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SPINNING WHEEL APARTMENTS 423-427 North Hayworth Avenue CHC-2017-4770-HCM ENV-2017-4771-CE Agenda packet includes: 1. Final Staff Recommendation Report 2. Committee and Staff Site Inspection Photos 3. Under Consideration Staff Recommendation Report 4. Historic-Cultural Monument Application 5. Letters from the Public 6. Correspondence from Owner’s Representative Please click on each document to be directly taken to the corresponding page of the PDF. Los Angeles Department of City Planning RECOMMENDATION REPORT CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION CASE NO.: CHC-2017-4770-HCM ENV-2017-4771-CE H EARING DATE: March 16, 2017 Location: 423-427 North Hayworth Avenue T IME: 10:00 AM Council District: 5 P LACE: City Hall, Room 1010 Community Plan Area: Wilshire 200 N. Spring Street Area Planning Commission: Central Los Angeles, CA 90012 Neighborhood Council: Mid City West Legal Description: Tract TR 6790, Lot 273 E XPIRATION DATE: April 4, 2017 PROJECT: Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the SPINNING WHEEL APARTMENTS REQUEST: Declare the property a Historic-Cultural Monument OWNER(S): Hayworth Abbey LLC c/o Isaac Cohanzad 11601 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 APPLICANT: Dee Ann Newkirk 427 ½ N. Hayworth Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90048 PREPARER: Charles J. Fisher 140 S. Avenue 57 Highland Park, CA 90042 RECOMMENDATION That the Cultural Heritage Commission: 1. Not declare the property a Historic-Cultural Monument per Los Angeles Administrative Code Chapter 9, Division 22, Article 1, Section 22.171.7 2. Adopt the report findings. VINCENT P. BERTONI, AICP Director of PlanningN1907 [SIGNED ORIGINAL IN FILE] [SIGNED ORIGINAL IN FILE] Ken Bernstein, AICP, Manager Lambert M. Giessinger, Preservation Architect Office of Historic Resources Office of Historic Resources [SIGNED ORIGINAL IN FILE] Melissa Jones, Planning Assistant Office of Historic Resources Attachments: Committee/ Staff Site Inspection Photos Historic-Cultural Monument Application CHC-2017-4770-HCM 423-427 N. Hayworth Avenue Page 2 of 3 FINDINGS • The Spinning Wheel Apartments does not meet any of the four criteria of the Cultural Heritage Ordinance and therefore is ineligible for designation as an Historic-Cultural Monument. CRITERIA The criterion is the Cultural Heritage Ordinance which defines a historical or cultural monument as any site (including significant trees or other plant life located thereon) building or structure of particular historic or cultural significance to the City of Los Angeles, such as historic structures or sites in which the broad cultural, economic, or social history of the nation, State or community is reflected or exemplified, or which are identified with historic personages or with important events in the main currents of national, State or local history or which embody the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type specimen, inherently valuable for a study of a period style or method of construction, or a notable work of a master builder, designer or architect whose individual genius influenced his age. SUMMARY The 1936 Spinning Wheel Apartments is a multi-family residential building located at 423-427 North Hayworth Avenue in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, one block west of Fairfax Avenue. The subject property was designed in the French Norman Revival style by architect David C. Coleman for the Spinning Wheel Corporation. Originally, the Spinning Wheel Apartments was constructed as one of two mirror-image structures that, together, framed a garden court; the second structure was demolished in 2015. The Spinning Wheel Apartments consists of an asymmetrical, two-story structure with four units in a U-shaped plan and a cross gabled four car garage located at the rear of the property. The exterior of the primary structure features two corbelled towers on the front façade with a small, gabled decorative pediment; a tall, slightly sloped hipped roof; vertical arched vents along each façade; wood casement windows; regency style bay windows; leaded glass fixed pane windows with colored inserts; decorative arch reliefs; and quoins. The interiors of the individual units showcase hardwood floors; detailed crown moldings; gambrel doorways; plastered mantels; original lighting fixtures; and original tiled kitchens and bathrooms. Based on permit records there appear to have been only minor alterations to the subject property that include the addition of security bars to the windows of the first floor units in 1991. DISCUSSION The Spinning Wheel Apartments does not meet the criteria for designation under the Cultural Heritage Ordinance. The applicant argues that the property is eligible under two criteria of the Ordinance: first, that the property “reflects the broad cultural, economic, or social history of the nation, state, or community” as being individually representative of an early Jewish residential enclave in Los Angeles; and second, that the property, “embodies the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural-type CHC-2017-4770-HCM 423-427 N. Hayworth Avenue Page 3 of 3 specimen, inherently valuable for study of a period, style, or method of construction” as a French Norman Revival style multi-family residential building. Though the Spinning Wheel Apartments retains some original elements typical of the style such as wood casement windows, regency style bay windows, and decorative reliefs, staff does not find the building to be a unique or outstanding example of a multi-family residential property in the French Norman Revival style. The Spinning Wheel Apartments was originally designed as a garden courtyard apartment complex and the loss of the mirror building and framed garden court in 2015 significantly diminishes its integrity. More intact and exemplary French Norman style multi-family buildings include the Villa Serrano (1936, HCM #646) and the Sycamore Chateau (1936, HCM #1010), and other more intact and exemplary garden courtyard apartments include Chateau Alpine (1936, HCM #928) and the Mendel and Mabel Meyer Courtyard Apartments (1936, HCM #1096). Also, staff does not find that the subject property is individually representative of early Jewish residential enclaves. According to the SurveyLA Historic Resources Survey Report—Wilshire Community Plan Area, there are a substantial number of properties in the Beverly-Fairfax area that were built and owned by Jewish individuals that include several identified residential districts and a commercial corridor. Further, there has been a significant Jewish American presence in the Beverly-Fairfax neighborhood from its earliest development in the 1920s and it is still a popular residential area for Jewish families today. The Spinning Wheel Apartments is not the only residential property owned or inhabited by members of the Jewish community in the Beverly- Fairfax neighborhood, nor does it appear to be noteworthy within the context of early settlement of Jewish Americans in Los Angeles. Based on these findings and its compromised integrity, the subject property does not appear to be eligible for designation as a Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument. BACKGROUND On January 19, 2017 the Cultural Heritage Commission voted to take the property under consideration. On February 9, a subcommittee of the Commission consisting of Commissioners Milofsky and Irvine visited the property, accompanied by staff members from the Office of Historic Resources. SPINNING WHEEL APARTMENTS 423-427 North Hayworth Avenue CHC-2017-4770-HCM ENV-2017-4771-CE COMMITTEE/ STAFF SITE INSPECTION PHOTOS FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Committee/ Staff Site Inspection Photos, February 9, 2017 Page 1 of 28 Committee/ Staff Site Inspection Photos, February 9, 2017 Page 2 of 28 Committee/ Staff Site Inspection Photos, February 9, 2017 Page 3 of 28 Committee/ Staff Site Inspection Photos, February 9, 2017 Page 4 of 28 Committee/ Staff Site Inspection Photos, February 9, 2017 Page 5 of 28
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