MIRAMAR THEATRE BOWLING ALLEY

BOWLING ALLEY

Revitalizing Cities

One Neighborhood At A Time.

MIRAMAR THEATRE & BOWLING ALLEY

Matthew E. Jennings, AIA

Director of Historic Preservation

Westlake Reed Leskosky

BOWLING ALLEY

Revitalizing Cities

One Neighborhood At A Time.

MIRAMAR THEATRE & BOWLING ALLEY

SO CAL

PLACE MAKING OLE HANSON

1925,

San Clemente, a

Spanish village by

the sea.

SO CAL


1925,

San Clemente, a

Spanish village by

the sea… sounds

better than

“South LA”.

SO CAL


Future

development to

be guided by a

design review

board.

Design guidelines

and restrictions

lasted until 1937.

BEACH CULTURE BIRTHPLACE

SO CAL

BEACH CULTURE BIRTHPLACE

CULTURE INDUSTRY

SITE SITE

North Beach, a neighborhood & its neighborhood theatre.

A. Miramar Theatre B. Bowling Alley C. Ichibiri Restaurant D. Ole Hanson Beach Club E. CHI Institute – Former Casino San Clemente F. Private Residence

Site Context ADJACENT HISTORIC RESOURCES

SITE SITE RETAIL PUBLIC PARKING RAIL

1960, the Pacific Coast Highway and El Camino Real

versus The San Diego Freeway.

A. Miramar Theatre B. Bowling Alley C. Ichibiri Restaurant D. Ole Hanson Beach Club E. CHI Institute – Former Casino San Clemente F. Private Residence

Site Context ADJACENT HISTORIC RESOURCES

A Forgotten

Gateway

SITE RESOURCES

Tourist…

SITE RESOURCES

Tourist versus commuters.

Architectural History MIRAMAR THEATRE & BOWLING ALLEY Period of Significance: 1925-1949 Period of Operation: 1925-1992 Architect Clifford Balch

The shelf life of

nostalgia.

Architectural History MIRAMAR THEATRE & BOWLING ALLEY Period of Significance: 1925-1949 Period of Operation: 1925-1992 Architect Clifford Balch

The shelf life of

nostalgia.

“At this point I would

be happy if they

knocked it down and

put in a Starbucks.”

Distance not only gives

nostalgia, but

perspective, and maybe

objectivity.

-Robert Morgan

Distance not only gives

nostalgia, but

perspective, and maybe

objectivity.

-Robert Morgan

San Clemente, where

even the parking lots

are beautiful.

Go over some positive aspects of historic theatres. Fantastic possibilities crippled by the harsh reality of needing to make money.

The albatross of

economics…

What a dollar can and

can’t buy you these days.

Go over some positive aspects of historic theatres. Fantastic possibilities crippled by the harsh reality of needing to make money.

The challenges of

historic structures on

valuable plots of land

and the difficulties of

demolition by neglect...

The roof in such bad

condition, I prefer to

think of it as “well

ventilated”.

“Old ideas can

sometimes use new

buildings. New ideas

must use old buildings.”

- Jane Jacobs

Miramar Theatre

Bowling Center

Home Furniture Store

Elks Lodge

Dana Point Sail Makers

Healthcare Facility

ESA South County

Center

Big City Scuba

Episcopal SVC Alliance

The Ahoy Fountain

Orange Julius

Gas Station

Car Repair

Grocery Store

Souvenir Shop

Option 1

Theatre Arrangement

in the Miramar

Conceptual

Rendering Of

New Plaza

Option 2

Plaza Unprotected

From Traffic Noise

SITE SITE RETAIL PUBLIC PARKING RAIL

Adaptive Reuse Potential CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF BOWLING ALLEY

THANK YOU

MIRAMAR THEATRE BOWLING ALLEY

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