From: Mila Albertson
To: Tricia Olsen
Subject: Re: J Avenue
Date: Thursday, October 12, 2023 7:07:46 PM
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Tricia Olsen, MCP, AICP
Senior Planner
CITY OF CORONADO
Community Development Department
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2 C Ave (The Thompson Livery Stable, which was used as a boarding house for Chauffers and other African Americans needing temporary accommodation between 1935 1954) H Ave (The Ludlow family)
A Ave (James Walker and Margaret Chance)
Adella Ave (Johnnie Cook)
many other African Americans lived in homes across the city employed as servants, cooks, drivers, etc.) The FHA Redlining Map and offensive descriptions were actually used to reinforce the narrative that the presence of African Americans and other "undesirables" in ANY neighborhood reduced property values. The FHA map for Coronado created the Yellow Zone for a Coronado neighborhood to reinforce the importance of segregating neighborhoods and the importance of keeping African Americans out if you want to keep property values high.
Because the African Americans of Coronado were spread across the city the FHA document drafters face a dilemma of condemning the entire city for being "infiltrated." It seems clear that they decided to state instead that they were concentrated in one area to simply reinforce their narrative.
A far more important narrative missing from description of past housing discrimination is the commonplace use of racist Deed Restrictions and Racially Restrictive Covenants in Coronado. This practice began in California in the 1910s and became commonplace across the state anc country by the 1920s.
It is relevant to note that nearly all of the home owning families listed above came to Coronado by 1920, which is prior to major population shifts of the Great Migration of black Americans from the south to the North and West. When that migration did occur, between 1920 1970, the city of San Diego reflected that demographic change.
With the exception of the Federal Housing Project in Coronado, (which housed hundreds of African Americans between 1944 1969), and the many live in domestic servants in the city, the "home owning and renting" African American population in the main village of Coronado slowly disappeared during the period of 1925 1969, partly due to the widespread use of Racially restrictive Covenants and Deed restrictions.
Between 1925 1950 (and possibly much longer) only one African American succeeded in buying a property in Coronado, WWI veteran Emmett Rogers and his Peruvian wife Fidelia purchased their home on I Ave in the 1934 5. The fact that Emmett Rogers was a war hero whose mother Maggie was the First Maid in the White House for 5 US Presidents, and that his wife was Peruvian, certainly played a part in him gaining access to purchasing a home in Coronado.
Louis Millen, the same person quoted by the Dudek report for designing the Coronado flag in his youth in 1922 and who later became a President and co Founder of the Coronado Historical Association, was a leading Realtor in Coronado from 1927 into the 1960s. He was recognized in the paper for his pioneering use of Deed Restrictions. I have included a few newspaper clippings about Mr. Millen and a copy of a 1942 Deed Restriction prepared by him for your reference. He was not alone in this practice as it was commonplace in many cities across California and the country.
In 1948, in the case Shelley vs Kraemer, The US Supreme Court ruled that Racially restrictive Deeds and Covenants were unenforceable. Interestingly, that ruling did not stop Coronado developers from continuing the use of such restrictions in their Deeds, and Coronado as a city, appeared to allow them to be continued to be included in Deeds. There is no record of such restrictions being objected to by local Coronado residents, while they did often complain about other deed restrictions used by developers.
The BayView Estates development of Miller, Fisher and Nordblom in 1949 contained racially restrictive deeds despite the project occured after the Shelley v. Kraemer decsion. In fact, it was not until the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and its Fair Housing Act that this practice of including racially restrictive covenants and deed restrictions was finally laid to rest. By that time unfortunately, the Great Migration had already occurred with most American cities in the North and West being heavily segregated, mainly due to these historically racist practices. It is important that we in Coronado acknowledge that we were part of this unfortunate history.
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3 Separate from the Dudek report, I believe the City at some point will need to do its own review of this dark chapter, and do an inventory of just how many of the homes built in the critical growth period of 1927 1968 contained such restrictions. How widespread was the practice?
Unfortunately, much of this dark history will likely never be fully understood, as the gatekeepers of the practice of keeping certain people out of neighborhoods was done by Realtors like Louis Millen, who operated with their own unwritten codes, which they may have believed was in the interest of the City, but was in fact a form of racial discrimination. How many potential black homeowners or renters were turned away in that period? We will never know.
To reinforce how widespread the practice may have been, I have also included an article from the Eagle related to a "Caucasian only" deed restriction on a piece of land adjacent to the Yacht Club, where the Coronado School District had hoped to build an annex for the Elementary School.
One interesting chapter in all of this was the story of the Thompson House and Stables at 830 832 C Ave. The original Thompson house at 832 C Ave, is still standing, and was likely built in the early 1890s, soon after Gus Thompson married Emma Gardner. By 1920, the Thompsons moved into the bunkhouse of the Livery Stable and rented their home out to various immigrants. In 1939 they rented the house to The Lloyd Dong Family, a Chinese American gardener. The Dong's rented from the Thompson's until 1954, when Emma kept the Thompson's promise, and sold the property to Lloyd Dong. The livery stable was soon torn down and a block of Apartments were put up in 1955. The original house and the apartments still stand today. You might notice the giant Magnolia tree along the sidewalk of C Ave in front of the property, giving testament to the long history there. The Thompson Dong house of 832 C Ave should be considered for its historical relevance to Coroando's African American History and Chinese American History, as it is the first property in the City owned by Chinese Americans.
I know it is likely too late to include any of the above points in the document, which as it is, is excellent. I just felt that since the document is Historic Context, a thought perhaps it may be useful for us to begin telling a more complete and fuller story of these unfortunate chapters in our history.
Kind regards,
Kevin Ashey
Coronado
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Tricia,
Thank you for getting back to me!
Yes, I have a few more comments to make about 344 A. and you can include whatever you want.
The description in the city records comments that the lower porch/ upper balcony must have been added later. The architecture inside the house shows this to be clearly wrong and that these items were part of the original design. I hope the city records will be updated. Also, the house is a Craftsman design w/ much wainscoting, built-ins, and window seats in the living room and dining room. But the most unique feature I think is the cathedral ceiling, open to the second story. Not sure that is a reg. feature of CA bungalows! I have a copy of the building permit which shows the builder to be M. Chapin. Could he be related to the other Chapin builder? I think both were from the same area.
I met s/o who lived in the house during the early '60's and he said his father aded the stucco. I believe the house originally was covered w/ green shingles.
I have lived in the house for almost 50 years and it has been very much loved.
Also, I want to point out an error in the report regarding 348 A. It states that the house was moved there, from Adella , I think. The house that was moved from that location was 352 A, owned by the Telles family. You might want to check w/ them to confirm. Michael Telles told me some time ago that the house was moved years ago to its present location.
I am happy that the city is recognizing all the historic homes in Coronado. They are gems and shouldn't be allowed to be torn down willy-nilly.
Again, thank you so much for responding. What an enormous task you are dealing with! Jan Clark
From: Tricia Olsen <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2023 2:35 PM
To: Jan Clark <
Subject: RE: Historic Resource Survey
Hi Janet,
Sorry its taken me a few days to get back to you. I wanted to dig in and see what the issue was before I replied. It looks like A Avenue is included in Tier 2, due to some apparent modifications that are visible.
I’m not sure why the spreadsheet on the website doesn’t show it, but I had to do a lot of organizing of that spreadsheet with so many properties and I think I missed must have missed inserting yours. I’ll update the spreadsheet on our website and in our print version.
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From: Jean Gazzo <
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:21 AM
To: Tricia Olsen
Cc: Gazzo Jean
Subject: City survey project re: historic preservation
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Dear Ms. Olsen,
We have been notified that our property at Alameda Boulevard in Coronado has been assigned a Tier One status in the citywide Survey Project. We believe that this designation is erroneous, because the requirements stated in the survey are not met.
Our property has been extensively altered from its original condition. Most of the architectural features on our house have been added by us in the past few decades.
I will enclose two photographs to illustrate this claim in an immediately following Email. The first is a photo of our house taken in the 1950s. The second is a photo of the same house in the 1990s after being remodeled. As you will see, there is a significant difference. The only remaining original features are some windows, window doors, and the roof.
The house we bought in 1986 was already altered. It was the back portion severed from the front portion of the structure facing F Street. Several windows and doors, a quatrefoil window, and some significant cast cement architectural detail was removed when the house was divided, and about six feet were cut out of the middle of the home. The roof was also changed from a straight spine to two angled separate roofs. Window and door openings have been modified.
When we remodeled our house, we made the additions in a compatible architectural style, but the building bears little resemblance to the original structure. According to the survey standards, a Tier One property must be unaltered or minimally altered, and have the majority of its character defining features dating from its date of construction. That date would be 1918. The changes made are also not reversible.
Since our property does not meet the city survey standards for Tier One designation, it should be removed. We are in Australia now, and I will call you when we return the first week of October.
Thank you for your consideration.
Jean Gazzo
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Jean E Gazzo
Coronado CA
Home
Mobil
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1. 849-855 Orange 1955 Walter Vestal Style-Art Deco. type- Other Tier - 2 New Construction 1980's - commercial use - Our tenant is Clayton's Bistro
2. 727 C Ave 1913 Style - Spanish Col. Rev. type- Multi Fam Tier - 3 New construction 1970's - 3 townhouses 723,725,727 C Ave. (Old house was sold and moved to 955 D Ave - which I don't see on the Tier Matrix anywhere)
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From: Erik Nelson <
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2023 2:31 PM
To: Tricia Olsen
Subject: Public Comment - Historic Resource Survey
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I dont believe that the owners of any buildings classified as Tier 3 should be subjected to the time delays and expense of a mandatory historical review process when they decide to sell their properties. Architecture should be by far the most important factor in deciding whether a building is historic or not. Let Tier 3 owners decide if other factors are important enough to warrant consideration and voluntarily decide whether or not to put their properties forward for possible historic designation.
Respectfully,
Erik Nelson
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Thanks Jane. I recommend writing out your comments and your thoughts on the tier assignment for the building and sending that to me and I’ll include that, and the information you just sent, in the public comment package that goes to City Council. Alternatively, I can provide this email thread as your comments, or you can provide your comments through our Project Coronado webpage for the project, here:
https://www.projectcoronado.org/citywide-historic-resource-survey?tool=guest_book#tool_tab Thank you,
Tricia
Tricia Olsen, MCP, AICP
Historic Preservation Program
www.coronado.ca.us/preservation
CITY OF CORONADO
Community Development Department
1825 Strand Way | Coronado, California 92118
Email: [email protected] | Phone: (619) 522-7329
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From: Jane Newstead <
Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 10:43 AM
To: Tricia Olsen <[email protected]>
Cc: Sarabeth Moore <
Subject: Re: 1155 Star Park Circle, Coronado
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On Friday, August 4, 2023 at 08:17:26 AM PDT, Tricia Olsen <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jane and Sarabeth,
The public comment period for the draft context and survey document is underway, so your comments are appreciated! Tier assignments are not final, and I am happy to provide your thoughts as part of the public comment package that goes to City Council this fall. If you want to send me the digital copy of the plans, or any other information that you have, I can include that with your comments as well. Can you let me know the address of the building?
Thank you,
Tricia
Tricia Olsen, MCP, AICP
Historic Preservation Program
www.coronado.ca.us/preservation
Community Development Department
1825 Strand Way | Coronado, California 92118
Email: [email protected] | Phone: (619) 522-7329
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Jane Newstead <
Thursday, August 3, 2023 6:19 PM
Tricia Olsen <[email protected]>
Sarabeth Moore <
1155 Star Park Circle, Coronado
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2 Based on our experience as commissioners and our avid participation in the betterment of the fabric of Coronado, we recommend that Tier One homes continue to be considered for potential historic designation.
However Tier 2, 3 and other homes older than 75 years can be submitted and considered by HRC for historic designation at homeowners preference.
To date, since its inception, HRC and the community have successfully assisted homeowners in saving All Tier 1 homes.
In recent years, the HRC process has been quite expensive and somewhat subjective for owners of 75+ year homes and permitting has also extended significantly. Importantly
. the Mission of HRC has
been altered.
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neville rich <
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Gwalti <
Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 11:19:45 AM PDT
historic property study
Tricia we attended your information meeting last evening at the Winn room. We have a property listed on your study as a Tier 1 Palm] . I asked the question last night about the requirement for demolition in the future and you advised that an application to the historic review board would be required along with application fees in excess of $1000. and 3 months of study. As the historic review process is by definition geared to deprive property owners of certain of their property rights we are concerned that his process could have gone to completion without our knowledge. We only learned of it through correspondence form a Realtor Edith Salas who took the trouble to advise of the study and it ramifications.
My comments are this:
1] In fairness if the city lists my property the city should be considerate enough to contact me the owner directly so that we are fully aware of what the city plans to do to our property 2] if the by it actions knowingly negatively impacts the value of a residents property then it seems grossly unfair that that person has to pay high fees to the city so that the city can in fact find a reason [ second criteria] to deny their property right [eg demolition].
I would recommend to the planners of the program that it be reviewed in terms of fairness to property owner in terms of initial awareness and in terms of the obvious negative economic impact its going to have on owners both in terms of market value and out of pocket expenses', Thanks N Rich Attachment 3
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Hi Tricia,
I have reviewed the Draft Historic Context Survey.
I would not be in favor of excluding the Tier 2 and Tier 3 Properties from the Historic Determination Process.
As you know a property could be designated historic without meeting Criterion C. It seems to me that only relying only on Criterion C for the Tier 2 and Tier 3 properties would diminish the importance of the other Criterion.
I believe the survey is better used as a tool for homeowners and home buyers to get a better sense of what the may or may not be able to do to the front of their homes if they contemplated remodeling or demolition.
Perhaps there could be a more streamlined approach to the Historic Determination Process.
Additionally, I am not in favor of reducing the Historic Determination threshold to 50 years unless it was a voluntary request from the property owner. The other option might be to make the threshold 65 years or older. It is my opinion that 75 years to 50 years is a huge change and will cause a lot of unnecessary review by your department.
Please let me know if you would like to discuss further.
Regards,
Kevin H. Rugee
Principal Architect | (619) 522-9504 x 113
Kevin Rugee Architect, Inc. |
www.architectrugee.com | Coronado, CA 92118
From: Tricia Olsen <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 3:53 PM
Subject: Draft Historic Context Statement and Survey Comment Period Hello,
This email is to remind you that City wants to hear your comments about the Draft Context Statement and Citywide Survey by October 31, 2023.
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2 Thank you very much for your consideration and all that you do for our City.
Sincerely,
Edith
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Ms. Olsen,
I attended yesterday's Public Comment Meeting regarding the historic resource survey.
It is very disappointing that the city did not adequately pubilize this project, much less the public meeting.
There is simply not enough information available to residents to become informed and understand the implications of the city council's possible acceptance of this survey system and future developments.
The timeframe for this process must be extended so residents can become involved.
I fear the city is not being transparent, nor cognisant of future implications for all of its citizens.
Diane Smith-Melloy
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From: Emily Talbert <
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 4:06 PM
To: Tricia Olsen
Subject: Comment on Historic Resource Survey
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The total Historic Research and Context Statement and Survey is indeed a valuable and necessary document. However I am concerned that the Survey Classification, as presented, will be considered decisive.
I am very concerned about the accuracy of the information presented. I have previously identified 2 properties in Tier 3, 1155 Star Park Circle and 1105 G Ave, where the information is both incomplete and inaccurate. My understanding is that there are many more. Therefore, before the City Council takes any action to exempt properties from the current historical review process review, a thorough examination of the Criterion C elements of individual properties in Tier 2 and Tier 3 should be accomplished.
I also feel strongly that all identified properties should have been notified.
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From: Michael Weaver <
Sent: Saturday, August 5, 2023 9:55 PM
To: Tricia Olsen
Subject: Historic Home Architecture Survey Comment
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Dear Ms Olsen,
First, let me commend you and the city council for pursuing this survey. I recognize that it is an important resource that can be used in city planning review and ultimately to preserve the wealth of historic assets in our community, which makes Coronado special.
I would offer the suggestion that it might be worthwhile to create a tier 2b from the tier 3 homes that have a recognizable architecture style, but may have been more significantly altered than the current tier 2. This would represent a substantial number of homes. I make this suggestion because it gives the city greater flexibility to consider whether these homes represent potentially a small number of a specific architecture style that should be preserved, even if not perfect, avoid monotony often found in more recent construction, or some other important consideration. As the survey is currently delineated, tier 1 and 2 are roughly one quarter of the homes, which materially limits the citys flexibility to preserve the character of our town. Creating this recommended tier 2b, would increase the citys flexibility to over 60% of homes. Not knowing what future building trends will do to our town, it would seem prudent to at least consider these homes that have an identifiable architecture style as something that we may want to preserve in some manner.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Michael Weaver
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