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ZONING CHANGE REVIEW SHEET August 23, 2021 HLC DATE: July 26, 2021 ZAP DATE: November 2, 2021 December 7, 2021 January 18, 2022 February 1, 2022 March 1, 2022 CASE NUMBER: C14H-2021-0164 APPLICANT: Historic Landmark Commission (owner-opposed) HISTORIC NAME: Chrysler Air-Temp House COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7 WATERSHED: Shoal Creek ADDRESS OF PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE: 2502 Park View Drive ZONING FROM: SF-2 to SF-2-H SUMMARY STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the proposed zoning change from single family residence – standard lot (SF-2) district to single family residence – standard lot – historic landmark (SF-2-H) combining district zoning. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION: Architecture, historical significance, community value. HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION ACTION: July 26, 2021: Initiated historic zoning. August 23, 2021: Recommended historic zoning on the basis of architecture, historical significance, and community value. Vote: 9-0 (Larosche and Tollett absent). ZONING and PLATTING COMMISSION ACTION: November 2, 2021: Postponed to December 7, 2021. December 7, 2021: Meeting cancelled. January 18, 2022: Postponed to February 1, 2022. February 1, 2022: Postponed to March 1, 2022. March 1, 2022: DEPARTMENT COMMENTS: This house would have contributed to the Air-Conditioned Village National Register Historic District, presented to the State Board of Review for the National Register of Historic Places in September 2021. For further information, see the draft nomination at https://www.thc.texas.gov/public/upload/preserve/national_register/ draft_nominations/Austin%2C%20Air%20Conditioned%20Village%20SBR.pdf. Due to owner opposition to the creation of the district, the nomination failed to move forward. However, this setback does not reflect on the significance of Austin’s Air-Conditioned Village experiment, and the Chrysler Air-Temp House is one of the best-preserved examples of the houses built and studied. Excerpts from the nomination are incorporated herein as relevant for context. This case initially came before the Historic Landmark Commission in June 2020 for a full demolition. The applicant in the 2020 case reconsidered their application for full demolition and submitted plans for a partial demolition and retention of the character-defining features of this house; those plans were reviewed and approved by the Commission. This proposal would have preserved much of the street façade of the house, replacing deteriorated materials in-kind or with a visually compatible modern material, and an addition to the back in what promised to be a sensitive rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the house. The Commission initiated historic zoning on the house during the pendency of the preparation of those plans, and satisfied that the plans would preserve the character of the house, dropped the historic zoning case. Since that time, the original applicants sold the house to the current applicant, who is seeking a permit to demolish the house and build a new house in its place. CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 3, 2022 ORDINANCE READINGS: 1ST 2ND 3RD ACTION: ORDINANCE NUMBER: 1 of 130B-8 PHONE: 512-974-1264 CASE MANAGER: Elizabeth Brummett NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION: Allandale Neighborhood Association, Austin Independent School District, Austin Lost and Found Pets, Austin Neighborhoods Council, Central Austin Urbanists, Friends of Austin Neighborhoods, Homeless Neighborhood Association, Lower District 7 Green, NW Austin Neighbors, Neighborhood Empowerment Foundation, North Austin Neighborhood Alliance, SELTexas, Shoal Creek Conservancy, Sierra Club, Austin Regional Group BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATION: Architecture: The Chrysler Air-Temp House is an excellent and remarkably intact example of an architect-designed mid-century Modern house. Notable features include the use of modern materials, deep eaves, and the bold statement of the columns and beams of the house and its attached double carport. The house reflects the basic tenets of mid-century Modern design and satisfies the criterion for architecture. Arranged as a series of staggered volumes, this one-story house employs a wide range of building materials, including asbestos panels, wood siding, and brick. Constructed on a slab foundation, the wood-frame house faces southwest toward the street. Its slightly pitched, front-gabled roof has deep 30–48-inch overhangs. Design of the front and back façades, comprised of fenestration and panels arranged within metal framework, exhibits the influence of Modern architecture, particularly Arts & Architecture magazine’s Case Study houses. Windows throughout the house are aluminum fixed and horizontal-sliding sash, and clerestory windows have heat-absorbent glass. There is a pop-up, shed roofed section in the middle of the roof that opens onto a side elevation. At the west end of the house, a double carport with exposed beams and columns figures prominently into the impression of the house from the street. Perforated brick screens delineate the edges of the carport and define the path to the front door. These decorative screens further identify the house as an example of mid-century Modern design. The only major exterior modification, made by the original owner, is the addition of a utility room abutting the northwest side of the house under an extension of the carport roofline. A brick screen wall partially forms the fence, the rest of which is chain-link. The yard has grass and mature live oak trees. The house was designed by Fred Winfield Day, Jr. Day received an architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1950. During his early career, he worked for architects Ned Cole (involved in planning and execution of the Austin Air-Conditioned Village), Fehr & Granger, and Jessen Jessen Millhouse & Greeven. He established Pendley and Day in 1958, then his own practice, Fred Winfield Day, Architect, in 1961. During this time, Day also served as an assistant professor at the University of Texas School of Architecture. His office with Stanford L. Newman, Day & Newman, merged with Jessen Jessen Millhouse Greeven & Crume in 1969. The firm’s name ultimately shortened to Jessen, Inc. Day was a principal, then president of Jessen, Inc. until 1993. In addition to residential designs in the Austin area, notable projects on which Day worked include the Teacher Retirement System Building and Faulk Central Library in Austin, Brutalist buildings with concrete brise soliel; the Hooper-Schaeffer Fine Arts Center at Baylor University; and the Visitors Center at the McDonald Observatory. Day also prepared a master plan, pro bono, for the Laguna Gloria Art Museum and supervised measured drawings of the historic house on the site. Day had a long and distinguished career. He won multiple design awards from the Austin chapter of the American Institute of Architects and Texas Society of Architects and was given an honorary life membership on the University of Texas School of Architecture Advisory Council, which seeks to connect teaching with the architectural profession. He also served as president of AIA Austin. The house was constructed by Wayne A. Burns, the developer of the Edgewood Subdivision. Burns constructed a similar house further west at 2710 Park View Drive. However, this house lacks some of the distinguishing architectural characteristics of the Chrysler Air-Temp House, including the façade design of panels set within a metal framework. Further, it lacks any historical association with the Air-Conditioned Village experiment. Historical Associations: The Chrysler Air-Temp House was built as a demonstration house in the Austin Air-Conditioned Village, a national experiment to determine the feasibility of installing and operating central air conditioning systems in new middle-class residences. While the owners of this house do not appear to have historical significance as would be typically evaluated under this criterion, the identity of the house as a part of this nationally influential experiment satisfies the criterion for significant historical associations. The Austin Air-Conditioned Village consisted of a set of test houses built for the purpose of exploring the integration of central air conditioning into mid-priced residences. Conceived in 1953 by the air-conditioning sub-committee of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the experiment proposed a season’s worth of testing on a group of 2 of 130B-8 occupied houses. In early 1954 near the northwest edge of Austin, Texas, eighteen local homebuilders constructed twenty- two test houses, ranging from 1,145 to 1,468 square feet, designed to sell for $12,000 plus the cost of land. Considered moderately sized and moderately priced at that time, they were intended to represent typical builder-constructed homes, modified for air conditioning. An estimated 35,000 visitors toured the newly completed houses, including 700 representatives of the homebuilding and air-conditioning industries, the media, and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans Administration. By summer, all but one of the houses had sold. Extensive technical testing was conducted during the initial year under the direction of the National Warm Air Heating and Air Conditioning Association’s Mobile Laboratory, with the assistance of the University of Texas at Austin’s Engineering Department. Researchers continued to monitor cost data for an additional year. This field research took into account a wide spectrum of factors: the performance of different air-conditioning systems in houses with different plans, orientations, and materials, occupied by families with a range of daily habits. The project, aimed at making centrally cooled homes affordable for the middle class to buy and operate, occurred near the forefront of a nationwide trend to include central air conditioning in tract housing. In contrast with housing research campuses, consisting of various test houses built over a considerable length of time, the NAHB took on the ambitious task of building a large number of test houses at once, and as a result, the Austin project was the first of its type on so large a scale. Modeled as much on the Parade of Homes as previous research campuses, the Air- Conditioned Village engaged the collaborative effort of numerous Austin-area builders. The Austin Air-Conditioned Village is nationally significant, exceptional in that it brought together leading manufacturers in a major collaborative effort with the homebuilding industry. Testing at the Austin Air-Conditioned Village was carried out during an exceptionally hot summer in 1954, with portable instrumentation connected in three to four houses at a time for a period of one to two weeks. Through an assortment of recording apparatuses, researchers monitored indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, electricity and gas consumption, equipment operation time, noise level, airflow, and the location of drafts for each of the houses. Analysis sought to isolate and compare individual factors influencing air-conditioning performance. Much of the analysis centered on elements of house design affecting heat gain, such as orientation, plan shape, location of the carport or garage relative to the house, wall and roof construction, insulation, fenestration, and shading. Other factors were specific to the air-conditioning installation, such as the effect of register locations on air stratification or the noise level of operating equipment. The project provided valuable information to homebuilders that had previously been unavailable. Reports issued by the NAHB Research Institute and articles in national trade periodicals shared the results with builders and air-conditioning contractors, those most able to implement the project’s findings. Organizers took great interest in the residents’ reactions to air-conditioned living. Faculty and students from the University of Texas’ psychology department surveyed the inhabitants of Air-Conditioned Village houses and non-air-conditioned homes in the area in order to compare the daily habits of the two groups. This study described changes in lifestyle that accompanied air conditioning, many of which coincided with the values of the nuclear family: an increase in the number of hours spent indoors, the amount of time spent as a family group, and the number of meals eaten as a family. Adults and children slept longer and more commonly awoke rested. Each of the factors reported carried a great amount of weight in encouraging sales of air-conditioned houses. At the time of the experiment, central air conditioning was more common in commercial buildings and high-end residences than in more modest houses. Due to uncertainty regarding operational costs, the FHA and other housing lenders placed penalties on loans for air-conditioned houses out of concern that homebuyers would be overextended with utility bills. Though they viewed air conditioning as an investment rather than an expense, FHA officials engaged in careful screening of potential buyers, often stipulating higher salaries than what would otherwise meet approval for comparable non-air- conditioned houses. News coverage of the Air-Conditioned Village announced that the FHA and VA would accept final research findings as their air-conditioning standards. By 1957, the FHA began including the cost of air-conditioning equipment in package mortgages, and some private banks went as far as requiring roughing-in for air-conditioning installation in houses of a certain price point. Various air-conditioning equipment and building material manufacturers contributed to the experiment. Chrysler Air-Temp provided the original air conditioning for this house. While that equipment has been replaced, its existence is not necessary to understand the historical impact of the experiment on the housing and air-conditioning industries. The first owner of the house at 2502 Park View Drive was a military man, William C. Davis, and his wife, Fern. Davis was in the U.S. Air Force and lived in this house from the time of its construction until around 1958. There is very little information about the Davis family, such as whether they had children, but they seem to be typical of the demographic for purchasers of houses in the Air-Conditioned Village. The 1959 city directory shows this house occupied by Jerrold and Nancy R. Kelly; he was the chief engineer for the Tips Iron and Steel Company, at 300 Baylor Street. The Kellys lived in this house until very recently. 3 of 130B-8 The homes in Austin’s Air-Conditioned Village demonstrated that central air conditioning was indeed feasible for use in modest residential buildings, laying the groundwork for the development of modern air conditioning systems as essential for homes in warm climates. Using the data provided by the houses in the Air-Conditioned Village, contractors and manufacturers developed systems for new and existing homes throughout the city and country. Community Value: The Historic Landmark Commission recommended historic zoning for this house as the best remaining example to represent the overall history of the Austin Air-Conditioned Village. This engineering experiment was specifically designed to evaluate the feasibility of central air conditioning in moderately-sized and moderately-priced houses, thus pioneering the widespread use of central air conditioning in residential applications throughout Austin and the rest of the country. As such, this house possesses a unique location and physical characteristics in its intact design that contribute to the image of the city and the neighborhood, satisfying the criterion for community value. PARCEL NO.: 0234030616 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 17 BLK E EDGEWOOD SEC 2 ESTIMATED ANNUAL TAX ABATEMENT: $2,766 (income-producing; no cap); city portion: $971 APPRAISED VALUE: $534,010 PRESENT USE: Residential CONDITION: Good PRESENT OWNERS: Hugh F. Corrigan 2510 Park View Drive Austin, TX 78757 DATE BUILT: 1954 ALTERATIONS/ADDITIONS: None ORIGINAL OWNER(S): William C. and Fern Davis OTHER HISTORICAL DESIGNATIONS: None 4 of 130B-8LOCATION MAP 5 of 130B-8 2502 Park View Drive 6 of 130B-8 Photo by Dewey G. Mears, “What Can You Learn about Summer Cooling from NAHB’s Air-Conditioned Village,” House & Home 6.2 (Aug. 1954): 134. 7 of 130B-8 Advertisement for Chrysler AirTemp air conditioning showing the house at 2502 Park View Drive, House & Home 6.2 (Aug. 1954): 33. 8 of 130B-8 Page showing the house at 2502 Park View Drive in Austin’s Air-Conditioned Village in Austin and National Association of Home Builders, Austin Air-Conditioned Village Plan Book: Presenting a Preview of Tomorrow (Austin, Texas: Austin Association of Home Builders, 1954). 9 of 130B-810 of 130B-8 June 12, 2020 Emily Reed, Chair City of Austin Historic Landmark Commission Re: 2502 Park View Drive Dear Ms. Reed, Preservation Austin has been our city’s leading nonprofit voice for historic preservation since 1953. We write today to express our dismay at the proposed demolition of 2502 Park View Drive, located in Allandale’s Air Conditioned Village. We ask the Historic Landmark Commission to support historic zoning for this significant property in the areas of Architecture, Historical Associations, and Community Value. The Air Conditioned Village was built in 1954 to assess the cost-effectiveness and profitability of central air in middle-class housing. Twenty-three houses, each featuring air-conditioning systems from a different manufacturer, were sold to families who agreed to allow their homes and habits to be studied by University of Texas scientists. Austinite Ned Cole, an architect and head of the air-conditioning subcommittee of the National Association of Homes Builders, spearheaded the project, which was the first multi-home experiment of its kind worldwide. Local architects and builders designed each unique home with energy-saving design elements to test their effectiveness. These include window placement along north and south facades; trees, trellises, and overhangs; pale paint colors and white roofing materials to reflect sunlight. Architect Fred Day designed 2502 Park View Drive, known as “The Air Temp.” Energy-efficient features include south-facing orientation and a wide, low-pitched roof which extends nearly four feet beyond the home’s footprint on all sides. Distinctive brick screens, exposed roof beams, and its asymmetrical façade make this home one of the development’s most stylized examples of mid-century design. Day (1926-2014) was a recent graduate of the UT School of Architecture. He worked for Ned Cole and Fehr & Granger before establishing his own firms in the 1960s. Day merged with Jessen Jessen Millhouse Greeven & Crume to become Jessen, Inc. in 1969, and served as the firm’s principal and president until 1993. His distinguished career included numerous awards from AIA Austin and the Texas Society Architects. He was president of AIA Austin and awarded an honorary Life Membership on the UTSOA Advisory Council. His works include Austin’s Teacher Retirement System Building, Faulk Central Library, Austin Doctors Building, renovations to the UT Law School and Student Union, the Recreation and Convocation Center at St. Edwards University, the pro bono master plan and drawings for Laguna Gloria, and the Visitors Center at McDonald Observatory. According to his obituary: “An innovative designer, he often sought to include the work of skilled artisans to enrich and distinguish his projects. He also designed several custom residences in and around Austin whose owners still enjoy the beauty, comfort, craftsmanship and pride that those homes provide.” 11 of 130B-8 2502 Park View Drive retains integrity as defined by the National Register of Historic Places and clearly conveys its historical significance. Preservation Austin believes the property meets the following criteria for historic zoning under Austin’s land development code: Architecture: - The house embodies the distinguishing characteristics of midcentury residential design. Its passive cooling strategies, now common practice today, are hallmarks of the era’s emphasis on site-specific design in response to local environments. This is a particularly fine example of a modest, but stylized, midcentury home for the middle class. The house exemplifies technological innovation in design and construction, with cutting-edge climate-control techniques shaped by the larger Air Conditioned Village experiment. This is an outstanding early work of Fred Day, an architect who significantly contributed to the development of the city. His involvement in this high-profile, and much-celebrated, project was an early victory in his 40-year career. - - Historical Associations: - - The Air Conditioned Village was an internationally-renowned experiment in building innovation and social science. Its success impacted the architecture and economics of air-conditioning for homebuilders and their middle-class audience. It demonstrated the psychological impacts of design and environment as well, with scientists studying inhabitants’ health and behavior – including moods, preference for hot or cold meals, hours of sleep per night, allergies and respiratory issues. Air-conditioning in everyday homes transformed the way Americans lived and interacted during the postwar era, and 2502 Park View Drive embodies these historical associations. Community Value: - The Air Conditioned Village is embedded in Austin’s identity. Native son, and midcentury innovator, Ned Cole convinced organizers to locate the project here because of Austin’s hot temperatures, booming Sun Belt economy, and proximity to the University of Texas, a prominent research institution. This beloved historic resource is part of Allandale’s cultural fabric and an irreplaceable hallmark of Austin’s significant postwar heritage. The Air Conditioned Village has seen too many demolitions, at a rapidly increased rate, over the past several years. Today only fifteen of the original twenty-three homes retain integrity, though a draft National Register nomination is underway with the support of advocates, neighbors, and our colleagues at Mid Tex Mod. Every loss brings us closer to losing any chance for a historic district to honor and protect these buildings. We urge the Historic Landmark Commission to consider taking action on this issue, and offer our support to help protect this irreplaceable piece of Austin’s history. Thank you for your service to our community. Lori Martin President 12 of 130B-8 July 25, 2021 City of Austin Historic Landmark Commission P.O. Box 1088 Austin, TX 78767 Re: 2502 Park View Drive, Austin, Texas Dear Historic Landmark Commissioners, Mid Tex Mod, the leading voice for the preservation of mid-century modern architecture in our region, submits this letter of opposition to the proposed demolition of the house at 2502 Park View Drive. As the Central Texas chapter of Docomomo US, Mid Tex Mod’s mission is to raise awareness of buildings, sites, neighborhoods, and landscapes of the modern movement and to advocate for their preservation, documentation, and sustained use. Mid Tex Mod strongly opposes the release of a demolition permit for 2502 Park View Drive. Our organization fully supports efforts to preserve this architecturally and historically significant residence and contributing resource to the potential Austin Air-Conditioned Village Historic District. The residence at 2502 Park View Drive represents one of twenty-two original test houses constructed in 1954 as part of the Austin Air-Conditioned Village. This community of modest ranch and contemporary- style homes in the Edgewood Subdivision of Austin served as an experimental research project conducted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and research partners, including the University of Texas at Austin, to assess the integration of central air conditioning in mid-priced suburban residences. Twenty-two houses, constructed by eighteen local homebuilders, incorporated different air- conditioning systems with a variety of building plans, orientations, and cladding materials to monitor the effectiveness and affordability of central air conditioning for the middle class. Monitoring of occupants for a period of one year, under the direction of the National Warm Air Heating and Air Conditioning Association’s Mobile Laboratory, documented residents’ experiences and daily habits with air-conditioned living. Ultimately, the testing results at the Austin Air-Conditioned Village demonstrated that the installation and operation of residential air conditioning could be achieved in modest houses at a reasonable cost, thereby influencing residential building and lending practices in the ensuing decades. 2502 Park View Drive, known as “The Air Temp” house, originally incorporated a Chrysler Air Temp air- conditioning system. Designed by local architect Fred Day and constructed by local builder Wayne A. Burns (developer of the Edgewood Subdivision), the contemporary-style house features low sloping roof lines; wide overhanging eaves; fixed, horizontal-sliding sash, and clerestory windows; a variety of cladding materials including asbestos, wood siding, and brick; a large carport; and patterned brick screening walls. The addition of a small utility room on the northwest side elevation below the carport roof reflects a single minor exterior alteration. The house retains a remarkably high degree of integrity of design, materials, workmanship, and feeling as the most distinctive and intact original residence within the Austin Air-Conditioned Village development. As such, 2502 Park View Drive is considered a contributing resource to the potential Austin Air- Conditioned Village Historic District. As a potential historic district, the Austin Air-Conditioned Village is significant at the national level under National Register Criterion A in the area of Engineering for its collaboration between leading air-conditioning manufacturers and the mid-twentieth-century homebuilding 13 of 130B-8 industry. The potential district is also significant at the local level under National Register Criterion C in the area of Architecture as an early example of modest tract houses by prominent Austin-area builders incorporating air-conditioning technology. Mid Tex Mod has worked with the Allandale Neighborhood Association over the last three years to reevaluate the remaining original Austin Air-Conditioned Village residences and to support an interest in designation of the area as a National Register Historic District. Additionally, Mid Tex Mod finds that the house at 2502 Park View Drive meets the following criteria for individual local historic landmark designation: • High degree of architectural integrity as a distinctive example of a mid-twentieth-century contemporary-style ranch house • The most intact original residence remaining from the 1954 Austin Air-Conditioned Village Architecture development Historical Associations • National historical associations with burgeoning mid-twentieth-century residential air-conditioning • Local historical associations with modest, regional, mid-century residential design by local technology architects and home builders. Mid Tex Mod strongly opposes the demolition of the architecturally distinctive residence at 2502 Park View Drive. Our organization urges Austin’s Historic Preservation Office to pursue individual historic landmark designation to ensure the continued preservation and sustainability of this significant resource. Thank you for your time on this matter and for your service on this important commission. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at midtexasmod@gmail.com. Sincerely, Elizabeth Porterfield, President Mid Tex Mod 14 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Lynn Davidson Thursday, July 22, 2021 6:23 PM PAZ Preservation 2502 Park View Dr Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution ***    Please don’t let them demolish the house at 2502 Park View Drive.  At least, make the developer (and that’s what he is)  keep the footprint of the house as it is.  He has built one mega mansion on our street and owns 2 more lots and an  investor of his just bought the house at 2706 Park View Dr.  He will build more mega mansions on those three lots, at  least deny him the opportunity to do it to this historic air condition village house as well.    Sent from my iPad  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.  1 15 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged Isabel Henderson Thursday, July 22, 2021 9:54 PM PAZ Preservation; Little, Kelly - BC; Koch, Kevin - BC; Tollett, Blake - BC; Featherston, Witt; Heimsath, Ben - BC; Wright, Caroline - BC; Valenzuela, Sarah - BC; McWhorter, Trey - BC; Castillo, Anissa - BC; Larosche, Carl - BC; Myers, Terri - BC Demolition of 2502 Park View Drive - GF-21-103669 *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Hi! My name is Isabel Henderson and I'm a resident of Rosedale. I wanted to reach out about the proposed demolition  of 2502 Park View Drive (Case GF‐21‐103669).     This house is part of Austin's Air Conditioned Village and should be preserved as a historic house. It's a unique example  of midcentury architecture and represents an attempt to combine design with what was cutting‐edge technology at the  time (technology that contributed to the development of Austin, the state of Texas, and the Southwest).    It's been devastating to watch the houses in this neighborhood be demolished, one after the other. Sometimes it seems  that there are entire blocks that are in the process of being razed and rebuilt. We have a responsibility to maintain  unique historic homes (such as 2502 Park View Drive) in Austin—or we will regret not doing so, years down the line. If  we don't, neighborhoods like Allandale will lose their history and charm, and start to look like any other overdeveloped,  cookie‐cutter neighborhood across America.     Razing 2502 Park View Drive would be a blow not only to the neighborhood but also to the  design/architectural community and archive. I cannot encourage you enough to designate this house as a historic  landmark, and prevent its destruction.     All the best,  Isabel Henderson  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 16 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Maureen Carter Thursday, July 22, 2021 10:59 PM PAZ Preservation 2502 Park View Drive. Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** To Whom It May Concern:     Please prevent the demolition of the piece of Austin history at 2502 Park View Drive.  This great example of a home in  the Air Conditioned Village should be preserved.  This group of 22 homes in Allandale originally built as demonstration  houses to study and promote the feasibility of central air conditioning in moderately‐sized and moderately‐priced  homes is a treasure.       Take care,  Maureen C Carter  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 17 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Leslie Currens Friday, July 23, 2021 8:53 AM PAZ Preservation Re: case number GF-21-103669 Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Preservation Committee,     In addition, an identical home has been willingly preserved by it's owners, so there is no need to force unwilling owners  to preserve  a home against their wishes.    Here is the info on the identical home, as described on the Allandale email list:    "We live in the ‘twin’ house to this one on Park View and we absolutely adore it. It is a perfect example of mid century  modern architecture and we get so many compliments on how open and bright it is.... we knew we had to own this  house and save it."    On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 8:49 AM Leslie Currens  Dear Preservation Committee,     Regarding the Air conditioned village home, the home is uninteresting and poorly constructed.  There is no need to  preserve this house.    Please allow these homeowners to do what they want with their property, to build a home that meets today's  standards and needs,  rather than forcing the preservation of a home that has little historic value and holds little interest for people today.    Sincerely,  Leslie Currens  5615 Bull Creek Rd, Austin, TX 78756      CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   wrote:  1 18 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Marsha Edwards Friday, July 23, 2021 9:32 AM PAZ Preservation case number GF-21-103669 *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** With regard to 2502 Park View Drive, case number GF-21-103669, I am very upset at the thought of demolition. It is the best-preserved example of the proposed Austin Air-Conditioned Village Historic District. A few years ago I was blessed to be a volunteer for a home tour of that District. And as I live in Allandale, I was most proud of the village right next door to me. I sincerely hope that you will initialize historic zoning, as this house meets the historic landmark designation criteria for architecture, historical associations, and community value. I understand that 2505 and 2507 Park View Drive have also been approved for demolition, and I oppose that also. Thanks, Marsha Edwards 6112 Bullard Dr. CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 19 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Donna Beth McCormick Friday, July 23, 2021 9:49 AM PAZ Preservation GF-21-103669. Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** I am a decades resident of Allandale ‐ since the 1960s.  I am a multiple prperty owner. Do you  know how many calls I get every week to buy my houses??  I am also a former president of  Allandale Neighborhood Association (twice) and Board Member (4 years).  What is going on in our  neighborhood with the tear down of one story homes and the lot line to lot line two story no class  boxes is awful.  These houses that are being built now will not be here in 50 years like mine  is.  They are selling for over a million and within a few years will have more problems than you can  imagine and be torn down.  Austin was a very nice town and a town to be proud of ‐ but ‐ in the 1970s the Lege let City Hall  make the decision of height downtown ‐ huge mistake.  The two focal points of the city are the  Capitol and the UT Tower ‐ neither of which you can see from most vantage points.  Those high  rises downtown will also not be here in 50 years ‐ they will be torn down and something else will  go in ‐ worse.  There is nothing wrong with history and preservation.  Money is not always everything. Right now,  a million doesn't get you anything in Austin.   If these houses are torn down in years there will be  regret and wonder why we can't reconstruct them!  Save the history ‐ developers need to get a grip ‐ think about your legacy, that's all you have.  Donna Beth McCormick ‐ 5703 Shoalwood Ave  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 20 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Carla Penny Friday, July 23, 2021 10:36 AM PAZ Preservation 2502 Park View GF-21-103669 Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution ***    Please save this house from demolition. I have lived in this neighborhood 29 years and deeply value the history of the  mid‐century homes that give our community character. This home in particular has such important provenance that it  would be an irreplaceable loss to Allandale and Austin we’re it to be destroyed.    Carla Penny  2500 Albata Ave  Austin, TX 78757  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.  1 21 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Neena Husid Friday, July 23, 2021 11:02 AM PAZ Preservation 2502 Park View Drive *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution ***    Please, please, please stop developers from destroying the integrity of our Austin neighborhoods.  This is a great house.   I have long admired it and wondered how, if it ever went on the market, I might be able to buy it—to refurbish it, not  steam shovel it into oblivion. Allandale is a tight enclave, chocked‐full of friends and neighbors deeply distressed over  the systematic leveling of cherished mid‐century homes for cookie‐cutter, poorly built, price‐gouging new constructions.  On our street alone there are three identical Paradiso homes priced well‐over a million dollars. Two of these homes have  had significant construction issues and detract from the quaint beauty of the much‐loved older homes on the block. It  seems to me a city that respects its roots should be working overtime to encourage revitalization to older  neighborhoods rather than allowing for the destruction of its gems. Entice architects and builders into our neighborhood  who would like nothing more than to help homeowners maintain the integrity of these historic homes. When history,  particularly a unique community history, is diminished, caring neighbors and good citizens become apathetic strangers  living in rows of uninviting, generic, over‐priced, houses. It’s a sad future and one I hope Austin can avoid.    Thank you for listening,    Neena Husid  2503 Ellise Avenue  78757          CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.  1 22 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Margaret Herman Friday, July 23, 2021 11:44 AM PAZ Preservation public comment re: 2502 Park View Drive *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Historic Landmark Commission,    I'd like to submit a comment on the proposal to demolish 2502 Park View Drive being discussed at your July 26th  meeting.      My name is Margaret Herman, and I work at a historic preservation agency in New York City (writing today for myself as  an individual). I happen to be a former resident of Allandale ‐ my family moved into a house a few streets over from  2502 Park View Drive in the 1980s when I was a young child, and my mother still resides there today.     As longtime residents of the neighborhood and for myself as an architectural historian, we both strongly oppose this  proposal for demolition.     I recently became aware of the proposed National Register nomination for Allandale's Air‐Conditioned Village, of which  this property at 2502 Park View Drive is an essential piece. Referred to as the "Chrysler Air Temp Home," it retains a high  degree of integrity to its period of significance during the air‐conditioning tests, and its paneled facade and window  pattern, its perforated brick screens, and overhanging roof line continue to express the story of Allandale's role in the  history of mid‐20th century HVAC engineering and modern architecture in the southwestern United States.     Local residents such as my mother are supportive of efforts to preserve the low‐slung 1950s ranch homes of Allandale,  many on large lots with mature trees, which contribute to its distinct sense of place and have made it such a beautiful  community to raise their families. Now that the historical significance of 2502 Park View Drive and the Air‐Conditioned  Village project as a whole has come to light, there's a new level of pride in the neighborhood.     Please prevent this demolition from occurring. Surely there are preservation‐minded ways to repair/rehab the house  while retaining its historic fabric so that residents in the future can be reminded of the house's and the historic district's  importance.     Best Regards,  Margaret E. Herman, Ph.D.         CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 23 of 130B-824 of 130B-825 of 130B-826 of 130B-827 of 130B-828 of 130B-829 of 130B-830 of 130B-831 of 130B-832 of 130B-833 of 130B-8Historical Commission Case: GF 21-103669 July 26th 2502 Park View Dr Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee Commissioners, I’m writing to Oppose the demolition permit issued for 2502 Park View. The owner/applicant knew of the historic nature of the property when it was purchased. They communicated with the seller. The permit was issued by mistake, due to confusion with other property owned in 2500 block of Park View. Finally, 2502 Park View was one of the experimental houses used to determine how residences could/should be air-conditioned. The experiment was to try various ways to install air conditioning, to determine what life effects it would have, to measure the electricity used to cool the houses - A/C was a change that resulted in housing booms in hot climate. Let me share my perspective. First, I have experience with experimental housing. During the mid-1960s I was leading a software effort at Tracor [Austin’s first ‘technology’ star and first ‘native’ Fortune-500 company] to use computer graphics to show what a future house would look like when inside/outside. At the time architects drew sketches of a building, and made detail ‘mechanical drawings’ of the structural elements. The computer graphics would be a big improvement over just showing a client plan-view drawings, and much cheaper than the sketches, or cardboard models in use. Computer graphics could be interactive. Tracor had professors from UT Architecture School consulting. That work got me involved in a 1969-1970 project called Ice City. Life-size experimental buildings were more useful than cardboard models, and could have ‘organic’ shapes. But, they needed to be discarded, and that was expensive disposal. So, Ice City would build the life-size models from ice-foam, which would just melt when the weather warmed. In 1970 we were doing what is now called 3-D Printing, but on a life-size scale. We also worked on ‘responsive rooms’ which was an attempt to have the building support activity occurring inside. We built instrumented rooms at what is now part of the Pickle Research center. My second perspective is that I’m old enough to have lived ‘before’ and ‘after’ air- conditioning. I was born December 1941. Our milkman in Dallas drove a horse-cart to deliver. By 1945 mom had a Servel brand ‘gas’ refrigerator; a little ‘pilot flame’ 1 34 of 130B-8Historical Commission Case: GF 21-103669 July 26th 2502 Park View Dr Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee heated a bubble pump that compressed the refrigerant. To cool the house there was a big fan in the ceiling of the hallway that sucked air in through the windows, and blew it out through the attic. The only cool buildings were department stores and movie theatres. Some still blew air across blocks of ice to cool it. That’s why air-conditioning capacity was once measured in ‘tons’ [or tons per hour]. The stores and theatres [like the Majestic and Palace in Dallas] used an ammonia refrigerant and water towers to cool it for condensing back to liquid. None of that would work for houses. My dad worked at the Magnolia Building in downtown Dallas [It had the “Flying Red Horse” on top.] when it was air-conditioned and they had to find ways to get air ducts through the masonry walls. Our current house on 49th St was built in 1951, and when we bought it in 1979 still had the floor-furnace for heat and had three window A/C to cool. The 1981 Memorial Day Flood got water in the crawl space under the house and killed the floor furnace. As a result of the flooding we couldn’t replace it, so the house got ‘central’ A/C. Our ducts went into the attic, but the house just next door had ducts in the crawl space. All the ‘How-To’ for domestic central air-conditioning was worked out in the different designs of The Air-Conditioned Village. And, they didn’t do an Ice-City on the ‘experimental’ houses – families lived there and kept them. That’s what you’re being asked to preserve. The houses, their purpose, and their past are what you are asked preserve. They are Historical. I ask that you deny the Demolition. Let the owner put Pflugerville Castles on the other lots they own. Thank You – Joe Reynolds 2 35 of 130B-836 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: John Tate Saturday, July 24, 2021 1:35 PM PAZ Preservation Carolyn Croom Supporting preservation of 2502 PARK VIEW DRIVE (GF-21-103669) *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution ***    To the Members of the Historic Landmark Commission:    I support preservation of the existing house at 2502 Park View Drive. The staff analysis and letters from Elizabeth  Porterfield of Mid Tex Mod and Lori Martin of Preservation Austin agree that the house meets several of the criteria for  historic status. The residence is an excellent early work of local architect, Fred Day, who designed a number of other  iconic Austin buildings. In addition, a National Register Historic District designation is underway for the Austin Air‐ Conditioned Village, and this is the best existing example of the buildings from that project.    My wife and I enjoy seeing this house and others that were part of the Austin Air‐Conditioned Village on our walks  around the neighborhood, and we enjoyed the historic tour presented by Mid Tex Mod a couple of years ago. We need  to preserve buildings such as this one, whose historical value rests on their intrinsic quality and their impact on society,  and not solely on what famous person lived there.    Please vote to preserve 2502 Park View Drive.    Thank you for your kind attention.    John Tate  2502 Albata Avenue  Austin, Texas 78757  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.  1 37 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Carolyn Croom < Saturday, July 24, 2021 6:43 PM PAZ Preservation; Little, Kelly - BC; Koch, Kevin - BC; Tollett, Blake - BC; Featherston, Witt; Heimsath, Ben - BC; Wright, Caroline - BC; Valenzuela, Sarah - BC; McWhorter, Trey - BC; Castillo, Anissa - BC; Larosche, Carl - BC; Myers, Terri - BC Concerning 2502 PARK VIEW DRIVE (GF-21-103669) *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Members of the Historic Landmark Commission,     I oppose the demolition of the architecturally and historically significant house at 2502 Park View Drive. In attending the talk and  the tour of the Air Conditioned Village offered by Mid Tex Mod, I learned that it is the best-preserved example of the proposed Austin Air-Conditioned Village Historic District. Mid Tex Mod and Preservation Austin’s letters from last year’s hearing strongly  opposing this demolition are compelling. This outstanding, remarkably‐intact, mid‐century residence with passive cooling strategies  and innovative technological design and construction is very much a part of Austin’s history and culture. Austinite Ned Cole  convinced organizers to locate this significant experiment appropriately in Austin, with our hot climate. The residence is an excellent  early work of local architect, Fred Day, who made significant contributions to Austin’s development. A National Register Historic  District designation is underway for the Austin Air‐Conditioned Village, and the best example of this project should be preserved.    I implore the applicant to take responsibility for this treasure and rise to the occasion and work with city staff to preserve  the important features of the house. Short of that, I ask you to please vote for the preservation of 2502 Park View Drive. Let’s  preserve this unique gem for our Central Texas community.    Sincerely,    Carolyn Croom  2502 Albata Avenue  Austin, Texas 78757  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 38 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Cynthia Keohane Saturday, July 24, 2021 7:40 PM PAZ Preservation; Little, Kelly - BC; Koch, Kevin - BC; Tollett, Blake - BC; Featherston, Witt; Heimsath, Ben - BC; Wright, Caroline - BC; Valenzuela, Sarah - BC; McWhorter, Trey - BC; Castillo, Anissa - BC; Larosche, Carl - BC; Myers, Terri - BC Air Conditioned Village - 2502 Park View Drive - GF-21-103669 - opposing the request *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Historic Landmark Commission: Please do all you can to preserve this historically and architecturally significant home, as well as other Air Conditioned Village homes at risk of demolition. As a former President of Allandale Neighborhood Association, and an Allandale homeowner within a mile from this home, I attended the Mid Tex Mod's Air Conditioned Village program a few years ago. It's clear that this represents history worthy of saving. I wrote to you last year opposing HDP-2020-0214 for 2502 Park View and the matter appeared to have been settled amicably. I'm sorry to see this home threatened again. Please vote to preserve this landmark. All the best, Cynthia Keohane 5702 Wynona Avenue CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 39 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Nathalie Frensley Sunday, July 25, 2021 11:51 AM PAZ Preservation GF-21-103669, 2502 Park View Drive *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Re: GF‐21‐103669, 2502 Park View Drive (Air Conditioned Village)  I write to urge Commissioners to follow staff recommendations to preserve 2502 Park View Drive and prevent its  demolition.   I wholly concur with staff reasoning to preserve, in their case report about 2502 Park View:   “Strongly encourage the applicant to reconsider his application for total demolition by initiating historic zoning, as this  house meets the historic landmark designation criteria for architecture, historical associations, and community value.  This house is one of the premier examples of mid‐century Modern architecture in the Air Conditioned Village, a  proposed historic district, and every effort should be made to preserve the integrity of the house and historic district.  The importance of Austin’s Air Conditioned Village in the broader theme of residential climate control for the middle‐ class families in the Sunbelt was perhaps understated in the first set of public hearings on this case, but Austin’s  experiment set the stage for similar projects in other areas of the country, and was a significant and determining factor  in the development of the American Southwest.”  Please preserve part of Austin’s history.  Sincerely,  Nathalie Frensley  ‐‐   Nathalie J. Frensley, Ph.D.  5601 Montview Street, Austin, TX 78756           CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 40 of 130B-841 of 130B-842 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Kevin Smith Sunday, August 22, 2021 12:03 PM PAZ Preservation *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Commissioners and City Staff,  As we are back in COVID‐19 Stage 5 restrictions, the volunteers and I did not feel it was prudent to potentially risk  exposure by collecting signatures opposing the demolition of 2502 Park View Dr in person. Instead, like a lot of other  things during the pandemic we turned to digital solution. We created a change.org petition, to help safely gather  signatures. We also asked for the signatures of the petition to include their zip code so we have an idea of where the  support for saving this potential local landmark with national significance.  An added benefit of collecting signatures in this manner is it dove‐tails nicely with one of Local Landmark Criteria‐ Community Value.  From the over 450 signatures of the petition,  Thank you for your time and consideration.  Kevin  Attachments (2)  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 43 of 130B-8Name Carolyn Croom City Austin Megan Jones-Smith Austin 78756 US 78757-2103 US TX TX State Postal Code Country Commented Date 8/18/2021 8/18/2021 Comment "I live a few blocks away, at the same zip code as this wonderful home, 78757!" "We are already losing too much of Austin’s history in the push to develop and grow." Joe Reynolds Austin TX 78731 US 8/18/2021 "The houses of Air Conditioned Village are iconic artifacts of an important study, how to effectively include air-conditioning in single family homes. At the time of the study, air conditioning was limited to large places, like department stores, or movie theaters. Freon? Ammonia was the fluid used. Water cooling towers were needed to condense and recycle the refrigerant. How best to dispense the cool air around the house? How to insulate? There were many architecture and engineering issues. After the experiment more modern systems were designed, no more water towers; costs fell, soon A/C could fit into a window. The southern climate was conquered and life there changed.The houses are the equivalent of 1800s steam locomotives, or early 1900s airplanes, or 1958 transistors. They deserve national recognition and publicity." "This was a time in our country when hope and imagination contributed to the notion of air- conditioning in our homes would make for better and healthier lives. We have come a long way from the 1950's but this home should be cared for and not thrown on the heap of the past." "I have so many personal attachments to their house, having grown up across the street from it, but it’s also so important that we preserve this iconic example of mid century modern architecture." "This is a beautiful 50's house that belongs in my neighborhood. We don't want anymore farmhouses, compounds or mega-mansions in our neighborhood. Please preserve our beautiful fifties and sixties homes." "This was such a big deal for Austin. We must preserve it." "I believe we must keep these treasures rather than tearing them down and building new. Want to build new? Build elsewhere. There are plenty of empty spaces waiting." "Chris is a noble human being - things that matter to him, should matter to us all" Kate Harrington Melinda Vaughan Caroline Reynolds Mary Conmy Austin Fort Worth Austin Richmond TX TX TX VA 78756 US 76119 US 78731 US 23223 US 8/19/2021 "78756" 8/19/2021 "This is worth preserving. 76114" 8/20/2021 "Our past is important and part of our soul." 8/20/2021 "What a great house!" jacqueline smith austin TX 78757 US 8/20/2021 Shirlie Sweet Houston TX 77055 US 8/20/2021 Hilary Deweerd Austin 78757 US 8/20/2021 Pamela Turlak Austin Jana Bowen Houston 78731 US 77020 US 8/20/2021 8/20/2021 "History matters!" Bernadette Noll Austin 78704 US 8/20/2021 Beth McFarland New Orleans LA 70118 US 8/21/2021 TX TX TX TX 44 of 130B-8"It’s important to preserve the past. The houses of today will not last. They are put up by unskilled labor, inspected by unskilled city employees and not maintained by clueless homeowners. The houses of the past that were build well by craftsman should be preserved to remind us of what we’ve given up." "we need to save historical significant architectural MCM houses globally" "We need to preserve Austin’s history and architectural beauty. We don’t need more non- descript black and white monstrosities." "I’m a preservationist and knocking down our recent past is an atrocious trend that needs to end." "We must save our Historic homes! This is a great example of a home that should be saved. Please give it Historic designation. There are plenty of lots around Austin to develop without destroying such a lovely home." "Architectural gems like this need to be celebrated, not destroyed. It’s long overdue that Austin start preserving what has made it special." "I'm an architect and a 55 year resident of Austin. It was a small town for so long, we have few examples of really good period architecture left. Please save this one!" Suzanne Litz Austin TX 78742 US 8/21/2021 Alan Boyd manly 2095 Australia 8/21/2021 Amy Pooley Austin TX 78731 US 8/21/2021 Aletha VanderMaas Grand Rapids MI 49507 US 8/21/2021 betina foreman Austin TX 78739 US 8/21/2021 Victoria Freeman San Diego CA 92119 US 8/21/2021 "This home is history and deserves to be saved." Jeff Stevens Austin TX 78756 US 8/21/2021 TX TX VA TX TX NC Rick Krivoniak Austin 78723 US 8/21/2021 Kristy Adams Mineola 75773 US 8/21/2021 "E need to save our historical buildings" Rose C Pitts Norfolk 23605 US 8/21/2021 Carl Schock Cedar Creek TX 78612 US Scot McCann Cedar Park TX 78613 US Mary Mobley Round Rock Kym Wold Alycia Albis Austin Charlotte 78681 US 78757 US 28212 US Nick Harvey Marshalltown IA 50158 US 8/22/2021 Jessica Danby HAMMOND LA 70403 US 8/22/2021 "I understand just how important the mid-century progressive designs were in influencing changes of Architecture that continue to this day." 8/21/2021 8/21/2021 "So much has been lost of Austin's history and architecture - it needs to stop." "I grew up in that neighborhood and it’s changing so fast. Let’s hold on to a little piece of Austin’s history." "I want to preserve what shreds of my hometown are left." 8/22/2021 "78757" 8/22/2021 "History needs to be saved" 8/21/2021 "I have a mid century home like this and they are a landmark of icon design that can’t be recaptured. Tearing it down to build a new home that’s not half the quality is a crime" "This house is great! Recycle and remodel is the way to go!" 45 of 130B-8Name Xander Bowden Jennifer McVey Jon Davis Jolaine Talley Mia Rawski Bryan Ring Charles Duffy Mary Conmy Rose C Pitts Martha Withers Erik Murphy Soll Sussman Lindsey Wright Stephen Garmhausen Bennett Brier Laura Fauber Mac Ragsdale Emilie Potter Mary Sue Rose GEORGE WARD Pat Orman Lara Griffith Paula Lewis Katie Houston Laurie Lopez c yang Tatiana Houston Jay Bunda John Gallagher Pamela Murray Jennifer Knott PJ Cramer Cora Brown Bernadette Noll Russell Halperin Rick Chafey Bob Biard Emily Basham Amber Clark Aravind Sankar Lyova Rosanoff mary harvey Michelle Lischka Karen Ford Linda Steele Jay Bolsega City Gillette Milwaukee Everett Port Townsend Bellingham Thetford Center Rutland Richmond Norfolk Alexandria Moab Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Dallas Austin Austin austin Austin 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######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## ######## 55 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Kevin Smith Sunday, August 22, 2021 12:01 PM PAZ Preservation 2502 Park View Dr Demo Permit *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Commissioners and City Staff,  I am writing today to express my support in preserving 2502 Park View Dr. This is a unique home, not only for its  excellent architecture (which was designed by local architect Fred Day); or it exceeding the requirement to meet two of  the five criteria for local landmark status.  It is unique in that this proposed local landmark has National significance  through its association with the Austin Air Condition Village experiment which was sponsored in part by the American  Association of Homebuilders and the results of the Village help guide Federal lending practices to provide mortgages to  homes with air conditioning.   In addition to help preserve this home; it will also help preserve an affordable home. The last redevelopment that  occurred on Park View Dr, sold for almost 5 times its original purchase price.   I believe doing a partial rehabilitation of the home’s historic features coupled with the using entitlements offered  through the code, to build a substantial addition (sympathetic to the design of the home) is a win‐win scenario and  would offer a buyer a truly unique one of a kind property.  Respectfully,  Kevin Smith  2500 Park View Dr  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 56 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Carolyn Croom Saturday, August 21, 2021 11:09 PM PAZ Preservation; Little, Kelly - BC; Koch, Kevin - BC; Tollett, Blake - BC; Featherston, Witt; Heimsath, Ben - BC; Wright, Caroline - BC; Valenzuela, Sarah - BC; McWhorter, Trey - BC; Castillo, Anissa - BC; Larosche, Carl - BC; Myers, Terri - BC Concerning 2502 PARK VIEW DRIVE (GF-21-10366) *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Members of the Historic Landmark Commission,      I support preservation of the Mid‐Century Modern home at 2502 Park View Drive. As an excellent Modern residence, designed by a  well‐known Austin architect, this house has significant historic and architectural value. In addition, it’s the best‐preserved home in  the proposed Austin Air Conditioned Village Historic District and is also representative of the entire proposed District. The Austin  Air Conditioned Village experiment was the first large‐scale and also largest project of test houses built in the 1950s to test the  feasibility and affordability of air‐conditioning in homes affordable to middle‐class buyers. According to Preservation Austin, in  comments to the Historical Landmark Commission, the Air Conditioned Village was not only a nationally‐significant study but also  "an internationally‐renowned experiment in building innovation and social science."     The residence is definitely the most modern in its design of the Air Conditioned Village houses, closest to the International Style of  architecture and Arts & Architecture magazine’s Case Study houses, with a nearly flat roof and a very simple, clean  execution. Other elements of mid‐century design in the house include site‐specific passive cooling strategies, clerestory windows,  exposed roof beams, an asymmetrical, paneled facade, and distinctive patterned‐brick screening walls.    The house is an early, outstanding example of architect Fred Day, who made a substantial contribution to Austin’s  development. According to Preservation Austin, his "involvement in this high‐profile, and much celebrated project was an early  victory in his 40‐year career.” A graduate of the UT School of Architecture, his contributions include the award‐winning Faulk  Central Library, the Teachers Retirement System of Texas building, the Austin Doctors Building, the pro‐bono master  plan and drawings for Laguna Gloria, and renovations to the UT Law School and Student Union. Notable buildings he designed  outside Austin include the Visitors Center at the McDonald Observatory and the Hooper‐Schaeffer Fine Arts  Center at Baylor University. He was president of AIA Austin and awarded an honorary Life Membership on the UT School of  Architecture Advisory Council. He won multiple design awards from the Austin chapter of the American Institute of Architects and  the Texas Society of Architects.    This house, known as “The Air Temp” House, for its Chrysler AirTemp air‐conditioning system, is representative of  the entire Air Conditioned Village experiment in several ways. All of the houses, including this residence, exemplify technological  innovation in design and construction, with cutting‐edge climate‐control techniques. Each had experimental air‐conditioning  systems with a variety of air‐distribution systems. They shared several heat‐reducing strategies as well, such as light paint,  light roofing, and wall and roof insulation. 2502 Park View may have had the deepest overhangs at four feet, but the other houses  had generous overhangs too. All of the homes were studied for one year for their impact on the residents. UT’s Psychology  Department surveyed the inhabitants of the Village houses and area houses without air‐conditioning, comparing the daily habits of  both groups, finding that the Village families slept more, spent more time inside their homes and had to clean less than the other  group. The Air Temp house includes all of the important features of homes in the project.    Mid Tex Mod, in its letter to the Historic Landmark Commission, states that the home “retains a remarkably high degree of  integrity of design, materials, workmanship, and feeling as the most distinctive and intact original residence within the Austin Air‐ Conditioned Village development.” Fred Day produced a striking Modern residence, as opposed to other more conventional ranch  1 57 of 130B-8homes in the project. This early work of Fred Day, exhibiting excellent period architecture, should be preserved  for our Central Texas community.      Sincerely,    Carolyn Croom  2502 Albata Avenue  Austin, Texas 78757    CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   2 58 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Sheryl Kelly Ginsburgh Saturday, August 21, 2021 9:42 PM PAZ Preservation 2502 Park View Drive *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution ***    This was my home for 60 years. It has a gorgeous backyard. I was told that the new owners were not going to raze the  house, and that was why it was sold to them. Maybe they re‐sold it and the new owners decided to raze it. The people  who bought it from the builder got it for a good price because they said they were not going to tear it down. Again,  maybe they re‐sold it. The home was old and did have issues. Please check City Council meeting records for details. One  minute it was a Historical building, the next it wasn’t. PLEASE check Council Council meetings for the full story. Enter:  2502 Park View Drive, Austin Tx 78757 Austin City Council or some variation. It worked for me. It was a hotly debated  topic. My vote is to try to keep the house and do necessary renovation. But I’m not the one paying for that!! Lots of  good memories. The development was called Edge Wood because it truly was the outer limit of Austin!  Please do not contact me.    Sent from my iPhone  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.  1 59 of 130B-8Historical Commission Case: A.2 • PR-2021-064188 Aug.23rd 2502 Park View Dr Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee Commissioners, I support full historic recognition and designation for 2502 Park View. 2502 Park View was one of the experimental houses used to determine how residences could/should be air-conditioned. The experiment was to try various ways to install air conditioning, to determine what life effects it would have, to measure the electricity used to cool the houses - A/C was a change that resulted in housing booms in hot climate. Let me share my perspective. First, I have experience with experimental housing. During the mid-1960s I was leading a software effort at Tracor [Austin’s first ‘technology’ star and first ‘native’ Fortune-500 company] to use computer graphics to show what a future house would look like when inside/outside. At the time architects drew sketches of a building, and made detail ‘mechanical drawings’ of the structural elements. The computer graphics would be a big improvement over just showing a client plan-view drawings, and much cheaper than the sketches, or cardboard models in use. Computer graphics could be interactive. Tracor had professors from UT Architecture School consulting. That work got me involved in a 1969-1970 project called Ice City. Life-size experimental buildings were more useful than cardboard models, and could have ‘organic’ shapes. But, they needed to be discarded, and that was expensive disposal. So, Ice City would build the life-size models during freezing winter from ice-foam, which would just melt when the weather warmed. In 1970 we were doing what is now called 3-D Printing, but on a life-size scale. We also worked on ‘responsive rooms’ which was an attempt to have the building support activity occurring inside. We built instrumented rooms at what is now part of the Pickle Research center. My second perspective is that I’m old enough to have lived ‘before’ and ‘after’ air- conditioning. I was born December 1941. Our milkman in Dallas drove a horse-cart to deliver. By 1945 mom had a Servel brand ‘gas’ refrigerator; a little ‘pilot flame’ heated a bubble pump that compressed the refrigerant. To cool the house [best at night] there was a big fan in the ceiling of the hallway that sucked air in through the windows, and blew it out through the attic. The only cool buildings were department stores and movie theatres. Some still blew air across blocks of ice to cool it. That’s why air-conditioning capacity was once 1 60 of 130B-8 Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee Historical Commission Case: A.2 • PR-2021-064188 Aug.23rd 2502 Park View Dr measured in ‘tons’ [or tons per hour]. The stores and theatres [like the Majestic and Palace in Dallas] used an ammonia refrigerant and water towers to cool it for condensing back to liquid. [Freon? There was no Freon.] What worked for Neiman Marcus and Sanger Bros. would not work for houses. My dad worked at the Magnolia Building in downtown Dallas [It had the “Flying Red Horse” on top.] when it was air-conditioned and they had to find ways to get air ducts through the masonry walls. Our current house on 49th St was built in 1951, and when we bought it in 1979 still had the floor-furnace for heat and had three window A/C to cool. I installed a fan in the ceiling of the hallway to replicate what I knew from childhood as a way to cool at night. The 1981 Memorial Day Flood got water in the crawl space under the house and killed the floor furnace. As a result of the flooding we couldn’t replace it, so the house got ‘central’ A/C. All the ‘How-To’ for domestic central air-conditioning was worked out in the different designs of The Air-Conditioned Village. The work confirmed that there would be a residential market, so technology was invented and improved. Freon did get developed. And, they didn’t “do an Ice-City” on the ‘experimental’ houses to make them disappear – families lived there and kept them. That’s what you’re being asked to preserve. The houses, their purpose, and their past are what you are asked preserve. They are Historical. These houses are icons of a past time. They are like cameras from 1860s, like working steam locomotives from 1880s, like preserved 1905 airplanes, like Edison recordings, like transistorized computers from late 1950s. Cameras, and locomotives, and airplanes, and recordings, and computers can be kept in museums. A village is its’ own museum, if you preserve it Do your duty, protect this group of houses that document the change that made the ‘new South’ possible, air conditioning and how to use it in residences. Thank You – Joe Reynolds 2 61 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Carla Penny Saturday, August 21, 2021 3:04 PM PAZ Preservation GF-21-103669 *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** I support protecting this historic house in Allandale from demolition.  It's a lovely example of mid‐century modernism in  home design use of newly deployed technologies.  This home deserves preservation.     It is also reflective of the mid‐century vibe of this particular part of Allandale.  It would be a terrible loss to  our community if it were not preserved.    I live in a 1954 house a few blocks to the north of this property and have managed to update the interior without  destroying the original design and aesthetic of the house.  I believe this is possible at 2502 Park View as well.    I would hope a commercially viable solution could be found that preserves the character and design of this important  structure.    Carla Penny  2500 Albata Ave, Austin, TX 78757      CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 62 of 130B-863 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Dave Kilpatrick Thursday, August 19, 2021 3:17 PM PAZ Preservation 2502 park view dr. Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Hello, I am writing to express my sincere opposition to the demolition of 2502 park view dr. I do not doubt that this home has no significance for the current owner, but given its provenance with regard to Architect and inclusion in the “air conditioned village” it would certainly have value to many other potential homeowners. It would be a terrible shame to lose this home and introduce a new house which is most likely over-scaled within its context. Respectfully,   Dave Kilpatrick, AIA       CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 64 of 130B-8Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Shirlie Sweet Friday, August 20, 2021 8:57 AM PAZ Preservation 2502 Parkview Dr Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** I am very familiar with Air Conditioned Village, as I grew up at 2505 Parkview.  These houses are quintessentially Mid‐ Century.  They were designed and built by the Austin builder Fabricon with a nod to the Frank Lloyd Wright esthetic. The  component parts ‐ trusses, walls, storage modules, etc were all built off site at  Fabricon’s headquarters and building  center in south Austin and transported to the building site….an early modular concept. We had a home magazine photo  shoot at our house (2505) within a year or two of moving in, which was 1954.  I do have that somewhere and if you are  interested, I will find it and email it to you.    The family who lived at 2502 Parkview  the longest was Gerald and Nancy Kelly and their two daughters Sheryl and Jill,  who grew up in the house.  Nancy was an artist ‐ an abstract expressionist painter who had studied with Michael Fearing  at UT art school, and Gerald was an engineer.   The house was decorated with danish modern furniture, much original  artwork and mid century decor, very much the taste of an artist in that era.  I spent many many hours of my childhood  and young adulthood at their house.    I surmise, since there is a movement to preserve this house as a significant example of mid‐century  modern  architecture, that there is some danger of it being torn down.  I so appreciate the efforts to save it and pray that you are  successful  in being able to preserve it.    Shirlie Ashworth Sweet    CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 65 of 130B-8 wrote: From: Carolyn Croom < Subject: Re: Concerning 2502 Park View Drive (C14H-2021-0164) Date: November 28, 2021 at 11:08:29 PM CST To: BC-Nadia.Ramirez@austintexas.gov, bc-Hank.Smith@austintexas.gov, bc- Jolene.Kiolbassa@austintexas.gov, BC-David.King@austintexas.gov, BC- Timothy.Bray@austintexas.gov, bc-Betsy.Greenberg@austintexas.gov, bc- Ann.Denkler@austintexas.gov, BC-Cesar.Acosta@austintexas.gov, bc- roy.woody@austintexas.gov, BC-Carrie.Thompson@austintexas.gov, bc- Scott.Boone@austintexas.gov Sorry, I meant to include the photo and drawing from 1954 below!: On Nov 28, 2021, at 11:04 PM, Carolyn Croom Dear Members of the Zoning and Platting Commission, 2502 Park View Drive is an exceptional house that should be preserved for posterity. Below are reasons to support Local Historic Landmark designation for this home: Part of internationally-known Austin Air-Conditioned Village. The Austin Air-Conditioned Village was the first large-scale experiment of its kind worldwide. It was the largest study of houses built in the 1950s to determine the feasibility and affordability of air-conditioning in homes affordable to middle-class buyers. This experiment shaped how houses were built nationwide from the 1950s on, by taking good design into consideration to reduce energy consumption, and had a particularly large impact on the Sun Belt. According to Preservation Austin, in comments to the Historic Landmark Commission, the Air-Conditioned Village was not only a nationally-significant study but also "an internationally-renowned experiment in building innovation and social science.” One example of its international impact is that a group of housing experts from the Soviet Union visited this project during the Cold War. The homes had different air-conditioning systems and had extensive technical testing as well as an analysis of cost. UT’s Psychology Department surveyed the inhabitants of the Village houses and area houses without air- conditioning, comparing the daily habits of both groups, finding that the Village families slept more, spent more time inside their homes and had to clean less than the other group. UT’s Departments of Architectural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering were also heavily involved, analyzing data, and conducting further research. Two national trade organizations, many national manufacturers, architects, homebuilders, and homeowners helped establish the feasibility of air-conditioning in modest homes. This study encouraged the adoption of air- conditioning in not just luxury homes, but smaller homes, and influenced the loan policies of FHA and other lenders, by including the cost of air-conditioning equipment in loans and removing stipulations that higher salaries were required to purchase homes with air-conditioning. Early, outstanding example of architect Fred Day. Mr. Day made a substantial contribution to Austin’s development and this superb home from the beginning of his career should be preserved. According to Preservation Austin, his "involvement in this high-profile, and much celebrated project was an early victory in his 40-year career.” A graduate of the UT School of Architecture, his contributions include the award-winning Faulk Central Library, the Teachers Retirement System of Texas building, the Austin Doctors Building, the pro-bono master plan and drawings for Laguna Gloria, the UT Alumni Center, and renovations to the UT Law School and Student Union. Notable buildings he designed outside Austin include the Visitors Center at the McDonald Observatory and the Hooper-Schaeffer Fine Arts Center at Baylor University. He was president of AIA Austin and awarded an honorary Life Membership on the UT School of Architecture Advisory Council. An endowed scholarship 66 of 130B-8in architecture at UT bears his name. He won multiple design awards from the Austin chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Texas Society of Architects. Most architecturally-significant home in the Austin Air-Conditioned Village. 2502 Park View, known as “The Air Temp” House for its Chrysler AirTemp air-conditioning system, is definitely the most modern in its design of the Air-Conditioned Village houses. It’s closest to the International Style of architecture and Arts & Architecture magazine’s Case Study houses, with a nearly flat roof and a very simple, clean execution. Other elements of mid-century design in this innovative house include site-specific passive cooling strategies, high clerestory windows to reduce heat load, exposed roof beams, an asymmetrical, paneled facade, and distinctive patterned-brick screening walls. Mid Tex Mod, in its letter to the Historic Landmark Commission, states that the home “retains a remarkably high degree of integrity of design, materials, workmanship, and feeling as the most distinctive and intact original residence within the Austin Air-Conditioned Village development.” Fred Day produced a striking Modern residence, as opposed to other more conventional ranch homes in the project. While Fred Day’s residence stands out architecturally, the whole development brought together prominent homebuilders and architects who played a valuable role in Austin’s development. City of Austin staff and the Historic Landmark Commission strongly support preservation. City staff strongly recommends historic zoning for 2502 Park View, as it not only meets but exceeds the following criteria for designation as an Historic Landmark: architecture, historical association, and community value. It is also remarkably intact. It’s not common for a building to meet three criteria instead of two, or for all three criteria to be strong. The Historic Landmark Commission voted unanimously to recommend it for Local Historic Landmark designation. Our City, a recognized leader in green building, should find value in preserving a home in an early study on innovative cooling design. Austin has played a trailblazing role in the green building movement, creating the nation’s first green building program. The houses in the Air-Conditioned Village experiment are an early effort at energy-efficient design, in an attempt to make air-conditioning affordable. They exemplify technological innovation in design and construction, with cutting-edge climate- control techniques. Each had experimental air-conditioning systems with a variety of air-distribution systems. They shared several heat-reducing strategies as well, such as light paint, light roofing, generous overhangs, plantings and preservation of old-growth trees for shade, heat-absorbing glass, exhaust fans, wall and roof insulation, and passive solar design. Kitchen and bath exhaust fans and insulation were not common elements in homes then. Important to include modest-sized homes among Austin’s Historic Landmarks. At 1160 square feet, this small home with a big history well deserves a place among Austin’s historic mansions and public buildings. Austin should preserve the few historical structures our City has inherited. Austin is a relatively new city with fewer historic buildings compared with other older cities. That makes it all the more important to preserve the notable buildings that we do have. We preserve our cultural heritage through the preservation of historic places. 2502 Park View is a unique, stand-out home in the remarkable and ambitious Austin Air-Conditioned Village and is a important part of our cultural heritage. Without widespread air-conditioning, Austin and other Sun Belt communities wouldn’t be the cities they are today. A house such as this appears quite rarely, and our City should not miss the opportunity to preserve it. Thank you for considering the preservation of this architectural and historical gem. 67 of 130B-8 Sincerely, Carolyn Croom 2502 Albata Avenue Austin, TX 78757 68 of 130B-8 69 of 130B-870 of 130B-871 of 130B-872 of 130B-873 of 130B-874 of 130B-875 of 130B-876 of 130B-877 of 130B-878 of 130B-879 of 130B-880 of 130B-881 of 130B-882 of 130B-883 of 130B-884 of 130B-885 of 130B-886 of 130B-887 of 130B-888 of 130B-889 of 130B-890 of 130B-891 of 130B-892 of 130B-893 of 130B-894 of 130B-895 of 130B-896 of 130B-897 of 130B-898 of 130B-899 of 130B-8100 of 130B-8101 of 130B-8Allandale Neighborhood Association P.O. Box 10886 Austin Texas 78766-1866 Adopted by the Allandale Neighborhood Association December 1, 2021: Be it resolved that, whereas: The house at 2502 Park View Drive is the most intact and most architecturally significant of the houses from the nationally recognized Austin Air-Conditioned Village, and The house is a significant early work of architect Fred Day, who also designed a number of other well-known and highly regarded buildings in Austin, and The Historic Landmark Commission voted unanimously in favor of its preservation through historic zoning, and The house with its historical associations and its beauty is an asset to the Allandale neighborhood, and A previous owner of the property presented a plan to renovate it in a way that would maintain its historical value, thus demonstrating the practicality of preserving it, therefore The Allandale Neighborhood Association encourages the owner of 2502 Park View Drive not to have it demolished, but rather to renovate it in a way that will maintain its historical value, thereby preserving it for posterity. 1 102 of 130B-8Zoning and Platting Commission Members: I have lived in Austin for decades and am writing to ask that you vote to support the zoning change of 2502 Park View Drive from SF-2 to SF-2-H, as the City’s own staff recommends. This property is part of the internationally renowned Austin Air-Conditioned Village. 2502 Park View Drive is an early, outstanding example of Austin architect Fred Day’s work. This property is the most architecturally significant home in the Air-Conditioned Village and City of Austin staff and its Historic Landmark Commission strongly supports preservation. The civic organizations Preservation Austin and MidTexMod have explained at length why allowing the current owner/developer to demolish this property would be a blow to the design community, not only in Austin but nationally and internationally. Austin proclaims itself to be a recognized leader in green building. If this is truly the case, the argument is compelling for the Commission to find value in preserving a home that is an early study in innovative cooling design. Thank You, Pam Rogers 7604 Melville Cove Austin, Texas 78749 Cell: (512) 968-6280 Hi! My name is Isabel Henderson and I'm a resident of Rosedale. I wanted to reach out about the proposed demolition of 2502 Park View Drive (C14H-2021-0164). This house is part of Austin's Air Conditioned Village and should be preserved as a historic house. It's a unique example of midcentury architecture and represents an attempt to combine design with what was cutting-edge technology at the time (technology that contributed to the development of Austin, the state of Texas, and the Southwest). It's been devastating to watch the houses in this neighborhood be demolished, one after the other. Sometimes it seems that there are entire blocks that are in the process of being razed and rebuilt. We have a responsibility to maintain unique historic homes (such as 2502 Park View Drive) in Austin—or we will regret not doing so, years down the line. If we don't, neighborhoods like Allandale will lose their history and charm, and start to look like any other overdeveloped, cookie-cutter neighborhood across America. Razing 2502 Park View Drive would be a blow not only to the neighborhood but also to the design/architectural community and archive. I cannot encourage you enough to designate this house as a historic landmark, and prevent its destruction. All the best, Isabel Henderson Dear Commissioners, 103 of 130B-8I wholeheartedly support preserving this house (2502 Park View Dr. 7757) as a precious piece of Austin history and a neighborhood gem. I have lived in this neighborhood for 29 years and have long admired this house for its striking mid- century aesthetic. Once I learned of its important past as a prototype for modern air conditioning I have valued it even more. Please protect this important, though modest, piece of architecture and cultural history in Allandale. Carla Penny 2500 Albata Ave, Austin, TX 78757 To the Commissioners of the Zoning and Platting Commission - I am an Allandale Neighborhood Association Board member and chair the ANA’s Zoning, Planning, and Land Use Committee. More importantly, I am an Austin resident and your neighbor. I’m writing you regarding item C14H-2021-0164 and to ask that you vote to support the zoning change of 2502 Park View from SF-2 to SF-2-H, as the City’s own staff recommends. What makes Austin a destination community is not an aggregation of real estate transactions – including this proposed demolition -- but also our unique social community and its historical icons. The Air- Conditioned Village’s 2502 is such an icon and contributes to what makes Allandale a historically significant neighborhood. The Air-Conditioned Village was built to pilot new air conditioning technology in the 1950s. Besides the mechanics, the Air-Conditioned Village homes also showcased architectural design and construction practices to preserve and retain the chilled air. Those practices today are studied and applied in sustainable architecture. The Zoning and Platting Commission December 7th meeting takes place only a month after the Glasgow Climate Summit. Voting against rezoning such an environmentally relevant icon to SF-2-H would be ironic. Sincerely, Nathalie Frensley To the members of the Zoning and Platting Commission: I support the preservation of the house at 2502 Park View Drive. The house is a beautiful example of the domestic architecture of the mid-twentieth-century, by a well-known Austin architect, and has significant historic value as a surviving element of the Austin Air Conditioned Village. My wife and I have enjoyed seeing the house on our walks around the neighborhood, and very much appreciated the tour of the Air Conditioned Village offered by MidTexMod a few years ago. I concur with the more detailed justification found in the letter of June 16, 2020, from Elizabeth Porterfield of MidTexMod to the Historic Landmark Commission. Please vote for the preservation of 2502 Park View Drive. Thanks for your kind attention. 104 of 130B-8John Tate 2502 Albata Avenue Austin, Texas 78757 Council District 7 Please do not allow demolition of the house at 2502 Park View Dr., and designate it as a Local Historic Landmark. As part of the Austin Air-Conditioned Village and designed by Fred Day, this house is an important example of mid-century modern and passive house architecture that deserves to be preserved. Regards, Susan Nayak Austin, TX 78756 105 of 130B-8Dear Members of the Zoning and Platting Commission, Fred Day graduated from University of Texas at Austin in 1950 with a degree in Architecture. In 1954, a home he designed was included as part of a national study with international consequences, the Austin Air-Conditioned Village experiment. The home is now a prized architectural example of Mid-century Modern style. It stands at 2502 Park View Drive. Showcased is not only Fred Day's masterful architectural vision, described as unique and spirited, but also the elements of the organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. The unique home in which my parents lived for 60 years, was their pride and joy. It caught the attention of many passersby who would summon their courage to ask for a tour of the house's interior. They were never disappointed because the interior also was exciting. What makes this house so noticeable? Why does it evoke such powerful positive feelings? It is because Fred Day created harmony from disparate elements: planes lines, angles, positive and negative space, asymmetry, and mixed materials. From complexity, there emerged a tantalizing form of “Art-chitecture.” Consider the brick work. No two walls or lines are the same height, but because they begin past the left side of the house and extend past the right side, they create a uniting theme. Consider also the color scheme of yellow and grey. This color combination is introduced in the square panels on the front of the home. It continues into the bathrooms where the counters are made of inlaid one-inch-square yellow tiles. The walls are made of inlaid one-inch-square grey tiles. This color scheme ends outside on the tall, alternating yellow and grey privacy panels enclosing the oversized back patio and the large surrounding grass area. They were clearly visible through the back glass walls of the living room. Elements of form-following-function can be seen through the interior and exterior of the home. An example is the atrium, which graces the front patio roof. It provides sunlight for the plants and kitchen, and allows additional breeze to the front patio. However, even Fred Day could not imagine its comedic touch. An errant peacock flew to the atrium to observe people below. Recently, after my parents passed away, we had a garage sale. We were thrilled to see a troop of neighbors walking from the west end of Park View, to our sale at the east end. But they did not come to buy. They came to talk serious business, and to have their voices heard. They came armed with blueprints of homes in the Air-Conditioned Village, original books giving the specifications of the air conditioning and they brought formidable knowledge of Fred Day. These peoples' homes were not included in the Air-Conditioned Village but they still had 65- year-old artifacts, passed down from one homeowner to the next. They had witnessed something important. They wanted to be heard. They wanted to see the home preserved. They said this repeatedly, and this was their main message. 106 of 130B-8With each decision we make, we create our legacy. Will we demolish 2502 Park View Drive, leaving future generations to wonder, what were they thinking? Or will we be thanked by them for preserving this wonderful architectural and historical home? What will be our legacy? Thank you for your time and consideration. Respectfully, Sheryl Kelly Ginsburgh, Ph.D. Hello Mr. Rivera, I will be speaking tomorrow at the hearing for ZAP but wanted to submit my written comments just in case. Thanks so much! Kelly Hello, my name is Kelly Savedra and I support the preservation of the property at 2502 Park View Drive. My family and I live down the street from 2502 Park View Drive in a house that is very similar, located at 2710 Park View. These two houses share the same floor plan, square footage, and mid-century modern design, and they are the same age. They differ in some design details and materials, but the biggest difference is that the house at 2502 was built as part fo the historic Austin Air Conditioned Village, and ours was not. While ours has some of the same architectural value, 2502 was created by Fred Day as part of the Air Conditioned Village, so it has the historical and community value that ours does not. We have been here since 2005 and after moving into this house have raised two children now 14 and 10 years old. We fell in love with this house the moment we saw it because the architecture has such a unique and beautiful design. The house needed a lot of work but we were willing to put in the money and time to keep the bones of this house in tact. Even before we were able to remodel almost every person who visited our house said how marvelous it was. From the magnificent natural light gained by all the windows to the open layout that was so treasured in mid century modern houses. Eventually, through a mutual acquaintance, a couple came over who are architects specializing in mid century preservation and design. They told us that they believed our house to be one of the best examples of a true mid century modern house that they had seen in Austin. They told us to call them first, when we decided to do any remodeling to the house. Years later we did just that, and they were able to help us update the house while keeping it true to its mid century design. Now we love this house even more. It is still the same house, but with new windows, siding and an HVAC system to make it 107 of 130B-8energy efficient. The clean lines that already existed in the original design are accentuated beautifully with our updated kitchen and the openness though out the home. We didn’t add on to this house or knock down any walls, we just let the beauty of the house shine through. I tell you all this because if these things are true of our house they can be true of 2502 Park View as well. We happily raised a family with two children here, we love having people over to see our beautiful and unique house. 2502 Park View has even more reason to be preserved, because it was part of the air-conditioned village. I think it would be a disgrace to tear down this wonderful piece of history. We bought in this neighborhood because we loved its character and charm. This house is a prime example of how this neighborhood started. I have seen it argued that a house this size isn’t suitable for families anymore. Well, I can tell you we are living proof that this is simply not true. Believe it or not some people do still like to have a yard for their children to run in, and we have never found our house to be too small for our needs as a family of four, even with our children in their teenage years. The Historical Landmark Commission states that properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation, three makes an even stronger case, like a sturdy three-legged stool. While my home has the architectural merit it lacks the other criteria needed to be deemed historical, only one leg to stand on. 2502 has outstanding architectural, historical and community value, a sturdy three-legged stool that you can rest your reputation on. Please preserve this marvelous piece of Allandale history, there aren’t very many of these gems left to save. Thank you for your time and consideration. Madam Chair & Commissioners, I respectfully urge you to support the recommendation of staff and the Historic Landmark Commission for historic zoning for the 'Chrysler Air Temp' house at 2502 Park View Drive. There is no question of the historic merit of the Air Conditioned Village -- these 22 Allendale homes served as the proving ground for the modern era of central air conditioning, and in so doing they shaped the future residential development of much of the United States -- and the Chrysler Air Temp house at 2502 Park View Drive is considered the best example remaining. While we often think of historic properties as grand or majestic in nature, or associated with wealthy or powerful individuals, this is an opportunity to recognize the value of a unique mid-century property built for middle class homeowners. As a city that prides itself as being special and unique, and as cultivating innovation and technology, it is fitting to preserve the history of this property. 108 of 130B-8On a personal note, thank you for your service on the Commission. I served six years on ZAP and, while I very much enjoyed the opportunity to serve the community, I recognize that it is a significant commitment, not only for yourself but your family as well. Thanks for giving your time and talent to better our city. Please let me know if I may answer any questions or provide additional materials. Sincerely, John Donisi 2220 Parkway Austin, TX 78703 109 of 130B-8Zoning & Platting Commission Case: C14H-2021-0164 Dec 7 2502 Park View Dr Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee Commissioners, I am writing for myself – I support full historic recognition and designation for 2502 Park View. 2502 Park View was one of the experimental houses in The Air Conditioned Village, used to determine how residences could/should be air-conditioned. The experiment was to try various ways to install air conditioning, to try different A/C designs, to study how to move the cold air, how to preserve the cool during summer heat, to determine what life effects it would have, to measure the electricity used to cool the houses - A/C was a change that resulted in housing booms in hot climate. It made business in the South attractive. The Air Conditioned Village was a joint project of the National Association of Homebuilders, and the University of Texas. It was similar to SEMATECH the semiconductor consortium that Admiral Inman initiated here in Austin in 1987, but without the government funding. Various potential competitors could work on common problems, to advance technology, avoiding concerns of improper collusion. In 1950s major population centers were in the North. There, houses have basements because the foundation must be deep, below the freeze line. Furnaces were put in the basement, and in some of them ducts in the basement directed the hot air to the various rooms; some sent heat via steam pipes to the various rooms for radiators. Also, in the North, attics are extra rooms, where odd stuff is stored. In the South, attics are ovens. In the South freezing ground isn’t a problem, so houses have slab foundations or short piers. The AC Village would ‘investigate’ various ways to place equipment, investigate how to move heat, to determine what redesign would improve that. It was to show the practicality of air-conditioned living. In 1950, air conditioners used ammonia as the chemical to move heat from the cooling evaporator to the condenser. Liquid ammonia expands and vaporizes as it is released into cooling coils. The heat of vaporization required to change from liquid stage to vapor is taken from the coils and the air that blows over them; they become cool. The ammonia, now a gas is sucked out to a compressor, where during compression, the same amount of heat is released to coils making them hot. When they are cooled, the ammonia becomes a liquid, repeating the cycle. Using ammonia, the coils at the compressor must give such a temperature change that a water cooling tower is needed. One of the results of the AC Village was to redesign the air conditioners to use a different chemical, to replace ammonia. Some of the air conditioning manufacturers 1 110 of 130B-8 Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee Zoning & Platting Commission Case: C14H-2021-0164 Dec 7 2502 Park View Dr looked for an ‘inert’ chemical with suitable heat of vaporization, and pressure state curves. They found what we call Freon. It was a laboratory curiosity first compounded in a lab by DuPont in the 1930s. The AC Village got some of it put into production to test as that replacement. The ‘new’ Freon was successful. If it leaked it wasn’t corrosive and didn’t injure people who were in the cloud. And, it didn’t require a water-chilling tower to re-condense – a fan blowing outside temperature air across the coils could cool it for the next cycle. The house at 2502 Park View is one of those houses – Chrysler Air-Temp started making units using Freon. The follow up to this redesign was further massive changes in society. The manufacturers made compact units with the coils on the two ends of a box – ‘window’ air conditioning units. Mount the box in a window, plug it in, and cool air comes out the grill inside the room, and hot air blows out the outside grill. This allowed AC to be added to existing multi-story buildings that didn’t have space for adding ductwork – all the outside offices, those with windows, could be cooled. Then, by about 1957 you got air conditioners in cars. If you already had a car you could get an add-on with the cool air grill sitting on the hump next to the gear shift. Another big change that happened at the village was with thermal insulation. How to keep the cool-inside from being heated by the hot-outside. Through the 1940s the material used for thermal insulation was asbestos. It is a natural material that was mined, and then made into shaped ceramics, or into various ‘wool’ forms. The ‘wool’ was used for insulation of hot water heaters, for steam pipes, for furnaces, and was beginning to be used as roof insulation in houses. In the 1930s the way to make glass fibers was developed. A jet of air is blown onto a pool of molten glass, and that will blow up a drop of glass; it is caught and the trailing thread is rolled onto a spindle. As it rolls up, long glass threads are made. During WW-II the glass threads were woven into strong fabric for various applications. The plastics needed to make things like molded boat hulls with the fiber cloth encapsulated for strength were not developed during the war. Small boats were plywood. But, during the time of the AC Village, manufacturers substituted fiberglass for asbestos to make insulation for walls and ceilings. They insulated ducts carrying conditioned air to various rooms. The changes triggered by the AC Village were not just physical engineering and architectural things; they were also policy and finance. The Austin A/C Village facilitated the adoption of residential air conditioning by proving that it could be installed and operated in well-built houses at a reasonable cost, which influenced the loan policies of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Veterans Administration (VA), and other lending institutions. Officials from both FHA and VA 2 111 of 130B-8Zoning & Platting Commission Case: C14H-2021-0164 Dec 7 2502 Park View Dr Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee attended the ‘opening’ of the project. At the end of the project, you could get a subsidized loan on an air-conditioned house. All the ‘How-To’ for domestic central air-conditioning was worked out in the different designs of The Air-Conditioned Village. The work confirmed that there would be a residential market, so technology was invented and improved. Freon became dominant, replacing ammonia. The ‘experimental’ houses became part of the neighborhood – families lived there and kept them. That’s what you’re being asked to preserve. This house, its purpose, and its past are what you are asked preserve. The houses of the Village are Historical. The houses are icons of a past time. They are like cameras from 1860s, like working steam locomotives from 1880s, like preserved 1907 airplanes, like Edison recordings, like transistorized computers from late 1950s. Cameras, and locomotives, and airplanes, and recordings, and computers can be kept in museums. A village is its’ own museum, if you preserve it. Do your duty; protect this house. It is not like any 1860’s camera, it is like Mathew Brady’s camera that photographed the Civil War. 2502 Park View documents the changes that made the ‘New South’ possible, air conditioning and how to use it in residences. Thank You – Joe Reynolds 3 112 of 130B-8Historic Designation Supports Affordable Housing Case C14H-2021-0164 2502 Park View Joe Reynolds 2611 West 49th St Member Allandale Zoning Committee Most Austin residents need ‘affordable’ housing. The median price is too Historic designation reduces bidding by foreign and corporate buyers when Commissioners, I am writing for myself. I’m addressing the false idea that making something ‘Historic’ makes it more expensive. Importance of Affordable Housing high. This means that both monthly rental and monthly mortgage payments consume too much of family income. The median price numbers are skewed by new construction, so one approach is to preserve older places as livable space. The older units reflect the building patterns of yesteryear. Most are small single family houses developed at the end of World War II when the veterans got housing benefits. (I will relate my personal story at the end. When I was 3yrs old, my family of 7 moved into a 700sqft house in a housing project on the West City Limit of Dallas.) Impact of Historic Designation Historic designation is an impediment to scraping a perfectly good, affordable, house into dumpsters and the landfill. A Historic house may have some limits on any changes to its’ ‘street appearance’, but it remains viable as a residence and be maintainable. It’s a great place for kids and pets. the house is for sale. They want a clear path to getting the most money quickly. They bid up prices, preventing individuals and families from having access to the lower price of existing housing. Historic designation deters even local serial demolishers, who force individuals and families out of the market. They want to build new and big. But, any new place is much more expensive than older existing residences. Pflugerville Palaces are $$$$. If Historic Zoning is denied, 2502 Park View will not remain affordable. Importance of Preserving Culture into the future. Without the heritage each youngster and family must rediscover for themselves ways to approach social and personal problems. Without the cultural surrounding, key community institutions, like churches and social clubs, will fail. Then neighbor-neighbor support fails too. Impact of New Development Destructive I was very active during the ICRC redistricting of Council Districts. I went to most of the meetings. The loss of traditional ‘place’ was evident in the new Census data. The racial change of the residents is complete and was precipitous. Areas formerly supporting racial opportunity voting were no longer applicable. Many new housing blocks were permitted with a percentage of ‘affordable’ units, but the building caused an exodus, and removed the existing affordable housing. Families and communities need experiences of the past to provide stability 1 113 of 130B-8Historic Designation Supports Affordable Housing Case C14H-2021-0164 2502 Park View Joe Reynolds 2611 West 49th St Member Allandale Zoning Committee Gentrification from new development caused an almost complete loss of When the traditional residents were displaced, those families lost a source of local, traditional culture. Going ‘home’ for holiday is now mostly ‘going nowhere’. family wealth. Many went from owning homes to renting, from benefitting from rising property value, to being subject to increased monthly rental. Personal ownership of a house as an asset is replaced by corporate ownership, and by monthly fees adversely impacting budgets. My Story of Affordable Housing I was born at the beginning of WW-II in a house in Dallas that my folks rented. I have visual memories of the house and of a few events. The house is still in use today and roughly the same as in 1941, with a garage being altered. The neighborhood is still intact. The summer I was 3 yrs. our family moved into a War Housing Project called Dallas Park that was on the west city limit of Dallas, bordered on the North by the Ft.Worth Highway, and on the South by the small town of Cockrell Hill. That year my grandmother was widowed and she moved in with us. The family was Mom, Dad, 4 kids, and Grandmother; 7 of us. And the house in Dallas Park was 700sq ft, 2- bedroom, with a small 6,000sqft lot. Next to us was a duplex, each side 700sq ft.; and there were some two story apartments with 4 units. 300 families in Dallas Park. There was a maintenance shed that loaned out equipment like lawnmowers, and one of our summer chores was pushing it around to cut the grass. The families became a community. Kids (when chore-free) were on their own; after breakfast you went out to find friends and keep yourself occupied. Lunch was at whoever’s house you were at around noon – I’m sure that there were phone calls “They’re here and I’ll feed ‘em.” It was a party-line phone so conversations were not private. The rule was to be home by supper. The group of us kids grew up together, and 75 years later we still keep contact. Grade school, Jr.High, High School, the home room never seemed to change. There were problem kids, but only a few. One stabbed his mother, one went to prison as a habitual criminal. Others became lawyers, one was a founder of Six Flags, one was important in ‘Freeze Machines’ that are the basis of frozen margaritas, one had an airplane parts business; many stories. A few years after the war ended, about 1950 or so, the residents could buy their places and stay on. Most did. My folks did. I don’t know the price. Rent had been $20, and the mortgage was something my folks could afford. They stayed in the house until they died in the mid to late 1980s. The house was worth about $40,000. In 1979 my wife and I bought our house here in Austin, on 49th St for $67,000. 2 114 of 130B-8Historic Designation Supports Affordable Housing Case C14H-2021-0164 2502 Park View Joe Reynolds 2611 West 49th St Member Allandale Zoning Committee Dallas Park is still a vibrant community; it’s Latino now. The food in Cockrell Hill is great. The families know each other, and their relationships seem similar to my childhood. I visit there, mostly to check on the old house. The place hasn’t been scraped to put in apartment blocks. There are apartments, but they were built on vacant land while my folks still lived. No one displaced, just more folks. And, while the house owners gain value as the real estate increases, no one is pushed by rising rents. Mortgages usually are fixed payments. Dallas Park is still Affordable Housing. 3 115 of 130B-8Brummett, Elizabeth From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Annie Compton Saturday, January 22, 2022 4:09 PM Nadia.Ramirez@austintexas.gov; Smith, Hank - BC; Kiolbassa, Jolene - BC; King, David - BC; Bray, Timothy - BC; Greenberg, Betsy - BC; Denkler, Ann - BC; Boone, Scott - BC Rivera, Andrew; Brummett, Elizabeth Please support Historic Zoning for 2502 Park View Drive (C14H-2021-0164) *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Members of the Zoning and Platting Commission,    I live near 2502 Park View Drive and enjoy taking visitors by this house, recounting its seminal role in early active and  passive energy–efficient design.  The "Chrysler Air Temp" house at 2502 Park View Drive is the most architecturally-significant home in the nationally-renowned Austin Air-Conditioned Village. It is also, according to a long-time member of the Historic Landmark Commission, one of the best local Mid-century Modern homes that has been reviewed by the commission.   Our forward-thinking city, a leader in green building, should preserve this striking home. It is a living example of that ground breaking study in the application and implementation of energy-efficient cooling design. The study had and continues to have an enormous impact on the design, manufacture and marketing of housing nationally.   This unique AC Village home and its fellow “villagers” placed our neighborhood, and our city the forefront of modern design.  Please vote to preserve this important part of Austin's heritage.           Thank you.  Sincerely,  Dorothy Ann Compton   1 116 of 130B-8 TRAVIS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION Austin, Texas January 28, 2022 To: City of Austin Zoning and Platting, # C14H-2021-0164 The Travis County Historical Commission would like to support historic zoning for the property located at 2502 Park View Drive, Austin. This property is part of Allandale’s Air Conditioned Village, a 1954 era development meant to highlight the use and appeal of central air conditioning for middle income housing. It was the first of its kind, worldwide, and used by homebuilders and University of Texas scientists to assess the effectiveness of the systems along with associated features such as site orientation, landscaping, paint and overhangs. The house maintains its integrity and historical significance and deserves protection and future interpretation. It was designed by local architect Fred Day and meets the criteria for historic zoning under the current code for architecture, historical association and community value. The current demolition request would destroy one of the few remaining Air Conditioned Village properties and leave Austin without this important historical asset. We join other preservation organizations including Preservation Austin and Mid Tex Mod in requesting that a demolition permit not be approved and that the site be awarded historic zoning. Respectfully, James Robert “Bob” Ward Chair Travis County Historical Commission 117 of 130B-8Zoning & Platting Commission Case: C14H-2021-0164 Dec 7 2502 Park View Dr Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee I support full Historic Recognition and Designation for 2502 Park View. 2502 Park View was one of the experimental houses in The Air Conditioned Village, used to determine how residences could/should be air-conditioned. The experiment was to try various ways to install air conditioning, try different A/C designs, study how to distribute the cold air, how to prevent the summer heat from coming in, to measure the electricity used to cool the houses , to determine what life effects the cooling would have. The A/C Village was a joint project of the National Association of Homebuilders, and the University of Texas. It was similar to SEMATECH, the semiconductor consortium that Admiral Inman initiated here in Austin in 1987. In 1950s major population centers were in the North. There, houses have basements because the foundation must be deep, below the freeze line. Furnaces were put in the basement, and in some of them ducts in the basement directed the hot air to the various rooms; some sent heat via steam pipes to the various rooms for radiators. Also, in the North, attics are extra rooms, where odd stuff is stored. In the South, attics are ovens. In the South freezing ground isn’t a problem, so houses have slab foundations or short piers. The AC Village would ‘investigate’ various ways to place equipment, investigate how to distribute conditioned air, to determine what redesign would improve that. It was to show the practicality of air-conditioned living. Before 1950, air conditioners used ammonia as the chemical to move heat from the cooling evaporator to the condenser. Liquid ammonia expands and vaporizes as it is 1 118 of 130B-8Zoning & Platting Commission Case: C14H-2021-0164 Dec 7 2502 Park View Dr released into cooling coils. The heat of vaporization required to change from liquid Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee stage to vapor is taken from the coils, and thus from the air that blows over them; the air is cooled. The ammonia, now a gas is sucked thru piping to a compressor, where, during compression, that same heat is released to a second set of coils making them hot. When those are cooled, the ammonia again becomes a liquid, repeating the cycle. Using ammonia, the coils at the compressor must give such a temperature change that a water cooling tower is needed. One of the results of the AC Village was to redesign the air conditioners to use a different chemical, replacing ammonia. Some of the air conditioning manufacturers looked for an ‘inert’ chemical with suitable heat of vaporization, and pressure state curves. They found what we call Freon. It was a laboratory curiosity first compounded by DuPont in the 1930s. The A/C Village got some of it put into production to test as the ammonia replacement. The ‘new’ Freon was successful. If it leaked it wasn’t corrosive and didn’t injure people who were in the cloud. And, it didn’t require a water-chilling tower to re-condense – a fan blowing out-door temperature air across the coils could cool it for the next cycle. The house at 2502 Park View is one of those houses – Chrysler Air-Temp started making units using Freon. In the A/C Village ducts carried the cool air to the various rooms. That allowed for a single blower and one set of cooling coils, making things cheaper. The design recycled the inside air, re-cooling it with the single blower. This required that the architects provide for the ducts. But, existing buildings likely didn’t have space for the ducts. The equivalent of steam radiators for air conditioning wasn’t feasible or cost effective in the ‘50s. The follow up to this redesign, was further massive changes in society outside the project. The manufacturers soon made compact units with evaporator and condenser coils on the two ends of a box – ‘window’ air conditioning units. Mount 2 119 of 130B-8Zoning & Platting Commission Case: C14H-2021-0164 Dec 7 2502 Park View Dr the box in a window, plug it in, and cool air comes out the grill inside the room, and Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee hot air blows out the outside grill. No ducts. Then, by about 1957 you got air conditioners in cars. Another big change that happened at the village was with thermal insulation. How to keep the cool-inside from being ruined by the hot-outside. Through the 1940s the material used for thermal insulation was asbestos. Asbestos ‘wool’ was used for insulation of hot water heaters, for steam pipes, for furnaces, and was beginning to be used as roof insulation in houses. In the 1930s a way to make glass fibers was developed. A jet of air is blown onto a pool of molten glass, and that will blow up a drop of glass; it is caught and the trailing thread is rolled onto a spindle. As it rolls up, long glass threads are made. During WW-II the glass threads were woven into strong fabric for various applications. During the time of the AC Village, manufacturers substituted fiberglass fibers for asbestos to make insulation. They insulated the ducts carrying cooled air to various rooms. Soon they insulated the walls and ceilings too. The changes triggered by the AC Village were not just physical engineering and architectural things; they were also policy and finance. The success of the A/C Village influenced the loan policies of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Veterans Administration (VA), and other lending institutions. Officials from both FHA and VA attended the ‘opening’ of the project. At its end, you could get a subsidized loan on an air-conditioned house. The A/C Village confirmed that there would be a residential market, so technology was invented and improved. Freon became dominant, replacing ammonia. The 3 120 of 130B-8Zoning & Platting Commission Case: C14H-2021-0164 Dec 7 2502 Park View Dr Joseph Reynolds 2611 West 49th Member Allandale Zoning Committee ‘experimental’ houses became part of the neighborhood – families lived there and kept them. Recently Austin Energy held a session about changes in their Green Building program. The basic energy building code has been updated. And, the changes address similar issues as the Air Conditioned Village, where ducts are placed and how they are insulated; what sorts of wall and ceiling insulation are placed and where. It was a significant list of updates to the Standard, and the Air Conditioned Village was the clear forerunner of this contemporary active program. That’s what you’re being asked to preserve. This house, its purpose, and its past are what you are asked preserve. The houses of the Village are Historical. The houses are icons of a past time that led to the future. They are like cameras from 1860s, like working steam locomotives from 1880s, like preserved 1909 airplanes, like Edison recordings, like transistorized computers from late 1950s. Cameras, locomotives, airplanes, recordings, and computers can be kept in museums. A village is its’ own museum, if you preserve it. Do your duty; protect this house. 2502 Park View is not like just any 1860’s camera, it is like Mathew Brady’s camera that photographed the Civil War. 2502 Park View must be protected. It documents the changes that made the ‘New South’ possible -- air conditioning and how to use it in residences. Joe Reynolds J 4 121 of 130B-8Brummett, Elizabeth From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: John Tate Sunday, January 30, 2022 5:37 PM Ramirez, Nadia - BC; Smith, Hank - BC; Kiolbassa, Jolene - BC; King, David - BC; Bray, Timothy - BC; Greenberg, Betsy - BC; Denkler, Ann - BC; Acosta, Cesar - BC; Woody, Roy - BC; Thompson, Carrie - BC; Boone, Scott - BC Brummett, Elizabeth; Rivera, Andrew Case C14H-2021-0164, 2502 Park View Drive, favoring preservation *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** To the members of the Zoning and Platting Commission: I’m a member of the Board of Directors of the Allandale Neighborhood Association, writing today on my own behalf and not for the Association. However, I will also take this opportunity to inform you of a recent action of the Board. I support preservation of 2502 Park View Avenue, on the grounds of its historic value. My wife and I have long enjoyed seeing the house on walks around the neighborhood, and we appreciated the tour of the Air Conditioned Village organized by MidTexMod a few years ago. It’s rewarding to know something of the history of one’s neighborhood. Construction of the Air Conditioned Village began in 1953. All 22 homes had central air conditioning equipment furnished by a variety of manufacturers. Rather than being named for their original owners like the Scarborough House and similar grand mansions, these houses were named for their air conditioners. 2502 Park View Avenue was called the Chrysler Air-Temp House. In addition to central air, the houses had ventilation in attics, kitchens, and bathrooms, windows positioned to avoid strong sun, insulated walls, and roofs with overhangs and carports to create more shade. Energy-efficient features specific to this house include its south-facing orientation, the low-pitched roof with four-foot overhangs, clerestory windows with heat-absorbing glass to reduce heat load, and a large carport to the southwest. Even back then, Austin was a leader in green building! Starting in 1954, the homes and the families living in them were part of a year-long study of the technical, economic, and social aspects of air conditioning in smaller homes. This study encouraged the adoption of air conditioning in such homes, and it influenced the loan policies of FHA and other lenders to make it easier for people of modest means to purchase a home with air conditioning. Many in Allandale appreciate the history of the neighborhood, and hope some of its material aspects will be preserved. This past December, the Board of Directors of the Allandale Neighborhood Association passed a resolution recognizing 2502 Park View Avenue as an asset to the neighborhood because of its history, and encouraging the owner not to demolish it, but to renovate it in a way that will preserve its historical value. We sent the resolution to the owner with a letter offering to facilitate a solution that meets everyone’s objectives. The neighborhood association has not taken a position on the historic zoning request before the city, nor has it taken a position on the previous application for a national historic district for the Air Conditioned Village, or on any of the other houses that would have been included in the district. Thanks very much for considering the historic value of this house. John Tate 2502 Albata Avenue Council District 7 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 122 of 130B-8Brummett, Elizabeth From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Robert E Mace Sunday, January 30, 2022 9:14 PM Robert Mace Rivera, Andrew; Brummett, Elizabeth 2502 Park View *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution ***    Dear Commissioners (I bcc’d y’all since there may be rules against me including you all in the To: line):    I am writing in support of preserving the house at 2502 Park View. This house is part of the Austin Air‐Conditioned  Village but is also, in my opinion, one the best examples of Mid‐Century Modern architecture in Allandale. The low‐ slanting roof, de Stilj facade, Miesian brickwork, and the peek‐a‐boo, mid‐volume roof window, and clerestory windows  all scream Atomic Age architecture at its best. The house is nearly in its original condition and is still as far‐sighted and  progressive today as it was back in the 1950s.    Allandale is more and more coming under the bulldozer blade, losing the original character of the neighborhood. Many  places, arguably, need to be (and will be) scraped, but 2502 Park View is inspired MCM architecture, something that is in  high demand these days, especially by the culturally aware that more and more occupy our streets.    Please help us protect and save this house.    ‐Robert Mace  6909 Daugherty Street  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.  1 123 of 130B-8Brummett, Elizabeth From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Kevin Smith Monday, January 31, 2022 11:07 AM Ramirez, Nadia - BC; Smith, Hank - BC; Kiolbassa, Jolene - BC; King, David - BC; Bray, Timothy - BC; Greenberg, Betsy - BC; Denkler, Ann - BC; Acosta, Cesar - BC; Woody, Roy - BC; Thompson, Carrie - BC; Boone, Scott - BC Rivera, Andrew; Brummett, Elizabeth 2502 Park View Dr *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** My name is Kevin Smith, and I live adjacent to 2502 Park View Dr.   I favor and agree with the broad coalition of academic, governmental, non‐profit, and preservation institutions (such as  UT‐Austin, The Texas Historical Commission, the City of Austin’s Historic Preservation Office, the Allandale  Neighborhood Association, Preservation Austin, and Mid Tex Mod). In addition, over 520 Austinites and approximately  180 of my Allandale neighbors (residents of the Allandale’s zip codes) agree with the home’s historical nature.  Indeed, I  am not alone in believing that 2502 Park View Dr is a landmark home worth saving.  To me, without a doubt, the architecture of this home is an excellent example of mid‐century modern architecture. In  addition, knowing that the house was designed by local Austin architect Fred Day (who designed other notable local  commercial and civic buildings), with unique architectural features to 2502 Park View Dr, further informs me of its  architectural significance.  Lastly, as others have spoken about, this home is the best‐preserved example of Austin’s Air Conditioned Village. With  the technical data provided by Austin’s Air Conditioned Village experiment, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)  amended its home loan requirements to allow for homebuyers of modest means to qualify for a loan on a home that  contained central air‐conditioning. For it is my understanding that at this time, the requirements to purchase a home  with central air‐conditioning precluded most middle‐income homebuyers!  As is continuously mentioned in public testimony, I would like to address the misconception that I am the only  homeowner of an Air Conditioned Village home that supported the effort to list Austin’s Air Conditioned Village on the  National Register of Historic Places. In reality, I am only one of the approximately 30% who supported the nomination.  Even if the nomination had passed, as the National Park Service clearly stated, it would not have prevented a potential  demolition of this home.  As I realize there is a potential increased monetary cost in partially versus completely demolishing the home, I have been  a constant advocate for the partial‐demolition strategy. The Historic Landmark Commission’s Architectural Review  Committee worked with a previous owner on such a strategy. As a result, the previous owner agreed to preserve the  existing home’s front, right, and roofline while allowing for a rather substantial addition. Also, I would encourage the  applicant and his agents to work with City staff to maximize the addition size as the development code allows City staff  to grant greater entitlements than those found in the code.  I view this as an excellent compromise and one that allows the property owner’s developer to create a unique one‐of‐a‐ kind showcase home that preserves and highlights the pre‐existing architectural qualities and allows for a substantial  addition to deliver the greater square footage.  Kindest Regards,  Kevin  1 124 of 130B-8From: Myers, Terri ‐ BC <bc‐Terri.Myers@austintexas.gov>  Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 11:47 AM  To: Greenberg, Betsy ‐ BC <bc‐Betsy.Greenberg@austintexas.gov>  Subject: Re: Rezoning Case Number C14H‐2021‐0164 (Council District 7), concerning property at 2502 Park View Drive,  Austin, TX 78757; Notice of Owner's Rights Under Issued Demolition Permit and Demand for Dismissal of Rezoning  Application Number 2021‐157316      Ms. Greenberg,     I have reviewed the letter and exhibits sent to the city regarding a demolition permit for 2502 Park View  Drive.  The current owner's attorney stated that they had a demolition permit for the building  from an email  from the Preservation Officer, Steve Sadowsky, but he later "changed his mind," and told them that they DID  need to go to the Landmark Commission for review.  It is clear from Exhibit A that the Preservation Officer  thought they were talking about a different building, saw his error, and emailed the owner only four hours  after his initial email (both on June 14, 2021) to let them know they would need to go to the HLC because they  were asking for a full demolition, not renovation, and that required HLC review.     As to the claim that the HLC based its decision to initiate and recommend landmark status for the house at its  July 26 and August 23, 2021 meetings on our interpretation of the word "integrity," yes we did, but our  interpretation is based on our many years of professional expertise in documenting and assessing the  significance of historic resources.  The commission has three preservation architects, four architectural  historians, and an engineer, all of whom agreed that the house at 2502 Park View Drive meets the criteria in  the areas of architecture, historic associations, and community value for designation as an official City of  Austin Historic Landmark. We came to this conclusion several years ago when the previous owner wanted to  demolish the house (but then agreed to renovate it), and we remain committed to that evaluation.    Sincerely,     Terri Myers, Chairman  Austin Historic Landmark Commission        From: Greenberg, Betsy ‐ BC <bc‐Betsy.Greenberg@austintexas.gov>  Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 8:15 PM  To: Myers, Terri ‐ BC <bc‐Terri.Myers@austintexas.gov>  Subject: Fw: Rezoning Case Number C14H‐2021‐0164 (Council District 7), concerning property at 2502 Park View Drive,  Austin, TX 78757; Notice of Owner's Rights Under Issued Demolition Permit and Demand for Dismissal of Rezoning  Application Number 2021‐157316          Scheduled Meeting Disclosure Information:    Written disclosure is required by visitors when attending a scheduled meeting with a City Official regarding a municipal question for compensation on behalf of another person. Anyone scheduling or accepting a meeting invitation with a City Official must either acknowledge that the disclosure requirement does not apply or respond to the following survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BCVisitorLog  2 125 of 130B-8Brummett, Elizabeth From: Sent: To: Subject: PAZ Preservation Tuesday, February 1, 2022 11:47 AM Brummett, Elizabeth FW: Case today - #C14H-2021-- 2502 Park View Drive Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Completed FYI    Amber Allen  Planner II, Historic Preservation Office  City of Austin – Housing & Planning Department    T: 512.974.3393   E: Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov    From: Elaine Robbins  Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 9:56 AM  To: PAZ Preservation <Preservation@austintexas.gov>  Subject: Case today ‐ #C14H‐2021‐‐ 2502 Park View Drive       *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** We are neighbors in favor of the rezoning request to historic.     Elaine Robbins and Victor Eijkhout  2505 Addison Ave.    We favor this historic rezoning. We want to retain the historic character of Allandale, a neighborhood of 1950s ranch  houses on large treed lots. Thank you for your effort to protect this ranch house, which I think is part of the original Air  Conditioned Village. Please continue to stand up against developers' efforts to tear down these historic homes and build  lots up and out with large single‐family homes to maximize profits. Let's protect the character and fabric of this  neighborhood. Thank you.    CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 126 of 130B-8Brummett, Elizabeth From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Karen S Sunday, February 20, 2022 6:29 PM Ramirez, Nadia - BC; Smith, Hank - BC; Kiolbassa, Jolene - BC; King, David - BC; Lonny.Stern@austintexas.gov; Greenberg, Betsy - BC; Denkler, Ann - BC; Acosta, Cesar - BC; Woody, Roy - BC; Thompson, Carrie - BC; Boone, Scott - BC Rivera, Andrew; Brummett, Elizabeth RE: C14H-2021-0164 and 2502 Park View Dr Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution ***    Dear ZAP Commission Members,    Please DENY the demolition request for this property.  It is an important piece of Austin history and should be  designated an Historic Landmark.  It is significant  based on architecture, historical association, and community value.    Please don’t let it be destroyed.    Thank you,  Karen Saadeh  4308 Avenue F  Austin  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.  1 127 of 130B-8Brummett, Elizabeth From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Isabel Henderson Monday, February 21, 2022 9:21 AM Ramirez, Nadia - BC; Smith, Hank - BC; Kiolbassa, Jolene - BC; King, David - BC; BC- Lonny.Stern@austintexas.gov; Greenberg, Betsy - BC; Denkler, Ann - BC; Acosta, Cesar - BC; Woody, Roy - BC; Thompson, Carrie - BC; Boone, Scott - BC Rivera, Andrew; Brummett, Elizabeth File name C14H-2021-0164 - 2502 Park View Drive Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Commissioners,    My name is Isabel Henderson and I'm a resident of Rosedale. I wanted to reach out about the proposed demolition of  2502 Park View Drive (C14H‐2021‐0164).    This house is part of Austin's Air Conditioned Village and should be preserved as a historic house. It's a unique example  of midcentury architecture and represents an attempt to combine design with what was cutting‐edge technology at the  time (technology that contributed to the development of Austin, the state of Texas, and the Southwest).    It's been devastating to watch the houses in this neighborhood be demolished, one after the other. Sometimes it seems  that there are entire blocks that are in the process of being razed and rebuilt. We have a responsibility to maintain  unique historic homes (such as 2502 Park View Drive) in Austin—or we will regret not doing so, years down the line. If  we don't, neighborhoods like Allandale will lose their history and charm, and start to look like any other overdeveloped,  cookie‐cutter neighborhood across America.     Razing 2502 Park View Drive would be a blow not only to the neighborhood but also to the  design/architectural community and archive. I cannot encourage you enough to designate this house as a historic  landmark, and prevent its destruction.     All the best,  Isabel Henderson  CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   1 128 of 130B-8Brummett, Elizabeth From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged Tuesday, February 22, 2022 3:17 PM Ramirez, Nadia - BC; Smith, Hank - BC; Kiolbassa, Jolene - BC; King, David - BC; Lonny.Stern@austintexas.gov; Greenberg, Betsy - BC; Denkler, Ann - BC; Acosta, Cesar - BC; Woody, Roy - BC; Thompson, Carrie - BC; Boone, Scott - BC Mayor Adler; Pool, Leslie; Harper-Madison, Natasha; Fuentes, Vanessa; Renteria, Sabino; Vela, Jose "Chito"; Kitchen, Ann; Kelly, Mackenzie; Ellis, Paige; Tovo, Kathie; Alter, Alison; Rivera, Andrew; Brummett, Elizabeth ZAP # C14H-2021-0164 / Preserve 2502 Park View Dr *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Chair Barrera-Ramirez, Vice-Chair Kiolbassa and Members of the Zoning and Platting Commission, I join Preservation Austin, Mid Tex Mod, the Travis County Historical Commission, residents of Allandale neighborhood and others in expressing my support for the preservation of the exceptional and historically important home at 2502 Park View Drive. This home is considered the most architecturally significant example of the Austin Air- Conditioned Village, the 1950s project to gauge the feasibility and affordability of central air-conditioning and energy-efficient home design. The Air-Conditioned Village was a first-of-its-kind study and changed the course of history for owners of moderately priced homes. Sponsored by the Austin Home Builders Association and major national air-conditioning manufacturers, and backed by the strength of University of Texas researchers, the experiment demonstrated the feasibility and affordability of air-conditioned houses. Results from the 1950s study influenced the FHA and other lenders to include the cost of AC equipment in home loans, making air- conditioned homes more widely available to homes beyond the luxury market. Designed by lauded local architect Fred Day, the distinctive mid-century design of 2502 Park View Drive featured simple, clean lines with a nearly flat roof, wide overhanging eaves, exposed roof beams and passive cooling strategies. According to Mid Tex Mod in its letter to the Historic Landmark Commission, the home “retains a remarkably high degree of integrity of design, materials, workmanship, and feeling as the most 1 129 of 130B-8distinctive and intact original residence within the Austin Air-Conditioned Village development.” City staff strongly recommends historic zoning for 2502 Park View, citing architecture, historical association, and community value; the Historic Landmark Commission voted unanimously to recommend it for Local Historic Landmark designation. The Austin Air-Conditioned Village played a key role in establishing our city as an early leader in energy efficiency and technological innovation, design and construction. It offers a timely reminder of Austin’s ongoing ability to serve as a leader in supporting green building design and efficiency measures. The home at 2502 Park View Drive is a notable part of our cultural and creative heritage. I urge you to vote to support the preservation of this architecturally important historical home of national significance. Thank you, Mary Fero Allandale resident District 7 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links  or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to  cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.   2 130 of 130B-8