Built in 1929-1930, the Fairfax Theatre is both culturally and architecturally significant. It wasn’t just a theatre. The building housed businesses at the ground floor and office spaces upstairs.
Looking at the LA Creek Freak map of urban streams, it does indeed appear that moving water crosses the parcel diagonally at the intersection. https://lacreekfreak.wordpress.com/las-historical-waterways/ And the Google aerial photos show a pond in the center of the gutted theater property. https://maps.app.goo.gl/kzGKagaT8tZxCokm9 How was this issue not brought up during permitting of the demolition for a new project?
Looking at the LA Creek Freak map of urban streams, it does indeed appear that moving water crosses the parcel diagonally at the intersection. https://lacreekfreak.wordpress.com/las-historical-waterways/ And the Google aerial photos show a pond in the center of the gutted theater property. https://maps.app.goo.gl/kzGKagaT8tZxCokm9 How was this issue not brought up during permitting of the demolition for a new project?
Well, for starters, the city doesn’t care…
It would have been helpful if the preservation community knew about this development challenge!
Well, now we know to check for that in the future, at least.