Finding Aid for the City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department records, circa 1925-1975 0000173

Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu


Title: City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department records
Identifier/Call Number: 0000173
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 9.0 Linear feet (1 record storage box, 1 box of rolls, 1 flat file drawer, 2 models)
Date (inclusive): circa 1925-1975
Location note: Box 1/ADC - oversize* 1 box of rolls/Mosher - rolls 1 Flat File Drawer/ADC - flat files 2 Models State Street/Mosher - model Wharf/Mosher - model
creator: Santa Barbara (Calif.) Community Development Dept..

Access

Partially processeed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Custodial History note

Gift of the Santa Barbara Community Development Department, 2001.

Preferred Citation note

City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

The City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department is responsible for planning, zoning, building and safety, planning, design review, and historic preservation for the City of Santa Barbara. The department is divided into three branches: the Building & Safety Division; the Administration, Housing & Human Services Division; and the Planning Division. Its mission is to “assist the public in managing the development of the community in order to protect and preserve the quality of life, promote a sound economic base and appropriate design, and ensure safe construction, all in balanced with the constraints of the City’s environment and resources”.

Scope and Content note

The City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department records span 9 linear feet and date from circa 1925 to 1975. The collection is composed of selected architectural drawings of city plans and landscape designs, as well as presentation drawings, maps of Santa Barbara, an environmental impact report on downtown cumulative traffic dated 1982, and small zoning maps.

Related Archival Materials note

ADC Study collection, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Santa Barbara (Calif.) Community Development Dept..
Architectural drawings
Architectural models
Presentation drawings (proposals)
Reprographic copies

 

Projects

Drawer 675, FlatFile 10

Alamar Canyon Storm Drain (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1980

Scope and Contents note

6 copies of drawings of plans, profiles, and maps of proposed storm drain along Paseo Del Descanso and Miradero Drive
Drawer 675, FlatFile 11

Architects West: Richards Investment Co. alterations 1029 State St. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1985-1986

creator: Architects West.

Scope and Contents note

33 copies of drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations and additions to commercial building
Drawer 587, FlatFile 12

Architectural and Historic Resources Survey map (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1978

Scope and Contents note

3 copies of drawings of downtown Santa Barbara and the El Pueblo Viejo Landmark District
Drawer 675, FlatFile 13

Auto Center rendering (Santa Barbara, Calif.) undated

Scope and Contents note

One full color rendering of auto center plan for State Street and Guttierez in downtown Santa Barbara
Drawer 587, FlatFile 2

Burke Nicolais Archuleta: Downtown Redevelopment Cota between State & De La Vina (Santa Barbara, Calif.) undated

creator: Burke Nicolais Archuleta.

Scope and Contents note

4 drawings on board of site plans, plot plans, and elevations for shopping center between State and De la Vina, and Cota and Canon Perdido in downtown Santa Barbara.
Oversize Roll , Oversize roll tube

Central Business District redevelopment (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1973

Oversize roll, Drawer 675, FlatFile 14, Drawer 675, FlatFile 15

Central City Redevelopment Project (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1976

Scope and Contents note

28 copies of drawings from the Redevelopment Agency for downtown Santa Barbara and the waterfront 8 mylars of Highway 101 possible routes
Oversize tubes (3)

Child, Stephen: Around City Boulevard landscape plan (Santa Barbara, Calif.) circa 1914

creator: Child, Stephen

Scope and Contents note

3 drawings of boulevard encircling downtown Santa Barbara
Drawer 587, FlatFile 16

Cielo E Mar tract 700 Miramonte (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1979

Scope and Contents note

One photograph with pen annotations for possible housing development on TV hill by Pozzato
Drawer 587, FlatFile 1

Cooke Frost Greer & Schmandt: Las Positas Park Las Positas & Valerio St. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1967

creator: Cook, Frost and Greer.
creator: Royston Hanamoto Mayes & Beck.
creator: Veyna, Julio

Scope and Contents note

One full color drawing of the development plan for Las Positas Park, now known as Elings Park in Santa Barbara.
Drawer 675, FlatFile 19

Albert Dothee: Proposed Breakwater and Sandbar Development (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1973

creator: Dothee, Albert

Scope and Contents note

One copy of drawing for proposed development in Santa Barbara harbor
Drawer 587, FlatFile 17

Edwards-Pitman Architects: Fess Parker's Red Lion Inn E. Cabrillo Blvd. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1982-1984

creator: Edwards-Pitman, Architects.

Scope and Contents note

4 copies of drawings of porte cochere for hotel on E. Cabrillo Blvd.
Drawer 587, FlatFile 3

Field / Gruzen: El Paseo Nuevo development plan Chapala & Canon Perdido (Santa Barbara, Calif.) undated

creator: Field / Gruzen .

Scope and Contents note

2 copies of drawings mounted on board- map of downtown Santa Barbara, plan for parking garage
Drawer 587, FlatFile 4

Robert Hyde: Presido Springs De La Guerra St. & Laguna St. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) undated

creator: Hyde, Robert

Scope and Contents note

4 drawings with watercolor of floor plans, site plan, and elevations for housing project on De La Guerra Street between Laguna and Olive streets.
Drawer 675, FlatFile 18

Ketzel, Achey and Goodman: shops and residence (Solvang, Calif.) circa 1974

creator: Ketzel, Achey and Goodman.

Scope and Contents note

3 copies of drawings of unidentified residence, townhomes, and Village Mall Shops in Solvang, Calif.
Oversize roll

Montecito Business District development plan (Montecito, Calif.) 1957

Scope and Contents note

3 maps of Coast Village Road buildings and use
Drawer 587, FlatFile 5

Julia Morgan: Santa Barbara Recreation Center 104 E. Carrillo (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1925-1926, 1944

creator: Cheesman, Roy
creator: Morgan, Julia

Scope and Contents note

32 original blueprints of plans, sections, elevations, details for original building and additions and alterations by Cheesman. Also includes full size black and white copies of blueprints.
Drawer 675, FlatFile 20

Parsons Brinckerhoff / Architects West: Parking Structure Lot 10 Anacapa & Ortega (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1987

creator: Architects West.
creator: Parsons Brinckerhoff.

Scope and Contents note

61 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, details, and electrical and mechanical plans for multi-story parking structure
Drawer 375, FlatFile 21

Patterson / Langford & Stewart: Santa Barbara Transportation Center State St. & Yanonali (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1975-1976

Scope and Contents note

3 copies of drawings of possible configurations of bus, railroad, car, bicycle, and pedestrian transport options
Oversize roll

Santa Barbara, City of The General Plan (Santa Barbara, Calif.) circa 1975

Drawer 587, FlatFile 6

Santa Barbara, City of Planning Department: Stearns Wharf (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1973

Scope and Contents note

2 oversize drawings of Stearns Wharf, with possible restaurant and parking locations
Oversize roll

Santa Barbara, City of shoreline activities (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1973

Scope and Contents note

One map of Santa Barbara, with highlighted commercial and recreational uses
Drawer 587, FlatFile 7

Santa Barbara, City of West Beach and Open Space plans (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1971

Scope and Contents note

2 full color drawings of a plan for West Beach (between the Santa Barbara harbor and Stearns Wharf) and an open space elements plan for the city of Santa Barbara. Folder also includes copy of the California Council, The American Institute of Architects Community Design Award given to the City of Santa Barbara for 25 yeras of downtown renewal work.
Drawer 587, FlatFile 8

Santa Barbara County General Plan: Plan for the Cuyama Valley Area 1965-1975

Scope and Contents note

One copy of a map of the Cuyama Valley, with land use designations.
Drawer 375, FlatFile 22

Santa Barbara Harbor Diagram (Santa Barbara, Calif.)

Drawer 675, FlatFile 23, Oversize roll

Santa Barbara Transportation Corridor maps (Santa Barbara, Calif.) undated

creator: Patterson, Langford and Stewart.

Scope and Contents note

6 mylars of possible traffic patterns
Drawer 675, FlatFile 24

Sauter, Roland & E. Keith Lockard: Cabrillo Pavilion 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1926

creator: Lockard, E. Keith, 1892-1968
creator: Sauter and Lockard.
creator: Sauter, Roland F.

Scope and Contents note

9 blueprints of plans, sections, elevations, and details for beach bath house and event center; built for the city of Santa Barbara by The David Grays
Oversize roll, Drawer 675, FlatFile 25

Shoreline Master Plan (Santa Barbara, Calif.) undated

Scope and Contents note

14 drawings and renderings of plans for waterfront area from west beach to east beach
Drawer 675, FlatFile 26

Survey of the Mean High Tide Line (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1958

Scope and Contents note

12 copies of maps of the high tide line and lists of marine resources in the Santa Barbara Channel
Drawer 675, FlatFile 27

Richard B. Taylor: Comprehensive Plan East Beach Area (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1973

creator: Taylor, Richard B., (Richard Bonnell), 1926-1993

Scope and Contents note

33 drawings and sketches of proposed development of East Beach area of Santa Barbara
Drawer 675, FlatFile 28

The Jerde Partnership: downtown maps (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1979-1980

creator: The Jerde Partnership.

Scope and Contents note

7 copies of drawings of possible configurations of buildings between Cota and Canon Perdido and State and Chapala
Oversize rolls, Drawer 675, FlatFile 29

Unidentified maps 1973, circa 1985

Scope and Contents note

4 maps of downtown Santa Barbara, including style survey, land use survey, and use map with types of businesses listed 3 oversize rolls of maps
Drawer 587, FlatFile 9

Unknown: Landscape plan for State Street (Santa Barbara, Calif.) undated

Scope and Contents note

One oversize drawing of landscape plan for State Street in downtown Santa Barbara. Possibly by Richard B. Taylor, landscape architect.