
Subject: 8484 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT
Consideration of Termination of Encroachment Permit Related to Decorative Sidewalk Paving.
Property Owner: DE 8484 Wilshire, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DE” or “Property Owner”) owns the private property, including the office building and plaza. The sidewalks are in the public right-of-way.
Project Sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Metro”) and DE 8484 Wilshire, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
REPORT SUMMARY
This report provides background regarding the decorative sidewalk paving adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard and the existing Encroachment Permit governing its maintenance within the public right-of-way.
Although the development at the property is not formally designated as a historic landmark, historic assessments identify the site as historically significant, and potentially eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources as an individual resource and as a contributor to a potential historic district.
Metro and DE have proposed replacement of mosaic paving tiles in the sidewalk areas with diamond pattern concrete sidewalks in the public rights-of-way along La Cienega Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, and South Hamilton Drive. The mosaic tiles blended seamlessly with the paving tiles on the property along all three streets, and thus do not provide a visual indication as to the distinction between the public rights-of-way and the private property. The mosaic paving in the public rights-of-way was originally allowed through approval of an encroachment agreement in 1972.
At the City Council meeting on May 19, 2026, the City Council considered a request to terminate the encroachment permit and DE’s maintenance obligations after the proposed replacement of the mosaic paving tiles with more typical concrete paving in the sidewalk areas. The City Council referred the sidewalk replacement matter to the Cultural Heritage Commission for review and a recommendation to the City Council. Thus, the Cultural Heritage Commission is requested to review the property history, Metro restoration work, historic assessments, accessibility considerations, and future sidewalk improvements associated with the decorative paving within the public right-of-way prior to future City Council consideration. 1-1
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DISCUSSION
A. Encroachment Permit for Decorative Paving
On March 7, 1972, the City approved Resolution No. 72-R-4552 granting an Encroachment Permit (Attachment A) to Great Western Savings and Loan Association for installation and maintenance of decorative paving within sidewalk areas adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard.
The permit was recorded on May 2, 1972, and applies to the portions of Wilshire Boulevard, La Cienega Boulevard, and South Hamilton Drive within the public right-of-way.
The obligations of the permit run with the land and remain binding on subsequent property owners, including the current owner, DE 8484 Wilshire, LLC (“DE”).
B. Metro Project Background and Coordination
As part of the Metro Purple (D) Line Extension Section 1 project, Metro’s original street restoration scope included limited sidewalk replacement areas adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard along Wilshire Boulevard and short portions of La Cienega Boulevard and South Hamilton Drive near Wilshire Boulevard (Attachment B). Since 2016, Metro removed portions of pavers along Wilshire Boulevard sidewalk adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard to facilitate utility relocations and construction of the underground station.
In 2022, DE informed the City and Metro of conceptual on-site plaza and sidewalk improvement plans at the 8484 Wilshire property (Attachment C) intended to improve accessibility and provide a more unified appearance around the property. During this process, DE evaluated restoration alternatives, including colored concrete and replacement paving materials, to coordinate future improvements with Metro’s restoration schedule and minimize duplicative construction. Although conceptual plaza improvement alternatives were evaluated during the planning process, DE is not currently proposing modifications to the existing plaza areas and does not intend to undertake plaza reconstruction as part of the sidewalk restoration work under consideration.
In late 2023, as part of DE’s proposed on-site improvement plans, the City advised DE that sidewalk restoration along Wilshire Boulevard would generally be subject to the City’s streetscape standards, including diamond-pattern concrete sidewalks (Attachment D). During the subsequent design process and following completion of the historic assessments, DE reevaluated its initial improvement concepts and expressed a preference to retain the decorative paving within the public sidewalk areas. The City indicated that it was receptive to exploring that approach, and Metro subsequently coordinated with DE to evaluate available inventories of original pavers and potential restoration options.
Between 2023 and 2024, Metro and DE explored replacement paver materials because the original tile manufacturer was no longer in business and the supply of original tiles available to DE and Metro was insufficient for full restoration. Metro and its contractor, Skanska-TraylorShea Joint Venture (STS), consulted with several specialty tile manufacturers and obtained sample materials, including products sourced from Japan, in an effort to identify suitable replacement pavers. However, replacement materials substantially matching the original paving in color, texture, size, and appearance were not satisfactory to DE. Throughout this 1-2
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process, DE repeatedly expressed a desire to maintain a cohesive and unified appearance around the building perimeter and raised concerns that installation of non-matching replacement pavers, whether through partial repairs or full replacement, could diminish the visual continuity of the property.
By September 2024, DE expressed a preference for replacement of the public sidewalk paving with diamond-pattern concrete sidewalks around the full perimeter of the property, citing the inability to obtain substantially matching replacement pavers and the desire to maintain a cohesive and unified appearance around the building frontages.
Coordination among Metro, STS, DE, and the City continued through 2025 and 2026 regarding sidewalk restoration, accessibility compliance, and future maintenance obligations.
Metro and STS ultimately proposed reconstruction of the public sidewalks with diamondpattern concrete consistent with City streetscape standards along Wilshire Boulevard, La Cienega Boulevard, and South Hamilton Drive. DE conditionally supported the proposed sidewalk improvements subject to amendment or termination of the City Encroachment Permit obligations, including maintenance, associated with the decorative paving within the public right-of-way.
The City’s role has been limited to reviewing the proposed sidewalk improvements within the public rights-of-way, compliance with accessibility requirements, and consideration of potential modifications to the Encroachment Permit. The proposed work does not include removal or modification of decorative paving within the private plaza areas surrounding the building, except for the reinstallation of salvaged pavers along the property line to provide a smooth transition between the back of the sidewalk and the existing plaza tile patterns.
C. Sidewalk Considerations and Current Conditions
During coordination of the sidewalk replacement and design, the following conditions and constraints were identified:
The original tile manufacturer is no longer in business. DE retained only a limited quantity of original tiles sufficient for minor repairs, and STS salvaged fewer than two pallets of tiles, enough to cover approximately 10 percent (350 square feet) of the Wilshire Boulevard sidewalk frontage and primarily suitable for use along the property line. Metro and STS explored numerous replacement options, including consultations with specialty tile manufacturers and procurement of sample materials from Japan.
Despite these efforts, replacement materials substantially matching the original paving in color, texture, size, and appearance were not identified. DE reviewed multiple replacement alternatives and expressed concerns that incorporating a limited percentage of salvaged original tiles with new replacement tiles, or replacing the paving system with a different tile product, would result in a patchwork appearance that would diminish the visual continuity of the property. DE therefore indicated a preference for a consistent sidewalk treatment around the entire property frontage rather than installation of replacement pavers that do not closely match the original material. See comparison photos below.
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Original Pavers Proposed Replacement Pavers from Japan
Existing sidewalk grades exceed current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) crossslope standards in multiple areas. Portions of the paving exhibit cracking, uneven surfaces, and missing or displaced tiles. Although DE periodically replaced tiles within the limited portions of plaza and sidewalk areas within the past four years, the paving conditions have deteriorated soon after repair efforts were completed, resulting in accessibility concerns. Along the Wilshire Boulevard sidewalk, restoration of the original paving configuration would be constrained by Metro station appendage structures, including ventilation and emergency access facilities, and current accessibility requirements.
Metro also identified challenges associated with achieving ADA-compliant sidewalk slopes, elevations, and accessible paths of travel while maintaining existing paving systems and patterns. Key challenges include balancing accessibility requirements with existing grades and drainage conditions, providing compliant curb ramp transitions, accommodating physical site constraints, preserving the character and continuity of paving treatments, and minimizing the need for extensive reconstruction of adjacent infrastructure.
Pursuant to applicable ADA requirements, California Building Code accessibility provisions, and the California Historical Building Code (CHBC), historic significance does not eliminate the obligation to provide accessible public facilities and paths of travel. The CHBC provides flexibility in the method of compliance for qualified historic resources but does not exempt public sidewalks within the right-of-way from applicable accessibility requirements and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards (SOI) encourages design that improves accessibility while minimizing impacts on character-defining features. Throughout the coordination process, Metro and DE evaluated preservation-based alternatives; however, challenges associated with replacement material availability, Metro infrastructure constraints, accessibility requirements and long-term maintenance remained as challenging considerations.
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safer and more consistent pedestrian walking surface, create a uniform streetscape treatment around the property and along Wilshire Boulevard, and reduce long-term maintenance challenges within the public right-of-way. Decorative paving within the private plaza areas surrounding the building would remain in place, thereby retaining significant portions of the property’s identified character-defining features while allowing improvements within the public right-of-way to better meet current accessibility, mobility, maintenance, and public safety objectives.
Decorative sidewalk pavers along Wilshire Boulevard were removed and replaced with a temporary concrete surface beginning in 2016 as part of Metro construction activities within the public right-of-way. In April 2026, STS replaced approximately 150 linear feet of the temporary sidewalk surface with streetscape-compliant diamond-pattern concrete to evaluate the proposed restoration approach. The installation served as a mock-up demonstrating the appearance of the diamond-pattern sidewalk treatment along the property frontage and the potential use of limited salvaged pavers along the back of sidewalk near the property line to provide a transition to the existing plaza paving (Fig. 1a and 1b). As of today, approximately 100 linear feet of Wilshire Boulevard sidewalk remains covered by temporary asphalt and concrete patches. Decorative paving along portions of La Cienega Boulevard and South Hamilton Drive remain in place (Fig. 2 and 3).
Fig. 1a: Wilshire Boulevard Sidewalk under Construction:
Temporary Patches and New Diamond-Pattern Sidewalk
Source: City of Beverly Hills Public Works Department
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Fig. 1b: Wilshire Boulevard Sidewalk under Construction:
New Diamond-Pattern Sidewalk
Source: City of Beverly Hills Public Works Department
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Fig. 2: Existing Decorative Paving Conditions along S. Hamilton Drive Source: City of Beverly Hills Public Works Department
Fig. 3: Existing Decorative Paving Conditions along La Cienega Boulevard Source: City of Beverly Hills Public Works Department
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D. Historical Assessment and Future Improvements
In connection with plaza and sidewalk improvement concepts considered by DE in 2023, DE submitted a historic assessment and recommendations prepared by Chattel Architecture, Planning & Preservation (Attachment E). The City subsequently completed a peer review historic assessment (Attachment F). The historic assessment reports provide background information and identify considerations associated with future improvements to the property.
Final determinations regarding future sidewalk improvements and any modifications to the Encroachment Permit remain subject to future City Council consideration.
Although the property is not formally designated as a historic landmark, both reports identify 8484 Wilshire Boulevard as historically significant and eligible as both a contributor to a district of Post World War II Commercial Buildings thematic group and individually for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (Attachment G). Designed by William L. Pereira & Associates as the former Great Western Savings headquarters, the property is recognized for its elliptical building form, integrated plaza design, and mosaic paving system.
The reports identify portions of the plaza and decorative paving that extends to the curb lines along Wilshire Boulevard, La Cienega Boulevard, and South Hamilton Drive as characterdefining historic features. The assessments recommend that future improvements consider the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards (SOI) and applicable provisions of the CHBC and note that future alterations may require evaluation under CEQA at the time of project consideration. Also, the assessments note that the original architectural plans have not been referred to for guidance nor has the application of the CHBC been considered to address some of the accessibility concerns.
Following additional coordination regarding restoration feasibility, accessibility requirements, and long-term maintenance considerations, DE conditionally supported Metro’s replacement of the decorative sidewalk paving within the public right-of-way with diamond-pattern concrete sidewalks consistent with City streetscape standards adopted by City Council for Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards1 around the full perimeter of the property and requested termination of the associated Encroachment Permit obligations.
The proposed improvements negotiated among DE, Metro, and STS are limited to the public right-of-way and do not include removal or modification of decorative paving within the private plaza areas identified as character-defining features. Under all scenarios presented in this report, the primary plaza areas and decorative paving surrounding the building located fully on private property, and outside the public right-of-way, would remain in place. 1 On January 5, 2022, City Council adopted the Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards developed as part of Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega project. The Design Standards identify specific styles of street furnishings and plantings to make more attractive and walkable corridors. The Design Standards are intended to be implemented through public and private projects that reconstruct the public right-of-way, including private developments, City CIP projects, and Metro subway construction.
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E. City Council Consideration
At the May 19, 2026 meeting, the City Council considered recommendations related to the existing Encroachment Permit. Public comments were received requesting the retention of the decorative paving due to its historic and cultural significance and opposing termination of the existing Encroachment Permit. The City Council requested comments from the Cultural Heritage Commission prior to further consideration of the matter at a future City Council meeting, tentatively scheduled for June 23, 2026.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
This agenda item involves review and discussion by the Cultural Heritage Commission regarding decorative sidewalk paving and the existing Encroachment Permit associated with improvements within the public right-of-way adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard.
Any future City Council action related to sidewalk reconstruction or modification or termination of the Encroachment Permit will be evaluated in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as applicable, at the time of project consideration. The essential historic resource remains at the property.
The sidewalk replacement/restoration issue is a component of the Metro - Wilshire/La Cienega Station construction, which is part of the Purple (D) line extension project for which Metro is the CEQA lead agency. Metro has advised the City that historic resource review was conducted pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) as part of the project.
Staff understands that such review addressed Metro’s restoration activities within the project area, including portions of the Wilshire Boulevard frontage adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard.
However, to the extent that Metro’s treatment of the sidewalks adjacent to 8484 Wilshire Boulevard is revised from previously evaluated restoration approaches, or expanded beyond Metro’s original restoration limits, in a manner that could result in a new impact to a historic resource, additional CEQA review may be warranted. Similarly, environmental review is warranted prior to deciding to replace the sidewalk materials along La Cienega Boulevard or South Hamilton Drive.
The SOI Standards recognize the need for accessibility improvements to historic properties when designed to minimize impacts to character-defining features. Installation of ADA-compliant curb ramps and related improvements that are compatible with the existing historic paving in terms of design, color, scale, and appearance may therefore be appropriate, and could be exempt from further CEQA review. The City and Metro may consider requiring oversight by a qualified historic preservation consultant to ensure consistency with the SOI Standards. Such improvements may qualify for a Class 31 (Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation) Categorical Exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15331, or potentially a Class 1 exemption for repair and replacement of sidewalks, although Metro would likely be responsible for making the ultimate determination as the project’s lead agency.
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GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
This item does not constitute approval of any development or changes to the built environment.
If applicable, future actions involving physical changes to the public right-of-way, sidewalk replacement, will be evaluated for consistency with the Beverly Hills General Plan, including applicable policies below.
Chapter 03 HP 1 – Value and Preserve Significant Cultural Resources The sidewalk replacement project is partially consistent with Policy HP 1 because the existing decorative paving system is considered a character-defining feature associated with the historic character of 8484 Wilshire Boulevard. Recent historic assessments identify the property as potentially eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources.
Retention or restoration of the paving would support preservation objectives. However, prior documentation, including the 2010 General Plan – Chapter 3 Historic Preservation, indicates that the property was not listed in the State Historic Resources Inventory at that time and did not appear to possess a State Office of Historic Preservation (SOHP) rating of 3 or higher. As such, the historic significance of the property has evolved through more recent evaluations.
Chapter 06 CIR 2.3 - Transit Design
The project is consistent with Policy CIR 2.3 because reconstruction of the sidewalk to current Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG) and City standards would improve accessibility and mobility for pedestrians, including seniors, persons with disabilities, and transit users near the Wilshire/La Cienega Metro Station. Compared to concrete sidewalks, decorative paver systems may present long-term maintenance challenges, including surface distortion, settlement, and missing or uneven pavers that could adversely affect pedestrian accessibility and mobility over time.
Chapter 06 CIR 7 Goal – Pedestrians
The project is consistent with the City’s pedestrian goals because reconstruction of the sidewalk to current standards would improve pedestrian safety, accessibility, and comfort. Compared to concrete sidewalks, decorative pavers may present greater long-term maintenance challenges, including uneven surfaces and missing pavers.
Chapter 06 CIR 7.1 - Pedestrian Safety
The project is consistent with Policy CIR 7.1 because reconstruction of the sidewalk would improve pedestrian safety and accessibility in anticipation of increased foot traffic associated with the Wilshire/La Cienega Metro Station. Standard sidewalk materials may provide more durable and consistent walking surfaces over time.
Chapter 06 CIR 7.3 – Streetscape Enhancements
The project is generally consistent with Policy CIR 7.3 because reconstruction with updated streetscape amenities and a consistent diamond-pattern sidewalk design would support the City’s Streetscape Design Standards and enhance the pedestrian environment. While restoration of the existing pavers would retain historic character, it would not fully implement the City’s current accessibility, continuity, and streetscape design objectives within the Wilshire Boulevard Pedestrian Gateway Zone.
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Chapter 06 CIR 7.9 – Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) The project is consistent with Policy CIR 7.9 because sidewalk reconstruction would include ADAand PROWAG-compliant curb ramps, transitions, and pedestrian access routes, regardless of the final surface treatment selected. Standard sidewalk materials may provide more durable and consistent walking surfaces over time for persons with disabilities.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT SCENARIOS AND NEXT STEPS The following scenarios may be considered regarding future sidewalk restoration and maintenance responsibilities within the public rights-of-way. Under all scenarios, decorative paving within the private plaza areas would remain in place, maintaining the property’s identified character-defining hardscape features. Additionally, under all scenarios, any replaced sidewalk areas would be regraded as necessary to comply with current ADA accessibility requirements and paver modifications may require additional CEQA review by Metro. Finally, as an option, the diamond-pattern concrete sidewalks and/or concrete curb ramps could be constructed using colored concrete intended to complement the plaza and closely match the appearance of the existing decorative paving.
1. Restore Decorative Pavers Along Wilshire Boulevard and Portions of La Cienega Boulevard and South Hamilton Drive
Wilshire Boulevard and portions of La Cienega Boulevard and South Hamilton Drive sidewalks within Metro’s restoration limits would be reconstructed using salvaged and replacement decorative paving materials intended to match the existing paving to the extent feasible, with limited modifications to concrete at curb ramps and transitions as necessary to address accessibility requirements. Existing decorative paving outside Metro’s restoration limits would remain in place. Under this scenario, DE would continue maintenance responsibilities pursuant to the existing Encroachment Permit.
This scenario would retain decorative paving within the public sidewalk areas but would not fully conform to current City streetscape standards. Uniform restoration of the Wilshire frontage in kind may not be feasible due to the unavailable matching pavers. Accessibility improvements would generally be limited to Metro’s restoration areas. Under this scenario, limited modifications to concrete curb ramps and transitions around the ramps likely would not cause a substantial adverse change in the historical significance of the property.
2. Restore Wilshire Boulevard Sidewalk with Concrete Streetscape Improvements Wilshire Boulevard sidewalks would be reconstructed with diamond-pattern concrete sidewalks consistent with City streetscape standards. Short portions of La Cienega Boulevard and South Hamilton Drive within Metro’s restoration limits would be reconstructed using salvaged and replacement decorative paving intended to match the existing paving to the extent feasible.
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Under this scenario, DE may request amendment of the Encroachment Permit to terminate maintenance obligations associated with the Wilshire Boulevard sidewalk improvements and retain maintenance responsibilities for decorative paving along La Cienega Boulevard and South Hamilton drive.
This scenario would improve accessibility and streetscape consistency along Wilshire Boulevard while retaining decorative paving along portions of the side street frontages.
3. Restore Sidewalks Along the Full Perimeter with Concrete Streetscape Improvements
Wilshire Boulevard, La Cienega Boulevard, and South Hamilton Drive sidewalks would be reconstructed with diamond-pattern concrete sidewalks consistent with City streetscape standards. Under this scenario, DE may request termination of the existing Encroachment Permit associated with the decorative paving within the public Right-of-Way. This scenario would provide a consistent sidewalk treatment around the property, improve accessibility compliance and pedestrian circulation, enhance pedestrian safety through a more uniform walking surface, and reduce long-term maintenance challenges within the public right-ofway. This approach would also avoid the visual inconsistency associated with introducing replacement pavers that do not substantially match the original historic paving materials.
NEXT STEPS
With the Commission’s feedback, City staff will present the Commission’s comments to the City Council during its consideration of next steps.
Report Reviewed By:
Daren Grilley, PE, PTOE
Assistant Public Works Director / City Engineer
Public Works Department
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ATTACHMENT A
Encroachment Permit
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Metro Project Limits
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Metro’s original sidewalk restoration scope adjacent to 8484 Wilshire is marked within the red boundary along Wilshire Boulevard, and portions of S. Hamilton Drive and La Cienega Boulevard. 8484 Wilshire
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ATTACHMENT C
DE’s Landscape Concept
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8484 Wilshire
Landscape Concept Package
8484 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
April 12, 2024
April 18, 2023
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Site Context
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Wilshire Blvd
La Cienega Blvd
S Hamilton Dr
1 8484 Wilshire
1.6 acres
Observations:
• A New Metro station at Wilshire & La Cienega
• High street presence along Wilshire & La Cienega
• Secondary presence along Hamilton
• NE & SW plazas surrounding the building
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0 25’ 50’ 100’
Future Metro
Station
Shaban
Theatre
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Site History - Architecture
Great Western Savings Center
Architect: William L. Pereira & Associates
Partner in Charge: Gin D. Wong
Completed: 1972
Most Notable Achievements:
• World’s first truly elliptical building
• One of the first buildings to use computer-aided design (CAD) 8484 Wilshire 2023.04.18
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Site History - Landscape
Waterscape Garden
Landscape Architect: Robert Herrick Carter
Interior Planting: Van Herrick’s
• Mini-park at one of the City’s busiest intersections
• A garden of cascading water, mosaics of tile and sweeping knolls of flowers and trees
• Two-thirds of the site devoted to open space in an urban environment
Notable Features:
• “Park-like” setting
• Design that follows the soft, flowing lines of nature • Elements of both land and water
• “Waterscape” - originally 4 pools with waterfalls and cascading fountains
• Sycamore trees
• Ferns, dichondra, star jasmine and flowering gardens
• Curving mosaic - inside and outside
John Wayne Statue
Installed: 1979
John Wayne was the Great Western Savings
television spokesperson. The statue was installed
upon his death.
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Site History - 1981 Renovation
• Replaced (1) fountain with Kiosk along La Cienega Blvd. • Replaced (2) fountains and enlarged plaza at Wilshire Blvd. and Hamilton Drive for John Wayne Statue and accompanied pedestal. • 4 Fountains and Pools
• “Park-like” urban setting
Original 1970 Plan 1981 Renovation Plan
Added Kiosk
Added Statue
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Site Issues: Accessibility Challenges
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Warped Entry - Cross slopes >2% Historic Canopy - < 80inch clear height Entry Plaza - Running slopes >5% and cross
slopes >2%
Hamilton Sidewalk - Cross slope >2%
Curb Cut - Need repair and not compliant with
current standards
slope >5%
slope >2%
slope >2%
• Non-ADA Path of Travel
• ADA parking required
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7 5
5 Stairs - No compliant (typical)
Bank Parking - No Accessible Stall, require
one (1) van stall.
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Site Issues: Public Right of Way
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• Removed mosaic tile within Public Right of Way
• City standard sidewalk
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Refi nish Existing Driveway
Vehicular Clearance Bar
Per signage
(E) Water Feature
To remain
(E) Kiosk
To remain
Accessible Path
Accessible Path
(E) Canopies
To remain
Parking Garage
(below)
(E) Foundation Wall
Refi nish w/ New Guardrail
La Cienega Blvd
S Hamilton Dr
Wilshire Blvd
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Accessible Path
Seating area
Reconfi gured Planter
Reconfi gured Planter
New Stairs
Reconfi gured Planter
Level at Kiosk FFE
New Stairs
New Planter + Seat Wall
New Planter
SITE PLAN
Alternate Concept
(E) Lawn and Trees
Protect in place
Property Line
(E) Flag poles
(E) Vent
(E) Building
New ADA Stall
Van accessible
New Signage
Attached to wall
(E) Surface Parking
To remain
17’
New Trees
(E) Sycamore trees to be removed for
waterproofi ng.
(E) FDC and Sump Ejector Pipe
To remain, protect in place
(E) Vent
(E)
Kiosk
Public Right of Way
Match on-site paving.
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Hardscape Materials
Alternate Concept
Property Line
S Hamilton Dr
Wilshire Blvd
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Integral Color Large Exposed
Aggregate w/ Honed Finish
Textured Finish, integral color
to match concrete paving
Remove Existing mosaic tile and
re-fi nish to match W1 walls.
Install new Guardrail
Paint to match W2 walls
Install new Guardrail
Reconstruct basin and fi x
waterproofi ng. Basin color and
fi nish to match W1.
Refi nish to match color of P2
Integral Color Large Exposed
Aggregate w/ Honed Finish
Pedestrian Paving
Cast in Place Concrete
Retaining Walls & Stairs
Cast in Place Concrete
Height and Thickness
varies
Vehicular Paving
Cast in Place Concrete
Existing Paving
To protect in place
Refi nish Existing
Retaining Wall
Existing Retaining Wall
To protect in place
Existing Fountain
To clean and protect in
place
Key Description Color / Finish Reference Image
Hardscape Legend
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P3
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W2
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W4
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P2
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P3
W3
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(E) Building
(E)
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Wilshire Plaza View - Plaza Level
Keymap
P1: New Pedestrian Paving
W1: New Planter Walls
New Low Water-Use Understory Planting
W1: New Stairs w/ Illuminated Stainless
Steel Handrails
New Evergreen Oak Trees
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(E) Canopies
To remain
Parking Garage (below)(E) Foundation Wall
Refi nish w/ New Guardrail
La Cienega Blvd
S Hamilton Dr
Wilshire Blvd
(E) Building
17’
(E)
Kiosk
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P1: New Pedestrian Paving
W1: New Planter Walls
Movable Tables and Chairs
W1: New Planter Wall w/ Seat Back
New Low Water-Use Understory Planting
New Evergreen Oak Trees
Keymap
Wilshire Plaza View - Plaza Level
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To remain
Parking Garage (below)(E) Foundation Wall
Refi nish w/ New Guardrail
La Cienega Blvd
S Hamilton Dr
Wilshire Blvd
(E) Building
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ATTACHMENT D
City’s Streetscape Standards
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Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Acknowledgements
City Staff Consultant Team
Susan Healy Keene, Director of Community Development
Shana Epstein, Director of Public Works
Aaron Kunz, Deputy Director of Transportation
Daren Grilley, City Engineer
Mandana Motahari, City Architect
Rob Welch, Engineering Manager
David Garrard, Parks Superintendent
Ken Pfalzgraf, City Arborist
Kevin Riley, Senior Transportation Engineer
Martha Eros, Transportation Planner
Jessie Holzer, Transportation Planner
Christine Chung, Associate Project Manager
Timothea Tway, Principal Planner
Cindy Gordon, Senior Planner
Logan Phillippo, Policy and Management Analyst
Project Advisory Committee
Traffic and Parking Commission
Chair Nooshin Meshkaty
Vice Chair Sharon Ignarro
Commisioner Jay Solnit
Commisioner David Seidel
Commisioner Ron Shalowitz
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards
1. Introduction 1
2. Existing Conditions 5
Land Use 6
Access and Circulation 7
Pedestrian Network 8
Transit Network 9
Bicycle Network 9
Tree Canopy 10
Street Furniture 11
Public Art 12
Signage and Wayfinding 13
3. Outreach and Engagement 15
4. Design Standards 23
Streetscape Colors 27
Character Zones 28
Pedestrian Realm Organization 29
Reference Plan 30
Furnishings 31
Lighting 34
Paving 35
Signage and Wayfinding 36
Landscape 43
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DOHENY DR
BEVERLY DR
LA CIENEGA
PARK
ROBERTSON BLVD
LE DOUX RD
CLIFTON WAY
SAN VICENTE BLVD
CLIFTON WAY
BURTON WAY
BEVERLY BLVD
3RD ST
BEVERLY BLVD
OLYMPIC BLVD
CHALMERS DR
GREGORY WAY
WHITTIER DR
CHARLEVILLE BLVD
RODEO DR
BEVERLY DR
CAÑON DR
REXFORD DR
CHARLEVILLE BLVD
SANTA MONICA BLVD
SWEETZER AVE
WILSHIRE BLVD WILSHIRE BLVD
LA CIENEGA BLVD
Background
The City of Beverly Hills is currently undertaking an
impressive series of efforts to define and implement
citywide urban design priorities. Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega (Connect Beverly Hills) is one such effort focused on developing design standards
to be incorporated into private development projects and preparing the City for the coming Metro D (former Purple) Line extension. The D Line extension will bring two new rail stations to Beverly Hills at Wilshire Boulevard/La Cienega Boulevard (projected to open in 2023) and Wilshire Boulevard/Reeves Drive (projected to open in 2025). The project area for Connect Beverly Hills includes the entire lengths of Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards within city boundaries (three miles total) and includes the two future Metro rail stations.
What is Connect Beverly Hills?
When the subway and several planned/in-progress
development projects open, the City expects a dramatic
increase in pedestrian activity along both Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards through Beverly Hills. As such, Connect Beverly Hills creates design standards for both boulevards to set the stage for an enhanced street environment that is safe, comfortable, and vibrant for residents and visitors alike.
Both boulevards are important commercial thoroughfares for the City today, but they also have the potential to provide a more rewarding experience for people visiting and traveling along them. Connect Beverly Hills offers a blueprint for how other commercial streets in the City can better serve their neighborhoods. Adoption of these design standards is the first step in creating a template that can be used to Introduction
Project area
Future Metro
D line Station
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 3 develop standards for other commercial corridors. Project recommendations will be incorporated into future projects on Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, including Metro street restoration as part of subway construction, the City’s Capital Improvements Program, and private
development projects.
Relevant Plans, Policies, and
Programs
The design standards build upon and implement a series of planning efforts initiated by the City. The most relevant plans, policies, and programs influencing Connect Beverly Hills are highlighted below.
Beverly Hills General Plan (2010 update)
The General Plan is comprehensive and provides a
framework for the City’s physical, economic, and social development, while sustaining natural environmental
resources. The General Plan is long-range, considering
how the City will change by the year 2025, while presenting policies and implementation programs to guide decisions over the next five years.
Creating a Community Plan for Southeast Beverly Hills:
Southeast in Motion (2015-2016)
Southeast in Motion is an effort to create a Community
Plan for the Southeast Area of Beverly Hills to establish a framework to guide future physical development and
investment. Across multiple meetings, stakeholders
expressed interest in an improved pedestrian experience, easy access to the future Wilshire/La Cienega Metro station, and vibrant and active street life in the neighborhood.
Beverly Hills Complete Streets Plan (2021)
The Complete Streets Plan recommends infrastructure,
programs, and policies to make Beverly Hills streets work better for everyone. It is a long-range document providing the City’s overall transportation policy guidance. Through implementation of the Complete Streets Plan, the City
aims to transform Beverly Hills from an auto-dominated
community to one that embraces all modes of travel, reduces vehicle trips on our streets, and can be truly considered a world class bicycling city. The plan identifies a vision for the transportation network, guided by multimodal goals and
policies.
Metro First Last Mile Plan for Sections 2 and 3 of the Purple Line Extension (2020)
This Plan is part of Metro’s First Last Mile project at-large, and it includes the development of first/last mile station area plans for the stations on Sections 2 and 3 of the Purple (D) Line (Wilshire/Rodeo, Century City/Constellation, Westwood/ UCLA, and Westwood/VA Hospital). For each station, the
Plan identifies pedestrian-focused and wheel-mode focused projects that improve safety and access along specified routes.
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DOHENY DR
BEVERLY DR
LA CIENEGA
PARK
ROBERTSON BLVD
LE DOUX RD
CLIFTON WAY
SAN VICENTE BLVD
CLIFTON WAY
BURTON WAY
OLYMPIC BLVD
CHALMERS DR
GREGORY WAY
WHITTIER DR
CHARLEVILLE BLVD
RODEO DR
BEVERLY DR
CAÑON DR
REXFORD DR
CHARLEVILLE BLVD
SANTA MONICA BLVD
SWEETZER AVE
WILSHIRE BLVD WILSHIRE BLVD
LA CIENEGA BLVD
Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards are dynamic main
corridors for Beverly Hills and the surrounding jurisdictions, moving thousands of people through the greater Los
Angeles region every day. Wilshire Boulevard, which
makes up the majority of the project area, is an east-west arterial that spans across three cities including Beverly Hills. The boulevard is one of the older streets in the region Existing Conditions
Land Use and Built Form
Both boulevards are primarily zoned for commercial uses and are now part of the Mixed Use Overlay adopted by City Council in late 2020, which permits mixed use projects with both commercial uses and residential units. The blocks
perpendicular to Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards
are predominantly residential, and a large portion of the surrounding residential neighborhoods are within a quick five minute walk of the commercial areas along both
corridors. This means that with a safe and attractive walking environment, local residents can easily and comfortably access the destinations and services on the boulevards.
Buildings are critical in framing the streetscape by giving it shape, life, and use. Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards have a variety of architecturally significant buildings and the corridors are made up of an eclectic and attractive assortment of buildings of many styles and eras. However, much of the built form is at the scale best viewed from a vehicle, with many buildings lacking transparent facades and ground-level visual interest.
and was originally used as a trail by indigenous peoples.
Both boulevards have been associated with the role of the automobile and domination of the private car in 20th century Los Angeles.
Today, both corridors are home to many regional and local destinations, including Restaurant Row on La Cienega
Boulevard and the Golden Triangle on Wilshire Boulevard, as well as diverse local institutions, offices, and businesses.
Goods and services within the project area are central
to and reachable from much of the greater Los Angeles
region, and these destinations also serve local Beverly Hills neighborhoods.
The following sections summarize the existing streetscape conditions to inform the design standards and future mobility planning efforts outside of this project.
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Streets make up the majority of the City’s public space, and the way they are programmed and used can help build a
rich and engaging social, cultural, and civic environment for Beverly Hills, in addition to providing a means for mobility.
Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevards are both
major six-lane arterials with active curbside lanes for through-traffic and on-street parking.
Private Motor Vehicles
Reflecting the auto-oriented history of both boulevards, most of the public space in the project area (approximately 60-70%) is dedicated to efficiently and quickly moving or storing private vehicles. At all times of day, there are at least two lanes of travel in each direction. During peak hours the on-street parking areas become an additional lane of travel.
Average Daily Traffic (ADT) on Wilshire Boulevard within the project area is 38,473, and 48,911 on La Cienega Boulevard.
One-fifth of both corridors is fronted by surface parking lots, which provide convenient access for vehicles but can create safety concerns for people walking, biking, or taking transit.
Surface lots also interrupt the sense of physical enclosure that helps make public space feel comfortable and inviting.
Motor vehicle traffic near Lumiere Music Hall on Wilshire Boulevard Motor vehicle traffic on La Cienega Boulevard Motor vehicle traffic on La Cienega Boulevard Motor vehicle traffic on La Cienega Boulevard parking metered
parking
private lot
parking
driveway
curb cut
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Sidewalks are mostly wide (15 feet) throughout the project area and are in good condition, creating safe and ample space for people walking. However, pedestrians can
sometimes face long distances between safe opportunities to cross both boulevards. Long distances between crossings or challenging crossing opportunities can make walking
feel inconvenient and dangerous. Highly visible and more frequent crossing opportunities can contribute to a more walkable environment. The National Association of City
Transportation Officials recommends that if it takes a person more than 3 minutes to walk to a crosswalk, wait to cross the street, and then resume, a crossing opportunity should be provided.
La Cienega Boulevard has an average of over 1000 feet
between opportunities to cross the street (about a five minute walk), while Wilshire Boulevard has crossing opportunities approximately every 600 feet (about a three minute walk).
Crossing types at intersections vary throughout the project area – 45% of intersections have no marked crosswalks
at all, and 36% have only three crosswalk legs. The map on this page illustrates the variety of crossings on a small segment of Wilshire Boulevard. Angled crossings and
offset intersections (like those at Beverly Drive) result in large corner radii that allow for high-speed turns that can increase potential conflicts between drivers and pedestrians.
Wide corner radii can lead to longer crossing distances, often create issues with ramp alignment, and can impact pedestrian visibility.
The Complete Streets Plan identifies both boulevards as pedestrian enhanced corridors.
Transit riders waiting at the bus stop at Wilshire Boulevard/Santa Monica Boulevard No crosswalk at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Bedford Drive A typical bus stop
A high-visibility crosswalk at Wilshire Boulevard/Rodeo Drive crosswalks crosswalks at
signalized intersections
crosswalks at
unsignalized intersections
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signalized intersections
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unsignalized intersections
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 9 Transit Network
Wilshire Boulevard is a highly-used transit street, providing transit connections across the city and throughout the
greater Los Angeles region. Bus riders make up about 40% of the users who travel along the boulevard every day. Existing transit routes on both boulevards include Metro routes
20/720 and 105/705 and Antelope Valley Transit route 786, which connect the project area to destinations across the region. The many bus stops along both boulevards allow for convenient access to the region by transit.
Metro estimates that with the opening of the new rail
stations, there will be approximately 62,000 daily transit users on Wilshire Boulevard, which would be the largest traveler group based on mode share for the boulevard.
The existing bus stops within the project area could face challenges accommodating these additional transit riders, as many have limited amenities and lack shade or seating, and some have limited sidewalk space for transit riders to wait for the next bus (see images on the opposite page). The Complete Streets Plan recommends developing bus stop
standards to improve the bus rider experience.
Bicycle Network
While there are no existing or proposed bicycle lanes on either street, there are multiple bike parking opportunities for cyclists along both corridors (including former bikeshare stations that were converted to public bike parking areas).
Bicycle facilities adjacent to the project area include a bike lane on Santa Monica Boulevard and sharrows on Crescent Drive. The Complete Streets Plan includes a proposal for a shared bus/bike lane on Wilshire Boulevard, as well as proposals for bikeways that connect with or cross both
boulevards, which would improve access to destinations
along both streets for people on bikes.
During field visits, the project team observed few cyclists using Wilshire Boulevard or La Cienega Boulevard. Those people that did bike on the boulevards had to choose between sharing space with vehicles in the road or sharing space with people walking on the sidewalks.
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DOHENY DR
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PARK
ROBERTSON BLVD
LE DOUX RD
CLIFTON WAY
SAN VICENTE BLVD
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BURTON WAY
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CHALMERS DR
GREGORY WAY
WHITTIER DR
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RODEO DR
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CAÑON DR
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LA CIENEGA BLVD
Ficus trees on La Cienega Boulevard Palm trees on Wilshire Boulevard Tree Canopy
The tree canopy along a street provides many benefits,
including shade and a visual softness that make walking feel comfortable and pleasant.
The existing tree canopy along Wilshire Boulevard is made up of palm trees, creating an iconic look and feel for those traveling along the corridor. However, palms do not provide adequate shade for those walking or biking on the street.
In contrast to Wilshire Boulevard, the canopy along La
Cienega Boulevard is made up of Ficus trees. These trees create a more pleasant and shaded walking environment
than the palms on Wilshire Boulevard, but their root systems can disrupt and break up sidewalks.
Landscaping varies along both boulevards. Blocks within the Golden Triangle have attractive ground-level and hanging planters, but many blocks have no ground-level planting at all. While the landscaping around the Golden Triangle adds an aesthetic appeal with blooming flowers and greenery, it requires high-maintenance upkeep and is not cost-effective to install along longer stretches of the boulevard. Native and drought-tolerant plantings could provide more widespread landscaping with much lower levels of maintenance.
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 11 Organized street furniture on Wilshire Boulevard
Lighting on Wilshire Boulevard Lighting on La Cienega Boulevard Street Furniture
Existing street furniture is usually well-organized and located neatly within the furnishing zone just adjacent to the curb.
In general, both boulevards provide ample space to create a furnishing zone and unimpeded pedestrian access route (PAR).
In comparison to the streetscape within the Golden Triangle, which has a cohesive Beverly Hills identity, existing street furnishings in other segments of Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards are varied in color and style.
Seating is rather infrequent throughout the corridor, located mostly on private property adjacent to the right of way.
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12 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Public Art
Public art plays an incredible role in making a place feel special and unique, and the City’s Fine Art Program has a rich portfolio of fine art that reflects a diversity of artist and art styles. Despite the abundance of public art along both boulevards, the pieces themselves are not always prominent or front-and-center for visitors and residents to enjoy.
First Experience by Erin Binder at 8641 Wilshire Boulevard The Unconscious by Franz West at 9465 Wilshire Boulevard
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CLIFTON WAY
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Public art installation
within the project area
Public art installation
outside the project area
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 13 Signage & Wayfinding
Both boulevards have a variety of signage types serving a diversity of functions. The City has an established practice of integrating signage with lightpoles, which is an effective and efficient way to address drivers. The banner program in particular is a character defining element of the streetscape that promotes local and seasonal events, while contributing to a festive atmosphere.
While auto-oriented signage is abundant to guide drivers to their destinations, there is limited wayfinding signage for people walking, biking or taking transit. Most of the existing wayfinding signage is concentrated in the Golden Triangle.
With the opening of the new Metro rail stations, wayfinding signage will be critical to ensure riders know where they’ve arrived to and how to find their way back again. Existing signage is also static, which creates the opportunity to upgrade to more dynamic digital signage that can be
regularly updated.
Roadway signage
Banner signage Wayfinding signage at a Beverly Hills Bikeshare kiosk 1-73
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3. Outreach &
Engagement
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16 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Outreach & Engagement
Outreach Goals
The engagement goals for the design standards were:
• Promote public awareness of the project
• Identify and engage with diverse key stakeholder groups • Encourage participation and input on development of the Plan and standards
Audiences & Tactics
To encourage robust participation, the project team divided the potential audiences for Connect Beverly Hills into eight key categories for outreach based on research of the project area along with input from city staff:
• City commissions and elected officials
• The business community including property and business owners as well as management
• Residents and families
• Neighborhood groups and local institutions
• The local workforce, including transit commuters
• Visitors, including tourists and tourism groups
• City staff, including Police and Fire
Impact of COVID-19
Outreach was originally planned to be in-person, with
multiple public workshops and pop-up events. However,
due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person
activities were converted to an online environment, and all engagement was physically distanced in adherence with
public health guidelines.
Project Advisory Committee
The Beverly Hills Traffic and Parking Commission (TPC)
was appointed as the advisory body for the project by City Council in August 2020 due to the commission’s expertise in pedestrian mobility enhancements and their leadership on the Complete Streets Plan. City and Consultant staff involved in the project presented to the TPC six times throughout the life of the project. In their role as the Project Advisory Committee, TPC members helped develop the vision for the standards, guided recommendations, and gave feedback at critical stages of project development. TPC meetings also provided an additional opportunity for public comment.
Presentations and Staff Reports
City staff shared information about the project and solicited feedback from all 12 city commissions at key project
milestones. Due to their scope and purview, the Architectural and Planning Commissions provided additional feedback
related to the streetscape design of the commercial
corridors. City staff also presented to neighborhood groups including the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, and the Metro Section 2 Stakeholders Group.
Engagement Tactics
The project team took a multi-pronged approach to achieve our engagement goals. This included traditional mass
outreach, local media spots, social media campaigns, targeted individual messaging, and environmental graphics.
Traditional Mass Outreach
Traditional mass outreach promotes public awareness with tactics that aim to reach as wide of an audience as possible.
Tactics included e-blasts to a list of over 1,000 stakeholders, four citywide mailers to over 28,000 addresses, targeted flyer distribution at the Beverly Hills Farmers Market, and doorto-door flyer deliveries to approximately 2,800 Beverly Hills addresses within ½ mile of the future Wilshire/La Cienega Station and Mobility Hub.
Media Outreach
The project team published press releases and pitched
content to the media. As a result, the project received radio, newspaper, and web-based media coverage. Over the course of the project, seven local media outlets, including KCRW, The Beverly Hills Courier, Canyon News, and Park La Brea News & Beverly Press, reported on Connect Beverly Hills and invited stakeholders to provide input and feedback.
Social Media
Social media uses a wide variety of tools to reach broad audiences. The City leveraged its own social media channels to support the project with posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. To ensure that the posts reached stakeholders beyond existing followers of City social media accounts, we launched paid campaigns targeted to users across the entire city, reaching over 80,000 users with 700+ click-throughs.
Virtual Engagement
Virtual engagement was necessary due to the constraints of COVID-19. In-person activities were transitioned to
easily navigable virtual environments, including video calls, interactive surveys, online mapping, and collaborative design spaces for public meetings.
Hundreds of Beverly Hills stakeholders took part in our virtual engagement activities over the course of the project:
• Virtual walk audit and interactive map (82 participants):
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 17 Community members provided vital background
information about their experiences walking, biking, driving, and taking transit on the boulevards.
• 4-day Discovery Charrette (~60 participants): Stakeholders worked together to develop collaborative plans and
concepts and help create a shared vision for Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards.
• 2-day Design Charrette (~30 participants): Stakeholders reviewed street furnishings and landscaping ideas,
identified special places of focus where amenities could be placed, and discussed which multi-modal amenities would be needed at a potential future Mobility Hub.
• Design Preferences Survey (200+ responses): Participants shared their preferences for types and styles of streetscape amenities they would like to see on the two streets, as well as ideas for a potential future Mobility Hub.
• 1-hour stakeholder interviews (~60 participants) with Commission Chairs/Vice Chairs, property owners and
businesses along both corridors, and community group
leaders and advocates.
• Project Explainer Video: Received 400+ views on YouTube.
Also aired on BHTV and shared in public meetings.
• Public Comment Period (200+ comments): Over a onemonth period, community members added comments to an interactive PDF viewer of the Draft Plan.
Environmental Graphics
Installing environmental graphics allowed for socially-distant in-person outreach to stakeholders who may not otherwise be familiar with the city projects and initiatives. Nearly 40 sidewalk decals were installed at key transit stops, in front of essential services, and at busy intersections throughout the project area, as well as in high-use pedestrian areas in the City of Beverly Hills. Pole signs were also installed at key intersections to promote public feedback on the Draft Plan.
Table 1: A matrix of key audience categories and engagement tactics Audience Tactics
Physical
Mailers
and
E-blasts
Virtual
Walk
Audit
Interactive
Online Map
Online
Survey
Charrettes
Stakeholder
Interviews and
Calls
Traditional
Media
Social Media
(Organic and
Boosted)
Sidewalk
Decals
Presentations
& Staff
Reports
City
Commissions
and Elected
Officials
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Business
Community X X X X X X X X X X
Residents and
Families X X X X X X X X X X
Neighborhood
Groups
& Local
Institutions
X X X X X X X X X X
Local
Workforce X X X X X X X X X
Visitors X X X X X
City Staff X X X X X X X
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Press coverage
Social Media posts
Explainer Video Sidewalk Decal
Virtual Charrette
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 19 Public feedback throughout the course of the project
followed four major themes and is summarized in the
sections below.
WHAT WE HEARD
1. 2. 3. 4. Concern about the
dominance of cars
Desire to improve
safety and comfort
for people walking
and biking
Enthusiasm for a
bold, vibrant, and
attractive streetscape
environment
Support for transformative,
people-oriented change
Concern about the dominance of cars
• Heavy traffic is a key noise generator: Large volumes of vehicular traffic were seen as the main source of disruptive noise, contributing to people feeling uncomfortable or
unsafe as bicyclists or pedestrians. Construction noise and driver frustration with delays related to construction (honking) were also highlighted.
• Vehicular traffic creates negative environmental impacts:
With multiple lanes of traffic moving cars along both
boulevards, pollution is a key concern. The City’s General Plan calls out the importance of addressing traffic growth’s impacts on air pollution as well as the need to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
Desire to improve safety and comfort for people
walking and biking
• Walking and biking should be prioritized along the
boulevards: Safety and comfort for pedestrians should
be prioritized, as well as an inviting and interesting
walking environment. The majority of all virtual walk audit participants were interested in bicycle facilities along Wilshire Boulevard.
• Both boulevards are challenging to navigate on foot or on bicycle: Both boulevards have challenging crossings due to wide streets and skewed intersections, long block lengths, and many areas that lack pedestrian-oriented destinations. 70% of virtual walk audit participants only traveled by bike once a month or less on either boulevard, usually citing safety concerns around car traffic. 60% of virtual walk audit participants walk the boulevards only a few times a month or less, despite the large number of participants who lived or worked in the project area.
• More trees and shade are needed for a pleasant walking experience: The existing pedestrian environment is
unwelcoming and dominated by concrete and a lack of
shade. The majority of virtual walk audit participants
recommended a better tree canopy as the #1 thing they
would do to improve the pedestrian experience in the
project area.
Enthusiasm for a bold, vibrant, and attractive
streetscape environment
• Special places deserve special attention: Certain nodes of activity would benefit from focused enhancement: the new Metro stations (the intersections of Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard and
Reeves Drive), the Golden Triangle, and the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Robertson Boulevard. These
areas already experience or are predicted to experience heavier pedestrian activity than the rest of the corridors.
In addition, Southeast Beverly Hills is an important node with opportunities for placemaking and building a strong neighborhood identity.
• Need for a strong neighborhood identity and improved
wayfinding: The streetscape should have a brand and
identity that is unique to Beverly Hills, which can be
implemented through landscaping and street furniture.
• Iconic and functional landscaping: Existing palm trees on Wilshire Boulevard are “iconic” but could be supplemented with trees that provide more shade for people walking, as well as more lush greenery.
• Comfortable and aesthetically pleasing street
furnishings: Existing street furniture is not abundant
enough for the needs of people traveling along the
boulevards, and the comfort and visual appeal of the
furniture could be improved. 53% of survey respondents
preferred street furniture that focuses on natural, durable, and sustainable materials as well as green infrastructure.
Respondents also wanted new furniture to reflect the city’s “classic” identity and to find a way to blend a traditional style with more modern aesthetics.
• Better streetscape amenities can lead to economic
revitalization: Streetscape improvements on Wilshire
and La Cienega Boulevards can make the corridors more
attractive to new investment and development. La Cienega Boulevard has a significant history as a “Restaurant Row,” and improvements could encourage new types of retail and restaurants and increase pedestrian activity in the area.
Support for transformative, people-oriented
change
• Need for future-facing, people-focused planning: The
boulevards and the city must prepare for a future less
dependent on private vehicles, especially with the new
subway stations opening. Improvements should be flexible to adapt to future lifestyle and transportation changes. • Tension between boulevards functioning as throughput
vs prioritizing people walking, biking, or taking transit:
There is an inherent tension between allocating more space in the public right of way for people walking, biking, and taking transit and moving private motor vehicles as quickly and efficiently as possible.
• Division over how to re-allocate space: While support for transformative change was clear, how that change should look and happen was not unanimous. When the City is ready to tackle transformative change along these corridors,
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OUR VISION
Based on these findings, the project team developed a series of design principles that create the vision for Connect Beverly Hills:
People first
Create or enhance connections for people walking to meet current needs and prepare for more pedestrians when the new rail stations open.
Uniquely Beverly Hills
Use designs that reflect the iconic aesthetic of Beverly Hills.
Sustainable and inviting
Utilize drought-tolerant landscaping and environmentally responsible streetscape amenities.
Scalable and replicable
Create typologies and guidelines for the corridors that can be easily adapted to commercial corridors citywide.
Contextual to land use
Streetscape amenities should be responsive to existing and planned land use.
Place, not pass-through
The boulevards contain local and regional destinations, and the streetscape should create a vibrant and comfortable sense of place.
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24 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Design Standards
Streetscape elements like lighting, street furniture,
landscaping, signage, and wayfinding will work together to improve comfort and walkability along Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards, and help make the boulevards a more comfortable and vibrant place for all.
The pages that follow contain the materials, furnishings, and landscape palette organized by element type, as well as guidelines for placing materials on the street.
These design standards function as a kit-of-parts of
streetscape elements, meaning there will be a mix of
consistency and variation in how these enhancements are applied. Some improvements will be installed in a way that is specific to each particular segment of the corridor. At the same time, certain materials and streetscape elements will repeat across the entire corridor to ensure a cohesive design approach.
Although the standards in this Plan apply to Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards, they may be considered as citywide standards in the future.
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 25 Design Themes
The design standards are directly informed by community input and guidance from the City of Beverly Hills staff.
Throughout the public engagement process, Beverly Hills community members shared thoughts like the ones on
the right, which focus on the desired look and feel for the Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard corridors.
Organic
The design standards and streetscape palette are directly informed by public community input and guidance from
the City of Beverly Hills staff. The online Community Survey asked respondents to identify their preferred “look and feel” of the future furnishings for the corridors. The majority selected “Organic City” to guide the material and furnishing design standards for the boulevards.
The Design Standards and Streetscape Palette options are directly informed by public community input and guidance from the City of Beverly Hills staff. The online Community Survey asked respondents to identify their preferred "look and feel" of the future furnishings for the corridors. The majority selected "Organic City" to guide the more detailed streetscape palette selections.
Modern and updated, yet classic
New, exciting and evolving
Reflect the place – Beverly Hills, SoCal
It could use an upgrade for a fresher look
and to create areas with a sense of place.
Should be contemporary to fit
sustainability goals of Beverly Hills
I think it should be more contemporary to
reflect the values of the City we live in
The Design Standards and Streetscape Palette options are directly informed by community input and guidance from the City of Beverly Hills staff. Throughout the public engagement process, Beverly Hills community members shared thoughts like the ones above, which focus on the desired look and feel for the Wilshire and La Cienega corridors.
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26 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Iconic 76 Gas Station
9570 Wilshire
Perpetual Savings Bank Building
"Home" (1992) Charles Arnoldi
Historic Aerial, 1919
Beverly Hill Hotel
Spanish Steps, Rodeo Drive The Beverly Wilshire
"Spiral of Life" (1985) Baile Oakes
elegant
stylish
refined
garden
c Beverly Canon Gardens lassic
Sunset Park (Will Rogers Memorial Park)
Pacific Mercantile Bank Building & Courtyard
Virginia Robinson Gardens
Uniquely Beverly Hills
With “Organic City” as the starting point, the design standards were inspired by the ways Beverly Hills has taken unique ownership of organic forms, colors, textures, and patterns along these corridors, in other parts of the city, and
throughout history.
Beverly Cañon Gardens
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 27 Streetscape Colors
The suggested color palette to the right is intended to provide continuity in the colors, materials, and finishes observed in the urban form of Beverly Hills today. The
palette also invites variation and pops of new tones to create distinct moments, such as in the expression of a bench or the color and finish of a bike rack.
Final color swatch choices will require physical swatches to confirm the family of colors and material finishes.
Direct coordination is needed with each streetscape
furniture manufacturer to identify availability of desired colors, materials, and finishes. Throughout this Chapter, the photo examples provided for each amenity are images provided by the vendors and are not always reflective of the suggested color palette.
RAL 8028 RAL 1012 RAL 8023 RAL 5008 RAL 5023 RAL 7021 RAL 9022 RAL 7004 RAL 7047 RAL 6034 RAL 7030 RAL 7032 RAL 9001 RAL 9003 Mounting Options & Dimensions
LED Insert Dimensions
Fixture Top View 3D View
1-5/8”
41mm
2-5/16”
59mm
2-1/2”
62mm
trim 1/16”
2mm
2-1/2”
62mm
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72mm
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22mm
M25 X 1.5
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5-3/4”
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Finished Surface 1/4” (6mm)
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28 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega The stretches of Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega
Boulevard that these design standards address contain
a range of different streetscape conditions and land use patterns. In order to create design solutions that are
contextual and responsive to these varied conditions, the corridors have been divided into five “Character Zones.” While all zones will share certain cohesive design elements, each Character Zone will have a unique and distinct identity based on the surrounding environment and existing
multimodal activity. These distinct characters will be shaped by the approach to sidewalk materiality, the frequency and placement of amenities (such as seating and signage), and the planting palettes.
Learn more about each Character Zone and their unique
design treatments in the following pages and throughout the design standards.
Character Zones
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 29 Pedestrian Gateway Zone
In the Pedestrian Gateway areas, which have the most
pedestrian activity, the sidewalk will consist of mainly hardscape with the intent of accommodating higher volumes of people walking. A 5-ft amenity zone will be designated by specialty pavers and will contain various streetscape amenities and furnishings, including higher densities of seating, bike racks, and wayfinding signage. New canopy trees will be planted among the existing palms.
Golden Triangle Zone
The Golden Triangle Zone will be highlighted as a special area through the use of specialty pavers across the entire width of the sidewalk. As another area with high pedestrian volumes, the sidewalk will consist of mainly hardscape to accommodate larger numbers of people and furnishings.
New canopy trees will be planted among the existing palms.
Wilshire Zone
The Wilshire Zone will feature a 5-ft groundscape planting zone along the curb, with some breaks to allow for parallel parking access. This will help make the corridor feel greener and allow pedestrians to feel some buffer from the cars on the street. New canopy trees will be planted among the existing palms. The typical hardscape walk zone will be 8-ft wide and feature a rectangular scoring pattern in the concrete.
North La Cienega Zone
North La Cienega Zone will also feature a buffer of
groundscape planting along the curb, varying from 0 to 5-ft wide to accommodate parallel parking access and areas
where the existing Ficus trees need larger tree-well areas.
The 2-ft convenience strip at the curb will also support street parking and create continuity with the Park zone further south on La Cienega Boulevard through its materiality
(decomposed granite).
La Cienega Park Zone
The La Cienega Park Zone will aim to extend the parklike experience from the adjacent park onto the sidewalk.
Alongside the main path of travel, the amenity zone’s ground treatment will be decomposed granite. Within this amenity zone will be a 2-ft convenience strip at the curb, a 5-ft zone that contains plantings, seating, and other furnishings, as well as an additional 3-ft clear zone.
The majority of the existing sidewalks along Wilshire
Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard are 15’ wide. This
width can be divided into four spaces: main path of travel or walkway, amenity zone, groundscape planting, and a
convenience strip just adjacent to the curb (also known as a “clear zone”). When combined, these areas provide a generous 13-ft path of travel.
The division of sidewalk into these different spaces is influenced by the street geometries of Wilshire Boulevard, La Cienega Boulevard, and the surrounding street fabric. The angles that are created when these grids meet dictate the orientation of the sidewalk score lines and specialty pavers, and the boundaries of the groundscape planting areas.
Specialty Paver (A) *
Specialty Paver (B) *
Pedestrian Realm Organization
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30 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Reference Plan
Typical locations and placement guidelines are subject to review and approval by the Department of Public Works.
The design standards are organized into the following
categories and detailed on the following pages:
Furnishings
Seating
Trash & Recycling
Bike Infrastructure
Transit Shelters
Pots and Planters
Specialty Planters
Lighting
Pedestrian Poles
Bollards
Accent Lighting
Paving
Concrete Paving
Pavers
Tree Grates
Signage & Wayfinding
Identity Signage
Pole-Mounted Information
Pedestrian Wayfinding
Transit Signage
Mobility Signage
Landscape
Planter Layout and Guidelines
Trees
Shrubs and Perennials
Irrigation
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 31 Furnishings: Seating
Bench with Back
Description
• Model: Siardo S20R Bench with Armrests
- Contact manufacturer for customization options to include armrests in the center of each bench prior to installation
• Manufacturer: BENKERT-BAENKE
• Material / Color / Finish: Stainless steel type 304 / RAL 5023, 6034, 7004, or approved color from palette / Powder coated.
• Install: Embed in footing, depth is 600mm (~2’)
Placement Guidelines
Benches to be installed either parallel to street, facing the sidewalk, or on either side of tree wells, perpendicular to street. Allow minimum 24” clearance at front of bench to PAR.
Minimum clearance from face of curb is 30”. Minimum clearance from planting area or vertical obstruction is 12”.
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Backless Bench
Description
• Model: Siardo S20R Stool Bench
- Contact manufacturer for customization options to include armrests in the center of each bench prior to installation
• Manufacturer: BENKERT-BAENKE
• Material / Color / Finish: Stainless steel type 304 / RAL 5023, 6034, 7004, or approved color from palette / Powder coated.
• Install: Embed in footing, depth is 600mm (~2’)
Placement Guidelines
Backless benches to be installed where multi-directional seating is desired - mainly in plazas facing the sidewalk, or on either side of tree wells. Allow minimum 24” clearance at seating side of bench to PAR.
Minimum clearance from face of curb is 30”. Minimum clearance from planting area or vertical obstruction is 12”.
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Single-Seat
Description
• Model: Siardo 20R Bench 600
• Manufacturer: BENKERT-BAENKE
• Material / Color / Finish: Stainless steel type 304 / RAL 1012, 5023, 6034, or approved color from palette / powder coated.
• Install: Bolt-on (install depth of 80mm, or ~3”) or embed in sub-paving footing (install depth of 250mm, or ~10”)
Placement Guidelines
Installed in groups of 2 seats, facing the sidewalk, angled towards each other to create a seating area. Minimum clearance from face of curb is 30”. Allow minimum 24” clearance at seating side of bench to PAR.
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
SIARDO 20R
bench 600 with armrests
Benkert GmbH | Leite 1 | 97486 Königsberg i. Bay. / GT Altershausen | Telefo 1-91
32 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Furnishings: Trash & Recycling
Trash and Recycling Receptacles
Description
• Model: Litter Bin 610 with roof top (trash and recycling collected in the same bin)
• Manufacturer: BENKERT-BAENKE
• Material / Color / Finish: Stainless steel type 304 / RAL 9022, or approved color from palette / Powder coated.
• Install: Bolt-on (install depth of 80mm, or ~3”), or concrete-in (install depth of 250mm, or ~10”)
Placement Guidelines
Installed near intersections and seating groups. Minimum clearance from face of curb is 30”. Minimum clearance of 18” between receptacle and other furnishing.
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Furnishings: Bike Infrastructure
Bike Rack
Description
• Model: Loop
• Manufacturer: Landscape Forms
• Material / Color / Finish: Cast Aluminum / Blue Ash / Pangard II • Install: Threaded rod embed
Placement Guidelines
Installed near intersections and along bike routes.
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Bicycle Service Station
Description
• Model: Fixit
• Manufacturer: Dero
• Install: Anchor and install per consultation with Dero Rack representative which anchor is appropriate for your application.
• Color / Finish: Iron Gray / Powder coated Steel
Placement Guidelines
Installed near intersections, along bike routes.
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances. *Images describe product model only; see color and finish per specification below 1-92
Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 33 Transit Shelter
Description
Transit shelters should reference the custom bus shelter designed for 3rd Street between Foothill Road and Civil Center Drive. This bus shelter frame is custom-made.
New transit shelters will have side and back panels for enclosure or possible digital wayfinding integration. New transit shelters are encouraged to incorporate digital signage for maps, local time-based transit information, or both.
It is recommended that standards shown here are applied citywide to have consistent, recognizable transit shelters throughout Beverly Hills to allow for seamless transitions from one bus line to another.
Placement Guidelines
Install at existing and new transit stops. Installed to allow free movement along all sides of the structure.
Review placement and clearances against local Metro standards.
Pots and Planters
Description
• Model: Delta Collection
• Manufacturer: Tournesol Siteworks
• Description: Offered in standard, tall and low-profile sizes from 14”H to 42”H.
Coordinates with Tournesol self-watering container irrigation products. • Material / Color / Finish: Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) / Colonial, Chaparral, Shark, or Shadow or custom color as approved by City of Beverly Hills / Acid Etch or Granite Finish.
• Install: All Tournesol Siteworks planter collections are designed to be direct planted in exterior applications. Pots are intended to be used with planting media weighing no more than 80 lb/cu ft saturated soil density. For heavier soils, additional reinforcement may be required.
Placement Guidelines
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Furnishings: Transit Shelters Furnishings: Pots and Planters Specialty Planters
Rough&Ready Hug a Tub by Streetlife (A)
• Planter: Aluminum powder coat in approved RAL color from palette. • Seat: FSC hardwood or All Black TWIN material. Several seating layouts and tree planter sizes available. Contact manufacturer for customization options to include armrests on each bench prior to installation.
Green Circular Benches by Streetlife (B)
• Planter: Aluminum powder coat in approved RAL color from palette. • Seat: Circular bench FSC hardwood or Bamboo Brown. Contact manufacturer for customization options to include armrests on each bench prior to installation.
Cliffhanger Shrubtub System by Streetlife (C)
• Planter: Steel with double powder coat in approved RAL color from palette. • Seat: Slats in FSC hardwood or Bamboo Brown. Contact manufacturer for customization options to include armrests on each bench prior to installation.
Placement Guidelines
Specialty Planters at plaza and where curb extensions allow. Allow minimum 24” clearance at seating side of bench to PAR. See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Furnishings: Specialty Planters
A B
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34 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Lighting
Bollards
Description
• Model: Flindt Bollard
- Product Code: 1000013900XX (31.5IN-FINISH-MOUNTING-15W/3000KLUMEN-VOLT) • Manufacturer: Louis Poulsen
• Color / Finish: Corten colored aluminum. Textured surface, powder coated. • Material: Top: Cast aluminum. Post: Extruded aluminum. Base plate: Die cast aluminum. Lens: Clear polycarbonate. Anchor bolts: Zinc-plated steel. • Light source: 15W LED/3000K (Recommended to be confirmed by City with onsite mock-up) • Lumen: 591
• Mounting: Base plate: Mounted to a concrete base with 4 anchor bolts on a bolt circle of 8.9” diameter. Internal anchor base: Mounted to a concrete base with 3 anchor bolts on a bolt circle of 3.5”. Direct burial: includes cross-bar for stabilization and slots for conduit entry.
Placement Guidelines
Bollard lights to be spaced between 10’-15’ on-center.
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Pedestrian Poles
Description
• Model: Flindt Plaza
- Product Code: 5747926015 (FINISH-37W/3000K-LUMEN-VOLT-35) • Manufacturer: Louis Poulsen
• Color / Finish: Corten colored aluminum. Textured surface, powder coated. • Material: Top: Cast aluminum. Head: Cast aluminum. Post: Extruded aluminum.
Base plate: Cast aluminum. Diffuser Polycarbonate.
• Light source: 37W LED/3000K (Recommended to be confirmed by City with on-site mock-up)
• Lumen: 3014
• Mounting: 3 stacked light sections mounted onto 5.5” diameter Flindt Plaza pole, resulting in a total of 14’-18’ tall. Pole mounts to a concrete base with 4 anchor bolts on a bolt circle of 9.5” diameter.
• Integration with Philips City Touch to be verified with the manufacturer.
Placement Guidelines
Pedestrian poles to be spaced 30’-35’ on-center.
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Accent Lighting
Exterior In-Grade Light (A)
• Description: Directional in-grade light with 1W or 2.5W LED • Manufacturers: MP Lighting, Interlux, or accepted alternative • Wattage: 1W / 2.5W
• Size: 2-1/4” (exposed)
• Material: Solid anodized aluminum or 316 stainless steel with tempered glass lens.
In-Ground Luminaries (B)
• Description: Flush in-grade small scale floodlights. Designed for directional or indicator lighting, uplighting of trees, walls, columns, or signage from ground surfaces.
• Manufacturers: Bega, BK Lighting, Lumascape Lighting, or accepted alternative • Wattage: 8W
• Size: 3” or 4-5/8“ (exposed)
• Material: Solid anodized aluminum or 316 stainless steel with tempered glass lens.
Placement Guidelines
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
MP Lighting © | www.mplighting.com | [email protected] | 604.708.1184 L01 Specification Sheet | 2021-03-17 | pg.3 Mounting Options & Dimensions
LED Insert Dimensions
Fixture Top View 3D View
1-5/8”
41mm
2-5/16”
59mm
2-1/2”
62mm
trim 1/16”
2mm
2-1/2”
62mm
In-ground Installation | Shown with MP Lighting Back Box & Standard Flange (Order Code: EBX-OCT1-CSMA) Box with Standard Flange Box with Standard Flange:
During Concrete Installation
Box with Standard Flange:
Complete Concrete Installation
2-7/8”
72mm
Ø4-1/8”
Ø106mm
Ø1-7/8”
Ø49mm
7/8”
22mm
M25 X 1.5
3/4" NPT
5-3/4”
145m
Top of Flange
Finished Surface 1/4” (6mm)
In-ground Installation | Shown with MP Lighting Back Box & Paving Stone Flange (Order Code: EBX-OCT1-CPMA) Box with Paving Stone Flange: Box with Paving Stone Flange:
During Paving Stone Installation
Box with Paving Stone Flange:
Complete Paving Stone Installation
M25 X 1.5
3/4" NPT
5-1/2”
140mm
3-5/8”
91mm
Ø4-1/8”
Ø106mm
5-3/4”
145mm
Ø1-7/8”
Ø49mm
Top of Flange
1/4” (6mm) Finished Surface
LED
A A
B B
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 35 Paving
Concrete Paving
Description
• Integral color concrete.
• Jointing: Saw-cut joints and doweled construction joints where needed. - Dimensions: 4’ x 8’ Side Dimensions - Overall Dimension Varies - Angles: 39°, 72°, 90°
• Thickness: 4” Minimum at Pedestrian Areas, 6” Minimum Reinforced at Driveways • Color/Finish: Natural Gray Blend with Feldspar Finish Placement Guidelines
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Pavers
Specialty Paver (A)
• Manufacturer/Model: Hanover Custom Parallelogram
• Material/Color/Finish: Precast Concrete / Gettysburg Grey / Natural with Square Edge
• Dimensions: Sides 4” x 8” x 3” Overall Dimension Varies - Angles: 39°, 72°, 90°
• Pattern: Stacked Bond, perpendicular to travel path
Specialty Paver (B)
• Manufacturer/Model: Hanover Traditional Prest Brick
• Material/Color/Finish: Precast Concrete / Charcoal / Natural with Square Edge • Dimensions: 6” x 6” x 2 3/8”
• Pattern: Stacked Bond
Placement Guidelines
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
Tree Grates
Description
• Model: Broadway Tree Grate
• Manufacturer: Canterbury Designs
• Dimensions: 4’ x 8’
• Finish: Natural Finish with Rust Inhibitor
• Materials: Cast Iron
Placement Guidelines
Tree grates to be used at new tree plantings only where necessary to accommodate pedestrian traffic.
See the “Reference Plan” for placement guidelines and clearances.
A
B
*Images describe product model only; see dimension, color and finish per specification below *Images describe product model only; dimension, see color and finish per specification below *Images describe product model only; see color and finish per specification below B
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36 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Signage and Wayfinding
Overview
Due to the custom nature of information and identity, it is recommended that Beverly Hills establish a custom signage design program to create a unified family of signs that meet the specific needs of the City.
The following pages include a certain amount of variety, and examples are included primarily for the purposes of illustrating function and format of necessary signs. The final sign system should have a common palette of materials,
colors, and typography, creating a signage system that
harmonizes with street furnishings and feels representative of the City of Beverly Hills.
The following pages outline recommended sign types,
considerations for development, and placement guidelines so that all signage and wayfinding integrates with streetscape strategies.
Identity Wayfinding
Information Mobility
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 37 Brand Application & Opportunities
Tree Grate
Bike Rack
Bench
Trash Can
Brand Application & Opportunities
Tree Grate
Bike Rack
Bench
Trash Can
Signage and Wayfinding: Identity Signage
Monument Signs
Monument-style gateway signage is recommended in
planters or medians, surrounded by planting. The City seal is the most important element and should be the primary focus.
Pole Signs
Pole mounted identities may be used, but should be placed in medians surrounded by planting to avoid cluttering
sidewalks.
Existing Monument Signs
Existing Signs
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38 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega 7’
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Signage and Wayfinding: Pole-Mounted Information
Mounting signs and banners to lightpoles is an efficient and attractive option to capture drivers’ attention and accentuate the rhythm of the streets. By using existing infrastructure, this signage strategy reduces the need for single-use poles and footings, saving the city money and streamlining the appearance of the corridor.
Lightpole-mounted signage should:
• be arranged in clear zones with vehicular information located above pedestrian information
• be orderly, stacking signs of similar widths wherever possible
• contain only one kind of information per panel, to
minimize replacement costs
Lightpole-mounted signage should not:
• be overcrowded
• use more than two orientations on one pole
• repeat information on different signs affixed to the same post. This includes the city logo or shield, which should appear no more than once.
Note that pedestrian wayfinding should use pedestrian light fixtures (see following page).
Banners
Single 30” x 9’ Banners standard on
all major lightpoles, to be mounted
on traffic side only.
Vehicular Wayfinding
Wayfinding panels to direct toward
public parking, city services, and
major cultural institutions. May be
mounted with banner hardware.
One-Way Ball Fillial
Banner Mount
Collar Mount for
Metro & MUTCD
signs
Vehicular Wayfinding
Consider E-Ink
electronic signs for
information that
will periodically be
updated
Pedestrian Information
Smaller, immediate information—
parking regulations, transit
timetables, temporary notices,
etc. Where the width <16”, it is
recommended to be mounted at
centerline of pole. Where width
>16”, a perpendicular mount may be
used. Avoid placing >2 information
signs on the same pole. Pedestrian
wayfinding may also be located here.
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 39 Metro D
La Cienega Park
Margaret herrick library
7’
Metro
D
Signage and Wayfinding: Pedestrian Wayfinding
Freestanding
Freestanding wayfinding signage should be used only where there is no existing structure available, to provide maximum room for movement in the public right of way. Placement should be in line with street furniture (benches, planters, light poles). Digital displays should be considered, including interactive displays, particularly where a map is desired.
Where static panels are used, they should be designed such that a single information panel may be updated without full sign replacement. Visual transparency is desirable, whether through transparent or perforated materials to maintain visibility and safety for all.
Pole Mounted
Wayfinding may be mounted to pedestrian poles, to maintain maximum walkable area in the public right of way. This
format should be viewed as a bite of information, designed to get the viewer just far enough to take the next bite.
In Ground
As the most permanent sign format, in ground wayfinding should be reserved for information that is expected to last as long as the sidewalk itself—street names or other major landmarks, ideally those owned by the City. Recommended for use at key intersections only.
Pedestrian wayfinding is the most fine-grained element of the sign program and may encompass several sign types to accommodate different street conditions. The considerations below will be important for all types.
• Care must be taken to provide information in the
high-traffic areas in which it is needed most, without
obstructing the flow of the sidewalk.
• Should be designed to minimize the cost of updating
information, through both panelization and selectivity
regarding highlighted destinations.
• Consider durability and longevity of finish and assembly. 1-99
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New transit shelters are encouraged to incorporate digital signage for maps, local time-based transit information, or both. Coordinate with Metro’s Signage and Environmental Graphics Design group for any Metro-related signage.
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 41 Graphic Crosswalks to be installed at intersections
adjacent to transit stations to promote attention to
pedestrian activity.
Decorative Crosswalks must be designed and
approval sought as outlined in Beverly Hills
Complete Streets Plan.
While a variety of colors may be used, it is
recommended to integrate purple as one
component as a nod to the original designation of
the Metro D line as the "Purple Line."
Supergraphics can, in conjunction with graphic
crosswalks, draw attention to mobility hubs. By
installing bold and unique supergraphics at mobility
hubs, travellers are assisted in viewing them as
landmarks. They may offer information such as the
D line designation, or they may simply be artwork
which establishes a visual identity for the specific
station.
Decorative
Crosswalks
Mobility Hub
Murals at the Wilshire/Vermont B Line station complement, not replace, signage Supergraphics may offer directional information Unexpected surfaces provide opportunity Signage and Wayfinding: Mobility
Graphic Crosswalks to be installed at intersections
adjacent to transit stations to promote attention to
pedestrian activity.
Decorative Crosswalks must be designed and
approval sought as outlined in Beverly Hills
Complete Streets Plan.
While a variety of colors may be used, it is
recommended to integrate purple as one
component as a nod to the original designation of
the Metro D line as the "Purple Line."
Supergraphics can, in conjunction with graphic
crosswalks, draw attention to mobility hubs. By
installing bold and unique supergraphics at mobility
hubs, travellers are assisted in viewing them as
landmarks. They may offer information such as the
D line designation, or they may simply be artwork
which establishes a visual identity for the specific
station.
Decorative
Crosswalks
Mobility Hub
Murals at the Wilshire/Vermont B Line station complement, not replace, signage Supergraphics may offer directional information Unexpected surfaces provide opportunity Graphic Crosswalks
To be installed at intersections adjacent to transit stations and other key destinations to promote attention to pedestrian activity.
Graphic Crosswalks must be designed and approval sought as outlined in the Complete Streets Plan.
Mobility Hub Supergraphics
Supergraphics can, in conjunction with graphic crosswalks, draw attention to mobility hubs. Installing bold and unique supergraphics at mobility hubs helps travelers view them as important landmarks. Supergraphics may offer information such as transit stop designation, or they may simply be artwork which establishes a visual identity for the specific station.
Murals at the Wilshire/Vermont Station complement
rather than replace existing signage
Supergraphics can offer directional
information
Unexpected surfaces provide
opportunities for supergraphics
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42 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Signage and Wayfinding: Private Buildings
Private Building Signage
To encourage signage that creates interest at the pedestrian level, it is recommended that the City allow Projecting Signs along Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards to be approved at the staff-level, as well as allowing illuminated window signs to be located below 7’ above sidewalk and allowing them to occupy the same total area as other types of Business Identification signs.
Additionally, to recognize the important role of Marquee and Canopy signage historically in the district, we recommend permitting illumination for these sign types, allowing up to 6 colors to be used on Marquee signs and approved at the staff-level, and allowing Canopy signs to hang below architectural canopies, provided the letters do not extend below 8’ above sidewalk.
(from left to right)
Projecting sign image via Lei Han
Projecting sign image via Bill Smith
Marquee sign image via Abhijit Patil
Canopy sign image via WineCountry Media / napavalley.com Projecting Sign Projecting Sign
Marquee Sign Canopy Sign
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 43 Landscape: Current Conditions
Beverly Hills Civic Center Beverly Gardens Park Rodeo Drive Maple Drive Almont Drive N Cañon Drive
Landscaping Standards
The landscaping standards in this
chapter have been developed in
coordination with the City’s Urban
Forest Management Plan (UFMP),
and are consistent with the UFMP’s
recommendations. Recommendations
in the UFMP include expanding the
tree canopy cover with tree species
that are suitable for the urban
envrironment and resilient to climate
change. The UFMP is expected to be
adopted by City Council in Fall 2021.
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44 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Landscape: Existing Trees
Guidelines for Protecting and
Preserving Healthy Trees
Preservation
• All existing trees should be investigated by a certified arborist to determine their viability, and protection zones necessary to maintain tree health through construction. A report should be made pre- and post-construction to determine which trees can be retained. This is especially important for existing Jacaranda, Ficus and Palms due to their prominence and importance to the streetscape.
Replacement and Relocation
• In the event that any tree is damaged during construction, it should be replaced with the appropriate species listed in this chapter. If that damaged tree is a palm, it must be replaced with a palm.
• If any tree, other than Ficus, needs to be relocated during construction, it must be relocated within that character zone at an appropriate spacing described in this chapter.
Guidelines for Existing Palms and Ficus
Existing Ficus
• The Ficus tree, Ficus microcarpa, has become a ubiquitous street tree in Los Angeles, due to it being a tough, quick growing shade tree with a myriad of benefits. With its proliferation, concern arose about the appropriateness of these trees in tree wells and parkways. Many Ficus have been removed across the region due to conflicts with paving, buildings, roadways and utilities. • In the City of Beverly Hills, the Ficus provided much needed shade on some corridors and adds to the sense of place. Because of the infrastructural risks, it is recommended that these trees are phased out and removed incrementally.
The Ficus along La Cienega are planted at a wide enough spacing that a new tree, Carrotwood should be interplanted. When it reaches maturity, the exiting Ficus can be removed and replaced with another Carrotwood tree. This would prevent a shock and immediate loss of canopy on these roadways that need the shade and sense of enclosure.
Existing Palms
• Wilshire Boulevard’s existing street canopy consists dominantly of Washingtonia robosta (Mexican Fan Palm). Although these trees do not offer a lot of shade benefits, they are an iconic part of Beverly Hills. This plan aims to protect, maintain, and complement the existing Palm trees. Because of their age, these palms must be monitored to ensure their structure is not compromised due to age or construction. As these palms become compromised, they should be replaced with new Washingtonia species. We recommend the city of Beverly Hills investigate replacing any failing palms with Washingtonia filifera or Washingtonia filibusta, since the existing W. robusta are now considered an invasive exotic species. • On blocks that feel imbalanced with palms, a new palm is recommended to be added in addition to new shade trees at a cadence that blends with the existing cadence.
Inventory
Canopy condition on La Cienega Boulevard Washingtonia on Wilshire Boulevard and Ficus on La Cienega Boulevard Washingtonia on Wilshire Boulevard Trees on private property on Wilshire Boulevard 1-104
Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 45 Landscape: Planter Layout and Details
Tree Wells
Materials
• Tree wells should only be used in areas where high pedestrian circulation and activity prohibit the use of longer parkways.
• Tree wells are designed for use in the Pedestrian Gateway and Golden Triangle Zones.
• Tree wells should be designed for optimal tree health. • All tree wells must contain a 3” mulch layer of unstabilized decomposed granite • All tree wells to be lined with a 18” deep root barrier • Where adjacent PAR is less than 6’ wide, a tree grate can be used to allow for pedestrian movement.
Layout Dimensions
• Typical tree wells should be sized to 4’x8’.
• Tree wells should be located approximately 2’ inboard from the face of curb, behind the convenience zone.
Parkway
Materials
• Parkways are preferred where space and pedestrian circulation allow. • Parkways should have ground planting that is low maintenance water conscious and offers visual interest.
• Parkways are designated in the Wilshire Zone, North La Cienega Zone and the La Cienega Park Zone.
• All parkways must contain a 3” mulch layer of unstabilized decomposed granite • All parkways to be lined with a 18” deep root barrier Layout Dimensions
• Parkways should be a minimum width of 5 feet and maximum width of 7 feet. • Parkways should have a minimum length of 10 feet and a maximum length of 40 feet where street parking is designated to allow for circulation to and from the curb.
• Parkway planting to be held approximately 2’ inboard from the face of curb, behind the convenience zone.
Median Planter
Materials
• All planted medians with trees to be lined with a 18” deep root barrier • All planted medians must contain a 3” mulch layer of unstabilized decomposed granite
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46 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Landscape: Planting Guidelines
Tree Spacing and Clearances
• Street trees should be planted at spacing that is species dependent - street tree spacing should be no closer than 80% mature canopy spread. Work with Metro as needed for tree placement.
• Street trees should be planted in the center of the parkway or tree well. • Trees are to be planted with the following clearances • 45’ minimum from intersections
• 20’ minimum from existing palms
• 20’ minimum from street lights and power poles
• 10’ minimum from pedestrian light poles
• 10’ minimum from fire hydrants
• 8’ minimum from driveway aprons
Size at Install
• All new street trees planted on the corridor should be a minimum 48” box • New street tree planting should be selected and maintained to not conflict with pedestrian head heights.
• New ground planting should be appropriately sized. Recommended container sizes just as a guide. Sizing should be based on species.
• Ornamental grasses and perennials - minimum 1 gallon
• Groundcovers - minimum 1 gallon or flat
• Shrubs - minimum 2 gallon
• Succulent specimens - minimum 5 gallon
Soil Standards
• Plentiful uncompacted, high quality soil is key for healthy tree growth and full urban canopy.
• Prior to any planting, soil should be tested to ensure viability. If any amendments are necessary, they should be kept to a minimum.
• If viable, site sold should be used for all planting, imported should only be used when native soils are contaminated.
• Where possible, street trees to be planted with 600 cubic feet of available uncompacted soil.
• Where soil volumes are not available in planters and parkways, soil cells and structural soil can provide necessary uncompacted soil, air and water for tree roots.
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 47 Landscape: Character Zone Landscaping — Pedestrian Gateway Trees Shrubs and Perennials
Koelreuteria bipinnata
Chinese Flame Tree
Vase Shape Deciduous Tree
20’-40’ H x 15’-30’ W; Growth Rate: Slow
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8-24
Flower: Summer/Fall, Showy Yellow
Fruit: Fall, Large Capsules
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 30’ O.C.
Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Carrotwood
Rounded Shape Evergreen Tree
40’ H x 30’ W; Growth Rate: Med
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 16-24
Flower: Spring Inconspicuous
Fruit: Summer/Fall Medium Drupe
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 35’ O.C.
Eriogonum fasciculatum ‘Little Rascal’ /
Little Rascal Buckwheat
Full Sun, Shrubby Perennial
2’-3’ H x 2’-3’ W Use: Mass, Accent
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 7-9, 12-24
Flower: White, Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 30” OC
Eriogonum grande var. rubescens /
San Miguel Island Buckwheat
Full Sun Shrubby Perennial
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W Use: Accent, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 5, 14-24
Flower: Red, Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 30” OC
Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ /
Cedros Island Verbena
Sun to Light Shade Herbaceous Perennial
1’-2’ H x 3’-4’ W Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 12-24
Flower: Purple Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 36” OC
Lomandra ‘Tanika’ / Spiny-head Mat-rush
Full Sun to Part Sun Evergreen Grass
18”-2’ H x 2’ W
Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: undefined
Flower: Yellow, Spring
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 18” OC
Pennisetum spathiolatum / Slender Veldt
Grass
Full Sun Evergreen Grass
1’-2’ H x 1’-2’ W Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: undefined
Flower: Tan, Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 18”-24” OC
Achillea ‘Moonshine’ / Fern Leaf Yarrow
Full Sun Herbaceous Perennial
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W
Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 1-24
Flower: Yellow Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 24” OC
Agave ‘Moonshine’ / Moonshine Agave
Full Sun Herbaceous Perennial
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W
Use: Specimen, Mass
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 13, 20-24
Flower: None
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 30” OC
Teucrium chamaedrys / Wall Germander
Full Sun Evergreen Shrub
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W
Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 2-24
Flower: Magenta, Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 30” OC
Westringia ‘Mundi’ / Low Coast Rosemary
Full Sun Spreading Evergreen Shrub
1’-2’ H x 4’-6’ W
Use: Groundcover
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8, 9, 14-24
Flower: White, Year-round
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 36”- 48” OC
Pistacia chinensis
Chinese Pistache
Rounded/Spreading Deciduous Tree
25’-35’ H x 25’-35’ W; Growth Rate: Med
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 4-23
Flower: Spring Inconspicuous
Fruit: Summer/Fall Medium Drupe
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 25’ O.C.
Character Zone Planting Concept
Arrival
The Pedestrian Gateway Zone landscape palette has been designed as a transition between the hyper stimulating garden of the Golden Triangle and the more grand planting of the Wilshire Zone. This Zone’s planting varies and should be planted to highlight the areas of arrival, major intersections, and transit hubs. The landscape should be sculpted to let users know they have arrived to the corridor and to Beverly Hills. The trees offer a mix of seasonality and evergreen enclosure. For tree placement and maintenance, coordinate with Metro as necessary. It is important that planting is strategic to emphasize the gateway character of this Zone. It is recommended that landscaping standards shown here be applied citywide to update the landscape across similar corridors, as applicable.
Zelkova serrata
Cut Leaf Zelkova
Rounded or Spreading Deciduous Tree
50’-65’ H x 50’-65’ W; Growth Rate: Med
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 3-21
Flower: Spring Inconspicuous
Fruit: Fall, Small Drupe
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 40’ O.C.
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San Miguel Island Buckwheat
Full Sun Shrubby Perennial
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W Use: Accent, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 5, 14-24
Flower: Red, Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 30” OC
Pennisetum spathiolatum / Slender Veldt
Grass
Full Sun Evergreen Grass
1’-2’ H x 1’-2’ W Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: undefined
Flower: Tan, Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 18”-24” OC
Agave ‘Moonshine’ / Moonshine Agave
Full Sun Herbaceous Perennial
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W
Use: Specimen, Mass
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 13, 20-24
Flower: None
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 30” OC
Teucrium chamaedrys / Wall Germander
Full Sun Evergreen Shrub
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W
Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 2-24
Flower: Magenta, Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 30” OC
Landscape: Character Zone Landscaping — Golden Triangle Trees
Zelkova serrata
Cut Leaf Zelkova
Rounded or Spreading Deciduous Tree
50’-65’ H x 50’-65’ W; Growth Rate: Med
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 3-21
Flower: Spring Inconspicuous
Fruit: Fall, Small Drupe
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 40’ O.C.
Ceiba speciosa
Floss Silk Tree
Rounded Shape Partly Deciduous Tree
40’-60’ H x 40’-50’ W; Growth Rate: Slow
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 12-24
Flower: Fall Showy Maroon, Pink, Red
Fruit: Spring/Summer, Large Capsule
Wildlife Value: Insignficant
Spacing: 35’ O.C.
Handroanthus heptaphyllus
Pink Trumpet Tree
Rounded Shape Deciduous Tree
20’-30’ H x 15’-25’ W; Growth Rate: Slow
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 15,16, 20-24
Flower: Spring/Winter Showy Pink
Fruit: Summer, Large Capsule
Wildlife Value: Insignficant
Spacing: 25’ O.C.
Shrubs and Perennials
Bouteloua ‘Blonde Ambition’ /
Blonde Ambition Blue Grama
Full Sun Grass
1’-2’ H x 1’-2’ W Use: Pots, Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 7-11, 14, 18-21
Flower: Green to Yellow Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 16” OC
Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’ /
Creeping Rosemary
Full Sun Prostrate Shrub
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W Use: Groundcover, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 4-24
Flower: Purple Winter/Spring
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 30” OC
Heuchera maxima / Island Alum Root
Sun to Light Shade Herbaceous Perennial
1’ H x 1’-2’ W
Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 15-24
Flower: Pinkish White, Spring
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 18” OC
Amaryllis belladonna / Amaryllis Lily
Full to Partial Shade Blub
2’-3’ H x 2’-3’ W
Use: Specimen, Mass in Pots
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 4-24
Flower: Pink, Fall/Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 6”-12” OC
Myoporum parvifolium / Australian Racer
Full Sun Evergreen Groundcover
1’ H x 6’-12’ W
Use: Groundcover
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8,9, 12-24
Flower: White Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 36”-48” OC
Penstemon ‘Margarita BOP’ /
Margarita BOP Foothill Penstemon
Full Sun Evergreen Perennial
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W Use: Border, Accent
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 7-24
Flower: Blue-Purple Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 30” OC
Character Zone Planting Concept
Variance
Most of the pedestrian activity in the project area occurs in the Golden Triangle Zone.
Both the trees and the ground planting are of a smaller scale and grain that aim to slow speeds. Medians are to be planted with the larger scale Cebia to match the existing median tree and fit with the seasonal nature of the flowering and deciduous trees. For tree placement and maintenance, coordinate with Metro as necessary.
Ground Planting varies in scale and should be planted to be varied with accents that encourage pausing and enjoying the landscape. This is the most garden-like part of the project area. It is recommended that landscaping standards shown here be applied citywide to update the landscape across similar corridors, as applicable. 1-108
Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 49 Landscape: Character Zone Landscaping — Wilshire
Trees
Lophostemon confertus
Brishbane Box
Rounded Shape Evergreen Tree
30’-50’ H x 10’-30’ W; Growth Rate: Fast
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 15-17, 19-24
Flower: Spring, Showy White
Fruit: Summer, Small White Capsule
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 30’ O.C.
Fraxinus angustifolia ‘Raywood’
Raywood Ash
Rounded Deciduous Tree
40’-50’ H x 20’-30’ W; Growth Rate: Medium
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 2-9, 14-24
Flower: Spring Inconspicuous
Fruit: None
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 30’ O.C.
Platanus x hispanica ‘Bloodgood’
Bloodgood London Plane Tree
Rounded/Spreading Deciduous Tree
70’-85’ H x 50’-70’ W; Growth Rate: Fast
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 2-24
Flower: Spring Inconspicuous
Fruit: Summer Medium Brown/Green Achene
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 40’ O.C.
Shrubs and Perennials
Muhlenbergia ‘White Cloud’ / White Muhly
Full Sun Evergreen Grass
2’-3’ H x 2’-4’ W
Use: Mass, Accent
WUCOLS: Mod; Sunset Zone: 4-24
Flower: White Fall/Winter
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 36” OC
Muhlenbergia dubia / Pine Muhly
Full Sun Evergreen Grass
2’-3’ H x 2’-3’ W
Use: Border, Mass
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 7-24
Flower: Tan Summer/Fall
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 30” OC
Westringia ‘Smokey’ / Coast Rosemary
Full Sun Herbaceous Perennial
4’-6’ H x 4’-6’ W
Use: Accent
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8-9, 14-24
Flower: White Spring/Year-round
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 42” OC
Salvia clevelandii ‘Winnifred Gilman’ /
Winnifred Gilman Cleveland Sage
Full Sun Shrub Perennial
3’-4’ H x 3’-4’ W Use: Accent, Mass
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8,9,12-24
Flower: Purple Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 36” OC
Salvia mellifera ‘Little Sur’ / Black Sage
Full Sun Evergreen Woody Perennial
1’-2’ H x 5’ W
Use: Border, Groundcover
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 7-9, 14-24
Flower: White Spring/Summer
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 48” OC
Character Zone Planting Concept
Grandeur
In the Wilshire Zone planting must match the scale of large glass facades and heavy traffic along Wilshire while giving enough shade for anticipated increased pedestrian activity. The tree palette is focused on broad canopy for shade and fit within the grand boulevard scale of the existing palms. For tree placement and maintenance, coordinate with Metro as necessary. Ground planting should humanize the scale adding a bit of garden quality to a space that currently does not have a lot of pedestrian scale interest. It is recommended that landscaping standards shown here be applied citywide to update the landscape across similar corridors, as applicable.
Olea europaea ‘Little Ollie’ / Dwarf Olive
Full Sun Evergreen Shrub
4’-6’ H x 4’-6’ W
Use: Accent, Hedge, Pot
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone:
Flower: None
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 48” OC
Lomandra ‘Tanika’ / Spiny-head Mat-rush
Full Sun to Part Sun Evergreen Grass
18”-2’ H x 2’ W
Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: undefined
Flower: Yellow, Spring
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 18” OC
Eriogonum fasciculatum ‘Little Rascal’ /
Little Rascal Buckwheat
Full Sun, Shrubby Perennial
2’-3’ H x 2’-3’ W Use: Mass, Accent
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 7-9, 12-24
Flower: White, Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 30” OC
Pennisetum spathiolatum / Slender Veldt
Grass
Full Sun Evergreen Grass
1’-2’ H x 1’-2’ W Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: undefined
Flower: Tan, Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 18”-24” OC
Westringia ‘Mundi’ / Low Coast Rosemary
Full Sun Spreading Evergreen Shrub
1’-2’ H x 4’-6’ W
Use: Groundcover
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8, 9, 14-24
Flower: White, Year-round
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 36”- 48” OC
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Full Sun Evergreen Grass
2’-3’ H x 2’-4’ W
Use: Mass, Accent
WUCOLS: Mod; Sunset Zone: 4-24
Flower: White Fall/Winter
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 36” OC
Muhlenbergia dubia / Pine Muhly
Full Sun Evergreen Grass
2’-3’ H x 2’-3’ W
Use: Border, Mass
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 7-24
Flower: Tan Summer/Fall
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 30” OC
Westringia ‘Smokey’ / Coast Rosemary
Full Sun Herbaceous Perennial
4’-6’ H x 4’-6’ W
Use: Accent
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8-9, 14-24
Flower: White Spring/Year-round
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 42” OC
Salvia mellifera ‘Little Sur’ / Black Sage
Full Sun Evergreen Woody Perennial
1’-2’ H x 5’ W
Use: Border, Groundcover
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 7-9, 14-24
Flower: White Spring/Summer
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 48” OC
Olea europaea ‘Little Ollie’ / Dwarf Olive
Full Sun Evergreen Shrub
4’-6’ H x 4’-6’ W
Use: Accent, Hedge, Pot
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone:
Flower: None
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 48” OC
Landscape: Character Zone Landscaping — North La Cienega Trees
Tipuana tipu
Tipu Tree
Rounded Shape Deciduous Tree
25’-50’ H x 25’-50’ W; Growth Rate: Med
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 12-16, 18-24
Flower: Summer, Showy Yellow/Orange
Fruit: Summer/Fall Large Legumes
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 40’ O.C.
Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Carrotwood
Vase Shape Evergreen Tree
40’ H x 30’ W; Growth Rate: Med
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 16-24
Flower: Spring Inconspicuous
Fruit: Summer/Fall Medium Drupe
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 35’ O.C.
Shrubs and Perennials
Character Zone Planting Concept
Enclosure
The North La Cienega Zone (“Restaurant Row”) has a great deal of enclosure from the existing Ficus canopy. With these trees’ uncertain future, the recommended trees provide similar level of dense canopy and do not have the same risk to infrastructure as the existing Ficus. For tree placement and maintenance, coordinate with Metro as necessary. Following this theme, the ground planting is selected to provide some level of buffer and enclosure at the ground plane, providing an opportunity for the sidewalk space to be transformed and occupied as a spill-out space. It is recommended that landscaping standards shown here be applied citywide to update the landscape across similar corridors, as applicable.
Lomandra ‘Tanika’ / Spiny-head Mat-rush
Full Sun to Part Sun Evergreen Grass
18”-2’ H x 2’ W
Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: undefined
Flower: Yellow, Spring
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 18” OC
Eriogonum fasciculatum ‘Little Rascal’ /
Little Rascal Buckwheat
Full Sun, Shrubby Perennial
2’-3’ H x 2’-3’ W Use: Mass, Accent
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 7-9, 12-24
Flower: White, Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 30” OC
Westringia ‘Mundi’ / Low Coast Rosemary
Full Sun Spreading Evergreen Shrub
1’-2’ H x 4’-6’ W
Use: Groundcover
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8, 9, 14-24
Flower: White, Year-round
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 36”- 48” OC
Eriogonum grande var. rubescens /
San Miguel Island Buckwheat
Full Sun Shrubby Perennial
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W Use: Accent, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 5, 14-24
Flower: Red, Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 30” OC
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Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard Design Standards 51 Landscape: Character Zone Landscaping — La Cienega Park Trees
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Jacaranda
Rounded Shape Deciduous Tree
10’-50’ H x 15’-30’ W; Growth Rate: Fast
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 12-13, 15-24
Flower: Spring/Summer Showy Purple
Fruit: Fall, Large Capsule
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 35’ O.C.
Shrubs and Perennials
Iris douglasiana ‘Canyon Snow’ /
White Douglas Iris
Sun - Shade Bulb Perennial
1’-2’ H x 2’-3’ W Use: Pots, Seasonal Accent
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone:
Flower: White Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value:
Spacing: 18” OC
Westringia fruitcosa / Coast Rosemary
Full Sun Evergreen Shrub
4’-6’ H x 4’-5’ W
Use: Accent, Hedge
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8-9, 14-24
Flower: White Spring/Year-round
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 48” - 60” OC
Character Zone Planting Concept
Preservation
The planting palette in the La Cienega Park Zone focuses on preservation of the existing Jacaranda trees and the ambiance of the adjacent La Cienega Park. It is preferred that any new trees or replacement trees are Jacaranda. In the case where space is limited, the alternate Pink Trumpet Tree echoes the same seasonality and garden quality. For tree placement and maintenance, coordinate with Metro as necessary. The ground planting also works with the green and lush quality of the surrounding park. When possible, use a mix of mass planting to match the scale of the automobile, and small outcrop gardens that frame seating areas around existing trees. It is recommended that landscaping standards shown here be applied citywide to update the landscape across similar corridors, as applicable.
Handroanthus heptaphyllus
Pink Trumpet Tree
Rounded Shape Deciduous Tree
20’-30’ H x 15’-25’ W; Growth Rate: Slow
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 15,16, 20-24
Flower: Spring/Winter Showy Pink
Fruit: Summer, Large Capsule
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 25’ O.C.
Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ /
Cedros Island Verbena
Sun to Light Shade Herbaceous Perennial
1’-2’ H x 3’-4’ W Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 12-24
Flower: Purple Spring/Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: High
Spacing: 36” OC
Myoporum parvifolium / Australian Racer
Full Sun Evergreen Groundcover
1’ H x 6’-12’ W
Use: Groundcover
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 8,9, 12-24
Flower: White Summer
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 36”-48” OC
Heuchera maxima / Island Alum Root
Sun to Light Shade Herbaceous Perennial
1’ H x 1’-2’ W
Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 15-24
Flower: Pinkish White, Spring
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Moderate
Spacing: 18” OC
Lomandra ‘Tanika’ / Spiny-head Mat-rush
Full Sun to Part Sun Evergreen Grass
18”-2’ H x 2’ W
Use: Mass, Border
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: undefined
Flower: Yellow, Spring
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 18” OC
Olea europaea ‘Little Ollie’ / Dwarf Olive
Full Sun Evergreen Shrub
4’-6’ H x 4’-6’ W
Use: Accent, Hedge, Pot
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone:
Flower: None
Summer Water: None/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 48” OC
Muhlenbergia ‘White Cloud’ / White Muhly
Full Sun Evergreen Grass
2’-3’ H x 2’-4’ W
Use: Mass, Accent
WUCOLS: Mod; Sunset Zone: 4-24
Flower: White Fall/Winter
Summer Water: Occasional
Wildlife Value: Low
Spacing: 36” OC
Amaryllis belladonna / Amaryllis Lily
Full to Partial Shade Blub
2’-3’ H x 2’-3’ W
Use: Specimen, Mass in Pots
WUCOLS: Low; Sunset Zone: 4-24
Flower: Pink, Fall/Summer
Summer Water: Mod/Occasional
Wildlife Value: Insignificant
Spacing: 6”-12” OC
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52 Connect Beverly Hills: Meet me on Wilshire and La Cienega Landscape: Irrigation Standards
Water Usage
• All planting should conform with all state and local water ordinances. • Native and Mediterranean planting typically require less summer water, all irrigation should be calibrated to recommended summer watering and winter watering.
• All irrigation should be designed and implemented to minimize irrigation of unplanted surfaces and to minimize drainage of water onto paved surfaces.
Establishment Irrigation
• All new street trees and ground planting should be irrigated for a minimum of 1 year to promote and establish healthy root systems. Planting has been selected to require little supplemental irrigation after establishment periods. • Once established, most planting will need little to no summer water. Where automatic irrigation exists, ensure watering schedule is adapted to installed vegetation.
• In areas with no automatic irrigation installed, ground planting should be truck watered on a monthly schedule appropriate to the installed vegetation.
Irrigation Systems
• All automatic irrigation systems should comply with state and local water ordinances.
• Raised planters and pots to be outfitted with self watering irrigation reservoirs. 1-112
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Cultural Heritage Commission Report
8484 Wilshire Boulevard Sidewalk Replacement
June 10, 2026
ATTACHMENT E
DE’s Historic Assessment and
Recommendations Report
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: April 17, 2023
TO: Lee Pasteris, Design Director, Principal
Garine Gabrielian, Design Manager
Gensler
FROM: Robert Chattel, AIA, President
Hannah Phillips, Associate I
Chattel, Inc., Historic Preservation Consultants
RE: Recommendations for Proposed Work at Great Western Savings Building 8484 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California
Chattel, Inc (Chattel) is providing this memorandum to Gensler, to describe and assess proposed work at the at 8484 Wilshire Boulevard (Wilshire), Beverly Hills, California (Assessor Parcel No. 4333-028-015, subject property). The subject property is located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard (Wilshire) and La Cienega Boulevard (La Cienega) and contains a ten-story oval- or ellipseshaped/curvilinear office building designed by William L. Pereira & Associates (Pereira) in 1972 for Great Western Savings as the new headquarters in City of Beverly Hills (City). It was one of the first buildings created with computer aided design (CAD) that would change the profession of architecture in the late 20th century. Actor John Wayne was the television spokesman for Great Western Savings, and the company commissioned a statue (northeast elevation) of the actor on horseback after his death in 1979 and installed in 1984. Great Western Savings sold the subject property to adult-content magazine publisher Larry Flynt in 1994.
The subject property was identified in the 2006-2007 City Historic Resources Survey of commercial properties as eligible for listing in the California Register of Historic Resources (California Register) as a contributor to a potential Post World War II Commercial Buildings thematic grouping or district (District, status code 3CB). Status 3CB was assigned, which means the subject property is eligible as both a District contributor and individually for listing in the California Register for architecture.
Only two other such properties were identified in the District including Gibraltar Square/Kate Mantilini (Pereira and Luckman/Thom Mayne) and the Perpetual Savings Building (Edward Durell Stone).
Gibraltar Square/Kate Mantilini was designated a City Landmark in 2015. Because the subject property was identified through survey as a contributor to a California Register-eligible potential historic district, it is considered a historical resource under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and proposed work to the subject property should conform with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (Secretary’s Standards). 1-115
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Douglas Emmett owns of the subject property and engaged architects Gensler and landscape architects SWA Group to prepare drawings for proposed alterations that include modifications to the existing exterior plaza, sidewalk, pavers, and planters. Proposed alterations additionally include relocation onsite of existing John Wayne statue. Chattel architectural historian and historic architect President Robert Chattel, AIA, and historian Associate I Hannah Phillips conducted a site visit at the subject property on February 22, 2023 to assess and document existing conditions. This memo provides recommendations for conformance with the Secretary’s Standards. Refer to Attachment A for Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523A forms from the 2006-2007 survey, Attachment B for historic images, Attachment C for contemporary photos and Attachment D for alterations graphic.
Regulatory Setting
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
According to CEQA,
a historical resource is a resource listed in, or determined eligible for listing in, the California Register of Historical Resources. Historical resources included in a local register of historical resources..., or deemed significant pursuant to criteria set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 5024.1, are presumed to be historically or culturally significant for purposes of this section, unless the preponderance of the evidence demonstrates that the resource is not historically or culturally significant (Public Records Code §21084.1).
If a proposed project were expected to cause substantial adverse change in an historical resource, environmental clearance for the project would require mitigation measures to reduce impacts. “Substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource means the physical demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of the resource or its immediate surroundings such that the significance of an historical resource would be materially impaired.”1 California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3 §15064.5 (b)(2) describes material impairment taking place when a project:
A) demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics of an historical resource that convey its historical significance and that justify its inclusion in, or eligibility for, inclusion in the California Register… or B) demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical; characteristics that account for its inclusion in a local register... or its identification in an historical resources survey... unless the public agency reviewing the effects of the project establishes by a preponderance of evidence that the resource is not historically or culturally significant; or
C) demolishes or materially alters those physical characteristics of an historical resource that convey its historical significance and that justify its inclusion in, or eligibility for, inclusion in the California Register... as determined by a lead agency for the purposes of CEQA.
California Historical Building Code (CHBC)
The purpose of the CHBC is to provide regulations for preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, relocation, or reconstruction of buildings or properties designated as qualified historical buildings or properties. A qualified historical building or property, as defined by CHBC and Health and Safety Code Section 18955, is:
1 CEQA Guidelines §15064.5 (b)(1))
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Any building, site, object, place, location, district or collection of structures, and their associated sites, deemed of importance to the history, architecture or culture of an area by an appropriate local, state, or federal government jurisdiction. This shall include historical buildings or properties on, or determined eligible for, national, state or local historical registers or inventories, such as the National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historical Resources, State Historical Landmarks, State Points of Historical Interest, and city or county registers, inventories or surveys of historical or architecturally significant sites, places or landmarks.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties The Secretary’s Standards are not intended to be prescriptive and are intended to be flexible and adaptable to specific project conditions to balance continuity and change while retaining historic building fabric to the maximum extent feasible. Their interpretation requires exercise of professional judgment and balance of the various opportunities and constraints of any given project based on use, materials retention and treatment, and compatibility of new construction. Not every standard necessarily applies to every aspect of a project, nor is it necessary to comply with every standard to achieve conformance. The Secretary’s Standards encompass four approaches to treatments for historic properties: preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction. The appropriate treatment for the proposed project is rehabilitation, defined as the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation (Rehabilitation Standards).
The Rehabilitation Standards are as follows:
1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships.
2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.
3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.
4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.
5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.
6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture, and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.
7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.
8. Archeological resources will be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken.
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
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10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.
History of the Subject Property
Developed in 1972 as the new headquarters for Great Western Savings, the elliptical-shaped office building is situated on a rectangular parcel bounded by Wilshire Boulevard (Wilshire) to the north, Hamilton Drive (Hamilton) to the east, La Cienega Boulevard (La Cienega) to the west, and commercial and residential buildings to the south. It was designed by master architect Pereira with master architect Gin Wong (Wong) as principal-in-charge for Great Western Savings, with the surrounding landscape designed by landscape architect Robert Herrick Carter. In 1979, following the death of John Wayne, Great Western Savings commissioned sculptor Harry Jackson to create a statue of the actor, later installed in 1984. The northeast plaza was redesigned by Robert Morris & Associates (Morris) to accommodate the statue and other landscape and hardscape improvements.
Morris had previously designed an automatic teller kiosk with architect Bruce Wade at the southwest plaza in 1981. The northeast and southwest plazas have thus been altered.
A 1972 Los Angeles Times article announcing the grand opening of the subject property referred to the building as the Great Western Savings Center, though the original Pereira drawings use the name Great Western Savings Plaza. The 2006-2007 survey use simply the name Great Western Savings. The subject property was the “new flagship headquarters for the statewide Great Western Savings.”2 Great Western Savings promoted the new headquarters as “the building in a waterscape,” with distinct features such as a, “garden of cascading water, mosaics of tile and sweeping knolls of flowers and trees.”3 Pereira stated, “In time we may find the pocket parks, the fountains and sculptures that the city cannot afford being provided by private enterprise. It is an encouraging thought.”4
Pereira and Associates
William L. Pereira and Associates was founded in 1958, following the dissolution of the architectural firm, Pereira and Luckman (1950-1958), which William L. Pereira founded with Charles Luckman.
The new firm had three principal architects, James Hay Langenheim, James Martin Sink, and Gin Wong, working with Pereira as partners in Pereira and Associates. Langenheim, Sink and Wong moved from Pereira and Luckman to Pereira’s new firm in 1958, and as such, were considered cofounders of Pereira and Associates. With numerous large contracts, the principals delegated work to dozens of project architects working for the firm.5 The following section provides career descriptions of Pereira and Wong, principals at Pereira and Associates when it was founded in 1958.
William L. Pereira (1909 – 1985)
William Leonard Pereira was born in Chicago on April 25, 1909, the son of an owner of a printing business. The Pereira family had come to Boston from Portugal in 1850, moving to Chicago around 1870. Pereira attended the University of Illinois painting scenery, illustrating menus and lecture notes for a duplicating company, and picking up other odd art jobs, graduating in 1930.6 2 The Great Western Feeling,” Los Angeles Times, December 27, 1972. 3 “The Building in a Waterscape,” Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, December 31, 1972. 4 “Pereira On Space and Selfishness,” Beverly Hills Courier, October 22, 1971. 5 No comprehensive list of project architects has been compiled for Pereira and Associates. This description of the firm is based on a telephone conversation with Gin Wong, conducted by Marissa Moshier, June 25, 2012. Additional research included the Pereira and Associates collection at University of Southern California, Special Collections and other publications related to Pereira and Associates 6
“The Land: The Man with the Plan,” Time Magazine, September 6, 1963. 1-118
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Pereira was hired by Chicago architectural firm Holabird & Root to help masterplan the 1933 World’s Fair.7 Pereira and his brother, Hal, an artist and designer, started Pereira and Pereira, specializing in movie theatre architecture, designing dozens of movie theatres and interiors for Balaban & Katz.
Notably the streamline moderne Esquire Theatre in Chicago (1938).
His work in Chicago gained him the recognition of Paramount and in 1938 Pereira moved to Los Angeles to design a new studio for the company. He prepared for the commission by immersing himself in the history of film, which set a pattern for background research that he would always follow afterwards. The studio head was impressed by Pereira’s work and hired him as an art director.
Pereira won an Oscar in 1942 for his innovative approach to photography in Cecil B. DeMille’s, “Reap the Wind.” He also worked as a production designer for RKO, and David O. Selznick. Later, he produced two successful films for R.K.O.
In 1950 Pereira formed a partnership with Charles Luckman, his former classmate and Lever Bros. president. Although the partnership lasted less than a decade, the architectural firm, Pereira and Luckman, was quite successful, due in part to Luckman’s understanding of marketing techniques.
Pereira and Luckman rapidly grew to national stature with offices in both Los Angeles and New York, and are responsible for the designs of CBS Television City in Hollywood (1952), Robinson’s Department Store in Beverly Hills (1952), Disneyland Hotel (1958), the “Theme Building” at Los Angeles International Airport (with others, 1958), U.S. Air Force and Naval Base in Cadiz, Spain (1956), and Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas (1957). Pereira and Luckman split in 1958 over a disagreement between approaches in architectural and marketing practices. William L. Pereira and Associates focused on large scale master planning as well as architecture.
Pereira and his staff — which at one point consisted of more than 300 architects — designed for private corporations, universities, local, state and national governments. His projects include the Los Angeles Zoo (1959), University of Southern California (USC) masterplan (1960) and more than a dozen buildings on the campus, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1964), and Geisel Library at University of California, San Diego (1965). Pereira died in Los Angeles in 1985.
Gin Dan Wong (1922-2014)
Gin Dan Wong was born in Guangzhou, China and moved to southern California as a child. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945 and was on active duty in the South Pacific during World War II. In 1950, he graduated from the USC, where he was awarded the inaugural Producer’s Council Design Award. He joined Pereira and Luckman immediately after graduation and soon became the firm’s Vice President of Planning and Design. He was directly involved in many of the firm’s major projects, including CBS Television City, Los Angeles; the Transamerica Pyramid building, San Francisco; and Union Oil Center, Los Angeles. For the master plan of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), he served as Director of Design. Following the dissolution of Pereira and Luckman in 1958, he joined Pereira as a principal at Pereira and Associates.8 Wong is credited as the designer for some of the firms’ most famous commissions, including the LAX master plan (and in some articles, the Theme Building as well), CBS Television City (1952-1963), Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, and Union 76 Service Station, Beverly Hills (1965).
In 1974, he established his own firm, Gin Wong Associates. The firm remains active with projects including corporate headquarters, hotels, and master planning for university campuses and commercial properties. Wong served as a member of the USC Board of Trustees from 1983 until his death in 2017.
7 Johnson, Scott, William Pereira. http://www.laforum.org/content/online-articles/william-pereira-by-scott-johnson.
Accessed September 12, 2011. 8
“Gin D. Wong,” American Architects Directory 1970 (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1970); and GWA Planning and Architecture, “Firm Profile: Gin D. Wong,” <http://gwa-architects.com/firmprofile.html>, accessed March 12, 2012, 1-119
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Robert Herrick Carter
Robert Herrick Carter (1919-1989) was born and raised in Los Angeles, where he resided all his life.
His father was an architect and horticulturist who immigrated from Holland, which Carter claimed influenced his early interest in plants. Carter earned a degree in architecture from USC and was among the state’s earliest licensed landscape architects. The field of landscape architecture was relatively unknown when Carter began his career in the mid-1940s.9 Carter was the first landscape architect to plant flowering trees in Los Angeles’ commercial buildings, adding palms, native plants, and the non-native jacaranda to public and private spaces. In 1948 he established Van Herrick’s Environmental Planting and would also found the design firm Robert Herrick Carter & Associates. He became an innovator in designing indoor landscapes, often selecting plants that would bloom in succession, creating cyclical changes in color.10
Carter worked as the landscape architect for severely master architects including Welton Becket for City National Bank (1955). He often collaborated with Pereira and Luckman. In 1960, Pereira commissioned Carter, along with C. Jacques Hahn, J. Charles Hoffman, and Frederick Lang to design the University of California, Irvine campus landscape. Many of Pereira’s buildings were designed in conjunction with water features, some buildings being almost entirely surrounded by water. Carter continued to work as a landscape architect for the firms of Pereira, Luckman and others throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with projects including the LAX Theme Building (1961), Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens (1963), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1965), Century Plaza Hotel (1966), Union Oil Center (1969), and Inglewood Civic Center (1973).11 Carter undertook several international projects in his later career, including the master plan for the Kuwait Zoo. In 1973, he opened an office of Van Herrick’s Environmental Planting in Phoenix. Carter received numerous awards for his work from the Los Angeles Beautiful Committee, and in 1975 the American Association of Nurserymen honored his design of a stepped rooftop garden at Lindner Plaza in Los Angeles. In 1987 Van Herrick’s Environmental Planting and Robert Herrick Carter & Associates merged with another leading firm to become Carter Romanek Landscape Architects, the largest landscape management firm in the state. By 1988, the firm was purchased by David Dworsky and Geoffrey S. Berg, and Carter continued to remain as a consultant to the firm until his death in 1989.
Modernist Landscape and Commercial Plazas
The subject properties distinct “waterscape” landscape design features are associated with the modernist landscape movement. Modernist landscape architecture, originated in Europe in the 1920s as an avant-garde rejection of classical landscape design, and later rose to prominence in the United States in the post-World War II years.
As private garden design became increasingly unprofitable in the postwar era, many designers shifted their attention toward complex, large-scale public projects, where they would continue to focus on addressing societal issues through design solutions. Modernist public open spaces and plazas ensured free pedestrian movement with large expanses of hardscape that were unencumbered by prescribed pathways. Like their residential counterparts, urban plazas were intended to provide spaces of relief from hectic contemporary lifestyles. Many designed landscapes intended for public use utilized distinctive paving patterns and materials, were minimally planted or unplanted, or utilized signature vegetation to achieve a sculptural setting. 9 “Robert H. Carter Used Flowers to Beautify City,” Los Angeles Times, January 26, 1989; Robert Herrick Carter: Pioneer Information,” Cultural Landscape Foundation, accessed February 15, 2023. 10 Ibid. 11 “William Pereira: Pioneer Information,” Cultural Landscape Foundation, accessed February 15, 2023; “Inglewood Civic Center,” Inglewood Public Art, accessed February 15, 2023. 1-120
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Corporate Modernism of the late 1950s and early 1960s incorporated landscape design which played an important role in shaping the form, spatial configuration, and uses of corporate plazas, landscapes, and public spaces. San Francisco exemplified the introduction of these corporate plazas, and while, “only a moderate number of new mid-to high-rise buildings were constructed in Downtown from 1935-1970, these building forms, expression of structure, design, and associated designed landscapes transformed the appearance of Downtown.” 12 Influential office towers with these corporate plazas, landscapes, and public spaces include the Crown- Zellerbach Building, Alcoa Building, Bethlehem Steel Building, John Hancock Building, Transamerica Pyramid, and the Embarcadero Center.
The Embarcadero Center (1967-1987), designed by architect John Portman and landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, incorporated elements of these landscaped plazas with the layout configured as a series of small, contained outdoor spaces, resulting in “room-like spaces.” Landscape elements included fencing, paving, and seat-height planters. Similar to what would be implemented at the subject property, the Crown-Zellerbach Building designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in 1959, incorporated a “tower-in-a-park" spatial configuration that was frequently replicated in the 1960s. Common design elements of these commercial spaces include lighting features, benches, and seating areas, grassy areas, signage, trees, walkways, planters, fountains, and sculptures.
Architectural Historian Gary Koll described the importance of the landscape to the Crown-Zellerbach Building:
It was also the first San Francisco office building set in a plaza, which challenged both the conventions of the surrounding stone or terra cotta finishes and the continuity of street frontages in downtown and afforded the opportunity to create a masterful and dynamic composition of elements: tower, pavilion, and open space. Given the sculptural nature of the plaza which introduced elements of naturalistic landscape design, large corporations were just then starting to commission for their more rural/suburban headquarters buildings, the complex continues to be one of the freest designs of the office tower set in open space genre.13
Commercial plazas of the Postwar era coincided with the development of corporate high-rise office buildings in Los Angeles, many of which engaged well-known architects and landscape designers.
Designed landscapes associated with public, institutional, and commercial uses remained true to the style’s design vocabulary. The SurveyLA context for Cultural Landscapes 1850-1980 explains:
Unlike the thickly planted pedestrian areas that were popular in previous decades, Modern style public open spaces and plazas ensured free pedestrian movement with large expanses of hardscape that were unencumbered by prescribed pathways. Like their residential counterparts, urban plazas were intended to provide spaces of relief from hectic contemporary lifestyles. Many designed landscapes intended for public use utilized distinctive paving patterns and materials, were minimally planted or unplanted, or utilized signature vegetation to achieve a sculptural effect. Many also included water features and public art.14
Great Western Savings
Great Western Savings (GWS) was founded in 1919 and operated as a savings and loan in California under the original name Great Western. In 1956, under the direction of a new Los Angeles-based holding company Great Western Corporation, the name was changed to Great Western Financial Corporation. Throughout the 1950s, GWS expanded branches throughout the 12 Mary Brown, “San Francisco Modern Architecture and Landscape Design: 1925-1970,” City of San Francisco City and County Planning Department, January 12, 2011. 13 Ibid., 141. 14 Cultural Landscape, 1850-1980: Los Angeles Citywide Historic Context Statement, SurveyLA, October 2019. 1-121
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entire state and by the end of the decade nearly every significant metropolitan area in California held a GWS branch. During the 1960s, GWS gained new acquisitions throughout the southern California region, including Santa Ana Savings and Loan, Santa Rosa Savings and Loan, and Los Angeles Safety Savings and Loan. In 1972, GWS headquarters were located in Beverly Hills at 8484 Wilshire. Between 1972 and 1974, Great Western merged all its savings and loan operations into a single subsidiary, Great Western Savings and Loan, later changing the name in 1988 to Great Western Savings Bank.15 Notably, John Wayne was the spokesperson for GWS from 1977 until his death in 1979.
Between 1986 to 1987, GWS expanded outside of California, with new locations in Florida, Arizona, Washington, and New York. In 1992, GWS moved headquarters to a new building in Chatsworth, California. GWS was acquired by Washington Mutual in 1997.16 Great Western Savings Building
Reported as the “world’s first truly elliptical building,” the subject property is cited as being one of the earliest buildings designed using CAD.17 The application for the subject property was approved by the City’s Planning Commission in 1970, and construction of the building began in 1971. However, approval for landscape plans at the subject property was issued later in 1972, with the approval of an encroachment permit required for the plaza and the extension of tiles to the curb at north, east, and west elevations. An article published in the Beverly Hills Independent titled, “New Plaza Will Absorb Sidewalk,” explained:
Pedestrian open space on the La Cienega and Wilshire sides of the new Great Western Savings and Loan Co. building will probably extend right out to the street absorbing the sidewalk on each side. In tentatively approving a landscape plan for the building plaza, the City Council has authorized the issuance of an encroachment permit for extension of the plaza across the sidewalk area. The plan favored by Councilmen calls for a predominance of porcelain stoneware paving with low fountains and a little shrubbery. An alternate and more conventional plan would have included more foliage but few or no pools.
Renowned architect William Pereira, whose firm has designed the unique lozenge-shaped building, said he was open minded about the two designs but that the paved concept was more promising and the “effect would be not so much a building as a public space or park,” Pereira said. “We like to treat the area where people are walking about, not the top of the building,” The encroachment permits to be issued through the Public Works Department will be conditioned on Great Western’s assuming full liability.
Landscape architect Robert Herrick Carter, who designed the landscaped plaza, incorporated the curvilinear elements of the office tower into the design with flowing lines and modular paving. Four water fountains were installed, with two at the northeast elevation and two at the southwest elevation. The design encapsulated an expression of Great Western Saving’s branding around the importance of open space and natural beauty in an urban environment. An article titled, “The Building in A Waterscape,” Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, December 31, 1972 stated:
Saving your money takes on a new dimension this week with the opening of the Great Western Savings Center, one of the world’s first ‘elliptical’ buildings. It’s a perfect oval in a waterscape setting – a garden of cascading water, mosaics of tile and sweeping knolls of flowers and trees.
15 Great Western Financial Corporation Company Profile, Reference for Business, accessed February 15, 2023. 16 Nancy Rivera Brooks, “Thrift Launches White Knight Bid for Great Western,” Los Angeles Times, March 7, 1997. 17 Lou Desser, “First Truly Elliptical Building Occupies Park-Like Setting, Los Angeles Times, December 17, 1972; “Flynt Publications,” LA Conservancy, accessed February 27,2023. 1-122
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The 10-story Center becomes the flagship headquarters for Great Western Savings, which has statewide system of 66 offices, the largest in California, and has assets of more than four billion dollars. When Great Western and Architect William L. Pereira first met in 1969, they set three objectives that led to this unprecedented building. It had to be an efficient and inspirational place to work. It should be a landmark that could achieve identity as the flagship of Great Western Savings. Most important, it must express Great Western’s feelings about the urban environment the need for open air space, for landscaped areas of greenery and water, for design that follows the soft, flowing lines of nature.
The answer was the elliptical shape. Architecturally, the curving lines of the oval are ‘lines without end.’ They create a ‘diminishing perspective’ from any point of view and enhance a feeling of open space. To provide the open space itself, the building was deliberately designed to use less than one third of its 1.6 acre site. The open two thirds is the ‘waterscape,’ a blending of the elements of both land and water, and devoted to open space.
The gentle curve of the ellipse repeats constantly throughout the building and its surrounding waterscape. In the four pools with their waterfalls and cascading fountains, groves of sycamores and redwoods and plantings of ferns and star jasmine creating a minipark at one of the city’s busiest intersections. Curving mosaics of tile form plazas, drives and walkways.
Nearly five million pieces of tile form a continuous mosaic that sweeps all the way from the curb of the three bordering streets, into the building itself. It’s a beautiful and refreshing spot at one of the Southlands’ busiest intersections, Wilshire at La Cienega. Just inside Beverly Hills, the Great Western Savings Center is in an ideal location to serve the saving needs of thousands of families in both Los Angeles and Beverly Hills.18 While the landscaping at the subject property originally incorporated all these features, alterations began less than a decade after its construction. Following the passing of John Wayne, who was the television spokesperson for the company, Great Western Savings commissioned sculptor and painter Harry Jackson to create a statue of the actor. Jackson was most notably known for his depictions of western themes and cowboy artworks. Construction of the statue took nearly three years and was later installed at the subject property in 1984. The City’s Architectural Commission required alternate designs of the statue, which required that Jackson remove 19 inches from the marble steps supporting the six-ton bronze statue, which is 21 feet in height. They additionally required that shrubs be planted around the statue and “electric-eye devices be installed in the garden to alert guards if anyone attempts to approach the sculpture.” 19 Installation of the statue required removal of the two fountains at the northeast elevation and alterations made to the surrounding planters.20 An additional automatic teller kiosk was installed at the southwest elevation, requiring the removal of a third fountain. The existing fountain appears to have been reconfigured at an unknown date.
In 1994, the subject property was purchased by Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). Larry Claxton Flynt (1942-2021) was an American publisher and president of LFP, which mainly produced adult-content magazines, including Hustler magazine, operated out of the new Beverly Hills headquarters.
Douglas Emmett purchased the subject property in 2013.21 18“The Building in A Waterscape,” Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, December 31, 1972 19 Barbara Baird, “Sculptor Loses Fight to Keep Duke Riding Tall,” Los Angeles Times, July 19, 1984. 20 Barbara Baird, “Sculptor Has Word for Commission: ‘Twerps’, Los Angeles Times, July 15, 1984. 21 Bruce Haring, “Flynt Building Sheds for $98M,” Globest, Mary 16, 2013. 1-123
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General Existing Conditions
The subject property, located at the corners of Wilshire, La Cienega and Hamilton, contains a tenstory elliptical-shaped/curvilinear office building atop four levels of subterranean parking, and is situated in a northwest to southeast orientation. The exterior curtain wall consists of bronze reflective vision glass and spandrel glass distinguishing each floor. The vertical lines are emphasized by “I” shaped mullions that run the full height of the tower from the plaza paving to the parapet. Lobby entrances at the northeast and southwest elevations are flanked by widely spaced columns that support a horizontal signage cabinet with recessed storefronts of clear vision glass. The entrance storefronts have glass fins and spider mounting systems. A retail entrance is located at the northwest elevation and is accessed through a revolving door and a standard storefront. As the proposed project only involves alterations for the hardscape and landscape, the curvilinear office building is not further described in detail in this memo.
The building is situated at the center of a series of plazas with hardscape and landscape that surround it. The plazas consist of tile clad flatwork, stairs, raised planter walls, fountain, and sidewalks that extend to the street curb. The tile is terra cotta through body material similar to brick pavers but thinner at a depth of approximately ½ inch. A continuous walkway encircles the perimeter of the building, with coved tile at the base. The raised planters, populated by a grove of sycamores, are enclosed by both raked and vertical (plumb) low-lying walls. The sloped flatwork surfaces adjacent to the entrances at the northeast and southwest plaza create a warped plane in multiple directions. Originally constructed with four water fountains, two at the northeast plaza and two at the southwest plaza, only one fountain is extant. The circular in plan fountain is located at the southwest elevation and is surrounded by a tile bench which contains a narrow pool of water with recessed ledges. The center of the fountain consists of a dome shape with a vigorous waterspout and pinwheel elements that direct water down into a low-lying pool. A single-story elliptical/curvilinear kiosk, similar in design to the office tower and constructed in 1981, is located at the southwest plaza.
At the northeast plaza is a bronze statue of John Wayne which consists of two principal elements, a three-dimensional figure on horseback atop an oval shaped pedestal with a bas-relief figure of cattle and cowboys on horseback. The statue sits atop an octagonal shaped stone base and is surrounded by a low hedge. Near the southeast corner of the subject property is an entrance to a tile-clad driveway that leads to three separate curved canopies, which originally served as drive-up teller stations. The canopies are most likely overpainted with chipped paint exposing a buff color. A tileclad surface parking lot is located near the westernmost canopy, and the driveway exits at La Cienega.
A two-way asphalt driveway is entered at both La Cienega and Hamilton along at the south and accesses the subterranean parking garage. The driveway walls consist of a smooth white painted concrete with a portion of the wall at the La Cienega side clad in tile. The curved tile clad wall is particularly tall, slopes up from lower walls on either side, wraps around the corner, and appears to serve as a vent. Guardrails are located along driveway walls and stairs. The subject property also includes a rectangular shaped grass area with ficus and redwood trees immediately south of the asphalt driveway on Hamilton.
The plazas contain a mixture of light fixtures, with some in-wall lighting, up-lighting, and post lighting integrated into planters. Planters at the northeast elevation contain exhaust vents and fire sprinkler connections. Monument and wayfinding signs are incorporated in various planters.
The general existing condition of the tile cladding is poor. The existing tile plazas and planters contain a mixture of original and replacement tile. The replaced tile remains visible in contrast to the original, with a variety of color, material, and repair methods employed. Areas where damaged tile has not yet been repaired show either cracking, missing tile or sections where tile is minimally 1-124
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attached revealing damaged concrete paving and walls. Areas of the basement and subterranean parking entrance along the asphalt drive show signs of water damage.
Alterations
The plazas of the subject property have experienced a number of alterations at all elevations since construction in 1972. In 1981, Morris replaced one of the fountains at the southwest elevation with an automatic teller kiosk, designed by architect Bruce Wade in a style similar to the curvilinear office tower. In 1984, Morris installed the John Wayne statue at the northeast elevation. Additional plaza improvements at the elevation included removal of two fountains, altering planter orientation and size, installing new tile benches, and relocating the exhaust vent to be situated within new planters.
Morris drawings note that the contractor was instructed to make every effort to salvage plaza tiles.
Sometime after LFP acquired the building in 1994, the existing fountain at the southwest elevation may have been reconfigured and reclad with new tile, and GWS signage was removed. In 2013, Gensler designed improvements at both the interior and exterior of the subject property, including addition of new signage, and new entrance storefronts at the southwest and northeast elevations. In 2017, tiles which had previously extended to the curb at the north along Wilshire were removed and replaced with a concrete sidewalk. Since August 2022, street trees were removed at the west along La Cienega, with additional tile removed. Throughout the history of the subject property, the existing tile has undergone extensive repairs at all elevations with repairs visible throughout the plazas.
Character-Defining Features
Character-defining features are the physical features of a building that convey its significance. A three-step approach, as described in Preservation Brief 17: Architectural Character: Identifying the Visual Aspects of Historic Buildings as an Aid to Preserving Their Character, is utilized to identify materials, features, and spaces that contribute to the visual character of the Subject Property.22 The purpose of this approach is to identify features or elements that give a building its visual character and that should be preserved to the maximum extent possible. This approach involves first describing a building from afar in order to present the characteristics that comprise its overall setting and architectural context; then, describing the exterior up-close to define materials, surface finishes, and the manner in which it was constructed; and, finally, describing the spaces, rooms, and details that comprise its interior visual character.
The Great Western Savings building retains the following character-defining features Overall Visual Aspects:
Curvilinear elliptical shape
Curtain wall of dark vision and spandrel glass
Vertical lines of “I” shaped mullions
Plazas, particularly at the northeast and southwest
Close Range Visual Aspects: Ground Floor
Modular paving
Curvilinear planters
Curved and raked low and tall walls
Sycamore trees
Water fountain configuration and location at southwest plaza 22 National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Preservation Brief 17: Architectural Character: Identifying the visual Aspects of Historic Buildings as an Aid to Preserving Their Character. Washington D.C.: The National Park Service, undated. 1-125
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Integrity
The integrity of the plazas have been compromised over time. Alterations made to the subject property by Morris between 1981-1984 have resulted in the removal of several key characteristics of the original design, have not taken on significance over time, and affect the integrity of design, workmanship, and materials of the 1972 Pereira and Carter design. The existing 1981 kiosk at the southwest elevation was designed by Bruce Wade and is not considered a character defining feature. Nevertheless, the existing kiosk does not detract from the character of the existing southwest plaza. The John Wayne statue, which was installed at the northeast plaza nearly 12 years after original construction has not taken on significance over time and is also not a character defining feature. The placement of the statue detracts from the character of the northeast plaza.
Recommendations
The series of recommendations provided below prioritize retaining character-defining Pereira and Carter design details, including:
Retain modular paving style and return paving to the curb at north along Wilshire. Retain location and general shape of existing water fountain at southwest plaza. Retain existing rake of the planter walls.
Design new planters in curvilinear shapes.
Retain cove at base near continuous walkway that encircles the perimeter of the building and at planter walls where occurs.
Remove existing guardrails on planter walls and replace with compatible code required railings.
Conduct paint analysis at canopies to determine appropriate paint color. Engage arborist to determine if species of existing trees, if they can be salvaged and reinstalled, and to help determine appropriate replacement of trees, if necessary.
Attachments
Attachment A: DPR 523A Forms from 2006-2007 Survey
Attachment B: Historic Photos
Attachment C: Contemporary Photos
Attachment D: Alterations Graphic
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Great Western Savings
Flynt Building
Los Angeles
8484 Wilshire Blvd.
Appears to be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3, as an important, intact example of the work of a master architect, William Pereira, and as a contributor to a potential California Register district (Criterion 3) of Post World War II modern office buildings.
Architect: Pereira, William
6/9/2006
May 2006
1 Beverly Hills
1972 (Estimated)
John English & Portia Lee
Jones & Stokes
811 W 7th ST, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90017
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*D3. Detailed Description (Discuss overall coherence of the district, its setting, visual characteristics, and minor features. List all elements of district.): This district is a
During the Post World War II period (1945 to 1975) an impressive collection of medium to large-scale office buildings was erected within Beverly Hills. These buildings were predominantly architect designed by practitioners offering a wide range of modernistic interpretations.
Buildings include modest examples, mostly 4 to 5 stories in height, constructed after World War II, from the late 1940’s to the mid 1950’s. Later structures were larger in scale, and were built with higher construction budgets. Character defining features include: generous use of plate glass, exposed steel and concrete, cladding of travertine, marble, and other contemporary materials associated with Modern commercial highrise office buildings of the period. Scale, set back and massing that responded to the street or intersection of streets where they were constructed, is another identifying quality that is consistently present within the majority of the contributing buildings in this district.
Architects responsible for a number of the contributors to this district include: William Pereira, Charles Luckman, Maxwell Starkman, I.M. Pei, Victor Gruen Associates, Welton Becket and Associates, Craig Elwood, Langdon and Wilson, Edward Durrell Stone, Palmer and Krisel, and Anthony Lumsden. Worthy of particular note is the work of architect Sidney Eisenshtat, who is credited with seven of the contributing buildings along Wilshire Boulevard.
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The district is predominantly located along the Wilshire Boulevard Corridor, with a few examples located within the downtown commercial triangle.
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D6. Significance: Theme Post World War II Modern Commercial Architecture, subset Office Buildings.
Area City of Beverly Hills
Period of Significance 1945 - 1979
Applicable Criteria (Discuss district's importance in terms of its historical context as defined by theme, period of significance, and geographic scope. Also address the integrity of the district as a whole.) A certain number of the contributing buildings within the district have lost some integrity due to storefront alterations and re-modeling. However, within the upper floors, character defining features and original materials remain largely intact, conveying the original design intent of the building and architect.
Many of the contributors are virtually unaltered from the ground up. Therefore, this district retains a relatively high degree of overall integrity.
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The district appears to be eligible for listing in the California Register under Criterion 3, as a substantial, and clearly identifiable grouping of buildings that exhibit a high degree of quality in their architectural design, and, for the importance of the individual architects that define the Modernist aesthetic of the group.
Contributing Properties:
414 N. Camden Drive 9171 Wilshire Boulevard
414 N. Camden Drive 9245 Wilshire Boulevard
404 N. Roxbury Drive 9300 Wilshire Boulevard
8383 Wilshire Boulevard 9401 Wilshire Boulevard
8484 Wilshire Boulevard 9450 Wilshire Boulevard
8500 Wilshire Boulevard 9460 Wilshire Boulevard
8530 Wilshire Boulevard 9461 Wilshire Boulevard
8665 Wilshire Boulevard 9595 Wilshire Boulevard
8671 Wilshire Boulevard 9601 Wilshire Boulevard
8730 Wilshire Boulevard 9665 Wilshire Boulevard
8920 Wilshire Boulevard 9701 Wilshire Boulevard
8929 Wilshire Boulevard 9720 Wilshire Boulevard
8949 Wilshire Boulevard 9725 Wilshire Boulevard
9033 Wilshire Boulevard 9777 Wilshire Boulevard
9111 Wilshire Boulevard
*D7. References (Give full citations including the names and addresses of any informants, where possible.):
Merchell, Anthony A. and Marmol, Leonardo E., AIA. Commercial Architecture: The Making of Modern Los Angeles (Tour Sunday, March 9, 2003), Los Angeles, Real Architecture Press, 2003. *D8. Evaluator: Portia Lee Date: 06/2006
Affiliation Jones and Stokes
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Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B:
Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ
8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ Bඝඔඍඞඉකඌ
Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ
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Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 1: Aerial view of Beverly Hills with arrow pointing to subject property under construction, view north (University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Air Photos 1971) Image 2: Detail view of subject property under construction (UCSB 1976) 1-134
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 3: Aerial view of Beverly Hills with arrow pointing to subject propert view north (UCSB Air Photos 1976).
Image 4: Detail view of subject property (UCSB Air Photos,1976) 1-135
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 5: Article announcing the opening of Great Western Savings new fl agship headquarters building in Beverly Hills (Los Angeles Times, 1972) 1-136
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 6: Newspaper spread featuring Great Western Savings’ new fl agship headquarters, with rendering of subject property from Wilshire and Hamilton (Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, 1972)
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Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 7: Newspaper spread featuring Great Western Savings’ new fl agship headquarters, view of interior, driveup tellers, and exterior landscaping (Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, 1972) ගඐඑඛ ඛඉඋඍ එඖගඍඖගඑඖඉඔඔඡ ඔඍඎග ඊඔඉඖඓ
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Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 8: Model of Great Western Savings building (University of Southern California, Gin Wong Collection, circa 1972)
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Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 9: Subject property, view northwest (Julius Shulman photograph archive, Getty Research Institute,1972)
Image 10: Subject property, view north (Julius Shulman photograph archive, Getty Research Institute,1972)
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Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 11: Subject property, view southwest (Julius Shulman photograph archive, Getty Research Institute,1972)
Image 12: Detail of northeast elevation. Note the original fountain wall near the center left of image (Julius Shulman photograph archive, Getty Research Institute,1972)
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Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 13: Subject property, view southwest (Julius Shulman photograph archive, Getty Research Institute,1972)
Image 14: Detail of northeast elevation (Julius Shulman photograph archive, Getty Research Institute,1972)
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Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 15: Subject property, view southwest (Archive of Affi nities, 1973) Image 16: Detail of northwest elevation (Archive of Affi nities, 1973) 1-143
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 17: Subject property, view southeast (Archive of Affi nities, 1973) Image 18: Detail of plaza. Note two waterfountains at southwest elevation (Archive of Affi nities, 1973)
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Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 19: Subject property, partial southwest elevation, view southeast (Los Angeles Public Library, Heral Examiner Collection, 1979)
ගඐඑඛ ඛඉඋඍ එඖගඍඖගඑඖඉඔඔඡ ඔඍඎග ඊඔඉඖඓ
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Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 20: View of extent fountain at southwest elevation. Note original tile cladding (Los Angeles Public Library, Marliene and Anne Laskey Collection, 1979) Image 21: View of of second fountain at southwest elevation, replaced with Koisk in 1981 (Los Angeles Public Library, Marliene and Anne Laskey Collection, 1979) 1-146
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 22: Installation of John Wayne statue at northeast elevation (Los Angeles Times, 1984)
Image 23: Detail of John Wayne statue at northeast elevation (Los Angeles Public Library, Marlene and Anne Laskey Collection, 1984) 1-147
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 24: Subject property, view southeast (Photo from 8484 Wilshire, circa 1985-1994)
Image 25: Detail of southwest elevation. Note kisok and existing fountain with original cladding (Photo from 8484 Wilshire, circa 1985-1994) 1-148
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 26: Subject property, view northwest (Bison Archives, 1990) Image 27: Detail of southeast elevation, view northwest (Bison Archives, 1990) 1-149
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග B: Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pඐගඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 28: Subject property, view southwest (Bison Archives, 1997) Image 29: Detail of northwest elevation (Bison Archives, 1997) 1-150
Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C:
Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ
400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dකඑඞඍ
Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ
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ගඐඑඛ ඉඏඍ එඖගඍඖගඑඖඉඔඔඡ ඔඍඎග ඊඔඉඖඓ
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Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 1: Subject property, southwest elevations, view northeast (Chattel, 2023) Image 2: Subject property, southwest elevation, view east (Chattel, 2023) 1-153
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 3: Subject property, southwest elevation, view east (Chattel, 2023) Image 4: Subject property, southwest elevation, view northeast (Chattel, 2023) 1-154
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 5: Subject property, southwest elevation, view northeast (Chattel, 2023) Image 6: Detail of fountain at southwest plaza (Chattel, 2023) 1-155
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 7: Subject property, northwest elevation. Detail of fl ag poles, view southeast (Chattel, 2023)
Image 8: Subject property, northeast elevation (right), view east. Note construction at sidewalk for subway (Chattel, 2023)
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Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 10: Subject property, northeast elevation (right), view east (Chattel, 2023) Image 11: Subject property, northeast elevation, view northwest (Chattel, 2023) 1-157
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 12: Subject property, northeast elevation, view southwest (Chattel, 2023) Image 13: Detail of John Wayne Statue (Chattel, 2023)
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Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 14: Subject property, norhteast elevation, view southwest (Chattel, 2023) Image 15: Detail of planter walls at northeast elevaiton (Chattel, 2023) 1-159
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 16: View of two-way asphalt driveway to subterranean parking garage, view southwest (Chattel, 2023)
Image 17: Subject property, southeast elevation, view northwest (Chattel, 2023) 1-160
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 18: Detail of two-way asphalt driveway, view west (Chattel, 2023) Image 19: Detail of curb cut at two-way asphalt driveway (Chattel, 2023) 1-161
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 20: View of tile driveway to former drive-up teller canopies, view west (Chattel, 2023)
Image 21: Detail of former drive-up teller canopies, view southwest (Chattel, 2023)
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Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 22: Detail of former drive-up teller canopy (Chattel, 2023) Image 23: View of tile driveway and former drive-up teller canopies, view southeast (Chattel, 2023)
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Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 24: View of subsurface parking lot, view northeast (Chattel, 2023) Image 25: View of stairs to southwest plaza, view southeast (Chattel, 2023) 1-164
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 26: View of stairs to subterranean parking garage at southwest plaza, (Chattel, 2023)
Image 27: Detail of plumb and raked wall at southwest plaza (Chattel, 2023) 1-165
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 28: Detail of coved tile at base of building near continuous walkway (Chattel, 2023) Image 29: Detail of coved tile at column base (Chattel, 2023) 1-166
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 30: View of stairs at northwest elevation (Chattel, 2023) Image 31: View of stairs at northwest elevation (Chattel, 2023) 1-167
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 32: View of tile bench at southwest plaza (Chattel, 2023) Image 33: Detail of tile at southwest elevation. Note guardrail is not to code (Chattel, 2023)
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Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 34: Detail of removed tree and tile at southwest elevation (Chattel, 2023) Image 35: Detail of patched tile at southwest elevation (Chattel, 2023) 1-169
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 36: Detail of damaged tile at southwest elevation (Chattel, 2023) Image 37: Detail of patched tile. Note the variation in color and material (Chattel, 2023)
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Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 38: View of patched tile near southeast elevation. Note the variation in color, material and design (Chattel, 2023)
Image 39: Detail of horizontal cracking that is occuring at wall near canopies (Chattel, 2023)
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Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 40: View of missing tile at planter wall (Chattel, 2023) Image 41: Detail of missing tile at planter wall (Chattel, 2023) 1-172
Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 42: View of curvilinear tile detail at southwest plaza (Chattel, 2023) Image 43: Detail of curvilinear tile (Chattel, 2023)
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Cඑගඡ Nඉගඑඖඉඔ Bඉඖඓ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ, 400-404 N. Rචඊඝකඡ Dක, Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග C: Cඖගඍඕකඉකඡ Pඐගඏකඉඐඛ
Cඐඉගගඍඔ, Iඖඋ. | Hඑඛගකඑඋ Pකඍඛඍකඞඉගඑඖ Cඖඛඝඔගඉඖගඛ
Image 44: Detail of damaged wall light (Chattel, 2023)
Image 45: Detail of typical light post in planter (Chattel, 2023) 1-174
Aගගඉඋඐඕඍඖග D:
Aඔගඍකඉගඑඖඛ Gකඉඐඑඋ
Gකඍඉග Wඍඛගඍකඖ Sඉඞඑඖඏඛ Bඝඑඔඌඑඖඏ
8484 Wඑඔඛඐඑකඍ Bඝඔඍඞඉකඌ
Bඍඞඍකඔඡ Hඑඔඔඛ, Cඉඔඑඎකඖඑඉ
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ගඐඑඛ ඉඏඍ එඖගඍඖගඑඖඉඔඔඡ ඔඍඎග ඊඔඉඖඓ
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Statue installed (1984)
Fountain replaced with
kiosk (1981)
Tile bench and
planters in plaza
altered (1984)
Foutains removed
(1984)
Tile removed from
sidewalk (2017)
Fountain reclad
(date unknown)
Trees and
tile removed
(2022, TYP)
Vent relocated
(1984)
Alterations Overlay - 1972 Pereira Drawings
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Alterations Overlay - 1981 Morris Drawings
Foutains removed (1984)
Tile bench and
planters in
plaza altered
(1984)
Fountain replaced
with kiosk (1981)
Fountain reclad
(date unknown)
Statue installed (1984)
Tile removed from
sidewalk (2017)
Trees and tile
removed (2022, TYP)
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Tile removed from
sidewalk (2017)
Statue installed (1984)
Foutains removed (1984)
Vent relocated
(1984)
Tile bench and
planters in
plaza altered
(1984)
Fountain replaced
with kiosk (1981)
Trees and tile
removed
(2022, TYP)
Fountain reclad
(date unknown)
Alterations Overlay - 2004 ALTA Survey
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Cultural Heritage Commission Report
8484 Wilshire Boulevard Sidewalk Replacement
June 10, 2026
ATTACHMENT F
City’s Peer Review Historic Assessment
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P.O. Box 542
Long Beach, CA
562.500.9451
1 Ostashay & Associates
CONSULTING
Memorandum
To: Mark Odell, City of Beverly Hills Date: April 29, 2024 From: Jan Ostashay, Principal OAC
Re: PEER REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Great Western Savings Center Property, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard - Historic Resource Evaluation and Project Recommendations Memo, Landscape Concept Package (Project Plans)
Overview
At the request of the City of Beverly Hills Community Development Department, Planning Division, Ostashay & Associates Consulting (OAC) conducted a peer review of a recommendations assessment memorandum prepared by Chattel, Inc. (Chattel) for potential landscape work to the existing plaza area, pavers, planters, and a fountain located around the exterior of the building referenced above. In addition, OAC reviewed a conceptual landscape proposal for the exterior areas of the subject property prepared by architects Gensler and landscape architects SWA Group (Gensler/SWA) for consistency with the recommendations provided in the Chattel memo and compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (SOI Standards). As the subject property has been previously identified as historically significant and eligible for individual listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (California Register) and as a contributor to a California Register-eligible potential historic district it is considered a historical resource under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The Chattel recommendations assessment memo (Chattel memo) entitled “Recommendations for Proposed Work at Great Western Savings Building, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California” is dated April 17, 2023, and was prepared prior to the preparation of the conceptual landscape proposal by Gensler/SWA, which is dated April 12, 2024.1 The Chattel memo was prepared to assist the architects in the preparation of SOI Standard compliant project plans by providing recommendations for the appropriate treatment of the identified character-defining features associated with the historical resource. The intent of the recommendations provided in the Chattel memo would help to ensure the proposed project’s conformance with the SOI Standards.
This peer review addresses the adequacy of the Chattel memo for the purposes of compliance with the SOI Standards. In addition, a review for accuracy, clarity and understanding, and validity of the information provided in the Chattel memo was conducted as part of the peer review. The proposed landscape conceptual plans have also been reviewed in consideration of the recommendations provided by the Chattel memo for overall conformance with the SOI Standards. Our process in conducting the peer review included an examination of the applicant-submitted documentation 1 Landscape conceptual plans prepared for property owner Douglas Emmett by Gensler and SWA Group dated April 12, 2024, consists of 12 sheets, of which page 8 is missing from the submittal package. 1-183
PEER REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Great Western Savings Property, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard 2 discussed above and additional archival research and review of building permits; original architectural plans, including some landscape/hardscape plans; Sanborn fire insurance maps; historic aerial photographs; prior survey assessments of the site and area; and other primary and secondary sources.
Introduction
Generally, peer reviews of historic resources assessment reports and memorandums are conducted to reassure lead agencies requesting the assessments that the identification and evaluation efforts performed are adequate, that the eligibility determinations and/or conformance analyses made are logical and well supported, and that the document will, if necessary, facilitate compliance under the provisions of the SOI Standards and/or CEQA. Review of historic resources documents for quality control is also an essential part of the environmental review process.
As a primer, historic resources fall within the jurisdiction of several levels of government. Federal laws provide the framework for the identification, evaluation, designation, and in certain instances, protection of historic resources. States and local jurisdictions play active roles in the identification, recordation, landmarking, and protection of such resources within their communities.
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, promulgated standardized practices and guidelines for identifying, evaluating, and documenting historic properties (Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines [Preservation Planning, Identification, and Evaluation]). The State Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) and most local governments in California recognize these practices and guidelines and recommend their use in order to maintain objectivity and consistency in the preparation of historic preservation documents and survey assessments.
Historical Background – Proposed Work Scopes
Initial conceptual development of the Great Western Savings site, located at the southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard in Beverly Hills began in 1969. A building permit for the excavation and shoring of the site was issued by the City of Beverly Hills in the spring of 1970. In June, a permit for the construction of a ten-story office building was issued. With the construction of the Great Western Savings Center completed in December 1972, the building opened a month later with grand opening celebrations lasting throughout the month of January (1973).
The uniquely shaped building was designed by the architectural firm of William L. Pereira & Associates, William L. Pereira is considered a local master architect and is included in the City’s “List of Local Master Architects.” The 10-story elliptical shaped structure served as the headquarters for Great Western Savings and its parent company Great Western Financial Corporation with its statewide group of savings and loan associations. Rising more than 175 feet from a landscaped podium in the center of the large parcel the building is sheathed in bronze solar glass characteristic of the period and style. Sweeping knolls of flowering shrubs and trees, colorful patterned paving tiled sidewalks and walkways, and a series of four tiled pools with cascading fountains provided a park-like atmosphere to the contoured site. More than five million pieces of ceramic tiles were used to form a continuous mosaic that ran all the way from the curbs of the three adjoining streets to the interior of the building itself. A four-level subterranean parking structure under the building was also built with entrances from both La Cienega (west) and Hamilton Drive (east). Landscape architect Robert Herrick Carter designed the plaza around the building, which incorporated the curvilinear elements of the office tower into its design with flowing lines, four undulating tiled pools with waterfall and fountains, 1-184
PEER REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Great Western Savings Property, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard 3 and modular mosaic tiled paving that extended beyond the sidewalks to the street curbs and into the building the building itself. Pereira called the property “The Building in a Waterscape” because of its garden-like elements that combined both water and land. On July 22, 1984, a six-ton, 21-foot high bronze statue of actor John Wayne on horseback, called the “The Horseman,” was unveiled in a grand ceremony held in the front plaza area of the Great Western Savings Center. John Wayne was the public media spokesman for Great Western Savings from 1977 until his death in 1979. The westernthemed statue by artist, sculptor Harry Jackson (1924-2011) was commissioned by Great Western Savings following the actor’s passing.
Since its construction, the plaza areas (under review herein this memo) have undergone some alterations. Refer to the Chattel memo for further details regarding the extent of the prior alteration work. Despite some changes to the plaza space around the historic building, the Chattel memo identifies the plaza with its associated landscape/hardscape features as an important historical aspect of the property. More specifically, the Great Western Savings Center’s exterior character-defining features, according to Chattel, include:
Overall Visual Aspects
Curvilinear elliptical shape (of the building);
Curtain wall of dark (solar bronze color) reflective vision and spandrel glass; Vertical lines of “I” shaped mullions (bronze color anodized aluminum); Plazas, particularly at the northeast (north, along Wilshire Boulevard) and southwest (south, along La Cienega Boulevard).
Close Range Visual Aspects (Ground Floor)
Modular paving (distinctive continuous patterned mosaic paving tiles of varying size and particular color, material, and glaze at the walkways, sidewalks [from the curb of the three adjoining streets to the interior of the building], planter walls and retaining walls, fountain(s), and driveways);
Curvilinear planters (and plaza spaces);
Curved and raked low and tall walls within plaza areas (including contoured topography and knolls);
Existing sycamore trees (rustic sycamore trees and Dalmatian apple trees were some of the original plantings within the curvilinear planters of the plaza areas); Extant water fountain configuration and location at southwest plaza (including material, finish, texture, size and shape, and height; referred to as pool fountain No. 4 on original Pereira plans).
The currently proposed work scopes by Gensler/SWA call for extensive modifications around the exterior areas of the historic Great Western Savings Center building that include alterations to the existing plaza spaces, walkways, driveway, sidewalk pavers, planters and fountain, and landscaping/topography. According to the Chattel memo, proposed alterations also include relocation 1-185
PEER REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Great Western Savings Property, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard 4 onsite of the existing John Wayne statue entitled “The Horseman.” Refer to the Landscape Concept Package prepared by Gensler and SWA Group for further details regarding the proposed work.
Peer Review Assessment
This peer review assessment of the Chattel memo and conceptual landscape plans by Gensler/SWA was conducted to ensure that the recommendations listed in the Chattel memo are relevant, adequate, and SOI Standards compliant.
General Content and Format
The general content and format of the Chattel memo appears to be adequately researched, logically formatted, professionally sound, and technically supported. The inclusion of supporting material as attachments to the report substantially aids in understanding the historical significance of the subject property, the identified character-defining features itemized in the memo, the proposed scopes of work, the existing conditions (exterior) of the property, and the feasibility and methodology of the proposed recommendations identified by Chattel.
Compliance Recommendations
The SOI Standards are accepted professional standards that provide advice on the preservation and protection of historic properties. They are neither technical nor prescriptive, but are intended to promote responsible preservation practices that help protect irreplaceable historic resources.2 The SOI Standards also consider a historic property’s related landscape/hardscape features (if such exists) as well as its overall site and environment. Out of the four SOI Standards treatments (Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction), the SOI Standards for the Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings is typically the most relevant and applicable for projects involving historic properties.
The Chattel memo was reviewed for overall acceptability as well as for adequacy of the recommendations proposed for compliance with the SOI Standards regarding any landscape work planned for the exterior area around the Great Western Savings Center building. A series of recommendations were itemized (previously identified herein this memo) and prioritized in the Chattel memo that would aid in the preservation, retention, and repair of important characterdefining William Pereira (architect) and Robert Herrick Carter (landscape architect) design details. The series of SOI-compliant recommendations listed in the Chattel include:
Retain modular paving style and return paving to the curb at the north along Wilshire. Retain location and general shape of existing water fountain at southwest plaza. Retain existing raking of the planter walls.
Design new planters in curvilinear shapes.
Retain cove at base near continuous walkway that encircles the perimeter of the building and at planter walls where occurs.
2 The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings by Weeks and Grimmer, 1995, p.1. 1-186
PEER REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Great Western Savings Property, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard 5 Remove existing guardrails on planter walls and replace with compatible code required railings.
Conduct paint analysis at canopies to determine appropriate paint color. Engage arborist to determine species of existing trees, if they can be salvaged and reinstalled, and to help determine appropriate replacement of trees, if necessary.
The recommendations provided in the Chattel memo appear consistent with the guidance stipulations outlined in the SOI Standards. They identify and address the preservation, retention, and rehabilitation of important design characteristics associated with the historic property. Therefore, OAC concurs with the identification of the SOI Standards-compliant recommendations identified in the Chattel memo (as itemized above) and highly suggests that further specificity of those recommendations for implementation and monitoring purposes. OAC has, in the meantime, added some specificity to the Chattel identified character-defining features by including relevant details in parentheses.
Gensler/SWA Conceptual Landscape Plans
Pursuant to the SOI Standards (Rehabilitation), historic building materials and character-defining features are protected though sympathetic alterations and additions are permissible. This means that any new rehabilitation work proposed for a historic property must be consistent with the SOI Standards, including the repair and/or replacement of historic fabric as well as the modifications of important features and/or the construction of additions.
Upon reviewing the work proposed by Gensler/SWA for the exterior plaza areas of the historic property, much of the existing material and historic fabric would be removed and incompatibility replaced. Some work proposed is supposed to address accessibility deficiencies of the site and repair work along the public rights-of-way of Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, which was damaged by the Metro rail line work for the Purple Line extension. General landscape/hardscape improvements to the plaza areas and adjacent driveway to the south are also included in the project.
The Gensler/SWA work proposed does not take into consideration any of the SOI Standards compliant recommendations provided in the Chattel memo. As currently proposed, the work, which calls for the removal and replacement of most of the identified character-defining features of the plaza space, would cause a significant adverse impact to the historic resource. The plaza and its historic character and material would be drastically altered visually and physically by the proposed landscape work.
Therefore, at this time the “landscape concept package,” as provided by Gensler/SWA, does not appear acceptable or consistent with the SOI Standards. It is highly recommended that the architects refer to the Chattel recommendations memo and the original Pereira designed architectural plans for direction, inspiration, and SOI Standards compliance. Gensler/SWA should also refer to the California Historical Building Code (CHBC) as part of the design development process. The CHBC is intended to provide solutions for the preservation of qualified historical buildings or properties, to promote sustainability, to provide access for persons with disabilities, to provide a cost-effective approach to preservation, and to provide the reasonable safety of the occupants and users. 1-187
PEER REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Great Western Savings Property, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard 6 Conclusion
Despite some narrative discrepancies and typographical errors in the Chattel memo, OAC finds there is sufficient information to identify the subject property as historically significant and as a historical resource under CEQA. OAC further concurs with the identification of character-defining features and the recommendations itemized in the Chattel memo. The recommendations provided in the Chattel memo appear consistent with the guidance stipulations outlined in the SOI Standards. They identify and address the preservation, retention, and rehabilitation of important design characteristics associated with the historic property. OAC also suggests adding further specificity to the itemized character-defining features and the SOI Standards compliant recommendations listed in the memo for implementation and monitoring purposes.
In reviewing the Gensler/SWA conceptual landscape plans for the subject property, the work proposed is not SOI Standards compliant. The work scopes do not consider the importance of the identified character-defining features or the SOI Standards compliant recommendations provided in the Chattel memo. In addition, the original architectural plans have not been referred to for guidance nor has the application of the CHBC been considered to address some of the accessibility concerns (and other code compliant concerns). As the project is inconsistent with the SOI Standards potential adverse impacts would occur and additional review under CEQA would be necessary.
Attachments
SOI Standards for Rehabilitation
Recommendations for Proposed Work at Great Western Savings Building, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California by Chattel, Inc.| Historic Preservation Consultants, April 17, 2023 (under separate cover)
Landscape Concept Package, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA prepared by Gensler and SWA Group, April 12, 2024 (under separate cover)
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PEER REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Great Western Savings Property, 8484 Wilshire Boulevard 7 ATTACHMENT A:
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR’S STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION The ten SOI Standards for Rehabilitation are as follows:
1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships.
2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive material or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.
3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other properties, will not be undertaken.
4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.
5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.
6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive historic feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture, and where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.
7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.
8. Archeological resources will be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken.
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.
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Cultural Heritage Commission Report
8484 Wilshire Boulevard Sidewalk Replacement
June 10, 2026
ATTACHMENT G
2006 DPR Form
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Zip
State of California -- The Resources Agency
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
PRIMARY RECORD
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Other Listings
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d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear feature) Zone , mE/ mN e. Other Locational Data: (e.g. parcel #, legal description, directions to resource, elevation, additional UTMs, etc. as appro * P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries.) * P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) * P4. Resources Present:
P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects) P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, etc.) * P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources:
* P7. Owner and Address:
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* P10. Survey Type: (Describe)
* P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report/other sources or "none") * Attachments: NONE
Archaeological Record
Location Map
District Record
Sketch Map
Linear Feature Record
Continuation Sheet
Milling Station Record
Building, Structure, and Object Record
Rock Art Record Artifact Record
Photograph Record Other: (List)
Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) Prehistoric Historic Both
DPR 523A (1/95) * Required Information
3CB
Great Western Savings
Flynt Building
Los Angeles
8484 Wilshire Blvd.
Appears to be individually eligible for the California Register under Criterion 3, as an important, intact example of the work of a master architect, William Pereira, and as a contributor to a potential California Register district (Criterion 3) of Post World War II modern office buildings.
Architect: Pereira, William
6/9/2006
May 2006
1 Beverly Hills
1972 (Estimated)
John English & Portia Lee
Jones & Stokes
811 W 7th ST, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90017
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