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1 DEPARTMENT OF CTY PLANNNG 200 N Sprng Street, Room 532 Los Angeles, CA cultural hertage commsson rchard barron presdent Cty of Los Angeles Calforna c vos Op-, % a EXECUTVE OFFCES VNCENT P BERTON, ACP drector (213) KEVN J KELLER, ACP EXECUTVE OFFCER (213) gal kennard vce presdent plar buelna dane kanner barry a mlofsky rocky wles commsson offce manager (213) erc garcett mayor lsa m webber, acp DEPUTY DRECTOR (213) December 14, 2017 Los Angeles Cty Councl c/o Offce of the Cty Clerk Cty Hall, Room 395 Los Angeles, CA Attenton: PLUM Commttee Dear Honorable Members: BENEFCAL PLAZA AND LBERTY PARK; WLSHRE BOULEVARD; SOUTH OXFORD AVENUE; SOUTH SERRANO AVENUE CASE NO CHC HCM; ENV CE At ts meetng of December 7, 2017, the Cultural Hertage Commsson took the actons below to nclude the above-referenced property n the lst of Hstorc-Cultural Monuments, subject to adopton by the Cty Councl: Determned that the proposed desgnaton s categorcally exempt from the Calforna Envronmental Qualty Act (CEQA), pursuant to Artcle 19, Secton 15308, Class 8 and Artcle 19, Secton 15331, Class 31 of the State CEQA Gudelnes; Determned that the property conforms wth the defnton of a Monument pursuant to Secton of the Los Angeles Admnstratve Code; and Recommended that the Cty Councl consder and desgnate the subject property a Hstorc-Cultural Monument; and Adopted the staff report fndngs as the fndngs of the Commsson

2 CHC HCM Moved: Seconded: Ayes: Nays: Mlofsky Kanner Barron, Kennard Buelna Vote: 4 = 1 L M Etta Armstrong, CommssrQp Executve Assstant Cultural Hertage Commsson The Cultural Hertage Commsson would apprecate your ncluson of the subject property to the lst of Hstorc-Cultural Monuments Tme for CouocoB to Act The Commsson acton wll be transmtted to the Cty Councl for consderaton Pursuant to Secton (f) of the Los Angeles Admnstratve Code, the Councl may approve or dsapprove n whole or n part an applcaton or ntaton for a proposed desgnaton of a Monument The Councl shall act n 90-days of the publc hearng held before the Commsson The 90-day tme lmt may be extended by the Councl for good cause for a maxmum of 15 days f the Councl does not act on the applcaton or ntaton wthn ths 105- days total tme lmt, the applcaton or ntaton to desgnate a Monument shall be deemed to have been dened The Councl may overrde a Commsson recommendaton of denal of Councl ntated desgnaton by a mnmum of 10-votes Enclosures: Staff Report wth Fndngs

3 BENEFCAL PLAZA AND LBERTY PARK West Wlshre Boulevard; South Oxford Avenue; South Serrano CHC HCM ENV CE Agenda packet ncludes: 1 Fnal Determnaton Staff Recommendaton Report 2 Commsson/ Staff Ste nspecton Photos November 9, Categorcal Exempton 4 5 Under Consderaton Staff Recommendaton Report Hstorc-Cultural Monument Applcaton 6 Letters from Members of the Publc Please clck on each document to be drectly taken to the correspondng page of the PDF

4 Los Angeles Department of Cty Plannng RECOMMENDATON REPORT CULTURAL HERTAGE COMMSSON HEARNG DATE: TME: PLACE: December 7, :00 AM Cty Hall, Room N Sprng Street Los Angeles, CA EXPRATON DATE: December 19, 2017 CASE NO: CHC HCM ENV CE Locaton: West Wlshre Boulevard; South Oxford Avenue; South Serrano Avenue Councl Dstrct: 10 - Wesson Communty Plan Area: Wlshre Area Plannng Commsson: Central Neghborhood Councl: Wlshre Center-Koreatown Legal Descrpton: Tract P M 896, Lots A and C PROJECT: REQUEST: OWNER(S): Hstorc-Cultural Monument Applcaton for BENEFCAL PLAZA AND LBERTY PARK Declare the property a Hstorc-Cultural Monument Wlshre Park Place North, LLC c/o Thomson Reuters, nc PO Box 847 Carlsbad, CA Wlshre Park Place, LLC Vanowen Street, Sute 206 Van Nuys, CA Wlshre Park Place North LLC c/o Jamson Propertes, nc 3530 Wlshre Boulevard, Sute 1800 Los Angeles, CA APPLCANT: PREPARERS: Annette van Duren Frends of Save Lberty Park 3810 Wlshre Boulevard Los Angeles, CA Kate E Horak and Evanne St Charles Archtectural Resources Group, nc 8 Mlls Place, Sute 300 Pasadena, CA RECOMMENDATON That the Cultural Hertage Commsson: 1 Declare the subject property a Hstorc-Cultural Monument per Los Angeles Admnstratve Code Chapter 9, Dvson 22, Artcle 1, Secton Adopt the staff report and fndngs

5 CHC HCM West Wlshre Blvd; South Oxford Ave; South Serrano Ave Page 2 of 7 VNCENT P BERTON, ACP Drector of Plannng [SGNED ORGNAL N FLE] Ken Bernsten, ACP, Manager Offce of Hstorc Resources [SGNED ORGNAL N FLE] Lambert M Gessnger, Preservaton Archtect Offce of Hstorc Resources [SGNED ORGNAL N FLE] Melssa Jones, Plannng Assstant Offce of Hstorc Resources Attachments: Hstorc-Cultural Monument Applcaton Commsson/ Staff Ste nspecton Photos November 9, 2017

6 CHC HCM West Wlshre Blvd; South Oxford Ave; South Serrano Ave Page 3 of 7 FNDNGS Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park "reflects the broad cultural, economc, or socal hstory of the naton, state, or communty for ts assocaton wth the post-world War development of the Wlshre Center busness dstrct as Los Angeles epcenter for the headquarters of nsurance companes and other major corporatons t also reflects local dscourse on the value of communty open space durng the heght of postwar commercal development n Los Angeles Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park "embodes the dstngushng characterstcs of an archtectural-type specmen, nherently valuable for study of a perod, style or method of constructon as an excellent example of a Late-Modern archtectural style offce tower Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park s "a notable work of a master bulder, desgner, or archtect whose ndvdual genus nfluenced hs or her age as a sgnfcant work of promnent archtects Gordon Bunshaft and Edward Charles Bassett of the nternatonallyrenowned archtecture frm Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM), and an excellent example of a desgned landscape (Lberty Park) by noted landscape archtect Peter Walker of the renowned landscape archtecture frm Sasak, Walker & Assocates CRTERA The crteron s the Cultural Hertage Ordnance whch defnes a hstorcal or cultural monument as any ste (ncludng sgnfcant trees or other plant lfe located thereon) buldng or structure of partcular hstorc or cultural sgnfcance to the Cty of Los Angeles, such as hstorc structures or stes n whch the broad cultural, economc, or socal hstory of the naton, State or communty s reflected or exemplfed, or whch are dentfed wth hstorc personages or wth mportant events n the man currents of natonal, State or local hstory or whch embody the dstngushng characterstcs of an archtectural type specmen, nherently valuable for a study of a perod style or method of constructon, or a notable work of a master bulder, desgner or archtect whose ndvdual genus nfluenced hs age SUMMARY Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park s comprsed of an 11-story offce tower wth a three-level underground parkng garage, a plaza, and a park located on the south sde of Wlshre Boulevard between Oxford and Serrano Avenues n the Wlshre Center/Koreatown communty of Los Angeles Completed n 1967, the Late-Modern archtectural style offce tower was desgned by archtects Gordon Bunshaft ( ) and Edward Charles Bassett ( ) of the promnent archtectural frm Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM) The plaza n front of the offce tower and the park facng Wlshre Boulevard was desgned by noted landscape archtect Peter Walker (born 1932) of Sasak, Walker & Assocates The subject property was bult as the headquarters of the Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company, whch occuped the buldng untl 1985 Wlshre Center emerged n the 1920s as a busness mprovement assocaton to champon progress along the new boulevard and by 1941 t conssted of 12 blocks along Wlshre Boulevard, between Lafayette Park Place and Normande Avenue Over the decades the western and eastern boundares contnued to expand and n 1966, Wlshre Center was formally dedcated as a

7 CHC HCM West Wlshre Blvd; South Oxford Ave; South Serrano Ave Page 4 of 7 four-mle busness dstrct extendng from Unon Avenue on the east to Sycamore Avenue to the west A post-war commercal development boom n Los Angeles saw the congested downtown area beng bypassed by major corporatons who preferred to buld ther headquarters n Wlshre Center From the late 1940s through the 1970s, nsurance frms, ol companes, and major fnancal nsttutons, ncludng Carnaton, BM and Texaco, bult ther headquarters n Wlshre Center, often hrng promnent archtects to desgn ther hgh-rse towers The Benefcal Plaza offce tower s rectangular n plan and s set back 315 feet from the street on approxmately four-and-a-half acres of land The buldng s constructed of precast shocked concrete wth panels of natural grante aggregate claddng and has a flat roof wth a recessed metal parapet t s characterzed by a concrete exoskeletal frame wth slender vertcal elements and wde horzontal bands, whch form rows of bays at each facade Pared fxed alumnum floorto-celng wndows wth solar bronze glazng are recessed behnd each bay at the second through nnth stores A coved gold colored header tops all wndows The frst story at all fa?ades s set back from regularly-spaced concrete pers that wden at ther bases and s enclosed by fxed alumnum floor-to-celng wndows, whch are larger than the upper stores A row of pyramdalshaped waffle lghtng lnes the exteror corrdor celng between the frst story pers and fenestraton The nteror features an H-shaped lobby wth pyramdal-shaped waffle lghtng and a crcular recepton desk There s an elevator core at the center of the lobby that s clad wth green marble and has smooth whte and gray grante floorng The desgned landscape to the north of the offce tower, Lberty Park, conssts of an open lawn wth a grove of Canary sland pne trees slghtly north and east of the park center t s slghtly rased from street level and bounded by a concrete retanng wall A sem-crcular promenade composed of a concrete path and wde strp planted wth lawn and edged wth shrubs hugs the south, east and west sdes of the open lawn Between the park and offce tower s a rectangular plaza paved wth concrete and patterned wth a rectangular grd of black and red grante A flght of shallow concrete steps provdes egress from the plaza to the park There s also an exact replca of the Lberty Bell n the hardscaped plaza n front of the offce tower s man entrance Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM) was orgnally founded as Skdmore & Owngs n 1936 n Chcago, llnos n addton to desgnng several of the world s tallest buldngs, ncludng the John Hancock Center (1969), the Sears Tower (1973) and the Burj Khalfa (2010), SOM s known for poneerng nternatonal-style archtecture n hgh-end corporate buldngs Gordon Bunshaft was SOM s preemnent desgner for 40 years Hs most noted works nclude hs post-war desgns for HJ Henz (1950), Delta Arlnes (1960), and Frst Cty Natonal Bank (1961) Edward Charles Bassett, who worked for Eero Saarnen before startng wth SOM, s known for San Francsco s Bechtel Buldng (1967) and Louse M Davs Symphony Hall (1980) Startng the San Francsco offce of Sasak, Walker & Assocates n 1957, landscape archtect Peter Walker went on to head projects lke the Golden Gateway commercal and resdental development ( ) and Fashon sland n Newport Beach (1970) Alteratons to the buldng exteror are mnmal and nclude the replacement of the entrance doors on the north and south fa?ades, removal and/or replacement of orgnal sgnage, and a ramp added on top of the central entrance steps at the south fa?ade, all at unknown dates Numerous nteror alteratons between 1967 and 2009 consst of tenant mprovements that nclude offce remodelng, addng or removng nteror parttons and dropped celngs, and accessblty upgrades Alteratons to the plaza and park, also appear mnmal and nclude the repar of the permeter concrete wall n 1990 Replacement of a hedge surroundng the park wth lawn and a row of shrubs, and the removal of two crcular planters from the plaza also occurred at unknown dates

8 CHC HCM West Wlshre Blvd; South Oxford Ave; South Serrano Ave Page 5 of 7 DSCUSSON Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park successfully meets three of the Hstorc-Cultural Monument crtera The subject property "reflects the broad cultural, economc, or socal hstory of the naton, state, or communty for ts assocaton wth the post-world War development of the Wlshre Center busness dstrct as Los Angeles epcenter for the headquarters of nsurance companes and other major corporatons t also reflects local dscourse on the value of communty open space durng the heght of postwar commercal development n Los Angeles By the 1940s, a Wlshre Boulevard address had become synonymous wth power and prestge n the world of nternatonal corporatons The postwar perod ushered n a new era of commercal development to the Wlshre Center busness dstrct as major natonal and nternatonal corporatons started constructng ther new modern headquarter buldngs along Wlshre Boulevard n partcular, Wlshre Center emerged as a hub for nsurance companes, most of whch commssoned ther own headquarters buldngs, such as the subject property When Lberty Park opened n 1967, the concept of dedcatng prvate corporate property as communty open space, partcularly on a major commercal corrdor such as Wlshre Boulevard, was unprecedented At the tme of ts constructon, Lberty Park and ts adjonng plaza comprsed the deepest setback of any major offce buldng n the naton Benefcal nsurance created the park wth the ntenton of promotng the aesthetc and cultural values of the cty, and the Cty of Los Angeles admnstered protecton of that open space through zonng regulatons, recognzng ts beneft to the communty Through ts own ntatve on August 22, 1968, the Los Angeles Cty Plannng Commsson voted to change the zonng of the parcel contanng Lberty Park from commercal (C4-4) to parkng (P-4) Although the P zone s most often used as a means to ensure that land s only developed for specfc purposes (typcally surface parkng), the Cty used the P zonng desgnaton n an effort to protect Lberty Park from future development The subject property also "embodes the dstngushng characterstcs of an archtectural-type specmen, nherently valuable for study of a perod, style, or method of constructon as an excellent example of a Late-Modern archtectural style offce tower Late Modern s a broad term that s used to descrbe an teraton of Modern archtecture that came of age between the md- 1950s and 1970s The hallmarks of Late Modern desgn, as exhbted by the Benefcal Plaza offce tower, nclude bold geometrc forms, lack of appled ornamentaton, an exoskeletal structural frame, unpanted textured wall surfaces, unapparent door and wndow openngs ncorporated nto the exteror claddng, and a modular desgn dctated by structural framng and glazng Further, the subject property s "a notable work of a master bulder, desgner, or archtect whose ndvdual genus nfluenced hs or her age as a sgnfcant work of promnent archtects Gordon Bunshaft and Edward Charles Bassett of the nternatonally-renowned archtecture frm Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM), and an excellent example of a desgned landscape (Lberty Park) by noted landscape archtect Peter Walker of the renowned landscape archtecture frm Sasak, Walker & Assocates SOM s large archtectural frm that has offces n major ctes n the Unted States and several countres around the world The frm s known for ts hgh-profle post-world War corporate offce desgn and large-scale urban development projects, such as the subject property, n the Unted States and worldwde The Benefcal Plaza offce tower project represented an unusual collaboraton between archtects Bunshaft and Bassett n that t brought together the sgnatures of both archtects--bassett s senstve stng of the buldng, deeply set

9 CHC HCM West Wlshre Blvd; South Oxford Ave; South Serrano Ave Page 6 of 7 back on ts north and south sdes, and Bunshaft s contrbuton of the buldng s formal, Late Modern desgn and monolthc presence along a densely developed Wlshre corrdor Throughout the 1960s, the landscape archtecture frm Sasak, Walker & Assocates collaborated wth multple archtects of note, among them McCue, Boone, Tomsck, Frank Gehry, and SOM Peter Walker s sgnature style combned smple classcsm wth contemporary landscape prncples, whch s reflected n Lberty Park s formal, yet refned landscape desgn Whle the desgn s almost completely symmetrcal, the slghtly offset grove of Canary sland pne trees s a subtle nod to contemporary landscapng and s exemplary of Walker s desgn aesthetc Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park s hghly ntact and retans a hgh level of ntegrty of locaton, desgn, settng, materals, workmanshp, feelng, and assocaton CALFORNA ENVRONMENTAL QUALTY ACT ( CEQA ) FNDNGS State of Calforna CEQA Gudelnes, Artcle 19, Secton 15308, Class 8 conssts of actons taken by regulatory agences, as authorzed by state or local ordnance, to assure the mantenance, restoraton, enhancement, or protecton of the envronment where the regulatory process nvolves procedures for protecton of the envronment State of Calforna CEQA Gudelnes Artcle 19, Secton 15331, Class 31 conssts of projects lmted to mantenance, repar, stablzaton, rehabltaton, restoraton, preservaton, conservaton or reconstructon of hstorcal resources n a manner consstent wth the Secretary of the nteror s Standards for the Treatment of Hstorc Propertes wth Gudelnes for Preservng, Rehabltatng, Restorng, and Reconstructng Hstorc buldngs The desgnaton of Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park as a Hstorc-Cultural Monument n accordance wth Chapter 9, Artcle 1, of The Cty of Los Angeles Admnstratve Code ( LAAC ) wll ensure that future constructon actvtes nvolvng the subject property are regulated n accordance wth Secton of the LAAC The purpose of the desgnaton s to prevent sgnfcant mpacts to a Hstorc-Cultural Monument through the applcaton of the standards set forth n the LAAC Wthout the regulaton mposed by way of the pendng desgnaton, the hstorc sgnfcance and ntegrty of the subject property could be lost through ncompatble alteratons and new constructon and the demolton of an rreplaceable hstorc ste/open space The Secretary of the nteror s Standards for Rehabltaton are expressly ncorporated nto the LAAC and provde standards concernng the hstorcally approprate constructon actvtes whch wll ensure the contnued preservaton of the subject property The use of Categorcal Exempton Class 8 n connecton wth the proposed desgnaton s consstent wth the goals of mantanng, restorng, enhancng, and protectng the envronment through the mposton of regulatons desgned to prevent the degradaton of Hstorc-Cultural Monuments The use of Categorcal Exempton Class 31 n connecton wth the proposed desgnaton s consstent wth the goals relatng to the preservaton, rehabltaton, restoraton and reconstructon of hstorc buldngs and stes n a manner consstent wth the Secretary of the nteror s Standards for the Treatment of Hstorc Propertes Categorcal Exempton ENV CE was prepared on November 14, 2017

10 CHC HCM West Wlshre Blvd; South Oxford Ave; South Serrano Ave Page 7 of 7 BACKGROUND On October 5, 2017, the Cultural Hertage Commsson voted to take the property under consderaton On November 9, 2017, a subcommttee of the Commsson consstng of Commssoners Barron and Kanner vsted the property, accompaned by staff from the Offce of Hstorc Resources

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31 COUNTY CLERKS USE CTY OF LOS ANGELES OFFCE OF THE CTY CLERK 200 NORTH SPRNG STREET, ROOM 360 LOS ANGELES, CALFORNA CALFORNA ENVRONMENTAL QUALTY ACT NOTCE OF EXEMPTON (Calforna Envronmental Qualty Act Secton 15062) CTY CLERKS USE Flng of ths form s optonal f fled, the form shall be fled wth the County Clerk, E mperal Hghway, Norwalk, CA 90650, pursuant to Publc Resources Code Secton (b) Pursuant to Publc Resources Code Secton (d), the flng of ths notce starts a 35-day statute of lmtatons on court challenges to the approval of the project Falure to fle ths notce wth the County Clerk results n the statute of lmtatons beng extended to 180 days LEAD CTY AGENCY Cty of Los Angeles Department of Cty Plannng PROJECT TTLE Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park COUNCL DSTRCT 10 LOG REFERENCE ENV CE CHC HCM PROJECT LOCATON West Wlshre Boulevard; South Oxford Avenue; South Serrano Avenue, Los Angeles, CA DESCRPTON OF NATURE, PURPOSE, AND BENEFCARES OF PROJECT: Desgnaton of the Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park as an Hstorc-Cultural Monument NAME OF PERSON OR AGENCY CARRYNG OUT PROJECT, F OTHER THAN LEAD CTY AGENCY: CONTACT PERSON Melssa Jones EXEMPT STATUS: (Check One) AREA CODE TELEPHONE NUMBER EXT STATE CEQA GUDELNES CTY CEQA GUDELNES MNSTERAL Sec Art, Sec 2b DECLARED EMERGENCY Sec Art, Sec 2a (1) EMERGENCY PROJECT Sec (b) & (c) Art, Sec 2a (2) & (3) X CATEGORCAL EXEMPTON Sec et seq Art, Sec 1 OTHER Class 8 & 31 Category (Cty CEQA Gudelnes) (See Publc Resources Code Sec (b) and set forth state and Cty gudelne provson JUSTFCATON FOR PROJECT EXEMPTON: Artcle 19, Secton 15308, Class 8 of the States Gudelnes apples to where projects conssts of actons taken by regulatory agences, as authorzed by state or local ordnance, to assure the mantenance, restoraton, enhancement, or protecton of the envronment where the regulatory process nvolves procedures for protecton of the envronment Class 31 apples to mantenance, repar, stablzaton, rehabltaton, restoraton, preservaton, or reconstructon of hstorcal resources n a manner consstent wth the Secretary of nterors Standards for the Treatment of Hstorc Buldngs Desgnaton of the Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park as an Hstorc-Cultural Monument wll assure the protecton of the envronment by the enactment of project revew regulatons based on the Secretary of nteror s Standards to mantan and preserve the hstorc ste F FLED BY APPLCANT, ATTACH CERTFED DOCUMENT SSUED BY THE CTY PLANNNG DEPARTMENT STATNG THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS FOUND THE PROJECT TO BE EXEMPT SGNATURE TTLE DATE [SGNED COPY N FLE! Plannng Assstant November 14, 2017 FEE: RECEPT NO RECD BY DATE DSTRBUTON: (1) County Clerk, (2) Cty Clerk, (3) Agency Record F FLED BY THE APPLCANT: NAME (PRNTED) SGNATURE DATE

32 Los Angeles Department of Cty Plannng RECOMMENDATON REPORT CULTURAL HERTAGE COMMSSON CASE NO: CHC HCM ENV CE HEARNG DATE: TME: PLACE: October 5, :00 AM Cty Hall, Room N Sprng Street Los Angeles, CA Locaton: West Wlshre Boulevard; South Oxford Avenue; South Serrano Avenue Councl Dstrct: 10 - Wesson Communty Plan Area: Wlshre Area Plannng Commsson: Central Neghborhood Councl: Wlshre Center-Koreatown Legal Descrpton: Tract P M 896, Lots A and C PROJECT: REQUEST: OWNER(S): Hstorc-Cultural Monument Applcaton for BENEFCAL PLAZA AND LBERTY PARK Declare the property a Hstorc-Cultural Monument Wlshre Park Place North, LLC c/o Thomson Reuters, nc PO Box 847 Carlsbad, CA Wlshre Park Place, LLC Vanowen Street, Sute 206 Van Nuys, CA Wlshre Park Place North LLC c/o Jamson Propertes, nc 3530 Wlshre Boulevard, Sute 1800 Los Angeles, CA APPLCANT: PREPARERS: RECOMMENDATON Annette van Duren Frends of Save Lberty Park 3810 Wlshre Boulevard Los Angeles, CA Kate E Horak and Evanne St Charles Archtectural Resources Group, nc 8 Mlls Place, Sute 300 Pasadena, CA That the Cultural Hertage Commsson: 1 Take the property under consderaton as a Hstorc-Cultural Monument per Los Angeles Admnstratve Code Chapter 9, Dvson 22, Artcle 1, Secton because the applcaton and accompanyng photo documentaton suggest the submttal warrants further nvestgaton 2 Adopt the report fndngs

33 CHC HCM West Wlshre Blvd; South Oxford Ave; South Serrano Ave Page 2 of 4 VNCENT P BERTON, ACP Drector of Plannng [SGNED ORGNAL N FLE] Ken Bernsten, ACP, Manager Offce of Hstorc Resources [SGNED ORGNAL N FLE] Lambert M Gessnger, Preservaton Archtect Offce of Hstorc Resources [SGNED ORGNAL N FLE] Melssa Jones, Plannng Assstant Offce of Hstorc Resources Attachment: Hstorc-Cultural Monument Applcaton

34 CHC HCM West Wlshre Blvd; South Oxford Ave; South Serrano Ave Page 3 of 4 SUMMARY Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park s comprsed of an 11-story offce tower wth a three-level underground parkng garage, a plaza, and a park located on the south sde of Wlshre Boulevard between Oxford and Serrano Avenues n the Wlshre Center/Koreatown communty of Los Angeles Completed n 1967, the Late-Modern archtectural style offce tower was desgned by archtects Gordon Bunshaft ( ) and Edward Charles Bassett ( ) of the promnent archtectural frm Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM) The plaza n front of the offce tower and the park facng Wlshre Boulevard was desgned by noted landscape archtect Peter Walker (born 1932) of Sasak, Walker & Assocates The subject property was bult as the headquarters of the Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company, whch occuped the buldng untl 1985 Wlshre Center emerged n the 1920s as a busness mprovement assocaton to champon progress along the new boulevard and by 1941 t conssted of 12 blocks along Wlshre Boulevard, between Lafayette Park Place and Normande Avenue Over the decades the western and eastern boundares contnued to expand and n 1966, Wlshre Center was formally dedcated as a fourmle busness dstrct extendng from Unon Avenue on the east to Sycamore Avenue to the west A post-war commercal development boom n Los Angeles saw the congested downtown area beng bypassed by major corporatons who preferred to buld ther headquarters n Wlshre Center From the late 1940s through the 1970s, nsurance frms, ol companes, and major fnancal nsttutons, ncludng Carnaton, BM and Texaco, bult ther headquarters n Wlshre Center, often hrng promnent archtects to desgn ther hgh-rse towers The Benefcal Plaza offce tower s rectangular n plan and s set back 315 feet from the street on approxmately four-and-a-half acres of land The buldng s constructed of precast shocked concrete wth panels of natural grante aggregate claddng and has a flat roof wth a recessed metal parapet t s characterzed by a concrete exoskeletal frame wth slender vertcal elements and wde horzontal bands, whch form rows of bays at each facade Pared fxed alumnum floorto-celng wndows wth solar bronze glazng are recessed behnd each bay at the second through nnth stores A coved gold colored header tops all wndows The frst story at all fa?ades s set back from regularly-spaced concrete pers that wden at ther bases and s enclosed by fxed alumnum floor-to-celng wndows, whch are larger than the upper stores A row of pyramdalshaped waffle lghtng lnes the exteror corrdor celng between the frst story pers and fenestraton The nteror features an H-shaped lobby wth pyramdal-shaped waffle lghtng and a crcular recepton desk There s an elevator core at the center of the lobby that s clad wth green marble and has smooth whte and gray grante floorng The desgned landscape to the north of the offce tower, Lberty Park, conssts of an open lawn wth a grove of Canary sland pne trees slghtly north and east of the park center t s slghtly rased from street level and bounded by a concrete retanng wall A sem-crcular promenade composed of a concrete path and wde strp planted wth lawn and edged wth shrubs hugs the south, east and west sdes of the open lawn Between the park and offce tower s a rectangular plaza paved wth concrete and patterned wth a rectangular grd of black and red grante A flght of shallow concrete steps provdes egress from the plaza to the park Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM) was orgnally founded as Skdmore & Owngs n 1936 n Chcago, llnos n addton to desgnng several of the world s tallest buldngs, ncludng the John Hancock Center (1969), the Sears Tower (1973) and the Burj Khalfa (2010), SOM s known for poneerng nternatonal-style archtecture n hgh-end corporate buldngs Gordon Bunshaft was

35 CHC HCM West Wlshre Blvd; South Oxford Ave; South Serrano Ave Page 4 of 4 SOM s preemnent desgner for 40 years Hs most noted works nclude hs post-war desgns for HJ Henz (1950), Delta Arlnes (1960), and Frst Cty Natonal Bank (1961) Edward Charles Bassett, who worked for Eero Saarnen before startng wth SOM, s known for San Francsco s Bechtel Buldng (1967) and Louse M Davs Symphony Hall (1980) Startng the San Francsco offce of Sasak, Walker & Assocates n 1957, landscape archtect Peter Walker went on to head projects lke the Golden Gateway commercal and resdental development ( ) and Fashon sland n Newport Beach (1970) Alteratons to the buldng exteror appear mnmal and nclude the replacement of the entrance doors on the north and south fa?ades, removal and/or replacement of orgnal sgnage, and a ramp added on top of the central entrance steps at the south fa?ade, all at unknown dates Numerous nteror alteratons between 1967 and 2009 consst of tenant mprovements that nclude offce remodelng, addng or removng nteror parttons and dropped celngs, and accessblty upgrades Alteratons to the plaza and park, also appear mnmal and nclude the repar of the permeter concrete wall n 1990 Replacement of a hedge surroundng the park wth lawn and a row of shrubs, and the removal of two crcular planters from the plaza also occurred at unknown dates CRTERA The crteron s the Cultural Hertage Ordnance whch defnes a hstorcal or cultural monument as any ste (ncludng sgnfcant trees or other plant lfe located thereon) buldng or structure of partcular hstorc or cultural sgnfcance to the Cty of Los Angeles, such as hstorc structures or stes n whch the broad cultural, economc, or socal hstory of the naton, State or communty s reflected or exemplfed, or whch are dentfed wth hstorc personages or wth mportant events n the man currents of natonal, State or local hstory or whch embody the dstngushng characterstcs of an archtectural type specmen, nherently valuable for a study of a perod style or method of constructon, or a notable work of a master bulder, desgner or archtect whose ndvdual genus nfluenced hs age FNDNGS Based on the facts set forth n the summary and applcaton, the Commsson determnes that the applcaton s complete and that the property may be sgnfcant enough to warrant further nvestgaton as a potental Hstorc-Cultural Monument

36 CTY OF LOS ANGELES Offce of Hstorc Resources/Cultural Hertage Commsson HSTORC-CULTURAL MONUMENT NOMNATON FORM H 1 PROPERTY DENTFCATON prop sed Monument Name: Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park Orgnal hstorc name other Assocated Names: Wlshre Park Place Street Address: 3700 W Wlshre Boulevard Zp: Councl Dstrct: 10 Range of Addresses on Property: W Wlshre Boulevard Communty Name: Assessor Parcel Number: Tract: 896 Block: /A Lot: A dentfcatoncontd: ParkAPN Proposed Monument Property Type: Buldng Structure Object Ste/Open Space Natural Feature Descrbe any addtonal resources located on the property to be ncluded n the nomnaton, here: Lberty Park ste/open space (separate parcel, see above) 2 CONSTRUCTON HSTORY & CURRENT STATUS Year bult: 1967 Factual Estmated Threatened? Prvate Development Archtect/Desgner: Orgnal Use: offce tower Contractor: Dnwdde Constructon Company Present Use: offce tower s the Proposed Monument on ts Orgnal Ste? Yes No (explan n secton 7) Unknown (explan n secton 7) 3 STYLE & MATERALS Archtectural Style: Stores: 11 Plan Shape: FEATURE PRMARY SECONDARY CONSTRUCTON Type: Type: Steel CLADDNG Materal: Unknown Materal: ROOF Type: Materal: Type: Select Materal: WNDOWS Type: Materal: Alumnum Type: Select Materal: ENTRY Style: Style: DOOR Type: Glass Type: Select

37 CTY OF LOS ANGELES Offce of Hstorc Resources/Cultural Hertage Commsson HSTORC-CULTURAL MONUMENT NOMNATON FORM wts 4 ALTERATON HSTORY Lst date and wrte a bref descrpton of any major alteratons or addtons Ths secton may also be completed on a separate document nclude copes of permts n the nomnaton packet Make sure to lst any major alteratons for whch there are no permts, as well See attached 5 EXSTNG HSTORC RESOURCE DENTFCATON (f known) Lsted n the Natonal Regster of Hstorc Places Lsted n the Calforna Regster of Hstorcal Resources Formally determned elgble for the Natonal and/or Calforna Regsters Located n an Hstorc Preservaton Overlay Zone (HPOZ) Determned elgble for natonal, state, or local landmark status by an hstorc resources survey(s) Survey Name(s): Contrbutng feature Non-contrbutng feature Other hstorcal or cultural resource desgnatons: 6 APPLCABLE HSTORC-CULTURAL MONUMENT CRTERA The proposed monument exemplfes the followng Cultural Hertage Ordnance Crtera (Secton ): Reflects the broad cultural, economc, or socal hstory of the naton, state, or communty s dentfed wth hstorc personages or wth mportant events n the man currents of natonal, state, or local hstory Embodes the dstngusng characterstcs of an archtectural-type specmen, nherently valuable for study of a perod, style, or method of constructon A notable work of a master bulder, desgner, or archtect whose ndvdual genus nfluenced hs or her age

38 CTY OF LOS ANGELES Offce of Hstorc Resources/Cultural Hertage Commsson HSTORC-CULTURAL MONUMENT NOMNATON FORM E 7 WRTTEN STATEMENTS Ths secton allows you to dscuss at length the sgnfcance of the proposed monument and why t should be desgnated an Hstorc-Cultural Monument Type your response on separate documents and attech them to ths form A Proposed Monument Descrpton - Descrbe the proposed monuments physcal characterstcs and relatonshp to ts surroundng envronment Expand on sectons 2 and 3 wth a more detaled descrpton ofthe ste Expand on secton 4 and dscuss the constructon/alteraton hstory n detal f that s necessary to explan the proposed monuments current form dentfy and descrbe any characterdefnng elements, structures, nteror spaces, or landscape features B Statement of Sgnfcance - Address the proposed monuments hstorc, cultural, and/or archtectural sgnfcance by dscussng how t satsfes the HCM crtera you selected n Secton 6 You must support your argument wth substantal evdence and analyss The Statement of Sgnfcance s your man argument for desgnaton so t s mportant to substantate any clams you make wth supportng documentaton and research 8 CONTACT NFORMATON Applcant Company: Name: Annette van Duren Frends of Save Lberty Park Street Address: 3810 Wlshre Boulevard Cty: Los Angeles State: Zp: Phone Number: (213) Emal: savelbertypark@gmalcom Property Owner s the owner n support of the nomnaton? Yes No Unknown Name: Company: Street Address: Cty: State: Zp: Phone Number: Emal: Nomnaton Preparer/Applcants Representatve Name: Kate E Florak and Evanne St Charles Company: Archtectural Resources Group, nc Street Address: 8 Mlls Place, Sute 300 Cty: State: Zp: Phone Number: Emal:

39 CTY OF LOS ANGELES Offce of Hstorc Resources/Cultural Hertage Commsson NOMNATON FORM P m wm 9 SUBMTTAL When you have completed preparng your nomnaton, comple all materals n the order specfed below Although the entre packet must not exceed 100 pages, you may send addtonal materal on a CD or flash drve APPLCATON CHECKLST 1 ^ Nomnaton Form 5 ^ Copes of Prmary/Secondary Documentaton 2 Wrtten Statements A and B RELEASE / Bblography Two Prmary Photos of Exteror/Man Facade (8x10, the man photo of the proposed monument Also emal a dgtal copy of the man photo to: plannngohr@lactyorg) Copes of Buldng Permts for Major Alteratons (nclude frst constructon permts) 7 s/ Addtonal, Contemporary Photos 8 9 Hstorcal Photos Zmas Parcel Report for all Nomnated Parcels (ncludng map) Please read each statement and check the correspondng boxes to ndcate that you agree wth the statement, then sgn below n the provded space Ether the applcant or preparer may sgn acknowledge that all documents submtted wll become publc records under the Calforna Publc Records Act, and understand that the documents wll be made avalable upon request to members of the publc for nspecton and copyng acknowledge that all photographs and mages submtted as part of ths applcaton wll become the property of the Cty of Los Angeles, and understand that permsson s granted for use of the photographs and mages by the Cty wthout any expectaton of compensaton acknowledge that have the rght to submt or have obtaned the approprate permsson to submt all nformaton contaned n ths applcaton SXjrcfX (o 113) 17 Name: Date: lgnature: Mal your Hstorc-Cultural Monument Submttal to the Offce of Hstorc Resources Offce of Hstorc Resources Department of Cty Plannng 200 N Sprng Street, Room 620 Los Angeles, CA Phone: Webste: preservatonlactyorg

40 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park Hstorc-Cultural Monument Nomnaton Contnuaton Sheet A Property Descrpton Ste The property at 3700 Wlshre Boulevard s located on the south sde of Wlshre Boulevard n the Wlshre Center/Koreatown communty, about four mles west of downtown Los Angeles The subject property comprses two parcels, together approxmately four-and-a-half acres, surrounded by offce towers and other large commercal and nsttutonal buldngs datng from the 1920s to the present The property contans an offce tower, park, and plaza, whch were orgnally known as Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park, and are now known as Wlshre Park Place Completed n 1967, Benefcal Plaza was desgned by archtects Gordon Bunshaft and Edward Charles Bassett of renowned archtecture frm Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM) Lberty Park, the landscaped open space frontng Benefcal Plaza, was desgned by noted landscape archtect Peter Walker of Sasak, Walker & Assocates (SWA) The property was bult as the headquarters of the Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company The offce tower s set back from Wlshre Boulevard 315 feet and s fronted by a hardscaped plaza and open lawn known as Lberty Park The plaza and lawn comprse approxmately 25 acres of the ste To the rear (south) of the buldng s a landscaped promenade composed of a concrete path bounded by sunken rectangular planters, whch are planted wth fcus trees (some of the planters are empty) Beyond the promenade s paved surface parkng and the Po Pco branch of the Los Angeles Publc Lbrary The lbrary buldng replaced half of the surface parkng n the 1980s 1 Offce Tower - Exteror The Benefcal Plaza buldng s an 11-story Late Modern offce tower wth a three-level underground parkng garage The buldng has a rectangular plan, sts on a concrete foundaton, and s capped wth a flat roof featurng a recessed metal parapet t s constructed of precast shocked concrete and ts walls are clad wth panels of natural grante aggregate The man structure of the buldng s characterzed by a concrete exoskeletal frame wth slender vertcal elements and wde horzontal bands, whch form rows of bays at each facade The top corners of each bay are curved Pared fxed alumnum floor-to-celng wndows wth solar bronze glazng are recessed behnd each bay at the second through nnth stores of each facade A coved gold colored header tops all of the wndows Fenestraton at the tenth story s recessed more than at the lower stores, and a metal ralng lnes the space between each concrete per, suggestng a top floor balcony The 11th story contans no fenestraton, as t s lkely dedcated to housng mechancal equpment 1 The surface parkng and lbrary are on a separate parcel and are not ncluded as part of ths HCM nomnaton Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

41 «jh Archtectural Resources Group The frst story at all facades s set back from, and supported by, regularly-spaced concrete pers that wden at ther bases The frst story s enclosed by fxed alumnum floor-to-celng wndows, whch are larger than at the upper stores A row of pyramdal-shaped waffle lghtng lnes the exteror corrdor celng between the pers and fenestraton at the frst story Between each per along the frst story of the south, east, and west facades s a low concrete ralng wth slghtly tapered concrete supports The north (prmary) facade contans three entrances The central man entrance s composed of three grouped fully glazed doors wth metal handles nscrbed wth the word "PULL" Above the doors s a black metal band contanng metal letterng that reads "3700 WLSHRE BOULEVARD" The doors at the east and west entrances on the north facade have been replaced wth new fully glazed alumnum doors The central entrance on the south facade contans the same doors and sgnage as the man entry on the north facade A concrete ramp wth a metal ralng and canopy was added on top of the steps leadng to the central south facade entrance The canopy connects to the rear entrance of the Po Pco lbrary The doors at the east and west entrances on the south facade have been replaced wth new fully glazed alumnum doors Offce Tower - nteror (Frst Floor Lobby) The frst floor lobby has an H-shaped plan At the center of the lobby are two elevator banks, each contanng four elevator bays wth smple recessed metal doors The dropped celng of the lobby retans the same pyramdal-shaped waffle lghtng as the exteror frst floor corrdor The elevator core s clad wth green marble, and the floorng s smooth whte and gray grante At the south end of the lobby s a crcular recepton desk The east and west ends of space are lned wth offces/retal enclosed wth floorto-celng wndows and fully glazed doors Lberty Park and Plaza The desgned landscape to the front (north) of the offce tower s known as Lberty Park Lberty Park conssts of an expansve open lawn wth a grove of Canary sland pne trees slghtly north and east of the center of the park The lawn s set back from the street by a wde concrete sdewalk t s slghtly rased from street level and s bounded by a concrete retanng wall along ts north, east, and west sdes At the northeast and northwest corners of the park, separated from the lawn by concrete walkways, are rased concrete platforms, atop whch st square metal structures wth wde fasca accommodatng sgnage (orgnal sgnage has been removed/replaced) Three flagpoles st at the southwest corner of the park A sem-crcular promenade composed of a concrete path and wde strp planted wth lawn and edged wth shrubs hugs the south, east, and west sdes of the open lawn South of the lawn s a rectangular plaza paved wth concrete and patterned wth a rectangular grd of black and red grante A flght of shallow concrete steps provdes egress from the plaza to the park The plaza s reached from Serrano and Oxford avenues va two curvng ramps paved wth concrete and Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

42 «jh Archtectural Resources Group trmmed wth grante The ramps wden as they reach street level Two rows of fve rectangular podums supportng crcular concrete planters delneate a path as one enters the plaza from the east and west ramps Two of the concrete planters have been removed A replca of the Lberty Bell sts atop a concrete podum south of the crcular planters The central part of the plaza serves as a brdge over two vehcular ramps at Serrano and Oxford avenues that lead to the underground parkng garage The vehcular entrances are bordered on three sdes by rased rectangular planters contanng hedges At ts south end, the plaza extends east and west nto a rectangular walk that stretches the length of the offce towers north facade At the east and west ends of the walkway are flghts of stars leadng to the street Alteratons Hstorc and recent photos of the offce tower and alteraton permts from the Los Angeles Department of Buldng and Safety (LADBS) ndcate that the exteror of the buldng has endured few alteratons nteror alteratons, begnnng n 1967 and contnung through 2009, largely conssted of tenant mprovements (offce remodelng and addng/removng nteror parttons and dropped celngs), as well as systems upgrades and dsabled access accommodatons Due to the substantal number of nteror alteratons, each ndvdual nteror alteraton s not ncluded n the lst below Dec 1990 Oct 1994 Oct 2002 nteror tenant mprovements, ncludng offce remodelng, removal/addton of non-loadbearng parttons and dropped celngs, and systems/ada upgrades were performed on all floors at varous ponts n tme The permeter concrete wall was repared (LADBS Permt No ) The buldng was re-roofed (LADBS Permt No ) The buldng was re-roofed a second tme (LADBS Permt No ) Unknown East and west entrance doors on the north and south facades were replaced A ramp was added on top of the central entrance steps at the south facade Orgnal sgnage was removed and/or replaced Two crcular planters were removed from the plaza The sem-crcular hedge surroundng the park was replaced wth lawn and a row of shrubs Some trees were removed from the sunken planters at the rear of the buldng Character-Defnng Features Ste Ste plan, ncludng a rectangular offce tower (Benefcal Plaza buldng) deeply set back from Wlshre Boulevard and fronted by a plaza and park (Lberty Park) Vew of the Benefcal Plaza buldng from Wlshre Boulevard, rsng above the plaza and park Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

43 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Promenade, composed of a wde concrete walkway bounded by sunken rectangular planters and shade trees, south of the buldng Offce Tower - Exteror Vertcal massng Smple, rectlnear forms Flat roof wth recessed metal parapet Exoskeletal concrete frame Grante aggregate exteror panelng Rows of bays wth curved top corners framng fenestraton at upper stores along all facades Recessed fxed floor-to-celng alumnum wndows wth solar bronze glazng and gold colored coved headers at the upper stores Concrete pers that wden at ther bases and support the frst story Fxed floor-to-celng alumnum wndows recessed behnd the frst story pers Row of waffle lghtng at the celng of the exteror frst floor corrdor Grouped fully glazed doors wth metal handles nscrbed wth the word "PULL" at the central entrances on the north and south facades Metal sgnage readng "3700 WLSHRE BOULEVARD" above north and south man entrances Low concrete ralng wth tapered concrete supports along the frst floor exteror corrdor of the south, east, and west facades Offce Tower - nteror (Frst Floor Lobby) H-shaped plan Central elevator core wth eght bays of elevator doors (four on each sde) Dropped celng wth waffle lghtng Green marble claddng along the elevator core Fully glazed offce/retal enclosures on the east and west sdes of the lobby Whte and gray smooth grante floorng Lberty Park and Plaza Formal, symmetrcal landscape and hardscape frontng the offce tower, consstng of a plaza frontng the buldng and a park (Lberty Park) between the plaza and the street Expansve open lawn, slghtly rased from street level Sem-crcular promenade that wraps around the lawn on the south, east, and west sdes Grove of mature Canary sland pnes at the northeast corner of the park Rectangular concrete podums supportng sgnage at the northeast and northwest corners of the park Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

44 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Concrete retanng wall boundng the park on the north, east, and west sdes Flagpoles at the southwest corner of the park Hardscaped plaza paved wth a rectangular pattern of concrete and red and black grante Flght of low steps provdng egress from the park to the plaza Curved concrete grante-trmmed ramps bounded by concrete walls that lead from the sdewalk at Oxford and Serrano avenues to the center of the plaza Two rows of rectangular podums contanng crcular planters n the north half of the plaza Lberty Bell replca atop a concrete podum at the central, south end of the plaza Brdged secton of the plaza over vehcular parkng ramps Vehcular ramps that lead to the underground parkng garage from Oxford and Serrano avenues Rased rectangular planters borderng the vehcular ramps on the north, south, and east sdes B Statement of Sgnfcance Summary Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park meet the followng crtera for desgnaton as a Los Angeles Hstorc- Cultural Monument: t reflects the broad cultural, poltcal, economc, or socal hstory of the naton, state, or communty Constructed n 1967, the subject property reflects the development of the Wlshre Center busness dstrct as Los Angeles epcenter for the headquarters of nsurance companes and major natonal and nternatonal corporatons after World War By the late 1940s, a Wlshre Boulevard address had become synonymous wth power and prestge n the world of nternatonal corporatons and Fortune 500 companes From the late 1940s through the 1970s, nsurance frms, ol companes, and major fnancal nsttutons bult ther headquarters n Wlshre Center, often hrng promnent archtects to desgn ther hgh-rse offce towers Desgned as the headquarters of the Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company, a major natonwde nsurance corporaton founded n Los Angeles n 1940, Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park were completed at the heght of the Wlshre Center corporate buldng boom n keepng wth other master archtect-desgned corporate headquarters, the company hred renowned archtecture frm Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM) to desgn ts new offce tower, whch t occuped untl 1985 The subject property also reflects local dscourse on the value of communty open space durng the heght of postwar commercal development n Los Angeles Benefcal nsurance created Lberty Park as an open space ntended to promote the aesthetc and cultural values of the cty, and the Cty of Los Angeles admnstered protecton of that open space through zonng practces n recognton of ts beneft to the communty Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

45 «jh Archtectural Resources Group t embodes the dstngushng characterstcs of an archtectural-type specmen, nherently valuable for study of a perod, style or method of constructon The Benefcal Plaza offce tower embodes the dstngushng characterstcs of Late Modern archtecture Specfcally, the style s conveyed through the buldngs modular desgn, smple rectlnear form, exoskeletal structural frame, unpanted textured wall surfaces, unadorned wndow and door openngs, and lack of appled ornamentaton Lberty Park complements the desgn of the buldng and draws upon the prncples of Modern landscapng t s a notable work of a master bulder, desgner, or archtect whose ndvdual genus nfluenced hs or her age The subject property s a notable work of the nternatonally-renowned archtecture frm Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM), wth ts desgn led by master archtects Gordon Bunshaft ( ) and Edward Charles Bassett ( ) Orgnally founded as Skdmore & Owngs n 1936, the frm became known for ts hgh-profle corporate offce desgn and large-scale urban development projects n the Unted States and worldwde after World War The property also contans an excellent example of a desgned landscape (Lberty Park) by noted landscape archtect Peter Walker Walker, a foundng prncpal of the renowned landscape archtecture frm Sasak, Walker & Assocates (SWA), s best known for hs classcal landscape desgns that combne hstory and tradton wth contemporary practces Hstorcal Background Post-World War Development of the Wlshre Center Busness Dstrct Orgnally envsoned as a grand parkway lned wth mansons and hgh-end hotels, by the 1920s Wlshre Boulevard was on ts way to becomng a major commercal corrdor servng multple communtes The Ambassador Hotel, opened n 1921 on the 3400 block of Wlshre, set precedent for the development of the Wlshre corrdor By 1927, the wde boulevard, complete wth concrete curbs and sdewalks, and lned wth palm trees, had been paved from Westlake Park to Farfax Avenue Shortly thereafter, Angelenos voted to rezone 25 blocks of the street from Westlake Park to Western Avenue for commercal use, promptng a surge n constructon Soon, ths porton of Wlshre Boulevard was lned wth banks, cafes, hgh-end retal establshments, and automoble servce statons, n addton to promnent houses of worshp2 Many of the buldngs were desgned n dramatc archtectural styles n an attempt to catch the eye of motorsts passng by 3 2 Kevn Roderck and J Erc Lynxwler, Wlshre Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles (Santa Monca: Angel Cty Press, 2005), 85 3 bd, 92 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

46 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Wlshre Center frst emerged as a dstnct dentty along Wlshre Boulevard n the 1920s as one of several early busness mprovement assocatons formed to champon progress along the boulevard4 By 1941, the newly formed Wlshre Center Company, created by local busness propretors to attract toursts and resdents to the dstrct as a "Ffth Avenue of the West," defned ts boundares as the 12 blocks of Wlshre between Lafayette Park Place and Normande Avenue5 The western and eastern boundares contnued to expand n later years and n 1966, Wlshre Center was formally dedcated by the Wlshre Commttee of the Wlshre Chamber of Commerce as a four mle busness dstrct extendng from Unon Avenue on the east to Sycamore Avenue at the edge of the Mracle Mle to the west 6 The postwar perod ushered n a new era of commercal development to the Wlshre Center busness dstrct as major natonal and nternatonal companes quckly flled Wlshre Boulevard wth ther new modern corporate headquarters Los Angeles post-world War populaton boom and ncreased mportance on the world stage motvated major corporatons to establsh headquarters n the cty, but the central busness dstrct n downtown, wth few exceptons, was bypassed durng the early postwar years n favor of Wlshre Center as a preferred locaton Speakng on the preference of Wlshre Center over downtown n 1950, Norman Tshman, presdent of Tshman Realty & Constructon Company, whch developed several buldngs n the dstrct, stated "we have selected ths busness ste n the Wlshre center dstrct because t s close to, but not n the cty center congeston We have come to Los Angeles, where the future seems so brght, to construct a magnfcent communty of new offce buldngs of whch we can be very proud "7 From the late 1940s through the 1970s, nsurance frms, ol companes, and other Fortune 500 corporatons bult ther modern headquarters n the Wlshre Center busness dstrct, often commssonng major archtects to desgn them Among the most promnent were headquarters for Carnaton, BM, Texaco, Tdewater Ol Company, and Ahmanson Fnancal, desgned by the archtecture frms of Stles Clements, Perera & Luckman, Welton Becket & Assocates, Claud Beelman, and Edward Durell Stone, respectvely n partcular, Wlshre Center emerged as a hub for nsurance companes, most of whch commssoned ther own headquarters buldngs for the dstrct, ncludng Farmers nsurance at 4680 Wlshre (1949 expanson & remodel, Claud Beelman and Herman Spackler), Travelers nsurance at 3600 Wlshre (1961, Welton Becket & Assocates), Pacfc ndemnty at 3200 Wlshre (1962, Claud Beelman), Perce Natonal Lfe nsurance at 3807 Wlshre (1967, Welton Becket & Assocates), Benefcal Lfe nsurance at 3700 Wlshre (1967, Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll), and Equtable Lfe nsurance at 3435 Wlshre (1969, Welton Becket & Assocates) Addtonally, other nsurance companes located ther offces n promnent, exstng buldngs n Wlshre Center, ncludng Frankln Lfe nsurance, whch was for many 4 u Cvc Councl of Wlshre Area to Gve Banquet," Los Angeles Tmes, May 24, 1928, A2 5 "Wlshre Group to ncorporate," Los Angeles Tmes, January 8, 1941, A8 6 "Wlshre Area Apartment Structure Completed," Los Angeles Tmes, February 19, 1961, 8; "Wlshre Center to Be Dedcated," Los Angeles Tmes, February 20, 1966, 2 7 u New Wlshre Buldngs to Cost $12,000,000," Los Angeles Tmes, March 2, 1950, A2 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

47 «jh Archtectural Resources Group years headquartered n the Pellser Buldng at 3780 Wlshre, and General of Amerca, and later Mutual of Omaha, whch were both located n the E Clem Wlson Buldng at 5225 Wlshre at the juncton of Wlshre Center and the Mracle Mle neghborhood Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company The Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company was founded by entrepreneurs and busnessmen Edward D Mtchell, Oscar S Pattz, and Joy C Earl n Los Angeles n n ts frst years of operaton, the company prmarly dealt wth dsablty and automoble nsurance However, by 1944, Benefcal had swtched gears and focused solely on provdng lfe nsurance After World War, Benefcal expanded ts nterests beyond the West Coast and acqured a controllng nterest n the Pennsylvana health and accdent frm, Fdelty nterstate Lfe nsurance Company, n 1954 n 1955, the corporaton purchased a major nterest n Unon Casualty and Lfe nsurance of New York The company contnued to expand through the late 1950s n states across the country and nto Canada9 By 1957, the company had reached a record hgh n sales wth over $45 mllon n revenue by September of that year10 n 1961, Benefcal acqured the Serrano Corporaton for $4 mllon, prmarly to obtan access to a block of land Serrano owned along Wlshre Boulevard11 n 1967, the nsurance group moved from ts headquarters on 8th and Sprng streets n downtown Los Angeles to ts new offce tower at 3700 Wlshre Boulevard 12 By the md-1960s, the company exceeded $105 mllon n assets 13 n 1984, after strugglng to keep up wth new advances n the fnancal servces ndustry, Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance was acqured by CalFed, nc The company lqudated all $700 mllon of ts assets the followng year Shortly thereafter, the companys real estate holdngs, ncludng ts headquarters at 3700 Wlshre Boulevard, were put up for sale 14 Benefcals co-founders Edward D Mtchell and Oscar S Pattz were major phlanthropsts n the Los Angeles Jewsh communty15 Born n Austra-Hungary (now Poland) to a workng-class Jewsh famly, 8 Nancy Rvera, "End of a Venture: The Mtchells Bowng Out at Benefcal," Los Angeles Tmes, September 4, 1984, E1 9 n Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Co," Harvard Busness School, Lehman Brothers Collecton, accessed February 9, 2017, 10 Benefcal Lfe Record," Los Angeles Tmes, October 15, 1957, C8 11 Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Co" 12 n t/ Benefcal Plaza Slates Openng Fete; nsurance Headquarters Scheduled," Los Angeles Tmes, February 21, 1965, L1 13 Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Co 14 Rvera, "End of a Venture: The Mtchells Bowng Out at Benefcal" 15 Research dd not provde sgnfcant nformaton regardng Benefcals thrd co-founder, Joy C Earle Accordng to the Unted States Socal Securty Death ndex, Earle ded n 1965, pror to the constructon of 3700 Wlshre Boulevard Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

48 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Edward D Mtchell moved wth hs famly to New York when he was two years old After amassng and losng two fortunes, one sellng real estate n Canada and the other nvestng n gran, Mtchell moved hs famly to Calforna, where he began sellng and fnancng automobles Mtchell made hs thrd fortune wth Benefcal lfe nsurance, much of whch he then donated to organzatons such as the Unted Jewsh Fund, the Jewsh Home for the Aged, Cedars-Sna Medcal Center, the Salvaton Army, the UCLA Foundaton, the Unted Way, Poneer Women, Wlshre Boulevard Temple, and a hosptal, school, lbrary, adult educaton center, and audtorum and symphony hall n srael Edward Mtchell ded n 1985, shortly after Benefcal was sold 16 Oscar S Pattz was the son of Russan Jewsh mmgrants, born n llnos n 1906 By 1930, Pattz was workng as an attorney and lvng n Los Angeles17 n addton to co-foundng Benefcal nsurance, Pattz was an actve leader n the Jewsh communty, and was one of two Angelenos nvted to srael n 1950 by Prme Mnster Davd Ben-Guron Pattz co-founded Hllsde Memoral Park, a Jewsh cemetery n Los Angeles, he was jont Charman of the Los Angeles Commttee for Bands of srael, and he contrbuted to multple socal servce organzatons ncludng the Hebrew Unversty n Jerusalem, Cedars-Sna, and the Unted Jewsh Welfare Fund, among others Oscar Pattz ded n Development of Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park were bult at the heght of Wlshre Centers corporate offce buldng boom and when the Benefcal group ranked among the top fve lfe nsurance frms n the naton19 The Benefcal Plaza offce tower was desgned by the nternatonally-renowned archtecture frm of Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll n the Late Modern style Dnwdde Constructon Company served as the general contractor, and KS Wlshre, nc was responsble for the buldngs nteror desgn Constructon cost $167 mllon and requred 5,800 tons of shocked concrete, makng the buldng the largest structure reportedly made out of the materal on the West Coast at the tme20 The buldng comprsed ten stores of offce space, some of whch was leased to other corporatons, and a three-level 16 Burt A Folkart, "Phlanthropst Edward D Mtchell Des: Amassed 3 Fortunes n Long Lfe; Was Major Benefactor of srael," Los Angeles Tmes, February 6, 1985, OC16; Nck Brown, "Westsde Dgest: Closeup: Phlanthropst Gves Fortunes," Los Angeles Tmes, August 19, 1982, WS2 17 Unted States Census Records, "Servces Held for Phlanthropst and Jewsh Leader Oscar Pattz," Los Angeles Tmes, Aprl 18, 1979, OC_A8; "Cantor Charman of Dnner for srael Offcal," Los Angeles Tmes, June 4, 1952, A11; "New Mt Sna Wng to Honor Julus Ceazan," Los Angeles Tmes, November 23, 1952, B2; "Style, Gem Show to Ad Welfare Fund," Los Angeles Tmes, March 21, 1965, H4; "$3 Mllon Gfts to College Told," Los Angeles Tmes, November 8, 1965, 4 19 The Top nsurance Frms: Calforna-headquartered Companes Ranked by Assets as of Dec 31, 1967," Los Angeles Tmes, May 12, 1968, N8 20 Tom Cameron, "Benefcal Plaza to Add Open Spaces to Cty," Los Angeles Tmes, August 14, 1966, L1; Dsplay Ad 425, Los Angeles Tmes, June 30, 1968, Q19 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

49 «jh Archtectural Resources Group underground parkng garage Conference rooms and a 400-seat publc dnng faclty, orgnally known as Mannngs restaurant, were located on the second floor 21 n conjuncton wth the constructon of the offce tower, an expansve, 25-acre ntegrated landscape known as Lberty Park was completed n front of the buldng, orented toward Wlshre Boulevard t was desgned by noted Modern landscape archtect Peter Walker of Sasak, Walker & Assocates (SWA) Walkers sophstcated desgn featured a plaza wth patterned pavng frontng the offce tower lnked to an acre of open lawn The grassy expanse of lawn was planted wth an off-center grove of mature Canary sland pnes sourced from a Compton nursery and was framed by a horseshoe-shaped hedge of evergreen Japanese yews (the hedge has snce been replaced wth lawn and a row of shrubs) A second, smaller landscaped area, comprsng thrty shade trees, walkways, and sunken planters, was desgned at the rear of the offce tower, frontng a paved parkng lot (ths landscaped area was altered by the constructon of the Po Pco Lbrary n the 1980s) 22 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park opened on November 11, 1967 (Veterans Day), and ncluded exhbts, tours, and specal events that were open to the publc The Boy Scout Nse Troop Band of Los Angeles sang whle the Amercan and Calfornan flags were rased Leutenant Governor Robert Fnch delvered the man address23 On July 4, 1968, an exact replca of the Lberty Bell was unveled at Lberty Park, whch was envsoned as an "outdoor museum of patrotc objects heraldng great moments n Amercan hstory"24 The bell, cast by the same London foundry and n the same molds as the orgnal n 1752, was placed n the hardscaped plaza n front of the man entrance to the buldng where t remans today 25 Unvelng ceremones ncluded a presentaton by Executve Drector of the US Treasury Department Wllard C Rdely, a gala pcnc, Boy Scout demonstratons, and outdoor games A replca of the Mercury space shp, courtesy of McDonnell-Douglas Arcraft and the US Treasury Department, was also placed on dsplay The followng year, a full-scale model of the Apollo space capsule was dsplayed n the park, and n 1970, the park featured a dsplay of the Ar Force Rocket Propulson Laboratorys Ttan space launcher 26 Lberty Park and the Creaton of Communty Open Space When Lberty Park opened n 1967, the concept of dedcatng prvate corporate property as communty open space, partcularly on a major commercal corrdor such as Wlshre, was unprecedented 21 Cameron, "Benefcal Plaza to Add Open Spaces to Cty" 22 Cameron, "Benefcal Plaza to Add Open Spaces to Cty" 23 Benefcal Plaza Slates Openng Fete," Los Angeles Tmes, November 5, 1967, O2; Phlp Fradkn, "Ceremones Honor US Fghtng Men on Veterans Day," Los Angeles Tmes, November 12, 1967, B 24 Dsplay Ad Bob Rawtch, "Parades, Pcncs, Freworks Hghlght Tradtonal Fourth: Southlanders Flock to Beaches and Parks by Thousands, Wth Bg Turnouts for Colseum, Rose Bowl Pyrotechncs," Los Angeles Tmes, July 5, 1968, A1 26 Space Capsule Model Shown," Los Angeles Tmes, June 15, 1969, 18; "Real Ttan Ads US Bonds Sale," Los Angeles Tmes, Aprl 19, 1970, 14 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

50 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Recognzng the boulevards lack of landscapng around offce buldngs, whch "threaten[ed] to make the Wlshre Center busness dstrct somethng of another hgh-rse asphalt jungle," Joseph N Mtchell, presdent and CEO of Benefcal nsurance, and son of Benefcal co-founder Edward D Mtchell, proposed a 315-foot setback and constructon of an expansve park to the mmedate north of the companys new headquarters At the tme of ts constructon, Lberty Park and ts adjonng plaza comprsed the deepest setback of any major offce buldng n the naton27 The 25-acre ntegrated landscaped area, worth $25 mllon of Benefcals Wlshre property, was ntended as a "contrbuton to [the] promoton of aesthetc values" n the Wlshre Center busness dstrct28 When ntervewed by the Los Angeles Tmes about hs companys grand gesture n provdng the park as a beneft to the communty, Mtchell explaned that t was "much more realstc and useful to strengthen the central cty, to beautfy t, to make the cty a postve nfluence, the center of culture as well as of busness 29 Mtchell was honored by a proclamaton from the Cty of Los Angeles n 1966 and by the hghest award of the US Treasury Department, Savngs Bond Dvson n 1969 for hs contrbuton of communty open space at Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park 30 Recognzng at once the value Lberty Park served as communty open space and ts vulnerablty to commercal development should Mtchells vson ever lose prorty among the propertys ownershp, the Los Angeles Cty Plannng Commsson, through ts own ntatve, voted on August 22, 1968 to change the zonng of the parcel contanng Lberty Park from commercal (C4-4) to parkng (P-4) va Cty Plannng Case No Though the P zone s most often used as a means to ensure that land s only developed for specfc uses (typcally surface parkng), the Cty used the P zonng desgnaton n an effort to protect Lberty Park from future development, acknowledgng ts beneft to the general publc As noted n Case No 21684, the Cty utlzed ts zonng authorty n the nterest of "publc necessty, convenence and general welfare" n order to retan Lberty Park as an "open space asset to the communty and preclude further ntensfcaton of land use" n the 3700 block of Wlshre32 Lberty Park remans the only landscaped communty space on corporate property along Wlshre Boulevard Late Modernsm Late Modern s a broad term that s used to descrbe an teraton of Modern archtecture that came of age between the md-1950s and 1970s Compared to ther Md-Century Modern predecessors, whch stressed smplcty and authentcty, Late Modern buldngs often exhbted a more sculptural qualty that ncluded bold geometrc forms, unform glass skns or concrete surfaces, and sometmes a heghtened expresson of structure and system Many Late Modern buldngs represent broad 27 Benefcal Plaza to Add Open Spaces to Cty," Los Angeles Tmes, August 14, 1966, L1 28 bd 29 bd 30 nsurance Co Head Honored," Los Angeles Tmes, November 27, 1966, 12; "Busnessman Honored for Park Gft," Los Angeles Tmes, March 23, 1969, Cty Plan Case No 21684, Department of Cty Plannng, Cty of Los Angeles, August 22, 1968 bd Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

51 «jh Archtectural Resources Group nterpretatons of the style Subsets of Late Modern archtecture nclude New Formalsm, whch ntegrates classcal elements and proportons, and Brutalsm, whch typcally features exposed, raw concrete (beton brut) and an expresson of structural materals and forms Late Modernsm remaned popular through the late 1970s, partcularly n the desgn of commercal and nsttutonal buldngs, and was superseded by Postmodernsm Typcal character-defnng features of Late Modern archtecture nclude: Bold geometrc volumes Modular desgn dctated by structural framng and glazng Unreleved wall surfaces of glass, metal, concrete, or tle Unpanted, exposed concrete surfaces Unapparent door and wndow openngs ncorporated nto exteror claddng or treated exteror form Mnmal ornamentaton Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll Lous Skdmore was born n Lawrence, ndana n 1897 He studed electrcal engneerng at Bradley Techncal College n Peora, llnos before enterng nto World War wth the US Ar Corps and shppng off to England ntrgued wth archtecture and desgn at a young age, Skdmore was nspred by Englands archtectural hertage Upon hs return to the Unted States after the war, Skdmore enrolled frst at Boston Archtectural School and then at the Massachusetts nsttute of Technology (MT), where he was greatly nfluenced by Wllam Emerson, dean of MTs School of Archtecture Emerson encouraged Skdmore to apply for the Rotch Fellowshp, an award offerng two years of unrestrcted travel, whch Skdmore receved n 1926 Whle travelng n Pars, Skdmore met Elose Owngs, sster of Nathanel Owngs Skdmore and Elose Owngs marred n Nathanel Owngs was born n ndanapols, ndana n 1903 As a Boy Scout, Owngs won a competton that allowed hm to go to the Scout Jamboree n London where he became enamored by archtecture and desgn When he reached college age, Owngs enrolled at Cornell Unversty to study archtecture 34 Durng hs travels n Europe, an old desgn frend offered Lous Skdmore a poston as head of desgn at the Century of Progress Exposton at the Chcago Worlds Far (set to open n 1933) n 1931, Skdmore moved to Chcago to begn plannng for the exposton He brought along hs new brother-n-law, Nathanel Owngs, to assst hm Whle Skdmore enforced desgn regulatons and managed the busness end of the far, Owngs managed the draftng offce, supervsed constructon, and planned concessons After the Worlds Far ended n 1934, Skdmore and Owngs, both exhausted from the three-year endeavor, decded to take a hatus Skdmore and Elose settled down and had ther frst chld, Lous Jr, 33 Ncholas Adams, Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll: SOM Snce 1936 (London: Phadon, 2007), bd, 19 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

52 «jh Archtectural Resources Group and Owngs and hs wfe Emly set off to travel the world n 1935, nearly a year after the closng of the Century of Progress, the couples convened n London, where t was offcally decded that Skdmore and Owngs would set up an archtecture practce upon returnng to Chcago On January 1, 1936, the frst offce of Skdmore & Owngs opened at 104 South Mchgan Avenue 35 Whle ther frst year of practce proved tryng (they mostly got by on small renovaton commssons), Skdmore and Owngs luck soon changed when they opened a second offce n New York upon recevng a commsson to desgn a product dsplay n Raymond Hoods Radator Buldng36 The New York offce excelled after Skdmore befrended Robert Moses, a cty planner who played an nstrumental role n shapng New Yorks development n the md-20th century through hs massve constructon campagn of brdges, hghways, and recreaton areas Moses apponted Skdmore as resdent archtect of the Long sland State Park Commsson Board, whch gave Skdmore access to some of the ctys most prestgous housng and cvl engneerng commssons as well as the New York State complex at the 1938 New York Worlds Far Through the New York Worlds Far and hs appontment to the Fars Board of Desgn, Skdmore met Gordon Bunshaft, a young archtect who desgned the expostons Republc of Venezuela pavlon A graduate of MTs School of Archtecture, Bunshaft went on to become SOMs preemnent desgner for nearly 40 years37 Bunshafts most noted work wth SOM came durng the postwar perod wth hs desgns for HJ Henz (1950), Hlton Hotels (1955), Delta Ar Lnes (1960), and Frst Cty Natonal Bank (1961), among others He was partcularly sklled at creatng buldngs that "expressed busnesses symbolc modernty" at an affordable prce 38 Whle Skdmore headed the New York offce, Owngs managed the offce n Chcago The Chcago offce, though less prestgous than that of New York, receved several large commssons begnnng n 1936 wth the Trumball Park publc housng project n 1939, the offce oversaw the desgn of an addtonal government housng commsson n ndanapols, ndana known as Marcy Vllage For such hgh-profle Chcago projects as the Skyway Sutes n the Stevens Hotel (1939) and the Hostess Center for the Great Lakes Naval Tranng Center (1942), Skdmore and Owngs asked Bunshaft to temporarly relocate to the cty to help wth desgn 39 n 1939, Skdmore and Owngs hred archtect and engneer John Merrll Merrll, who was born n St Paul, Mnnesota n 1896, began hs career n archtecture studyng at the Unversty of Wsconsn from After servng n the mltary durng World War, Merrll returned to the Unted States and completed hs degree at MT n 1921 He worked for the Chcago archtecture frm of Granger & 35 bd, bd, 21; When Skdmore & Owngs receved the commsson for the Radator Buldng dsplay, the frm had not set up practce n New York However, n order to obtan the commsson, Owngs used the address of the practce of two frends from the Century of Progress Exposton After wnnng the job, the two opened a second offce n the cty 37 bd, bd, bd, 23 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

53 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Bollenbacher before servng as a chef archtect for the Federal Housng Admnstraton Merrll was hred as a partner at Skdmore & Owngs, whch subsequently became Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM), and worked out of the Chcago offce 40 The number of commssons slowed durng World War as many of the frms employees enlsted n the armed servces Wartme projects ncluded desgn compettons and demonstratons as well as a few government housng commssons SOMs most sgnfcant wartme commsson came n 1942 when the US Army Corps of Engneers approached the frm to construct an undsclosed new town n Tennessee called Oak Rdge, the future producton ste for the development of the atomc bomb (known as the Manhattan Project) Wth a constructon budget of $160 mllon, the frm was tasked wth desgnng the entre settlement from the ground up for a projected populaton of 75,000 The project comprsed the development of smple, modernst resdences, schools, churches, communty centers, and other communty amentes Merrll served as the SOM partner on ste n 1950, SOMs Oak Rdge garden apartments desgn as well as other works by the frm were dsplayed n Archtectural Work by Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (1950), an exhbton at the Museum of Modern Art 41 SOMs reputaton for producng progressve, effcent, and economcal desgns was soldfed durng the postwar perod Satsfed wth the frms work at Oak Rdge, the federal government hred SOM to desgn major developments n Japan, Morocco, and Guam between 1952 and 1954 Throughout the 1950s and 60s, the frm was awarded several massve projects, ncludng a $25 mllon urban development for Creole Petroleum n Venezuela (1952); a resdental development to house 5,000 Standard Vacuum Ol workers n Sumatra (1951); and large-scale factores for General Electrc (1956, 1960), Reynold Metal Company (1958), Peps-Cola (1960), and Unon Carbde (1960) Two of the sx projects featured at the Museum of Modern Arts Buldngs for Busness and Government exhbton (1957) were desgned by SOM 42 SOM expanded ts operatons westward n 1947 when t opened an offce n San Francsco The frst head of the San Francsco offce was Bauhaus-graduate John Barney Rodgers n 1953, after a conflct-of- nterest scandal regardng a publc housng project at Lake Meadows, Owngs left Chcago and moved to SOMs San Francsco offce n 1955, John Rodgers hred Edward Charles (Chuck) Bassett Bassett, who receved hs Bachelors from the Unversty of Mchgan n 1959 and Masters from Cranbrook n 1951, worked for Eero Saarnen before comng to SOM Some of Bassetts most notable desgns wth SOM nclude the Oakland-Alameda County Colseum n Oakland ( ), the Bechtel Buldng n San Francsco (1967; one of the ctys tallest buldngs), and the Louse M Daves Symphony Hall n San Francsco (1980) Bassetts ablty to contextualze hs desgns set hm apart from other desgners n SOMs offces and nfluenced members of the frms next generaton "John Merrll Sr, Archtect, Dead," New York Tmes, June 13, Adams, 24; "Exhbton Hstory Lst," Museum of Modern Art, accessed February 3, 2017, Adams, 27 bd, 36 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

54 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Lous Skdmore retred from SOM n 1955, leavng the New York offce to Bunshaft, Severnghaus, Cutler, and Brown Upon leavng SOM Chcago n 1953, Owngs charged Wllam E Hartmann, an SOM partner snce 1951, wth headng the offce Though traned as an archtect at MT, Hartmann prmarly served n a management role n Chcago Hartmann hred archtect Bruce Graham and structural engneer Fazlur Rahman Kahn, who played a key part n shapng SOM Chcagos desgn aesthetc n the 1960s and 70s Whereas Gordon Bunshafts desgns for ndustral parks and large-scale corporate developments characterzed SOM n the mmedate postwar era, Graham and Kahns corporate offce towers defned the frm n the 1960s and 70s Major desgns that were the product of the Graham-Kahn partnershp ncluded the Equtable Lfe nsurance buldng n Chcago (1965), the John Hancock Center n Chcago (1970), One Shell Plaza n Houston (1972), and Sears Tower n Chcago (1974) Recognzng that Graham and Kahns skllset were not compatble wth all desgn projects, Hartmann hred Walter A Netsch to head SOM Chcagos nsttutonal commssons, ncludng the US Naval Postgraduate School n Monterey (1955), and the Ar Force Academy n Chcago (1962) 44 Completed n 1967, Benefcal Plaza represented an unusual collaboraton between Gordon Bunshaft of SOMs New York offce and Edward Charles Bassett of SOM San Francsco Whle Bunshaft was known for desgnng hgh-profle company campuses that exuded corporate power and prestge through a modernst aesthetc, Bassett was hghly sklled at desgnng buldngs approprate to ther ste and settng Benefcal Plazas monolthc presence along the densely developed Wlshre corrdor and ts formal, Late Modern desgn are sgnatures of Bunshaft ts senstve stng, deeply set back on ts north and south sdes and provdng a relef from the hgh-rse nature of Wlshre Boulevard, s characterstc of Bassetts work Peter Walker Peter Walker was born n 1932 n Pasadena, Calforna When Walker was a chld, hs famly moved to Berkeley He studed landscape archtecture at the Unversty of Calforna, Berkeley, before earnng hs Masters degree n landscape archtecture at Harvard Unverstys Graduate School of Desgn Shortly after graduatng from Harvard, Walker began workng wth Hdeo Sasak, a landscape archtect and one of Walkers former professors n 1957, Walker and Sasak founded the frm Sasak, Walker & Assocates (SWA) n Watertown, a suburb of Boston45 n 1959, Walker opened SWAs San Francsco offce after recevng a commsson to desgn the landscape for Foothll College n Los Altos n collaboraton wth archtects Ernest J Kump and Masten and Hurd Throughout the 1960s, SWA San Francsco collaborated wth multple archtects of note, among them McCue, Boone, Tomsck (MBT), Frank Gehry, and SOM Notable works headed by Walker and SWA San Francsco durng the 1960s ncluded the Golden Gateway commercal and resdental development n San Francsco ( ), the Del Mesa Carmel housng development n Carmel ( ), and Fashon sland n Newport Beach (1970) After collaboratng 44 bd, Peter Walker," The Cultural Landscape Foundaton, accessed February 10, 2017, Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

55 «jh Archtectural Resources Group wth SOM on the landscape desgn for Lberty Park, Walker teamed wth SOM on the landscapng for Weyerhaeuser Headquarters (1971), a corporate offce park n Federal Way, Washngton 46 n 1983, Walker left SWA to form the landscape frm Peter Walker and Partners, now PWP Landscape Archtecture, whch s based n Berkeley, Calforna47 PWP descrbes ts sgnature style as "one of smple classcsm" that combnes the "knowledge of hstory and tradton wth fluency n contemporary landscape debate"48 Ths aesthetc s conveyed through Lberty Parks formal, yet refned landscape desgn Whle ts desgn s almost completely symmetrcal (llustrated through the sem-crcular promenade surroundng the park, the central hardscaped plaza, and the curvng ramps leadng up to the plaza on ether sde of t), the slghtly offset grove of Canary sland pnes s a subtle nod to contemporary landscapng and s exemplary of Peter Walkers desgn aesthetc PWP has undertaken many landmark desgns ncludng the Nasher Sculpture Center Garden n Dallas (2003), the Unted States Embassy n Bejng (2008), the Natonal 9/11 Memoral n New York (2011), and the Newport Beach Cvc Center and Park n Newport Beach (2015) n addton to hs landscape archtecture practce, Walker has served as the charman of the Landscape Archtecture Department and actng drector of the Urban Desgn Program at Harvard; head of the Department of Landscape Archtecture at UC Berkeley; and consultant and advsor to several publc agences and nsttutons, ncludng the San Francsco Redevelopment Agency, the San Dego Port Authorty, and the Sydney 2000 Olympc Coordnaton Authorty He s a Fellow of the Amercan Socety of Landscape Archtects and has won multple landscape and urban desgn awards 49 Perod of Sgnfcance The perod of sgnfcance for Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park has been defned as , the perod of constructon of the offce tower, park, and plaza from start to completon ntegrty n addton to meetng multple elgblty crtera, Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park are nearly unaltered and retan a hgh degree of ntegrty Hstorc ntegrty s the ablty of a property to convey ts sgnfcance and s defned as the "authentcty of a propertys hstorc dentty, evdenced by the survval 46 The Hstory of SWA Group," Amercan Socety of Landscape Archtects, accessed February 10, 2017, 47 Peter Walker," PWP Landscape Archtecture, accessed February 13, 2017, 48 PWP Landscape Archtecture," Amercan Socety of Landscape Archtects, Frm Award Submttal, March 2, 2012, accessed February 16, 2017, "Frm Profle," PWP Landscape Archtecture, accessed February 16, 2017, 49 Peter Walker," The Cultural Landscape Foundaton Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

56 «jh Archtectural Resources Group of physcal characterstcs that exsted durng the propertys prehstorc or hstorc perod 50 The aspects of ntegrty, as defned by the Natonal Park Servce, are locaton, desgn, settng, materals, workmanshp, feelng and assocaton Locaton: Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park reman on ther orgnal ste and therefore retan ntegrty of locaton Desgn: The Benefcal Plaza buldng s largely unaltered, and therefore ts character-defnng features reman ntact t s stll able to convey ts hstorc sgnfcance as a Late Modern offce tower desgned by the renowned archtecture frm SOM Lberty Parks landscapng s also ntact, so ts orgnal desgn ntent s apparent Thus, the property retans ntegrty of desgn Settng: Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park are stll stuated among several large commercal buldngs along Wlshre Boulevard Thus, the property retans ntegrty of settng Materals: Wth the excepton of ts orgnal roof, sgnage, secondary doors, and some landscape elements (prmarly vegetaton), the property retans all of ts orgnal materals t therefore retans ntegrty of materals Workmanshp: The property retans ts physcal characterstcs from the tme t was constructed, ncludng ts grante aggregate wall claddng, prmary entrance doors, fxed alumnum wndows, hardscaped plaza, and open park space Thus, t retans ntegrty of workmanshp Feelng: The property retans ts essental character-defnng features and appearance from ts hstorcal perod t therefore retans ntegrty of feelng Assocaton: Though the offce tower s no longer occuped by ts orgnal owner, the Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Co, t appears almost exactly the way t dd when occuped by the nsurance corporaton Thus, Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park retan ntegrty of assocaton wth the pattern of development of Wlshre Center as the epcenter for corporate headquarters n the post-world War era and the unprecedented creaton of communty open space on corporate property along Wlshre Boulevard 50 US Department of the nteror, Natonal Regster Bulletn 16A: How to Complete the Natonal Regster Regstraton Form (Washngton DC: Natonal Park Servce, 1997), 4 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

57 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Bblography $3 Mllon Gfts to College Told" Los Angeles Tmes, November 8, 1965 Adams, Ncholas Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll: SOM Snce 1936 London: Phadon, 2007 Benefcal Lfe Record" Los Angeles Tmes, October 15, 1957 Benefcal Plaza Slates Openng Fete" Los Angeles Tmes, November 5, 1967 Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Co" Harvard Busness School, Lehman Brothers Collecton Accessed February 9, urance co Brown, Nck "Westsde Dgest: Closeup: Phlanthropst Gves Fortunes" Los Angeles Tmes, August Busnessman Honored for Park Gft" Los Angeles Tmes, March 23, 1969 Cameron, Tom "Benefcal Plaza to Add Open Spaces to Cty" Los Angeles Tmes, August 14, 1966 Cantor Charman of Dnner for srael Offcal" Los Angeles Tmes, June 4, 1952 Cty Plan Case No Department of Cty Plannng, Cty of Los Angeles, August 22, 1968 Cvc Councl of Wlshre Area to Gve Banquet" Los Angeles Tmes, May 24, 1928 Dsplay Ad 425 Los Angeles Tmes, June 30, 1968 Exhbton Hstory Lst" Museum of Modern Art Accessed February 3, resources/archves/archves_exhbton_hstory_lst Frm Profle" PWP Landscape Archtecture Accessed February 16, Folkart, Burt A, "Phlanthropst Edward D Mtchell Des: Amassed 3 Fortunes n Long Lfe; Was Major Benefactor of srael" Los Angeles Tmes, February 6, 1985 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

58 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Fradkn, Phlp "Ceremones Honor US Fghtng Men on Veterans Day" Los Angeles Tmes, November 12, 1967 nsurance Co Head Honored" Los Angeles Tmes, November 27, 1966 nsurance Headquarters Scheduled" Los Angeles Tmes, February 21, 1965 ntensve Hstorc Resources Survey, Wlshre Center and Koreatown Recovery Redevelopment Area Prepared by PCR Servces Corporaton for the Cty of Los Angeles Communty Redevelopment Agency (2009) John Merrll Sr, Archtect, Dead" New York Tmes, June 13, 1975 McAlester, Vrgna A Feld Gude to Amercan Houses New York: Alfred A Knopf, nc, 2013 New Mt Sna Wng to Honor Julus Ceazan" Los Angeles Tmes, November 23, 1952 New Wlshre Buldngs to Cost $12,000,000" Los Angeles Tmes, March 2, 1950 Peter Walker" PWP Landscape Archtecture Accessed February 13, Peter Walker" The Cultural Landscape Foundaton Accessed February 10, 2017, PWP Landscape Archtecture" Amercan Socety of Landscape Archtects, Frm Award Submttal, March 2, 2012 Accessed February 16, Rawtch, Bob "Parades, Pcncs, Freworks Hghlght Tradtonal Fourth: Southlanders Flock to Beaches and Parks by Thousands, Wth Bg Turnouts for Colseum, Rose Bowl Pyrotechncs" Los Angeles Tmes, July 5, 1968 Real Ttan Ads US Bonds Sale" Los Angeles Tmes, Aprl 19, 1970 Rvera, Nancy "End of a Venture: The Mtchells Bowng Out at Benefcal" Los Angeles Tmes, September 4, 1984 Roderck, Kevn, and J Erc Lynxwler, Wlshre Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles Santa Monca: Angel Cty Press, 2005 Servces Held for Phlanthropst and Jewsh Leader Oscar Pattz" Los Angeles Tmes, Aprl 18, 1979 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

59 «jh Archtectural Resources Group Space Capsule Model Shown" Los Angeles Tmes, June 15, 1969 Style, Gem Show to Ad Welfare Fund" Los Angeles Tmes, March 21, 1965 The Hstory of SWA Group" Amercan Socety of Landscape Archtects Accessed February 10, The Top nsurance Frms: Calforna-headquartered Companes Ranked by Assets as of Dec 31, 1967 Los Angeles Tmes, May 12, 1968 US Department of the nteror Natonal Regster Bulletn 16A: How to Complete the Natonal Regster Regstraton Form Washngton DC: Natonal Park Servce, 1997 Wlshre Area Apartment Structure Completed" Los Angeles Tmes, February 19, 1961 Wlshre Center to Be Dedcated" Los Angeles Tmes, February 20, 1966 Wlshre Group to ncorporate" Los Angeles Tmes, January 8, 1941 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5,

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63 fl h m jn 4m 3>; &VDEO$^ PROPERTY ADDRESSES 3732 W WLSHRE BLVD PN Number Address/Legal nformaton Cty of Los Angeles Department of Cty Plannng 9/18/2017 PARCEL PROFLE REPORT 672 S OXFORD AVE Lot/Parcel Area (Calculated) 108,1810 (sq ft) 674 S OXFORD AVE Thomas Brothers Grd 132B PAGE GRD H2 673 S SERRANO AVE PAGE GRD H3 651 S SERRANO AVE Assessor Parcel No (APN) 658 S OXFORD AVE Tract P M S SERRANO AVE Map Reference BK W WLSHRE BLVD Block None ZP CODES Lot Arb (Lot Cut Reference) Map Sheet 132B Jursdctonal nformaton RECENT ACTVTY Adaptve Reuse ncentve Spec Pln- Ord CASE NUMBERS CPC-9698 CPC-8364 CPC CPC BL CPC CPC VZC-BL-MCUP-ZAD- SPR CPC GPC CPC ZBA CASE-4853 ORD ORD SA100EE ORD ORD ORD ORD ORD ORD ORD ZA-9340 ZA ZA ZA ZA ZA ZA VTT ENV MND PKG-3336 PKG-3325 Communty Plan Area Area Plannng Commsson Neghborhood Councl Councl Dstrct Census Tract # LADBS Dstrct Offce Plannng and Zonng nformaton Specal Notes Zonng Zonng nformaton (Z) General Plan Land Use General Plan Footnote(s) Hllsde Area (Zonng Code) Specfc Plan Area Specal Land Use / Zonng Desgn Revew Board Hstorc Preservaton Revew Hstorc Preservaton Overlay Zone Other Hstorc Desgnatons Other Hstorc Survey nformaton Mlls Act Contract CDO: Communty Desgn Overlay CPO: Communty Plan mp Overlay Subarea CUGU: Clean Up-Green Up NSO: Neghborhood Stablzaton Overlay POD: Pedestran Orented Dstrcts SN: Sgn Dstrct Streetscape A None Wlshre Central Wlshre Center - Koreatown CD 10 - Herb J Wesson, Jr Los Angeles Metro None C4-2 CR-2 P-2 Z-2374 LOS ANGELES STATE ENTERPRSE ZONE Z-2452 Transt Prorty Area n the Cty of Los Angeles Z-1117 MTA Project Z-1940 Wlshre Center / Koreatown Redevelopment Project Regonal Center Commercal Ths report s subject to the terms and condtons as set forth on the webste For more detals, please refer to the terms and condtons at zmaslactyorg () - APN Area s provded "as s" from the Los Angeles Countys Publc Works, Flood Control, Beneft Assessment Yes No None None No No None None None None None None None None No None No No zmaslactyorg plannnglactyorg

64 AFF Adaptve Reuse ncentve Area Ells Act Property Rent Stablzaton Ordnance (RSO) CRA - Communty Redevelopment Agency Central Cty Parkng Downtown Parkng Buldng Lne 500 Ft School Zone 500 Ft Park Zone Assessor nformaton Assessor Parcel No (APN) Ownershp (Assessor) Owner1 Adaptve Reuse ncentve Areas No No Wlshre Center / Koreatown Redevelopment Project No No 5 No No Address 0 PO BOX 847 CARLSBAD CA Ownershp (Bureau of Engneerng, Land Records) Owner Address APN Area (Co Publc Works) Use Code Assessed Land Val Assessed mprovement Val Last Owner Change Last Sale Amount Tax Rate Area WLSHRE PARK PLACE LLC C/O THOMSON REUTERS TAX SERVCES WLSHRE PARK PLACE, LLC VANOWEN STREET STE 206 VAN NUYS CA (ac) Commercal - Offce Buldng - 6 to 13 Stores $9,564,219 $8,070,812 03/17/1998 $ Deed Ref No (Cty Clerk) Buldng 1 Year Bult Buldng Class Number of Unts Number of Bedrooms Number of Bathrooms Buldng Square Footage Buldng 2 Buldng 3 Buldng 4 Buldng 5 Addtonal nformaton Arport Hazard Coastal Zone Farmland Urban Agrculture ncentve Zone Very Hgh Fre Hazard Severty Zone Fre Dstrct No 1 Flood Zone Watercourse Hazardous Waste / Border Zone Propertes Methane Hazard Ste BX ,8000 (sq ft) No data for buldng 2 No data for buldng 3 No data for buldng 4 No data for buldng 5 None None Area Not Mapped YES No Yes None No No Methane Buffer Zone Ths report s subject to the terms and condtons as set forth on the webste For more detals, please refer to the terms and condtons at zmaslactyorg () - APN Area s provded "as s" from the Los Angeles Countys Publc Works, Flood Control, Beneft Assessment zmaslactyorg plannnglactyorg

65 Hgh Wnd Velocty Areas Specal Gradng Area (BOE Basc Grd Map A- No 13372) Ol Wells Sesmc Hazards Actve Fault Near-Source Zone Nearest Fault (Dstance n km) Nearest Fault (Name) Regon Fault Type Slp Rate (mm/year) Slp Geometry Slp Type Down Dp Wdth (km) Rupture Top Rupture Bottom Dp Angle (degrees) Maxmum Magntude Alqust-Prolo Fault Zone Landslde Lquefacton Prelmnary Fault Rupture Study Area Tsunam nundaton Zone Economc Development Areas Busness mprovement Dstrct Promse Zone Renewal Communty Revtalzaton Zone State Enterprse Zone Targeted Neghborhood ntatve Publc Safety Polce nformaton Bureau Dvson / Staton Fre nformaton Bureau Reportng Dstrct Batallon 11 No None Puente Hlls Blnd Thrust Los Angeles Blnd Thrusts B Reverse Moderately / Poorly Constraned No No No No No WLSHRE CENTER None No Dstrct / Fre Staton 29 Red Flag Restrcted Parkng Central Cty LOS ANGELES STATE ENTERPRSE ZONE None West Olympc 2033 Central No Ths report s subject to the terms and condtons as set forth on the webste For more detals, please refer to the terms and condtons at zmaslactyorg () - APN Area s provded "as s" from the Los Angeles Countys Publc Works, Flood Control, Beneft Assessment zmaslactyorg plannnglactyorg

66 CASE SUMMARES Note: nformaton for case summares s retreved from the Plannng Departments Plan Case Trackng System (PCTS) database Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): CPC BL BL-BULDNG LNE Data Not Avalable CPC VZC-BL-MCUP-ZAD-SPR MCUP-MASTER CONDTONAL USE PERMT BL-BULDNG LNE SPR-STE PLAN REVEW VZC-VESTNG ZONE CHANGE ZAD-ZA DETERMNATON (PER LAMC 1227) VESTNG ZONE CHANGE PER SECTON 1232Q FROM C4-2, CR-2, AND P-2 TO [Q]C4-2; BULDNG LNE REMOVAL PER SECTON 1232R TO REMOVE A 5-FOOT BULDNG LNE ON WLSHRE BLVD; MASTER CONDTONAL USE PERMT PER SECTON 1224W1 TO PERMT THE ON-STE SALE OF ALCOHOLC BEVERAGES WTHN FOUR ESTABLSHMENTS; ZONNG ADMNSTRATORS DETERMNATON PER SECTON 1224X20 TO PERMT SHARED PARKNG BETWEEN THE RESDENTAL, COMMERCAL, AND OFFCE USES; AND STE PLAN REVEW PER SECTON 1605C1(B) FOR THE CONSTRUCTON OF 506 RESDENTAL DWELLNG UNTS AND 62,035 SF OF NON-RESDENTAL FLOOR AREA VESTNG TENTATVE TRACT MAP PER SECTON 1715 TO CREATE ONE GROUND FLOOR LOT AND 5 ARSPACE LOTS CPC GPC GPC-GENERAL PLAN/ZONNG CONSSTENCY (AB283) GENERAL PLAN/ZONNG CONSSTENCY - WLSHRE, WESTLAKE, SHERMAN OAKS, STUDO STUDO, TOLUCA LAKE CPC ZBA ZBA-ZONE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT Data Not Avalable ZA ZA ZA-ZA NTERPRETATONS REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCAL OFFCE TO DENTAL OFFCE WTH 3-STORY SUBTERRANEAN PARKNG FOR 661 CARS WTH 7,731 SQ FT DENTAL OFFCE N THE C4-2 AND CR-2 ZONE VTT Data Not Avalable VESTNG ZONE CHANGE PER SECTON 1232Q FROM C4-2, CR-2, AND P-2 TO [Q]C4-2; BULDNG LNE REMOVAL PER SECTON 1232R TO REMOVE A 5-FOOT BULDNG LNE ON WLSHRE BLVD; MASTER CONDTONAL USE PERMT PER SECTON 1224W1 TO PERMT THE ON-STE SALE OF ALCOHOLC BEVERAGES WTHN FOUR ESTABLSHMENTS; ZONNG ADMNSTRATORS DETERMNATON PER SECTON 1224X20 TO PERMT SHARED PARKNG BETWEEN THE RESDENTAL, COMMERCAL, AND OFFCE USES; AND STE PLAN REVEW PER SECTON 1605C1(B) FOR THE CONSTRUCTON OF 506 RESDENTAL DWELLNG UNTS AND 62,035 SF OF NON-RESDENTAL FLOOR AREA VESTNG TENTATVE TRACT MAP PER SECTON 1715 TO CREATE ONE GROUND FLOOR LOT AND 5 ARSPACE LOTS ENV MND MND-MTGATED NEGATVE DECLARATON VESTNG ZONE CHANGE PER SECTON 1232Q FROM C4-2, CR-2, AND P-2 TO [Q]C4-2; BULDNG LNE REMOVAL PER SECTON 1232R TO REMOVE A 5-FOOT BULDNG LNE ON WLSHRE BLVD; MASTER CONDTONAL USE PERMT PER SECTON 1224W1 TO PERMT THE ON-STE SALE OF ALCOHOLC BEVERAGES WTHN FOUR ESTABLSHMENTS; ZONNG ADMNSTRATORS DETERMNATON PER SECTON 1224X20 TO PERMT SHARED PARKNG BETWEEN THE RESDENTAL, COMMERCAL, AND OFFCE USES; AND STE PLAN REVEW PER SECTON 1605C1(B) FOR THE CONSTRUCTON OF 506 RESDENTAL DWELLNG UNTS AND 62,035 SF OF NON-RESDENTAL FLOOR AREA VESTNG TENTATVE TRACT MAP PER SECTON 1715 TO CREATE ONE GROUND FLOOR LOT AND 5 ARSPACE LOTS DATA NOT AVALABLE CPC-9698 CPC-8364 CPC CPC CASE-4853 ORD ORD SA100EE ORD ORD ORD ORD ORD Ths report s subject to the terms and condtons as set forth on the webste For more detals, please refer to the terms and condtons at zmaslactyorg () - APN Area s provded "as s" from the Los Angeles Countys Publc Works, Flood Control, Beneft Assessment zmaslactyorg plannnglactyorg

67 ORD ORD ZA-9340 ZA ZA ZA ZA PKG-3336 PKG-3325 AFF Ths report s subject to the terms and condtons as set forth on the webste For more detals, please refer to the terms and condtons at zmaslactyorg () - APN Area s provded "as s" from the Los Angeles Countys Publc Works, Flood Control, Beneft Assessment zmaslactyorg plannnglactyorg

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69 Lberty Park (APN: )

70 h ss!!! n O; 4m Cty of Los Angeles Department of Cty Plannng 3>; &VDEO$^ PROPERTY ADDRESSES 3720 W WLSHRE BLVD PN Number Address/Legal nformaton 9/21/2017 PARCEL PROFLE REPORT 3710 W WLSHRE BLVD Lot/Parcel Area (Calculated) 29,7216 (sq ft) 3728 W WLSHRE BLVD ZP CODES Thomas Brothers Grd Assessor Parcel No (APN) 132B Tract P M 896 RECENT ACTVTY Adaptve Reuse ncentve Spec Pln- Ord CHC HCM ENV CE CASE NUMBERS CPC CPC VZC-BL-MCUP-ZAD- SPR CPC GPC CPC ZBA ORD ORD SA100EE ORD ORD ZA ZA VTT ENV MND AFF Map Reference Block Lot Arb (Lot Cut Reference) Map Sheet Jursdctonal nformaton Communty Plan Area Area Plannng Commsson Neghborhood Councl Councl Dstrct Census Tract # LADBS Dstrct Offce Plannng and Zonng nformaton Specal Notes Zonng Zonng nformaton (Z) General Plan Land Use General Plan Footnote(s) Hllsde Area (Zonng Code) Specfc Plan Area Specal Land Use / Zonng Desgn Revew Board Hstorc Preservaton Revew Hstorc Preservaton Overlay Zone Other Hstorc Desgnatons Other Hstorc Survey nformaton Mlls Act Contract CDO: Communty Desgn Overlay CPO: Communty Plan mp Overlay Subarea CUGU: Clean Up-Green Up NSO: Neghborhood Stablzaton Overlay POD: Pedestran Orented Dstrcts SN: Sgn Dstrct Streetscape Adaptve Reuse ncentve Area Ells Act Property PAGE GRD H2 PAGE GRD H BK 7-61 None C None 132B193 Wlshre Central Wlshre Center - Koreatown CD 10 - Herb J Wesson, Jr Los Angeles Metro None P-2 Z-2452 Transt Prorty Area n the Cty of Los Angeles Z-1117 MTA Project Z-1940 Wlshre Center / Koreatown Redevelopment Project Z-2374 LOS ANGELES STATE ENTERPRSE ZONE Regonal Center Commercal Yes No None None No No None None None None None None None None No None No No Adaptve Reuse ncentve Areas No Ths report s subject to the terms and condtons as set forth on the webste For more detals, please refer to the terms and condtons at zmaslactyorg () - APN Area s provded "as s" from the Los Angeles Countys Publc Works, Flood Control, Beneft Assessment zmaslactyorg plannnglactyorg

71 Rent Stablzaton Ordnance (RSO) CRA - Communty Redevelopment Agency Central Cty Parkng Downtown Parkng Buldng Lne 500 Ft School Zone 500 Ft Park Zone Assessor nformaton Assessor Parcel No (APN) Ownershp (Assessor) Owner1 No Wlshre Center / Koreatown Redevelopment Project No No 5 No No Address 0 PO BOX 847 CARLSBAD CA Ownershp (Bureau of Engneerng, Land Records) Owner Address 3530 WLSHRE BLVD STE 1800 LOS ANGELES CA APN Area (Co Publc Works) Use Code Assessed Land Val Assessed mprovement Val Last Owner Change Last Sale Amount Tax Rate Area WLSHRE PARK PLACE NORTH LLC C/O C/O THOMSON REUTERS NC WLSHRE PARK PLACE NORTH LLC C/O JAMSON PROPERTES NC 0682 (ac) Commercal - Parkng Lot (Commercal Use Property) - Lots - Patron or Employee - One Story $856,484 $7,124 10/13/2005 $ Deed Ref No (Cty Clerk) Buldng 1 Year Bult Number of Unts Number of Bedrooms Number of Bathrooms Buldng Square Footage Buldng 2 Buldng 3 Buldng 4 Buldng 5 Addtonal nformaton Arport Hazard Coastal Zone Farmland Urban Agrculture ncentve Zone Very Hgh Fre Hazard Severty Zone Fre Dstrct No 1 Flood Zone Watercourse Hazardous Waste / Border Zone Propertes Methane Hazard Ste Hgh Wnd Velocty Areas ,0000 (sq ft) No data for buldng 2 No data for buldng 3 No data for buldng 4 No data for buldng 5 Ths report s subject to the terms and condtons as set forth on the webste For more detals, please refer to the terms and condtons at zmaslactyorg () - APN Area s provded "as s" from the Los Angeles Countys Publc Works, Flood Control, Beneft Assessment None None Area Not Mapped No No Yes None No No None No zmaslactyorg plannnglactyorg

72 Specal Gradng Area (BOE Basc Grd Map A- No 13372) Ol Wells Sesmc Hazards Actve Fault Near-Source Zone Nearest Fault (Dstance n km) Nearest Fault (Name) Regon Fault Type Slp Rate (mm/year) Slp Geometry Slp Type Down Dp Wdth (km) Rupture Top Rupture Bottom Dp Angle (degrees) Maxmum Magntude Alqust-Prolo Fault Zone Landslde Lquefacton Prelmnary Fault Rupture Study Area Tsunam nundaton Zone Economc Development Areas Busness mprovement Dstrct Promse Zone Renewal Communty Revtalzaton Zone State Enterprse Zone Targeted Neghborhood ntatve Publc Safety Polce nformaton Bureau Dvson / Staton Fre nformaton Bureau Reportng Dstrct Batallon 11 None Puente Hlls Blnd Thrust Los Angeles Blnd Thrusts B Reverse Moderately / Poorly Constraned No No No No No WLSHRE CENTER None No Dstrct / Fre Staton 29 Red Flag Restrcted Parkng Central Cty LOS ANGELES STATE ENTERPRSE ZONE None West Olympc 2033 Central No Ths report s subject to the terms and condtons as set forth on the webste For more detals, please refer to the terms and condtons at zmaslactyorg () - APN Area s provded "as s" from the Los Angeles Countys Publc Works, Flood Control, Beneft Assessment zmaslactyorg plannnglactyorg

73 CASE SUMMARES Note: nformaton for case summares s retreved from the Plannng Departments Plan Case Trackng System (PCTS) database Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): Case Number: Requred Acton(s): Project Descrptons(s): CPC VZC-BL-MCUP-ZAD-SPR MCUP-MASTER CONDTONAL USE PERMT BL-BULDNG LNE SPR-STE PLAN REVEW VZC-VESTNG ZONE CHANGE ZAD-ZA DETERMNATON (PER LAMC 1227) VESTNG ZONE CHANGE PER SECTON 1232Q FROM C4-2, CR-2, AND P-2 TO [Q]C4-2; BULDNG LNE REMOVAL PER SECTON 1232R TO REMOVE A 5-FOOT BULDNG LNE ON WLSHRE BLVD; MASTER CONDTONAL USE PERMT PER SECTON 1224W1 TO PERMT THE ON-STE SALE OF ALCOHOLC BEVERAGES WTHN FOUR ESTABLSHMENTS; ZONNG ADMNSTRATORS DETERMNATON PER SECTON 1224X20 TO PERMT SHARED PARKNG BETWEEN THE RESDENTAL, COMMERCAL, AND OFFCE USES; AND STE PLAN REVEW PER SECTON 1605C1(B) FOR THE CONSTRUCTON OF 506 RESDENTAL DWELLNG UNTS AND 62,035 SF OF NON-RESDENTAL FLOOR AREA VESTNG TENTATVE TRACT MAP PER SECTON 1715 TO CREATE ONE GROUND FLOOR LOT AND 5 ARSPACE LOTS CPC GPC GPC-GENERAL PLAN/ZONNG CONSSTENCY (AB283) GENERAL PLAN/ZONNG CONSSTENCY - WLSHRE, WESTLAKE, SHERMAN OAKS, STUDO STUDO, TOLUCA LAKE CPC ZBA ZBA-ZONE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT Data Not Avalable ZA ZA ZA-ZA NTERPRETATONS REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCAL OFFCE TO DENTAL OFFCE WTH 3-STORY SUBTERRANEAN PARKNG FOR 661 CARS WTH 7,731 SQ FT DENTAL OFFCE N THE C4-2 AND CR-2 ZONE VTT Data Not Avalable VESTNG ZONE CHANGE PER SECTON 1232Q FROM C4-2, CR-2, AND P-2 TO [Q]C4-2; BULDNG LNE REMOVAL PER SECTON 1232R TO REMOVE A 5-FOOT BULDNG LNE ON WLSHRE BLVD; MASTER CONDTONAL USE PERMT PER SECTON 1224W1 TO PERMT THE ON-STE SALE OF ALCOHOLC BEVERAGES WTHN FOUR ESTABLSHMENTS; ZONNG ADMNSTRATORS DETERMNATON PER SECTON 1224X20 TO PERMT SHARED PARKNG BETWEEN THE RESDENTAL, COMMERCAL, AND OFFCE USES; AND STE PLAN REVEW PER SECTON 1605C1(B) FOR THE CONSTRUCTON OF 506 RESDENTAL DWELLNG UNTS AND 62,035 SF OF NON-RESDENTAL FLOOR AREA VESTNG TENTATVE TRACT MAP PER SECTON 1715 TO CREATE ONE GROUND FLOOR LOT AND 5 ARSPACE LOTS ENV MND MND-MTGATED NEGATVE DECLARATON VESTNG ZONE CHANGE PER SECTON 1232Q FROM C4-2, CR-2, AND P-2 TO [Q]C4-2; BULDNG LNE REMOVAL PER SECTON 1232R TO REMOVE A 5-FOOT BULDNG LNE ON WLSHRE BLVD; MASTER CONDTONAL USE PERMT PER SECTON 1224W1 TO PERMT THE ON-STE SALE OF ALCOHOLC BEVERAGES WTHN FOUR ESTABLSHMENTS; ZONNG ADMNSTRATORS DETERMNATON PER SECTON 1224X20 TO PERMT SHARED PARKNG BETWEEN THE RESDENTAL, COMMERCAL, AND OFFCE USES; AND STE PLAN REVEW PER SECTON 1605C1(B) FOR THE CONSTRUCTON OF 506 RESDENTAL DWELLNG UNTS AND 62,035 SF OF NON-RESDENTAL FLOOR AREA VESTNG TENTATVE TRACT MAP PER SECTON 1715 TO CREATE ONE GROUND FLOOR LOT AND 5 ARSPACE LOTS DATA NOT AVALABLE CPC ORD ORD SA100EE ORD ORD AFF Ths report s subject to the terms and condtons as set forth on the webste For more detals, please refer to the terms and condtons at zmaslactyorg () - APN Area s provded "as s" from the Los Angeles Countys Publc Works, Flood Control, Beneft Assessment zmaslactyorg plannnglactyorg

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75 mmm Archtectural Resources Group Exhbt 2 Tract Map Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5, 2017

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78 Orgnal Buldng Permts

79 (? A, % l> t L CTY OF LOS ANGELES Department of Buldng and Safety REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS 1 SQ DATE May 19, 1966 hereby request the change of address on: t t Buldng Permt No_QH97 From ^7/0 37^0^ Wlshre Boulevard : <o : To August 2, 1965 ssued on / 3700 Wlshre Boulevard ADDRESS ADDRESS 4 REASON: Please Check 1 (X ) Change because of locaton of physcal ( ) Change from one street to another street for corner lot s-j & >4 Change because of error on part of applcant ( ) Change because of error on part of some cty department 1 to S C, Davs 697 South Serrano Avenue, Los Angeles, Calf, JJHORZED AGENT ADDRESS t CTY USE ONLY LOT BLOCK TRACT DSTRCT MAP No BUREAU OF ENGNEERNG APPROVAL APPLCATON CHECKED BY APBRGVED y DATE s G C # )^r DATE g, a Ah DATE B&S Form B-88 Rev v

80 r T t 1 CTY OF LOS ANGELES APPLCATON FOR NSPECTON OF NEW BULDN AND FOR CERTFCATE OF OCCUPANCY BfcS B-l Rev 364 V J ept of Buldng and safety 1 LEGAL OESCR NSTRUCTONS: LOT 1 Applcant to Complete Numbered tems Only, 2 Plot Plan Requred on lock of Orgnal, CENSUS TRACT DST MAP 2 PLjR^:SE OF BULDN Offce Bldg 5 / V 3 JOB ADDRESS F a? Wlshre 4, BETWEEN CROSS STREETS ZONE V~ DST l NSDE Wf A7A R L 5 Oxford AND ^enefacal Standard L^e ; l!?s Co - _ J 6 OWNERS ADDRESS ZONE 75b 3 Sprng St % Or4, 7 ARCHTECT OR DESGNER Skdmore,, Owngs &/^e5^tl STATE LCENSE NO c 1 HONE 8, ENGNEER 7,#t^e#ATE lcense no PHONE 626-6; KEY n V COR S1ZE - J ^4^ REAR ALL t SDTLLEY BLDG Stephen Johnston ^/SEyfl^ 9 9 CONTRACTOR STATE LCENSE NO PHONE AFFDAVTS & / 7Z- <Lov?r A lot SZE OF NEW BLDG qcrrz STORES HEGHT^ NO OF EXSTNG 3ULDNGS ON LOT AND USE z&x zqo O 4-comm & res 11 MATERAL OF CONSTRUCTON 12 JOB ADDRESS ^7 EXT WA%^S c A f K ROOF - CLCNCL shre Blvd FLOOR ClON<Z>, DSTRCT OFFCE 13 VALUATON: TO NCLUDE ALL fsed SL EQUPMENT REQURED TO OPERATE^TS AND USE PROPOSED BULDNG>^2^^> APURPOSE OF BULDNG T, OOO, 000 7oojoo > Q4 >, VALUATON APPBQVED TYPE GROU STORES PLAN^JHECKED, BLDG AREA Z // v 32j 00 y ^Zr & //ddho^o GRADNG CHT SOL HGHWAY DED FLOOD / j max: TOTAL PLANS APPROVED CONS M 3 r > DWELL UNTS SKLE bs 7 SPECFED PC, No, PC, 4 T - GUEST ROOM T-2776 fozzv 3/45605 SPC SPACES PARKNG NT NSP t & REQD PROVDED APPL PROVED 57f CJ/VC rz)s!ll ASU>S; ($) p,c/ /A/CL- Mt-AG CAJ cac)a/a/,ph % OS C/0 F 5 Ucz NED LTWTH NSPEpfQR ay us TYPST g HAS AUf-2-65 All-2-65 Sysnf) Vs X 2CK 3,45605 r 1197 X r 2CK 1,02375», 1197, X 1^4jJ0200 rva^sj a +>S~fce <s 7^-Ac/W ^7ts~ L<Z1 ~ / % x v4 ar STATEMENT OF RESPONSBLTY certfy that n dong the work authorzed hereby wll not employ any person n volaton of the Lobar Code of the State of Calforna relatng to workmens compensaton nsurance ft Ths permt s an applcaton for nspecton, the ssuance of whch s not an approval or an authorzaton of the work specfed heren Ths permt does not outhorze or permt, nor shall t be construed os authorzng or permttng the volaton or falure to comply wth any applcable low Nether the Cty of Los Angeles, nor ony boord, deportment, offcer or employee thereof moke ony worronty or shol) be responsble/for the performonce^pp-results of ony work descrbed heren, or the condton of the property or sol upqtf whch such workrfsperformedz^ (See Sec LAMC) p SgneduX/, Dote, Name (Owner or Agent) / Bureau of Engneerng ADDRESS APPROVED RJA SEWERS AVALABLE S- -,, - - ^ ~/6 C y - C, ~tccc&xt^- - ~ = /J ft -T / /j >V y_ > n, 3 tt ttvtt-rl? / n 4_pRVEWAvapproved %Mh t Y/ OOUx^A U&Uy: H!GHWAY DEDCATON REQURED ~ 4 ^OY AYAj^^ &C)»J frs±e<rf fb C^d3l d H-~7/z &)r Bhnvu COMPLETED FLOOD CLEARANCE APPROVED Conservaton Plumbng Plannng Fre APPROVED FOR SSUE fle j? PRVATE SEWAGE DSPOSAL SYSTEM APPROVED APPROVED UNDER CASE# APROVED (TTLE 19) (LAMC-S700) Traffc APPROVED FOR fmm

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82 Address of Buldng 3700 Wlshre Boulevard 2 CTY OF LOS ANGELES CERTFCATE OF OCCUPANCY to t X 1 NOTE: Any change of use or occupancy must be approved by the Department of Buldng and Safety Ths certfes that so far as ascertaned by or made known to the undersgned, the buldng at the above address comples wth the applcable : requrements of the Mcpal Code, as follows: Or 1, as to permtted uses, Ch 9, Arts, 1, 3, 4, and-5; and Wth applcable requrements,-, 1 of State Housng Act for followng occupances: l < 1 A s el ssued Permt No, and Year LA 1197/65 LA 98385/65 LA 29475/66 LA 33876/66 > 4 j a f n A 4 Ownff ^ 11 story, type, 120 X 290 Offce Buldng and Parkng Garage Restaurant on 2nd floor wth dnng area 323 maxmum occupants 575 parkng spaces requred, 578 parkng spaces provded, G-l & P-1 Occupancy, JthS8P» fg Sj»«A»Gnq AS,Jwfeu- 6 OASt Boa & SAFSTf CuUKl ; a -PA ^ A Standard Lfe ns Co, 3700 Wlshre Blvd, ^dreersf Los Angeles, Calforna COPY SENT FPB v % J J RBOZCK ha Form M Sheet Sets 3-67 CC-10) By t ^ A

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84 Alteraton Permts

85 " -- V - v d H Me CTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT OF BULDNG AND SAFETY 3 APPLCATON FOR ! 07 NSPECTON NSTRUCTONS: 1 Applcant to Complata Numbarad Kama Only &" & v-t-- TO ADD- REP AR-DEMOLSH AND FOR CERTFCATE OF OCCUPANCY 1 LOT BLOCK LEGAL COr o DE5CK A & B TRACT PM 896 PRESENT USE OF BULDNG NEW USE OF BULDNG ll (23) wall ( ) 3 JOB AD0RESS 3700 Wlshre Blvd 4 6ETWEEEN CROSS STREETS Oxford 5 0 SecteE Realty Serano 8 OWNERS A0DRESS 3700 Wlshre LA 7 ENGNEER AND BUS LC NO CTY /2& COUNTY REF, NO BK 7-61 OflE DST MAP ACTVE STATE LC NO PHONE ALLEY Brandow & Johnson Assoc ARCHTECT OR DESGNER 3 ARCHTECT OR ENGNEER S ADDRESS O CONTRACTOR ngrams Concrete Wk 11 SZE OF EXSTNG BLDG WDTH 12 FRAMNG MATERAL OF EXSTNG BLDG 3&-> 3 13 JOB ADDRESS BUS LC NO BUS LC NO CTY STORES HEGHT 8 132&93 CENSUS TRACT 2125 C? 2/CR-2/P-2 FRE DST COUNDtST T&3 4 LOT TYPE cor/thru LOT SZE 1695 ACTVE STATE LC NO PHONE BLDG LNE ACTVE STATE LC NO ZP / PHONE NO OF EXSTNGJJLDNGS ON LOT AND USE 1 AFFDAVTS t/ CPC j ()rd Pkg 3325 LENGTH 30 Pkg 3386 EXT WALLS cone blk ROOF 3700 Wlshre blvd 14 VALUATON TO NCLUDE ALL FXED 15 NEW WORK (Descrbe) EQUPMENT REQURED TO OPERATE AND USE P ELBULDNG FLOOR STREET GUDE CMU wall along property lne CPC (OVER) DST OFF PC REQ D $ 10,000 LA No GRADNG HWY DED SESMC FLOOD NEW U 3 OF BULDNG SZE OF AOPUS701^, HE^CT FLE WTH TYPE DWELL UNTS GUEST ROOMS GROUP occ MAX occ PARKNG REQ D FLOOR AR dl /PARKNG PROVDED STD COMP PUNS CHECKED AP ONJLPBROV vr J N A TY CS GEN V MAJS EQ TYPST Tova G P + NP CONT B 4 S B-3 (R7/89) % SPC PM 4 BP Tv E Clams for refund of fats pad on permts must ba fled: 1 Wthn one a year from data of payment of fee, FH 41F 4 SD OSS SS OFF LA PC NO 4 CC soss c/o or 2 Wthn ona year from data of expraton of extenson for buldng or gradng permts granted by the Dept, of B 4 S SECTONS LAUC SPRNKLERS REQD SPEC ENERGY Unless a shorter parted of tme has bean establshed by an offce! acton, plan check approval expres one year after the fee l pad and ths permt expres two years after tfte fee s pad or 1S0 days after the fee s pad f constructon s not commenced DA CASHERS USE ONLY a m c o w o t o cr o> o H c n m u o a to m L U CK H 3 0 O - rc tn 3 m o C u o - ro t o - j o l t - O C t t o o o n ora o n vhws Dte DECLARATONS AND CERTFCATONS LCENSED CONTRACTORS DECLARATON^ hereby affrm that am lcensed under the provsons of Chapter 9 (commencng (wt noss and Profossfont Code, and my lcense s n full force and effect, V # 7 ft-ft ^Llc Clast Le Numbor tractor tlon 7000) of Dvson 3 of the (Sgnature OWNER-BULDER DECLARATON ^ 17 f hereby affrm that am exomp! from tha Contractors Lcense Law for tho followng reason (Sec Busness and Professons Codo: Any cty or county whch requres a permt to construct, alter, mprove, demolsh, or repar any structure, pror to ts ssuance, also requres the applcant for such permt to fle a sgned statement that he a lcensed pursuant to tho provsons of tho Contractors Lconse Law (Chapter 9 (commencng wth Secton 7000) of Dvson 3 of the Busness and Professons Code) or that he s exempt therefrom and the bass for the alleged exempton Any volaton of Secton by any applcant for a permt subjects the applcant to a cvl penalty of not more than fve hundred dollars ($500)): l, as ownar of the property, or my employees wth wages as ther solo compensaton, wll do the work, and tho structuro s not ntended or offered for sale (Sec 7044, Busness and Professons Code: The Contractors Lcense Law does not apply to an owner of property who bulds or mproves thereon, and who does such work hmself or through hs own employees, provded that such mprovements are not ntended or offered for sale f however, the buldng or mprovement s sold wthn one year of completon, the owner-bulder wll have the burden of provng that he dd not buld or mprove for the purpose of sale), as ownor of the property, am exclusvely contractng wth lcensed contractors to construct the project (Sec 7044, Busness and Professons Code: Tho Contractors Lcense Law does not appy to an owner of property who bulds or mproves thereon, and who contracts fot such projects wth a contractor^) lcensed pursuant to tho Contractors Lcense Law) am exempt under Sec Date, B ( P C for ths reason Owners Sgnature WORKERS COMPENSATON DECLARATON 18 hereby affrm that have a certfcate of consent to semnsure, or a certfcate of Worker s Compensaton nsurance, or a certfed copy thereof (Sec 3B00, Lab C), Polcy No nsurance Company, % Certfed copy t hereby furnshed Certfed copy s fled wth the Los Angeles Cty Dept, of Bldg & Safety Date Applcant s Sgnature Applcants Malng Addreee CERTFCATE OF EXEMPTON FROM WORKERS COMPENSATON NSURANCE 184 certfy that n the performance of the worjc for whch ths ssued, shall not employ any person n any manner So as to bacofne/sublecj to the WorkerA Compensaton Laws fgt^fpforna ^^ Date NOTCE TO APPLCANT: f, after makargnhs Certfcate or Eabmotfon you should become subject to the Workers Compensaton provsons of the Labor Coot; yokmutt forthwth comply wtrsuch provsons or ths permt shall be deemed revoked CONSTRUCTON LENDNG AGENCY 10 hereby affrm that there s a constructon lendng agency for the performance of the work for whch ths permt s ssued (Sec 3097 Cv C) < Lenders Name Lenders Address lyl certfy that have read ths applcaton and state that the above nformaton s correct, f agree to compy wth all cty 2nd county ordnances and state laws relatng to buldng constructon, and hereby authorze representatves of ths cty to enter upon the above-mentoned property for nspecton purposes realze that ths permt s an applcaton for nspecton, that t does not approve or authorze the work specfed heren, that t does not authorze or permt any volaton or falure to comply wth any applcable law, that nether the cty of Los Angeles nor any board, department, offcer or employee thereof make any warranty or shall be responsble for the perform ance or results ptarfy work descrbed herey^n the condton of the property or sol upon whch such work s performed (See See 910 U p^ner r agenroavlng property owner s consent) Poston Date s 7 V O

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87 APPLCATON 3 FOR CTY ouos abbeles dept, of buldng and safety NSPECTO& f 4 j NSTRUCTONS: 1 Applcant to Complete Numbered tems Only TO ADD-ALTER- REPAR-DEMOLSH AND FOR CERTFCATE OF OCCUPANCY 1 LOT BLOCK TRACT CTY CLERK REF NO LEGAL A DESCR EM 896 DST, MAP CENSUS TRACT M? PRESENT USE OF BULDNG ( 13 3 JOB ADDRESS 3700 Wlshze Blvd 4 6ETWEEEN CROSS STREETS Gdbrd Av 5, OWNERS NAME ( ) TENANT Rgrhtel TryapcdTnprt- 6 OWNERS ADDRESS - - AND NEW USE OF BULDNG (33) ( ) BULDNG PHONE CTY 213^383=3762- SUTE/UNT NO/ ZP ZONE C4-2 FRE DST, COUNDST 30 LOT TYPE nt thm LOT SZE 7 ENGNEER 3700 Wlffrrtt Rlsr A BUS LC NO ACTVE STATE LC, NO phone ALLEY 8 ARCHTECT OR DESGNER BUS, LC NO, ACTVE STATE LC, NO PHONE BLDG LNE 9, ARCHTECT OR ENGNEERS ADDRESS CTY ZP DOCUMENTS/ easements lo CONTRACTOR ACTVE STATE LC, NO, PHONE ftvgh EfcyrrF-r 11 SZE OF EXSTNG BLDG WDTH ylength (STQRES HEGHT NO OF EXSTNG BULDNGS ON LOT AND USE 7h U611 pkg FRAMNG MATERAL EXT WALLS ROOF FLOOR OF EXSTNG BLDG -> JOB ADDRESS VJ re 14 VALUATON TO NCLUDE ALL FXED EQUPMENT REQURED TO OPERATE AND USE PROPOSED BULDNG SUTE/UNT NO _2SHL DST OFF, $ JA 72, NEW WORK (Descrbe) rartxb esdsdng rocf system, replace vath new UL das 5 GRADNG HWY DED PCREOD SESMC FLOOD NEW USE OF BULDNG A xof sysban s SZE OF ADDTON STORES HEGHT FLE WTH TYPE owa UNTS GUEST ROOMS PC SPC BULDNG, ZONNG GROUP MAX PLANS CHECKED ZONED OCC OCC, BULDN ZONNG P1ACA PPROV TYP AREA G AREA 9! PARKNG PARKNG PROVDED N ON ACTVTY ns 2ctor REQ D s C HC r S GEN MAJS EO ft GP ^ NP CONT SYS SSYS BBS 0B«B3 (R 7/90) JNSP PM, F, 0 El Clams for rotund of foot pad on FK tsz pormlsmustbofllad 1, Wthn ono your from dnlo of pnymonl of foo, dr? Wthn ono yonr from dnlo of oxprntlom of oxlonslon for buldng or gradng permts granted by ho Oopt of 0, 1 S SECTONS 22, LA WC SD, OSS, / SS^ PC, NO, SOSS SPRNKLERS REOD SPEC, C/O ENERGY DAS Unloss a shorter perod of lme fns boon establshed by nn oll/col acton, plnn chuck approval optros ono yonr nflor tho foe s pod and ths permt axpfros two yours nllor tho fee s pold or 780 days alter the Pro s pad t constructon s not commenced NEW AFFDAVTS PLAN CHECK EXTENDED TO ADMNSTRATVE APPROVAL DATED a PER o UJ / SlQWm 09S2S10AH LADS T-6104 C 0? 1 3LD6 FEfHT CO NVOCE Q348A91 BB El RESDENTAL f, 12 OHS STOP?61 SY DEV 28 3 CTY PLAN SURC HSCEUlKEOUS 13,94 5G3 O FAL 53?92 CHECK 537,92 BY DAD PLANS CHECKED HOUSNG MTGATON FEE ORDNANCE REQURED EXEMPT ASBESTOS NOTFCATON Check Box: ^^Notfcaton fotlor sent to AQMD or EPA, nn dcclaradmlyotyctlon of asbestos romoval s tot aopkckpl# d»j sod projoct t m 94LA "^Jusln DECLARATONS AND CERTFCATONS LCENSED CONTRACTORS DECLARATON horabyj affrm that nm llconsod undor tho provsons of Chaptor 0 (commencng wth WnW r/pl f l n# Codo, llppnso t n full forco nndfffocf ft/ Doto Le Class, Le Numbor Contracto " k UoB/fOOO a, [0 V (Sgnature) vson 3 of tho OWNER-BULDER DECLARATON 17 hereby affrm that am exempt from the Contractors Lcense Law for the followng reason (Sec, 70315, Busness and Professons Code: Any cty or county whch requres a permt to construct, alter mprove, domollsh, or repatr any structure, pror to ts ssuance, also requres the applcant for such pormt to flo a sgned statomont that ho s lconscd pursuant to the provsons of tho Contractors Lcense Law (Chaptor 9 (commencng wth Soctlon 7000) of Dvson 3 of tho Busness and Professons Code) or that he s exempt thorefrom and tho bass for tho allogod oxempton Any volaton of Secton by any applcant for a permt subjocts tho applcant to o cvl ponolly of not moro than fve hundrod dollars (S500)):, as ownor of tho proporty, or my employoos wth wages as thorr solo compensaton, wll do the work, and tho structure s not ntendod or offerod for solo (Sec, 7044, Buslnoss and Professons Codo: Tho Contractor s Lconso Law doos not apply to an ownor of proporty who bulds or mprovos thoroon, and who doos such work hmsolf or through hs own omployoos, provded that such mprovements ore not ntendod or offored for salo f, howovor, the buldng or mprovomont s sold wthn ono year of completon, tho ownor-bulldor wll have tho burdon of provng that he dd not buld or mprovo for the purpose of sato,) O, as ownor of the property, am exclusvely contractng wth lconscd contractors to construct the project (Sec 7044, Busness and Professons Code: Tho Contractor s Lconso Law doos not apply to an ownor of property who bulds or mproves thereon, and who contracts fo such projects wth a contractor(s) lconscd pursuant to tho Contractor s Lcense Law) am exempt under Sec Date B & P C for ths reason Owners Sgnature _ - _ WORKERS COMPENSATON DECLARATON 8^1 hereby affrm that havo a cortfcato of consont to sol nsure, or a certfcate of Worker s Compensaton nsurance, or certfed cpjwdher^sec^boo, Lab C) Polcy No Certfed1 copy s heroby furnshod, JBfaw Date nsuranco Company opy s flod Wth the Los Angotes Cty Dopt o Applcont asjgnstur CjJ/ Q U /fh u Applcants Malng Addross U CERTFCATE OF EXEMPTON FROM WORKERS COMPENSATON NSURANCE 19 certfy that n the porformanco of tho work for whch ths pormt s (ssuod, shall not omploy any poroon n any monnor so as to bocomo subject to tho Workors Compensaton Laws of Calforna Dato Appllcont osgnaturo NOTCE TO APPLCANT: f, nftor makng ths Cortfcato of Exempton, you should bocomo subjoct to tho Workors Componsofon provsons of tho Labor Codo, you must forthwth comply wth such provsons or ths pormt shall bo doomed rovokod CONSTRUCTON LENDNG AGENCY 20 horoby affrm thnt thoro s n constructon londlng ogoncy for (ho porformanco of tho work for whch ths pormt s ssuod (Soc, 3097, Cv C) 0k Londor s Nomo Londors Addross curtfy that t havo road ths applcaton and stato that tho abovo nformaton (s corroct agroo to comply wth all cty S3d county ordnoncos and stato laws rolatlng to buldng constructon^ and heroby authorzo roprosentotvos of ths cty to entor upon tho abovomontonod proporty for nspocton purposos roalzo that ths pormt s an applcaton for nspocton, thnt t doos not approvo or authorze tho work spocfod heren, thnt t doos not authorzo or pormt any volaton or fnluro to comply wth any applcable law that nother tho cty of Los Angolos nor sny>)t}oard, d tmont, offcor or omployoo thoroof mnko any warranty or shall bo rosponsblo for tho porform- Ascrbed horcln or tho condton of tho propojjll^or scdl upon whch suet) wo^k af performed anco or results (Soo Soc 91,02 ny,w A ( 11 Sgned^ (Owner or ageh havng properly ownor t consent) nr# totsfocfor Dato

88 t / /J 8? 0 u 4 Bureau of Engneerng ADDRESS APPROVED DRVEWAY EM ] tea JC HGHWAY REQURED DEDCATON COMPLETED Publc Works mprovement SEWERS RES, NO CERT, NO Gradng Comm Safety CHQA Fre CRA Transportaton Plannng Requred YES NO PERMT H ll SFC NOT APPLCABLE PRVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM APPROVED FLOOD CLEARANCE m SEWERS AVALABLE teteu, mg jtkkwnar ft :w amt amfm- -4 ds NOT AVALABLE SFC PAD SFC DUE APPROVED FOR SSUE NO FLE Q FLE CLOSED Q f a fct ~ APPROVED (TTLE 19) (LA MC-S700) APPROVED = HYDRANT UNT ROOM 920 CHE APPROVED PER REDEV PROJECT APPROVED FOR DRVEWAY LOCATON APPROVED FOR ORD WORK SHEET K APPROVED UNDER CASE f LANDSCAPE / XERSCAPE 9m -r z fg ll t _gaft r jaft^n gj M 9 M 9 j ~b3 w frt % a SGHT PLAN REVEW 6 Housng Constructon Tax Cultural Affars W Rent Stablzaton Dvson HOUSNG AUTHORTY AFFDAVT NO RECEPT NO» 9 W DWELLNG UNTS n d ««> Sr LEGAL DESCRPTON < e v Y ", % < % rt > OH PLOT PUN SHOW ALL SULDJNGS ON LOT AND USE OF EACH V vv JM J» v 4 O St!( j t $ t % 8? r 1 t t f! y 1 n t V 8 ( B V > S»> A St- a > K r t - 4 < t «k f > v ^ ^ T lf - / S r - 5 1? 4 p V > r 4 A ) 9 V > K <r j / 4 t»? - - o J < t> y - > t t v 1 4? f 4 H A As ^ 4 N 4 37 A M / t - < 1 K A 1 < 3 >? A P s «r T f ) A r r k 5 v > t t A -4 S t t & f x 4 J k S r f v t V S a s# K w «^ s V > a A V / % A % % V t / A A % Y - f / V r K r ^ V 4 r» a < 7 ^4 7 s t 0 f V r 4 6 V V > 3 K A 14 $ C 7 $ $ % r 4 4? t j f & A» b r c «d x a K C j! H 4 % ~r 5 - > r W» > # 3 ^» T? t r V h a» v r? - - > K t H v A a & Sr -sfe 4 «3 v o t - t "5 / ( / 4 P " S <4 - t e r " t 4 ^1 z +# a ^ Z > t> «/ L % v j { % > v f f r A > te r $ t t y A v + &» 4 : v 4 f SL ATTACHED PLO T PLANS SHALL NO T EXTEND ABOVE TH S LNE ^9 4w J s

89 3700 W Wlshre Blvd Permt #: Plan Check #: Prnted: 10/11/02 11:01 AM DE W Event Code: Bldg-Alter/Repar Commercal Express Permt No Plan Checc Cty of Los Angeles - Department of Buldng and Safety APPLCATON FOR BULDNG PERMT AND CERTFCATE OF OCCUPANCY Last Status: Ready to ssue Status Date: 10/11 / TRACT BLOCK LQTfs! ARB MAP REF# PARCEL D # (PN1 2 BOOK/PAGE/PARCEL PM 896 A BK B PARCEL NFORMATON BAS Branch OOce - LA Bldg Lne Councl Dstrct - 10 Communty Plan Area - Wlshre Census Tract W jzone(s): C4-2 /CR-2 / P-2 / 1 Dstrct Map - 132B193 Energy Zone - 9 Fre Dstrct -1 (w/n 100 of St) Fre Dstrct - 2 Near Source Zone Dstance - 56 Thomas Brothers Map Grd H2 Thomas Brothers Map Grd H3 t 4 DOCUMENTS Z-Z-1117 Z-ZM940 ZA-ZA-332 ZA - ZA ZA - ZA ZA - ZA ZA ZA - ZA ZA - ZA-9340 PKLY - PKG-3325 PKLY - PKG-3336 ORD - ORD ORD-ORD ORD - ORD SA100EE CRA - Z 1940 KOREATOWN CPC - CASE-4853 CPC-CPC CHECKLST TEMS a T v 6 PROP RTY OWNER TENANT APPLCANT NFORMATON 4 4 Owners): ro < Wlshre Park Place Le VanowenStSTE 206 VAN NUYS CA rr Jh vtq C r«v Tenant: Applcant: (Relatonshp: Owner-Bldr) Carlos Campos - Owner-Bulder 738 S New Hampshre #107 LOS ANGELES, CA (213) CT» 7EXST1NG USE (16) News stand PROPOSED USE 8 DESCRPTON OF WORK REPLACE ROOF - NEW PLYWOOD AND COMPOSTON MATERAL; 64 SQ FT / A 9 # Bldgr on Ste & Use: For nformaton and/or nspecton requests orgnatng wthn LA County, 10 APPL CATON PROCESSNG NFORMATON BLDG PC By: OK for Casher: Sgnature: DAS PC By: Call toll-free (888) LA4BULD Outsde LA County, call (213) (LA4BULD = ) Coord OK: eorge Kuc W/0 #: For Casher s Use Only Date: o u Project Name: 11 PROJECT VALUATON & FEE NFORMATON Fnal Fee Perod Permt Valuaton: $1,500 PC Valuaton: t t 9 t -1 _ 4 4 «4 4 4 t FNAL TOTAL Bldg-Alter/Repar Permt Fee Subtotal Bldg-Alter/Rep Fre Hydrant Refuse-To-Pav EQ nstrumentaton OS Surcharge Sys Surcharge Plannng Surcharge Plannng Surcharge Msc Fee Permt ssung Fee > > «u -mv u 050? f o ;» 903 $ 4? 450» -A f r r V -» L _ 2000 ««r w 1 u ^ s Sewer Cap D: Total Bond(s) Due: 12 ATTACHMENTS

90 13 STRUCTURE NVENTORY APPLCATON COMMENTS n the event that any box (e 1-16) s flled to capacty, t s possble that addtonal nformaton has been captured electroncally and could not be prnted due to space restrctons Nevertheless, the nformaton prnted exceeds that requred by Secton of the Health and Safety Code of the State of Calforna S Buldng Relocated From: 16 CONTRACTOR ARCHTECT & ENGNEER NAME ADDRESS (O), Owner-Bulder CLASS LCENSE# PHONE# 738 S New Hampshre #107, PERMT EXPRATON Ths permt expres two years after the date of the permt ssuance Ths permt wll also expre f no constructon work s performed for a contnuous perod of 180 days (Sec LAMC) Clams for refund of fees pad must be fled wthn one year from the date of expraton for permts granted by the Dept, of Buldng & Safety (Sec 2212 & 2213 LAMC) 17 OWNER-BULDER DECLARATON hereby affrm under penalty of perjury that am exempt from the Contractors State Lcense Law for the followng reason (Secton 7031,5 Busness and Professons Code: Any cty or county whch requres a permt to construct, alter, mprove, demolsh, or repar any structure, pror to ts ssuance, also requres the applcant for such permt to fle a sgned statement that he or she s lcensed pursuant to the provsons of the Contractors Lcense Law (Chanter 9 (commencng wth Secton of Dvson 3 of the Busness and Professons Code! or that he or she s exempt therefrom and the bass for the alleged exempton Any volaton of Secton bv any applcant for a permt subjects the applcant to a cvl penalty of not more than fve hundred dollars ($500)): c J: ^ <r- % ( ), as the owner of the property, or my employees wth wages as ther sole compensaton, wll do the work, and the structure s not ntended or offered for sale (Sec 7044 Busness & Professons Code: The Contractors Lcense Law does not apply to an owner of property who bulds or mproves thereon, and who does such work hmself or herself or through hs or her own employees, provded that such mprovements are not ntended or offered for sale f, however, the buldng or mprovement s sold wthn one year from completon, the owner-bulder wll have the burden of provng that he or she dd not buld or mprove for the purpose of sale) OR w ( ) 1, as the owner of the property, am exclusvely contractng wth lcensed contractors to construct the project (Sec 7044, Busness & Professons Code: The Contractors Lcense Law does not apply to an owner of property who bulds or mproves thereon, and who contracts for such projects wth a contractors) lcensed pursuant to the Contractors Lcense Law) 18 WORKERS COMPENSATON DECLARATON hereby affrm, under penalty of pejury, one of the followng declaratons: ( ) have and wll mantan a certfcate of consent to self nsure for workers compensaton, as provded for by Secton 3700 of the Labor Code, for the performance of the work for whch ths permt s ssued S^- ( ) 1 have and wll mantan workers compensaton nsurance, as requred by Secton 3700 of the Labor Code, for the performance of the work for whch ths permt s ssued My workers compensaton nsurance carrer and polcy number are: Camen Polcy Number: ( ) certfy that n the performance of the work for whch ths permt s ssued, shall not employ any person n any manner so as to become subject to the workers compensaton laws of Calforna, and agree that f should become subject to the workers compensaton provsons of Secton 3700 of the Labor Code, shall forthwth comply wth those provsons WARNNG: FALURE TO SECURE WORKERS COMPENSATON COVERAGE S UNLAWFUL, AND SHALL SUBJECT AN EMPLOYER TO CRMNAL PENALTES AND CVL FNES UP TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000), N ADDTON TO THE COST OF COMPENSATON, DAMAGES AS PROVDED FOR N SECTON 3706 OF THE LABOR CODE, NTEREST, AND ATTORNEYS FEES 19 ASBESTOS REMOVAL DECLARATON certfy that notfcaton of asbestos removal s ether not applcable or was sent to the AQMD or EPA as per secton of the Health and Safety Code 20 FNAL DECLARATON certfy that have read ths applcaton NCLUDNG THE ABOVE DECLARATONS and state that the above nformaton NCLUDNG THE ABOVE DECLARATONS s correct agree to comply wth all cty and county ordnances and state laws relatng to buldng constructon, and hereby authorze representatves of ths cty to enter upon the above-mentoned property for nspecton purposes realze that ths permt s an applcaton for nspecton and that t does not approve or authorze the work specfed heren, and t does not authorze or permt any volaton or falure to comply wth any applcable law Furthermore, nether the Cty of Los Angeles nor any board, department offcer, or employee thereof, make any warranty, nor shall be responsble for the performance or results of any work descrbed heren, nor the condton of the property nor the sol upon whch such work s performed further affrm under penalty of pejury, that the proposed work wll not destroy or unreasonably nterfere wth any access or utlty easement belongng to others and located on my property, but n the event such work does destroy or unreasonably nterfere wth such easement, a substtute easement(s) satsfactory to the holderfs) of the easement wll be provded (Sec LAMC) By sgnng below, certfy that: (1) accept all the declaratons above namely the Owner-Bulder Declaraton, Workers Compensaton Declaraton, Asbestos Removal Declaraton and Fnal Declaraton; and (2) Thspe t s beng obtaned wth the consent of the legal o er of the property Prnt Name: md <3 Date; Owner ] Authorzed Agent

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93 nsurance Headquarters Scheduled Los Angeles Tmes (1923-Current Fle); Feb 21, 1965; ProQuest Hstorcal Newspapers: Los Angeles Tmes pg L nsurance The Benefcal nsurance Group announces completon of the desgn for a new home offce buldng, to be located at 3700 Wlshre Blvd Ths s the frst of a complex of structures eventually to comprse the Benefcal Plaza, whch wll occupy a square block bounded by Wlshre Blvd on the north, 7th St on the south, Serrano Ave on the east, Oxford Ave on Headquarters Scheduled the west and coverng approxmately four and one-half acres Ground - breakng s scheduled for ths Sprng, wth completon n December, 1966 Cost of the new buldng s estmated at $16,750,000 (land, $4 mllon; garage, $2 mllon; man structure, $10,750,000) Archtectural desgn of the buldng s by Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll Plans call for an 11- story buldng contanng approxmately 300,000 square feet and a trplelevel underground garage The exteror wll consst of precast concrete wth grante chp facng and wll be of an off-whte color t wll be set back approxmately 300 feet south from Wlshre Blvd and landscaped to create a plaza A 400-seat cafetera, open to the publc, wll occupy one-half of the second floor Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company of Los Angeles acqured the property n 1961 from the Serrano Corp Present tenants are Unted Calforna Bank, Lytton Savngs and Loan Assn, and Mannngs Restaurant The Benefcal nsurance Groups present headquarters are at 8tK and Sprngs Sts r - -< +: t } Tl f l tes t J- S / - fg; u a js W- Wle f mu 3? mm t 8 s ; f n l : Cl r & 2S22lllS2g5 t 3SSS «5-«f l ft 8 w lemcs SM ftlt lag tmm tmdmmmv c: $ T HOME OFFCE- -GmunH wll h broken n Sprne for ths home offce buldng for Benefcal nsur- once Group, at 3700 Wlshre Blvd, frst of several structures whch wll comprse Benefcal Plaza - Reproduced wth permsson of the copyrght owner Further reproducton prohbted wthout permsson

94 Benefcal Plaza to Add Open Spaces to Cty: BENEFCAL PLAZA Cameron, Tom Los Angeles Tmes (1923-Current Fle); Aug 14, 1966; ProQuest Hstorcal Newspapers: Los Angeles Tmes pg L Benefcal Plaza to Add Open Spaces to Cty ROOM TO SPARE Benefcal Praa, to f> bult on Wlshre Blvd, wll comprse 4 V ceres but only 2V of t wll be used by 11- story Benefcal nsurance Group offce buldng Front plaza whch faces Wlshre Blvd wll be a cty block wde and have an acre of lawn r L# A ( /by, - V V V ;v ft- T- <»% rfj nn Hn munhmn tf nmhl mnmnnmhh h t nnnml!!! mnhnl» t t 4 H, f m K % w f1 P-Aj p1- A- _- w SM n J -M s l 1 r,vj tf A V 31 t«ft- «3 M ft ^ P«F v -, A s m V fa v> CVT s Hart FU Z5fr? a t > J ^ A ^ >v J] BY TOM CAMERON, Tmes Real Estate Edtor Theyre thnkng "bg" n the downtown Los Angeles and Wlshre dstrcts these days, wth hgh-rse the byword n both offce buldngs and apartment structures Weve announced dozens of constructon projects nvolvng 20 stores or more n the last couple of years One developer s not only gong up, but out That ths s not an mpossblty s beng demonstrated n the block bounded by Wlshre Blvd, Serrano, 7th St and Oxford Ave, where Benefcal nsurance Group s erectng an 11-story offce buldng to cost $167 mllon The ste comprses 4Va acres, but the buldng wll occupy only 2 Yz acres, and wth ts front wall 315 feet from Wlshre Blvd t wll have the deepest setback of any major offce buldng n the Unted States ts name s Benefcal Plaza Address: 3700 Wlshre Blvd Total of $25 mllon, representng the value of the land whch s to be free of constructon, s Benefcals ntended contrbuton to promoton of aesthetc values n the area, explans Joseph N Mtchell, chef executve offcer of Benefcal nsurance Group, known n the ndustry as "BG" Benefcal Standard Lfe, parent frm of the groups eght member companes, s the fourth largest nsurance company n Calforna and ranks among the top 15 n the Unted States n accdent and health nsurance The organzaton recognzes an almost complete lack of landscapng around offce buldngs, whch threatens to make the Wlshre Center busness dstrct somethng of another hgh - rse asphalt jungle, Mtchell sad "Dr James Hester, presdent of New York Unversty, has sad recently that Amercans are learnng that fleeng to the suburbs and allowng the central cty to become run down can result n a socal and economc cancer/ Mtchell sad "t s much more realstc and useful to strengthen the central cty, to enhance t, to beautfy t, to make the cty a postve nfluence, the Please Turn to Page U, Cel 1 Reproduced wth permsson of the copyrght owner Further reproducton prohbted wthout permsson

95 BENEFCAL PLAZA Contnued from Frst Paga center of culture as well as of busness," Mtchell added The front plaza wll be a cty block wde and wll contan an acre of lawn A groupng of Canary sland pnes whch have been growng n a Compton nursery wll be transplanted to ths area Borderng the walkways leadng to the buldngs elevated entry area wll be a hedge 20 feet wde and comprsed of 2,000 Japanese evergreen yews The yews, also beng cultvated locally, were transplanted from Connectcut earler ths year t s antcpated that from- the ar the sem - crcular hedge wll resemble a gant green horseshoe lyng along Wlshre Blvd t may well become another orentaton pont for ncomng arlne passengers somewhat lke Hollywood Park, Century Cty and nglewood Park Cemetery Plaza at Rear The rear of the buldng wll be landscaped to form a second plaza Thrty trees wll shade the sdewalks on Sprrano, 7th and Oxford Ten - foot - square sunken planters wll accommodate annual flowers whch wll be changed four tmes a year Benefcal Plaza wll have 380,000 square feet of floor space, wth 30,800 square feet per level omethng more than the area of the average offce buldng floor Precast shocked concrete s the prmary buldng materal used by Dnwdde Constructon Co under plans by Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll, whose archtects, Gordon Bunshaft and E Charles Bassett, desgned the structure The buldng s 50% completed (Shocked concrete, dscovered 30 years ago by a Dutch farmer, has a low water-to-cement rato and s consdered 250% stronger than conventonal "wet" concrete T h e shockng process conssts of boltng a mold flled wth layers of almost waterless concrete to a shockng table, rasng the table 5/16th of an nch and droppng t 250 tme a mnute When removed from the mold and permtted to harden, a precast secton can wthstand up to 10,000 pounds of stress or pressure per square nch More than 7f0 T-shaped precast concrete unts, weghng fve tons each, are beng used n the facade Fnshed nn natural grante aggregate, two sectons frame one wndow Twenty-eght precast concrete columns, 14 feet hgh and weghng 14 tons each, are anchored n the lobby and support the buldng Largest n West Rockwn Schokbnton Co of Santa Fe Sprngs s supplyng 5,800 tons of shocked concrete, makng Benefcal Plaza the largest structure made of ths materal n the West The structures core s renforced by 3,500 tons of steel There wll1 be more than 50,000 square feet of solar bronze glass for the wndows, whch wll be recessed fve feet from the buldng lne Two types of marble wll be used n the nteror: verde ancent green n the man lobby and travertne n the elevator lobbes of the tpper floors The garage wll have 300,000 square feet and wll accommodate 300 vehcles Entrance to the garage wll be by two ramps, each three lanes wde, from both Serrano and Oxford, leadng underneath to the entry platform A drveway for VPs wll permt unloadng of passengers at the front door BGs 600 employes wll occupy four floors, and there wll be a data processng center on the thrd floor Among tenants already set for the new buldng are a major branch of Unted Calforna Bank on the ground floor and a Mannngs restaurant on the second level The dnng facltes wll be open to the publc and wll seat 400 Completon of the buldng s set for January The buldng occupes land once exchanged (n 1882) by the Southern Pacfc Ralroad to German Pellsser at $25 per acre for sheep grazng purpo- «es A generous porton of t, at least, s to become green agan Reproduced wth permsson of the copyrght owner Further reproducton prohbted wthout permsson

96 Benefcal Plaza Slates Openng Fete Los Angeles Tmes (1923-Current Fle); Nov 5, 1967; ProQuest Hstorcal Newspapers: Los Angeles Tmes pg 02 Benefcal Plaza Slates Openng Fete The $167 mllon Benefcal Plaza offce buldng wll be offcally opened Saturday, Veterans Day, Joseph N Mtchell, presdent of Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Co, announced, Tours, exhbts, and specal events open to the publc are planned, startng wth an 11 am ceremony dedcatng Lberty Park,!M,fOO square feet o f land frontng the 11-story buldng at 3700 Wlshre Blvd A color guard wll rase the Amercan and Calforna flags, wth musc accompanment provded by the Boy Scout Nse Troop Band of Los Angeles Lt Gov Robert Fnch wll make a bref address A luncheon honorng Congressonal Medal of Honor holders wll take place n the Lberty Room Reproduced wth permsson of the copyrght owner Further reproducton prohbted wthout permsson

97 STAGE NEWS 3 Negro Plays Set r Some promnent Negro playwrghts, among them Loften Mtchell, Owen Dodson and Ted Shne, wll be workng wth the UC Santa Barbara Summer nsttute n Repertory- Theater-next month Plays scheduled are Mtchells Land Beyond the Rver,, July 17-20; Ted Shnes Mornng, NOOrt and Nght, Jtfly 24 through July 28 (matnee), and Fly Blackbrd, by C Jackson and James Hatch, July 28 to Aug 2 All plays wll be staged n the UCSB Man Theater Supported by the Natonal Defense Educaton Act, the nsttute encourages Negro students and talented Negroes n the professonal theater to enter the teachng professon on the elementary and secondary levels "Land Beyond the Rver deals wth the plght of a small communty of Negroes who petton for ther rghts when the floor of an all-black schoolhouse collapses t s based on a true ncdent whch took place n South Carolna Mornng, Noon and Nght takes a comc vew of the generaton gap as,t exsts between three generatons of black A me rc ah s n Traaa - Fly- Blackbrd, Obe Award wnner as off-broadways best muscal n 1962, takes a satrcal poke at a socety n whch protest marches for cvl rghts assume more mportance than actuajl change Checkmates, Ltd share stellar bllng wth comedans Allen and Ross, Monday and Tuesday nghts at Melodyland on the arena theaters celebrty seres James Hetzers ntercontnental Crcus, complete wth elephants, trapeze artsts, clowns and chmpanzees, con tnues Wednesdays through Sundays at the Anahem playhouse Carnval on ce, featurng skatng stars from all the major ce shows, opens July 17 at Melodyland for a four-week run Leadng the roster are Janet Champon (ce Folles); Arthur Newman (Dck Buttons Worlds Far ce Extravaganza); Jean Sakovch (Holday on ce); John Curtn and Patt Httle (ce Capades and Holday on ce) and Jack Rose (Holday on ce) Two of the countrys lead ng mpressonsts wll play the Greek Theater ths summer George PleaseTwm to Page 21 JULY 4$ CELEBRATON # 3700 WLSHRE BLVD (ONE BLOCK EAST OF WESTERN) Patrotc ceremones and gala pcnc wll celebrate the openng of Lberty Park a monument to our natonal hertage soon to be an outdoor museum of patrotc objects heraldng great moments n Amercan hstory OFFCAL CEREMONES START AT 11:30 AM LBERTY BELL Unvelng of an exact replca of the orgnal n Phladelpha Cast by the same London foundry and n the same molds as the orgnal n 1752The frst of the objects of Amercana to be < placed n Lberty Park SPACE CAPSULE See the Mercury space shp whch took our early astronauts nto outer space A replca on dsplay through the courtesy of McDonnell-Dougfas Arcraft Corporaton and the US Treasury Department Jont Armed Forces Color Guard Award wnnng Los Angeles Polce Junor Band Vetnam War Heroes Honored Government and Cvo Dgntares Relgous Leaders Bea Benaderet, star of Pettcoat Juncton Mrs Calforna of 1963 Presentaton by Wllard C Rdley, Executve Drector of US Treasury Department BRNG-YOUR-OWN-BASKET PCNC FESTVTES O<f-fashoned Fourth of July fun and games startng at 12:30 Brng a pcnc lunch Entertanmentshows for the kddes Exctng games Boy Scout demonstratons Come and have a great tmo WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE PARTCPATED N THE DEVELOPMENT OF BENEFCAL PLAZA AND SALUTE THS HSTORCAL JULY 4th EVENT GENERAL CONTRACTOR Dnwddle Constructon Co Los Angeles, Calforna ACOUSTC The Harold E Shugart Co, (no Glendale, Calforna ELEVATORS Haughton Elevator Co Los Angeles, Calforna FLOOR coverng Lawrence W Rosns Co Los Angeles, Calforna electrcal, coffered CELNGS Ftechbach&Moora Loa Angeles, Calforna HEATNG, AR CONDTONNG Klpatrck Co Alhambra, Calforna % GRANTE AND MARBLE George W Reed Constructon, fne San Francsco, Calforna NTEROR DESGN KS Wllshlre nc Los Angeles, Calforna PRECAST CONCRETE Rockwtn Prestressed Concrete Corporaton Santa Fa Sprngs, Calforna RENFORCNG STEEL Southwest Steel Rollng Mlls Los Angeles, Calforna STEELFORM WORK Sfeelform Contractng Company, Los Angeles, Calforna PARTTONS Vaughan nterlorwalls, no Los Angeles, Calforna 008n^U0TEtRf0 CALENDAR, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1908 Reproduced wth permsson of the copyrght owner Further reproducton prohbted wthout permsson

98 Benefcal Standard Corporaton: End of a Venture The Mtchells Rvera, Nancy Los Angeles Tmes (1923-Current Fle); Sep 4, 1984; ProQuest Hstorcal Newspapers: Los Angeles Tmes pgel Benefcal Standard Corporaton "ve had great adventures n my lfe was very ambtous lucky for all concerned that was" End of a Venture Rj J 13 a f 4 & J 1 1 1» :>rj J kj «a ;p A S!P Edward D Mltchall, charman Benefcal Standard Corp tm mm The Mtchells Bowng Out at Benefcal Ml V- a n fl!)? : ~ UP k By NANCY RVERA, Tme Stall Wrter At Benefcal Standard s Wlshre Boulevard headquarters, the sgns of lqudaton are ncreasngly common Packng boxes st n hallways, and many employees are wearng the C-shaped lapel pns dstrbuted by CalFed nc, whch recently bought the heart of the busness, Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Co and related subsdares The parent company, Benefcal Standard Corp, s n the process of sellng or lqudatng all that remans By May 21,1985, Benefcal Standard Corp wll cease to exst, although many of ts chldren wll survve separately under new ownershp ts demse marks the end of one of the last great ventures of Edward D Mtchell, the 94-year-old entrepreneur and phlanthropst who founded Benefcal n 1940 wth two other Los Angeles busnessmen, Oscar S Pattz and Joy C Earl Both are now dead Changng Marketplace And whle Benefcal Standard Corp s just one of dozens of enterprses Mtchell has touched, t breaks my heart" to see t go, sad Mtchell, who s stll charman and untl recently vsted the company s offces every day Company Presdent Joseph N Mtchell, who joned hs father s company n 1946, sad the breakup of the company and the lqudaton of the parent were forced by the changng marketplace The fnancal servces ndustry s gong through a real revoluton toward the fnancal supermarket that combnes the servces of such formerly separate nsttutons as a savngs and loan assocaton, a stock brokerage and an nsurance company, Mtchell sad We ddn t have that large umbrella; we were just one part," he sad To compete n the new world of fnancal servces, "ether you enlarge your umbrella or you jon wth someone else, and that s what we opted to do" n early February, Benefcal Standard sad t had reached an agreement to sell ts lfe nsurance subsdares whch consttuted $456 mllon of the frm s $700 mllon n assets to CalFed nc, parent of Los Angeles-based Calforna Federal Savngs & Loan Assn That transacton was completed June 4 Then, n March, Benefcal s drectors announced a plan to lqudate the parent frm and sell or dstrbute the remanng assets other than the lfe "Ether you enlarge your umbrella or you jon wth someone else, and that s what we opted to do" Joseph N Mtchell, presdont, Benefcal Standard Corp nsurance subsdares Shareholders approved the lqudaton n May The frst lqudaton payments of 10 cents per share on the company s 5,803,744 common shares wll be made Sept 14 and another "large" cashpayment wll be made between December, 1984, and May, 1985 Mtchell and hs famly own about 30% of Benefcal Standard s stock Of the remanng assets, Transt Casualty Co, a property casualty frm, has been put up for sale Benefcal s real estate ncludng ts 10-story headquarters buldng at 3700 Wlshre Blvd and several shoppng centers and ndustral parks wll be placed n a lmted partnershp to be traded on a natonal securtes exchange and the shares wll be dstrbuted to Benefcal shareholders An $18-mllon, two-year note receved from CalFed wll be placed n an entty that wll dstrbute the funds to shareholders when the note matures The Stock Went Way Up The lqudaton announcement created some confuson because many customers of Benefcal and Transt Casualty thought that ther nsurance companes were gong out of busness, Joseph Mtchell sad The companes reman, only the owners are changng, he sad thnk t s a forward move, thnk everyone wll beneft from ths," he sad Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance customers are gong to get the fnancal resources of a $14-bllon company" n CalFed The stockholders were delghted! The stock went way up, Mtchell sad Please see MTCHELLS, Page 6 Reproduced wth permsson of the copyrght owner Further reproducton prohbted wthout permsson

99 MTCHELLS: Bowng Out at Benefcal Contnued from Page 1 The passng of Benefcal Standard Corp s just one more busness transacton n the vared lfe of Edward Mtchell, who arrved from Poland wth hs famly n 1891 at the age of 2 When he was 5 or 6 years old, Mtchell recalls, he worked the streets of New York sellng shoestrngs, candy and buttons, and even persuaded fnancer J P Morgan to pay $10 for a newspaper Mtchell bypassed a formal educaton to travel wth crcuses and carnvals, sng n a chorus backng up actress Lllan Russell, and peddle "knckknacks to farmers who wanted to save a trp to New York Cty At 18, Mtchell moved to Wnnpeg, Canada, and made a fortune sellng real estate to European mmgrants Then World War broke out, and went broke because the Canadan government placed a moratorum on real estate loan payments durng the war, he sad Moved to Los Angeles After the war, Mtchell made a second fortune n the real estate, gran and jewelry busnesses n 1929, Mtchell retred wth hs wfe and four chldren to Europe "to lve the good lfe," daughter Elane Attas sad The stock market crash and the Depresson took nearly all of Mtchell s money So, n 1931, the famly moved to Los Angeles for a fresh start Fndng that used cars were a bg seller n Los Angeles used cars, Mtchell borrowed money to sell and fnance automobles From that, Mtchell bult a chan of fnance companes One of the thngs he sold was fre and theft nsurance on cars, and he quckly recognzed the potental for growth and profts "The frst thng knew we had thousands of polces and we d never pay any money out," he sad thought, Ths s a hell of a busness knew nothng about nsurance d never read a polcy n my lfe, Mtchell sad, but he was able to persuade hs assocates to start Benefcal Casualty nsurance Co n Dsablfy Polces The company began sellng dsablty ncome polces for $1 a month to low- and mddle-ncome people, who were then generally gnored by nsurance companes The frm poneered mass nsurance marketng by mal and even advertsed on the rado, Mtchell sad Benefcal ntroduced hosptalzaton and polo nsurance soon after but ddnt begn offerng lfe nsurance untl 1944 The company sold ts stock to the publc n 1955 and made the New York Stock Exchange n 1967 At the heght of ts agent system, Benefcal had offces n 15 states and was represented n 25 other states through general agents who worked on commsson But the agent force became too expensve to mantan and was scaled back Today Benefcal Standards nsurance s sold n 48 states and Transt Casualty n all 50 states, prmarly through brokers or general agents For Joseph Mtchell, 61, the lqudaton of Benefcal Standard Corp represents a chance for "a lttle change of pace started n the mal room, beleve, and then went through all the departments of the company," he sad Tve been n the nsurance busness long enough Joseph Mtchell wll move to Benefcal s real estate operaton, whch hasnt been named yet, when the lqudaton s complete Edward Mtchell, too, wll reman busy "He s readng S books, all at the same tme, Attas sad And he plays a mean game of brdge wth comedan George Burns at the Hllcrest Country Club Tve had great adventures n my lfe, Mtchell sad was very ambtous lucky for all concerned that was Reproduced wth permsson of the copyrght owner Further reproducton prohbted wthout permsson

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101 CORPORATON One of Amerca s fastest growng fnancal servces corporatons, parent of: Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company Benefcal Computer Servces, nc Benefcal Equtes, nc Benefcal Natonal Lfe nsurance Company Benefcal Tax Servces, nc Benefcal Standard Propertes, nc BG Servce Corporaton Brtsh Pacfc Lfe nsurance Company Calforna nvestors Drect Marketng Corporaton of Amerca Fdelty nterstate Lfe nsurance Company Natonal nvestment Management Company Selectve nsurance Company Transt Casualty Company $22»»»» t»t J n&mksss lhlftllhhtlhhuhhtml Mnt um mu»»tw»»mmc EXECUTVE OFFCES: BENEFCAL PLAZA 3700Wlshre Boulevard Los Angeles, Calforna Benefcal Plaza advertsement, Wlshre Press, Aprl 16, 1970 (courtesy Marcello Vavala)

102 m: k:k ass sjksfel GSM n t RRttnf tfka"»( r» BBtSKttKURKun mmm CAFETERA BANQUET AND CONFERENCE ROOMS Contemporary elegance s the decor of the cafetera and conference dnng rooms Convenent underground and street level parkng s avalable Try the Lberty Room Luncheon and Cocktals Daly, Monday-Frday 11:30 AM to 7:00 PM SECOND FLOOR 3700 WLSHRE BLYD PHONE: Benefcal Plaza advertsement, Wlshre Press, Aprl 16, 1970 (courtesy Marcello Vavala)

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105 n Archtectural Resources Group -sa" c» L S sk;k:- rtsrr S"" - mrrrrrrrrtbnbonbl rreernunh XffBlHFDlEEEBEBBKlmBl xrrcrrrobaabhh Benefcal Plaza wth Ttan Rocket, vew south, ca 1970 (courtesy wwwalamycom) a??! 2252J3s;;;::::5u5! EE P ^^ nrnt mnum y fly 3 m ar Benefcal Plaza wth Ttan Rocket, vew southwest, ca 1970 (courtesy wwwalamycom) Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5, 2017

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108 mmm wmmm Archtectural Resources Group Exhbt 6 Cty Plan Case No 21684, Department of Cty Plannng, Cty of Los Angeles Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5, 2017

109 , : - e Room 5«L-X Cty Sal 200 mxth Smlrn Stre a: j 6: «m s 5VH A 1 m m mhwm mmmmm &, j WB# S? r-a Decson Sates August t S(j Days; Expraton Dates Sene Connell-Dstrct fo 4 «w % J c! amng Co:»»» ttwwftv? <k Commsson Hearng Examnes? Secton S, lx a kebdestabd mcmmmpmm msn km /lad css, Fsstoes cases UFOSfS: KBCEXVfeD so&aarrof -publc- mmms akd mmmmmmtms mmmsm ft ft mscmmtm of- bxhxbxss BBSCMPfSCW OF KOTO $ $» ft ft ft ft ft c > > ft # ft «f ft ft ft «ft ft «ft p-1 4 p- 3 p, l P Appendx - ft «v #

110 - - W «v mss -so n B1SSCSS BMS1 30 "» «<» J : 4 f the Comsson Of fell T Of ZQTM t P-4 of the resonhg ordnance «the : 4-, S-y - ssmfft 5 " 3 -WMSW- 1 structure, an- attractvely desgned -plasa «Lberty Mall adjonng; Wltshre Boulevard and parkng facltes/a the - southerly secton of the block adjacent to?th Street Most of the--block ssoned C4-4# bat t W WWHS? Sv J " 2 Under Cty Plea -Case Ho,21543 f the ^omsson v" CR reclassfcaton of the exstng, P Some wthn :fc!ws southerly, 11 ;acr of te block n order to permt constructon of " -addtonal needed - offce facltes - u M f% $& 3 although the subject S4~4 zoned Wlshre Boulevard frontage s not -utlsed-for eohsercal purposes# wth fele aforeaentonad, attractvely landscaped P the nterests of-good sonngpractce and relewat consderatons- of publc necessty,, convenence and general welfare -would best, be nervedby retanng ths open spac 4 assetto the cmmmmtf;and^eeude further ffefcal, on of land-use n ths block V2& r X X rf X, y

111 - wztffz? "244 CASE A %J BECXSXOR CAfSs 8~22»68 (rf concur t -t, 1 <3 not concur Cl 1 concur, except f ) See attached report % fomas ft Golden CoEasson Chef Examner K WSWW : 1 «W«4f -f

112 - ; - erm-vmm -CMg so ff r BSC 1111:c-bmkss ; ;» - - Approxmately 1,1 -acres n sse# the ntatve area s presently zoned C4»4-&nd represents slghtly" less than the- northerly one thrd; of thm block, bounded feywlshre Boulevard# Serrano weme#?fch Street and Oxford whch- s -Known as Benefcal Pla2a» fhl-s ungue block-wde :busness, development# llustrated fey the aeral, photograph, labeled Exhbt A~l# comprses the- 16 acre, Lberty Mall; {ntatve SfeaB; along the Wlshre Boulevardfront ramps n the 1-4 Boh )#- an-ll,-story- offce buldng extendng southerly to wthn 215 feet d Y7th-Street# and a street-level Y laadcaped-parfcng area-frontng7thstreet " Plasa# «- - as presently ^consttuted# s a contemporary example ofprme urban- desgn For Wlshre Boulevard# t s a poneerng- acheve j seat, and- reflects the type -of front -yard-open space tread ntated and btll retaned by; the- Juabagsador -Hotel development and hope -to fee cohtntt drwth-var atoufchythe future AKttanson Offce Buldng - complex- to be erected -northerly of Wlshre Boulevard drectly opposte: Benefcal; -pasa n reccaaaendng -a change - of zbtm from p~4-to,cm Wthn- the; southerly approxmate "onerthrd of - the-- Benefea-1 -Plaza -"Block (Cty Blwa ease" lo«21543)# the CbamsSoh voced- concern --that a denal of lmted- expanson, ofthe- d-stng offce eompesc"-could concevably pave the way for, Utls&ton of,the exstng!, feat presently undeveloped -(except a» Commercally - «On d frontage -on Wlshre Boulevard - -hua-nesepurposes thereby elmnatng -the -attractve plaza- ar»aywh eh sses-a "vsual -asset to :ths entre bus! ness neghborhood " St was concluded that the recommended -CB-and P- Zones, -mould -provde for a commercal category lmted both a to ntensfy of -development-and -heght: of structures- and a an Scaped - buffer along,-the 7th Street frontage-wll further serve - to assure the compatblty of t-l velopment wth the- standng - resdental;uses- --to" tfe< -- area shoald be permanentlyv-reta- developmentwth "a mow permtted" f al- structure # fell " nstant gone change was sfc - fle &dvance: Plannng,P ; _ at the -subject property s, located n--- the--l&lsh!je5 counhnty-;: Man study area for whch no--land--use studes have-been fnal-sed t Would -be desrable to-retan theopen space, frontng a Wlshre ;--f6uevard - -whch ths-, gone-" change wll - permt- - - : - -

113 - - lff: fffte CASS SC Wm Mmxtwmnk: of tenff-e states that Under present condtons# tes that t would -appear- desrable to restrct the area, solved by the prohbton of drect-- vehcular access on -tflsmre - a jjjq feet/of WWWNft - -ft beoartment,of Fr#: suggests, that hydrants are Bureau,of - street Mchtac ndcates that addtonal street - lghtng "facltes- not-be -retred - She tee Jhweles County Baalth- Beeartaenfe wll have no objecton to ease provded that; santary sewers- -are-- used m the-method vof; sewage dsposal and fctet-:teaporafy- prvate sewage dsposal systems not " -, WES^M: Publc Hearng - She publc hearng-was eoancted duly 29# 1968-n the-knmtowa toe Angeles,Cty;Bal«Sawfence Mayer# Real Estate Consultant -lnsmranoe; o paaff expressed the Ccsapasys concurrence" wth -the ntatve Mr Bonald p Bens# Attorney, for tfee- 1!lsla»-teaty- and/constructon Company# attended fell -hearng- -as an nterested party - So farthertestmony was obtanedsad no--oppostons:apparent at ths tme Proponent Ponts On May 23# 196%-the-followng resoluton wasadopted by thm Costssons ftmmm, -Secton l^ms-prof the Comprehensve Zonng Flan, provdes that the -Cty Mannng Commsson -may ntate sonechangeproceedngs? and SSr the Cty, Plannng -Commsson# on May 23, 1968# recomead achange- from/the -PHBone- to fcte ea-4 lose on-a porton ofthe block bounded by-wlshrebonleyard, Serrano Avenue 7 th -Street and oseford-"amnt :j and " HgBSS- the -major porton of sad block s already classfed n the - t«4 - Sobs, - a hgh ntensty# hgherse eoaaer eal none?-and mssas# although classfed n thm C4-4 zone#- the Wsh-re Sbulevard frontage s not,beng utlsedfor coaster -csf:-purposes Jmt»:-dsteoped;Wt»- -an: attractve -landscaped plasa-y and " 4 s#

114 W^»S:mSE let smmm mm«e M t would- appear, to ben the best nterests of -good soalng- practce and tre- relevant consderatons of - publc-necessty,: coareaeace and -general welfare to retan ths--attractve asset to the communty and :preclude-further ntensfcaton -of land-ase s,;tls beek mm8 BBBWff, BE f ffsff1! etc leaefeal Stanaar lasarance Company las no objectons to fete ntatve -ressoeng masmbz&jb&n&b Se Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company should be publcly eeraaendad and congratulated fer:tlser evelopsent ncorporatng tfeedstaetve 1,4 acre: lbertf Mall ntheheart of the Bafeassadcr-WleMr# Busness Dstrct She only gnawng -dssatsfacton felt fey the Eseaner s the Coapamfre nablty to- ncrease the heght of"the prncpal 13- story offce fettldhg to aecossfe8ate;ad3tobal of flee, space above, ratter, tfeas preydlaf «aaa wfefela the aomtterly aethrd of - the block# as, las been -approved toy the recent mm change# or as preronsly proposes -n 1958, ereetng a hgh r&e fcalmag wthn te mall: tself, fe overall project would h&ve--gsnad more aphasa an: ffercefulaess--f -the Central -Offce fewer had been smlar to:/the scaleand heght of# for nstates, Baen Bank Sguase n- thebanker fll Sedevelopaeat area or the Calforna-Federal Savngs Wldng on te Mracle nls,- 2 &2 assssjossms Color ar vew of Benefcal Plaasa and the Lberty Mall adjacent to- Wlshre Boulevard Black and WMse sr vew of wlshre Arbassador Dstrct msemmfcmr of "gao; She-Kxa»laesrss photo SxMMt 1-1 s contaned n the Appendx BffOtda 8«12 S8 8o fraasesrptf - 5 -

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117 mmm wmmm Archtectural Resources Group Exhbt 8 Exstng Condtons Photos (ARG, 2017) Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5, 2017

118 mmm mm Archtectural Resources Group Ml - Prmary (north) facade and settng, vew southeast (ARG, 2017) f SO feagaj t-g Rfjk S fa & SasssK <Z/:rr? VV JanE PH HP u ~f -wssf wjf-w (fr«4 Lu] sf-fcaa > - m ltr&32 NQBlNwraHKHsHaf North facade and front landscapng (Lberty Park), vew southwest (ARG, 2017) Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5, 2017

119 - mmm mm Archtectural Resources Group llkqto"] Jnn-ga s;b &n»ss&3 ft 1 W mmm a-f South facade and settng, vew northeast (ARG, 2017) «S-r 370 m _ t m J s j/ S Prmary central entrance at the north facade, vew south (ARG, 2017) Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5, 2017

120 m mm n Archtectural Resources Group tk N S r : Close-up of upper floors and grante aggregate claddng at the north facade, vew south (ARG, 2017) % f j -ft 3 v S -----A- m m m 15 r V- n r- f : - t A, :4 Frst floor exteror corrdor and concrete ralng at the east facade, vew southwest (ARG, 2017) Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5, 2017

121 m n S3! M Archtectural Resources Group T TET TTT1 rtef rl, 1 _ Kvvox Okthodontus,3P t - p, FEDERAL CREDT UJQM a 1 p tfl sfc - El -> r _ v / - " Concrete and grante hardscaped plaza wth crcular planters, vew south (ARG, 2017) S JS w > s rrr C4SSJ " jpjforam, - =»S^ - : JSt k v X ;r< s < X;, - m U : M BSB A A Lberty Bell n hardscaped plaza, vew southwest (ARG, 2017) _ - - Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5, 2017

122 m n mm Archtectural Resources Group tool " lhutll r«o H L r H! J - vl Vehcular ramp leadng to underground parkng, vew west (ARG, 2017) < > r 9l-& - SEJ a: Jk A mm 7 cut 4 -! ^ -4 r4 mll 4fe> 1 -vj V>» lv? -223?, 4: ar v -,-V < > h A A, f # J Canary sland pnes and concrete ramp frontng the buldng, vew northwest (ARG, 2017) Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park HCM Nomnaton ARCHTECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP June 5, 2017

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125 BENEFCAL PLAZA AND LBERTY PARK West Wlshre Boulevard; South Oxford Avenue; South Serrano Avenue CHC HCM ENV CE Letters from Members of the Publc

126 V, H 04 October 2017 Rchard Barron, Presdent Cultural Hertage Commsson Attenton: Melssa Jones Offce of Hstorc Resources Cty Hall, 200 N Sprnt Street, Room 559 Los Angeles, CA Sent va emal: melssaones@lactvorg Re: Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park, 3700 Wlshre Boulevard Dear Presdent Barron and Members of the Commsson: wrte to you on behalf of The Cultural Landscape Foundaton (TCLF) to express our support for the nomnaton of Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park as a Los Angeles Hstorc-Cultural Monument A non-proft establshed n 1998, TCLF educates and engages the publc to make our shared landscape hertage more vsble, dentfy ts value, and empower ts stewards Located at 3700 Wlshre Boulevard, Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park s sgnfcant as a promnent cultural landscape on corporate property n Los Angeles Wlshre Center busness dstrct that exemplfes both the ctys postwar commercal development and the value of communty open space durng that perod of the ctys growth Completed n 1967 as the new headquarters for Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company, Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park was collaboratvely desgned by master archtects Gordon Bunshaft and Edward Charles Bassett of the archtecture frm Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll and noted landscape archtect Peter Walker, FASLA, of Sasak, Walker & Assocates The 11-story offce tower of Late Modern desgn s fronted by a 25-acre desgned landscape (Lberty Park) spannng the entre frontage of Wlshre that ncorporates a hardscaped plaza, a lush lawn, and an off-centered grove of Canary sland pnes Walkers desgn features a horseshoe-shaped border that frames the central lawn and opens to embrace Wlshre Boulevard Whle Los Angeles was experencng the heght of a postwar development boom durng the 1960s, wth numerous new constructon projects transformng the ctys commercal corrdors, the decsons that shaped the development of the property at 3700 Wlshre were unusual As a corporate entty occupyng prvately owned property, the company and ts ownershp prortzed the creaton of open space and the promoton of aesthetc values as part of the development project The concept of dedcatng prvate corporate property as communty open space, partcularly on a major commercal corrdor such as Wlshre, was uncommon at the tme and remans so The Cultural Landscape Foundaton 1711 Connectcut Avenue NW, Sute 200, Washngton, DC TEL / FAX / tclforg connectng people to places

127 today n sze and scope, the 315-foot setback of Lberty Park was descrbed by the Los Angeles Tmes at the tme of ts constructon as the deepest setback of any major offce buldng n the naton Of partcular note s the publc dscourse surroundng Lberty Park at the tme of ts completon, whch reveals much about the value of communty open space Whle the developers contrbuton of communty open space was honored by a proclamaton from the Cty of Los Angeles and by the hghest award of the US Treasury Department, Savngs Bond Dvson, the Cty of Los Angeles used zonng practces n an effort to protect Lberty Park as an open space asset to the communty for future generatons By changng the zonng of the parcel contanng Lberty Park from commercal (C4-4) to parkng (P-4) va Cty Plannng Case No 21684, the Los Angeles Cty Plannng Commsson attempted to protect the desgned landscape and lmt ts vulnerablty to commercal development a threat often faced by cultural landscapes across the naton Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park turned ffty years old ths year, and both the buldng archtecture and the landscape archtecture retan a hgh degree of desgn ntegrty The skllful and restraned desgn of ths Modernst corporate undertakng by an nternatonally promnent desgn team results n a unfed whole n sum, Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park s a sgnfcant cultural landscape for the Cty of Los Angeles that merts desgnaton as a Hstorc-Cultural Monument Sncerely, 022 Charles A Brnbaum, FASLA, FAAR Presdent & CEO The Cultural Landscape Foundaton cc: Save Lberty Park 2

128 MA LEHRER+ASSOCATES URBAN DESGN LANDSCAPE ARCHTECTURE September 28, 2017 Rchard Barron, Presdent Cultural Hertage Commsson Attenton: Melssa Jones Offce of Hstorc Resources Cty Hall, 200 N Sprnt Street, Room 559 Los Angeles, CA Emal: melssajones@lactyorg Dear Presdent Barron and Members of the Commsson: ve had the honor of workng to mprove publc access to parks, open space, and natural systems n the Cty of Los Angeles for three decades Part of my experence was n collaboraton wth Peter Walker, a longtme colleague and mentor As a past Cultural Hertage Commssoner, understand the mportance and mpact of your role n protectng sgnfcant cultural landscapes as well as mportant buldngs wrte today to urge the Board to desgnate Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park as a Hstorc-Cultural Monument Whle currently underapprecated and underutlzed as a publc park, t was conceved n drect response to the lack of open space assocated wth most postwar development of the tme The Cty of Los Angeles recognzed the value of Lberty Park n the 1968 Cty Plannng Commsson Case No when t wrote: Although the subject C4-4 zoned Wlshre Boulevard frontage s not utlzed for commercal purposes, but developed wth the aforementoned attractvely landscaped plaza, the nterests of good zonng practces and relevant consderatons of publc necessty, convenence and general welfare, would best be served by retanng ths open space asset to the communty and preclude further ntensfcaton of land use n ths block Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park tells the story of postwar development along Wlshre Boulevard, of publc-prvate partnershp to gve back to the Cty, of the Cty actng to protect open space for future generatons, and of archtects and landscape archtects workng together to create a cohesve and elegant desgn And, t was desgned by archtects Gordon Bunshaft and Edward Charles Bassett of Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM) wth landscape archtect Peter Walker of Sasak, Walker & Assocates (SWA) some of our natons most talented desgners of the tme As a cultural landmark, ths place deserves to be protected 185 S Myers Street Los Angeles, CA tel fax webste wwwstudo-mlacom Landscape Archtect Jeff Hutchns, CA Lcense #3815 Landscape Archtect Jan Dyer, CA Lcense #5623

129 Cultural Hertage Commsson September 28, 2017 Page 2 of 2 Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park s a flexble space wth opportuntes for dfferent types of experences ts a respte from urban ntensty both vsually and physcally The landscape represents a perod when archtects and landscape archtects developed an approach to the ste and the cty fabrc that was humanscaled and responsve to ts context: an approach that s now beng recognzed and re-adopted by desgners From a humanstc desgn perspectve, ths place deserves to be protected n addton to ts cultural and humanstc attrbutes, Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park serves a vtal ecologcal role Now more than ever we need green spaces, trees, and lvng landscapes to clean the ar, absorb and treat urban runoff, and cool our cty From an ecologcal perspectve, ths place deserves to be protected Please vote to protect Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park as a cultural landmark, a vtal respte n a dense urban area, and an ecologcally mportant landscape Sncerely, /PU Ma Lehrer Presdent cc: Save Lberty Park Ma Lehrer + Assocates

130 Alan Hess A R C H T E C T 4991 Corkwood Lane rvne, CA alan@alanhessnet Sept 27, 2017 Rchard Barron, Presdent Cultural Hertage Commsson Attenton: Melssa Jones Offce of Hstorc Resources Cty Hall, 200 N Sprnt Street, Room 559 Los Angeles, CA Emal: melssajones@lactyorg Re: Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park, 3700 Wlshre Boulevard Dear Presdent Barron and Members of the Commsson: As an archtect and hstoran of Los Angeles archtecture, support the consderaton of the Benefcal Lfe Buldng (1967) at 3700 Wlshre as a cty landmark Among many factors that make the Benefcal buldng sgnfcant, wll hghlght two: 1 The dstngushed pedgree of ts desgn archtects, Gordon Bunshaft and Edward Charles Bassett of Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll (SOM), and of ts landscape archtect, Peter Walker, a co-founder of Sasak Walker Assocates 2 ts generous contrbuton to the hgh qualty of archtecture, landscape archtecture, and urban space whch have been ntegral to the success of Wlshre Blvd as typfed by the nnovatve standards of the Mracle Mle snce ts ncepton by A W Ross n the 1920s Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll was one of the largest and most nfluental hgh-end archtecture frms n the Unted States n the mdcentury They were known for settng a standard for Modern desgn that satsfed the demand for both functonalty and prestge for many of the countrys largest corporatons The Benefcal buldng s an excellent example of ths Archtects of the calber of Bunshaft and Bassett assured SOMs leadng status Gordon Bunshaft s known for major cultural and corporate landmarks, ncludng Lever House n New York, the Benecke Rare Book Lbrary at Yale Unversty, the Hrshhorn Museum n Washngton, DC, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch Bank n New York, and the Lyndon Johnson Presdental Lbrary n Austn, Texas Edward Charles Bassett was responsble for the Oakland/Alameda County Colseum, the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel n Hawa, the Louse M Daves Symphony Hall n San Francsco, the

131 Bank of Amerca tower n San Francsco, and the Weyerhaeuser headquarters n Washngton state n keepng wth Bunshaft and Bassett s other buldngs at SOM, the Benefcal Buldng s elegantly expressve of ts structure, handsomely proportoned, and well detaled Ths can be seen, for example, n the graceful curve of the structural columns as they meet the ground Peter Walkers long landscape archtecture career has been just as dstngushed, ncludng hs recent desgn for the hgh profle Natonal 9/11 Memoral n New York Among many other sgnfcant projects, Walker was the landscape archtect for the orgnal vllages of rvne, CA, the largest master-planned communty of the mdcentury The Benefcal buldng s beautfully complemented by the large landscaped park and plaza frontng Wlshre, a generous and well-desgned contrbuton of open space to the cty t dsplays all the hallmarks of hgh art Modernst landscape desgn Of course Bunshaft, Bassett, and Walker worked together closely to acheve ths desgn Benefcal Lfes decson to choose such sophstcated archtects matches A W Ross orgnal ntenton that Wlshre Blvd would rse to a hgh standard of archtecture and plannng The buldng s beautfully complemented by the large landscaped park and plaza (known as Lberty Park) frontng Wlshre, an extraordnarly generous and well-desgned contrbuton of open space to the cty ts desgn shows the same hgh level as SOMs buldng Wth the parks U- shaped promenade, asymmetrcal plantngs, podum, stars, and corner sgn/markers, the park and buldng form a unfed, dstnctve, and exemplary Modern spatal desgn Open space such as ths cannot be consdered wasted space As Benefcals presdent and hs archtects ntended, well-desgned green spaces are essental n urban areas They are the lungs of the cty, an antdote to urban claustrophoba Note, for example, how the parng of the Benefcal buldng and park and the Ahmanson Centers towers and courtyard drectly across Wlshre forms a notable, even grand, urban open space t s useful to note that ths hgh level of qualty was carred throughout the Benefcal desgn For example, the orgnal nterors for one tenant were desgned by noted Los Angeles archtect Paul Laszlo, and the Lberty Bell feature of the plaza was desgned by Harper Goff, one of the chef desgners of Dsneyland Wth the neghborng Wltern Buldng by Morgan, Walls & Clements, and the Ahmanson Center by Edward Durell Stone across the street, the Benefcal Buldng and Lberty Park forms an archtecturally dstngushed dstrct They establsh a model for good urban desgn that future archtecture and plannng decsons can follow wth confdence wrte ths as author of nneteen books, most dealng wth the hstory of Modern archtecture n Calforna and the West have wrtten on archtecture for PlacesJournal, the Journal of the Socety of Archtectural Hstorans, Archtectural Dgest, The Archtects Newspaper, and other journals have receved awards for my work from the Natonal Trust for Hstorc Preservaton, the Los Angeles Conservancy, and Docomomo-US As Los Angeles moves forward, t can mantan the standards of qualty urban desgn that ths buldng and the hstorc Mracle Mle embody

132 Sncerely, / S v_ 0)cv Alan Hess

133 LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY October 3, West Sxth Street, Sute 826 Rchard Barron, Presdent Cultural Hertage Commsson Attenton: Melssa Jones Offce of Hstorc Resources Cty Hall, 200 N Sprnt Street, Room 559 Los Angeles, CA Emal: melssajones@lactyorg Re: Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park, 3700 Wlshre Boulevard Dear Presdent Barron and Members of the Commsson: On behalf of the Los Angeles Conservancy, am wrtng n support of the nomnaton to desgnate Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park at 3700 Wlshre Boulevard a Cty of Los Angeles Hstorc-Cultural Monument The Conservancy fnds the property sgnfcant for ts desgn by master archtects Gordon Bunshaft and Edward Charles Bassett of Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll and noted landscape archtect Peter Walker of Sasak, Walker & Assocates Addtonally, the property reflects both the postwar development of the Wlshre Center busness dstrct as Los Angeles epcenter for the headquarters of nsurance companes and local dscourse on the value of communty open space durng that era of Los Angeles growth The property at 3700 Wlshre Boulevard was developed by Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Company as the company s $167 mllon nternatonal headquarters and completed n 1967 The 11-story Late Modern offce tower was desgned by the natonally promnent archtecture frm Skdmore, Owngs & Merrll wth master archtects Gordon Bunshaft and Edward Charles Bassett servng as lead archtects The buldng s exteror s comprsed of modular unts of precast shocked concrete fnshed n grante aggregate A unque feature of the property s Lberty Park, an expansve, 25 acre desgned landscape frontng the offce tower contanng hardscape and softscape elements and a replca of the Lberty Bell The sophstcated desgn features a central grassy expanse wth an off-center grove of Canary sland pnes framed by a horseshoeshaped border and lnked to the offce tower by a plaza featurng patterned pavng Lberty Park was desgned by noted landscape archtect Peter Walker, of Sasak, Walker & Assocates Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park was constructed at the heght of Los Angeles postwar development boom when the Wlshre Center busness dstrct was transformed nto one of the cty s most promnent addresses for corporate headquarters and nsurance companes and reflects local dscourse on the value of communty open space durng ths era of postwar growth Lqs Angeles, CA offce fax laconservancyorg pyyy, 5J H 1 3] ^ Wl ml P Fll Ss S Ssww P O % TF B fl^ {( j V lll F lnl BF1" ; ffl«b tnfl H u M^nlKap ulna 5 uu v ) l

134 The concept of the 315 foot buldng setback and park as communty open space came from Edward D Mtchell and son and CEO of Benefcal nsurance, Joseph N Mtchell At the tme of ts constructon, t was noted n the Los Angeles Tmes as the deepest setback of any major offce buldng n the naton Benefcal nsurance created Lberty Park as an open space ntended to promote the aesthetc and cultural values of the cty, and the Cty of Los Angeles admnstered protecton of that open space through zonng practces (Cty Plannng Case No n 1968) n recognton of ts beneft to the communty Accordngly, the Conservancy urges the Commsson to vote to take the nomnaton under consderaton for Hstorc-Cultural Monument status Sncerely, Adran Scott Fne Drector of Advocacy cc: Save Lberty Park Ml 11 «nls nfl r ^ sb n w R PQ l 11 n l Hfr P K3 1 PH nfl H m m swb n=j n 11 m >!!«ft3=e3! : A L

135 Connect ^ Create B Collaborate Melssa Jones <melssajones@lactyorg> Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park, 3700 Wlshre Boulevard, Los Angeles - Hstorc- Cultural Monument Nomnaton Stephen Sass <stephenjsass@gmalcom> To: melssajones@lactyorg Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 1:40 AM VA EMAL October 4, 2017 Rchard Barron, Presdent Cultural Hertage Commsson Cty of Los Angeles Offce of Hstorc Resources Cty Hall 200 N Sprng Street, Room 559 Los Angeles, CA Attenton: Melssa Jones (melssajones@lactyorg) Re: Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park, Wlshre Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA - CHC HCM Dear Presdent Barron and Members of the Commsson: On behalf of the Jewsh Hstorcal Socety of Southern Calforna, whch snce 1952 has worked to preserve the Jewsh hertage of ths regon, am wrtng to express our support for the nomnaton of the above property as a Cty of Los Angeles Hstorc-Cultural Monument Unfortunately, we are unable to be present at tomorrows hearng to make these remarks n person due to the Jewsh holday of Sukkot, whch begns ths evenng at sundown n addton to the well-documented case for nomnatng the property on archtectural grounds, the property also strongly merts nomnaton for ts assocaton wth Edward and Joseph Mtchell and Oscar Pattz, promnent members and leaders of the Los Angeles Jewsh communty Not only dd the Mtchells and Pattz demonstrate great busness acumen n buldng Benefcal Standard Lfe nsurance Co nto one of the most successful frms n the nsurance and fnancal servces ndustry, t s all the more remarkable gven the almost total excluson of Jews and other mnortes from those felds at that tme due to wdespread, nsttutonalzed prejudce n turn, the Mtchells, Pattz and ther famles used ther great success to gve back to ther beloved Cty (and beyond) n countless ways Ths s sgnfed most notably by the very desgn of Benefcal Plaza and ther determnaton to lve ther values and develop ncredbly valuable Wlshre Boulevard frontage not for personal gan but as Lberty Park, much needed open space dedcated to the publc n addton, ther gfts of leadershp and resources are ndelbly ntertwned wth such lfesavng and lfegvng chartable organzatons as Amercan Red Cross, Assstance League, Brandes-Bardn nsttute, Cedars-Sna Medcal Center, Cerebral Palsy, Jewsh Communty Foundaton, Jewsh Federaton of Greater Los Angeles, Jont Dstrbuton Commttee, KCET LA Psychatrc Servce, Musc Center of Los Angeles County, Natonal Conference of Chrstans and Jews (now Natonal Conference for Communty and Justce), State of srael Bonds, Temple srael of Hollywood, UCLA, Unted Jewsh Appeal, Unted Way, Vsta del Mar Chld Care Servce, Wezmann nsttute for Scence and Wlshre Boulevard Temple For all of the above reasons, Benefcal Plaza and Lberty Park deserve your Commssons nomnaton as a Hstorc- Cultural Monument Thank you for your consderaton