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Draft EIR flags significant impact to Lesser Brothers building; commission urges stronger interpretive mitigation
Summary
Staff told the Historic Preservation Commission the draft EIR for 1629 Market Street finds a significant impact to the Lesser Brothers building and proposes mitigation (HABS documentation and interpretive display) that would not reduce impacts to less‑than‑significant; commissioners recommended bolstering the interpretive measures and adding oral histories.
Planning Department preservation staff presented the draft environmental impact report (EIR) for the 1629 Market Street mixed‑use project at the June 7 Historic Preservation Commission hearing, and told commissioners the DEIR found a significant impact to the Lesser Brothers building at 1629–1645 Market Street.
Britt Sue Cray, preservation planner, said the DEIR concluded the project would not significantly affect the Market Street light…
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