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Planning staff outlines citywide cultural-resources survey, pilot in Sunset and Arches database plan
Summary
City planning staff provided a citywide cultural-resources survey update, describing seven thematic contexts, prioritized cultural-context work (including African American and Chinese American contexts), use of the Arches geospatial database, a Sunset pilot, and outreach plans including a core and rotating Survey Advisory Group and equity-focused engagement.
Planning department staff on Nov. 18 provided the Historic Preservation Commission with an informational update on the citywide cultural-resources survey, the historic context statement and the tools and outreach the department will use to complete the project.
Susan Parks, preservation staff returned to the department to lead the citywide effort and described a framework of seven contexts — residential, commercial, industrial, government/planning/infrastructure, institutions, events and other — with multiple subcontexts and themes to guide evaluation and documentation. “Context statements provide us with a foundation from which we can make decisions related to the evaluation, registration and treatment of historic properties,” Parks said, citing guidance from the California Office of Historic Preservation.
Parks described cultural-heritage context priorities (an American…
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