LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. APRIL 2011
HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY CORNFIELD ARROYO SECO SPECIFIC PLAN AREA CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Development” and then the theme “Education” and the sub-theme “Education and Ethnic-Cultural Associations.” A set of eligibility standards associated with this context/theme selection is then presented as a list of check boxes that the surveyors will select from as appropriate to determine if the property retains the physical and associative qualities needed to be an important example of its type. The FiGSS also allows surveyors to “flag” properties that require additional research or follow up. The overall concept behind the FiGSS is to provide surveyors with the information they need in the field to identify and evaluate resources according to defined contexts and themes and in an efficient and consistent manner. The FiGSS is garnering attention from local, state, and federal agencies and organizations for its potential to change the way historic resources surveys are completed.
Historic Architecture Inventory LSA developed the HAI in 2008 to increase staff’s efficiency in conducting large scale historic resources surveys. The HAI is a Microsoft Visual Basic field application and Access/ArcReader database that organizes records using the Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN). The HAI enables surveyors to select each parcel in the field, create a physical description using pre-programmed descriptors, incorporate property-specific research/evaluation criteria, and link photographs. The survey data entered into the HAI allow the survey team to create DPR Primary and BSO records efficiently and to use the data gathered for secondary analysis.
Property-Specific Research The survey team researched properties that were included in the intensive-level survey in order to develop a complete understanding of their historic associations and development history. In some cases, research was done prior to the intensive-level survey, and in others, research was done as a follow-up to the survey. Some of the sources consulted as part of the property-specific research are listed below. A complete list of references is provided in footnotes and at the end of this report. x
Historic maps, including Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and United States Geological Survey (USGS) maps;
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Aerial photographs of the survey area 1948–2010;
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Original subdivision and survey maps 1849–2008;
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Newspaper articles (primarily the Los Angeles Times via Proquest);
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Electronic and physical databases of the Los Angeles Public Library (including the Photographic Collection and the California Index); and
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Los Angeles City Directories
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