Category Archives: Burbank

Save Glendale Riverside Rancho: Urgent Alert: PLEASE ATTEND THE MEDIA ADVISORY ON TUESDAY, MAY 7TH NEAR THE PROPOSED HOTEL.

We are mirroring the Save Glendale Riverside Rancho Urgent Alert announcement posted on Nextdoor.com, to attend the media advisory on May 7, 2019. SaveGlendale RiversideRancho, Riverside Rancho Urgent Alert: PLEASE ATTEND THE MEDIA ADVISORY ON TUESDAY, MAY 7TH NEAR THE … Continue reading

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Alley traffic photo of the day; April 19, 21, & 22, 2019

Re: Appeal of Design Review Board decision PDR 1723012-B; 1633 S. Victory Blvd. 3-story, 64-room hotel with ingress and egress access to 2 level of underground parking from public alleyway — allowing for a single business monopolization of alleyway and … Continue reading

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Alley traffic photo of the day; April 16, 17, & 18, 2019

Re: Appeal of Design Review Board decision PDR 1723012-B; 1633 S. Victory Blvd. 3-story, 64-room hotel with ingress and egress access to 2 level of underground parking from public alleyway — allowing for a single business monopolization of alleyway and … Continue reading

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Rancho residents file appeal of Design Review Board decision on 1633 S. Victory

On Friday January 25, 2019 we filed an appeal of the Design Review Board’s January 10th decision regarding the hotel proposal at 1633 S. Victory Blvd.   It was made on behalf of residents in the Glendale/Burbank Rancho, and many neighboring … Continue reading

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Design Review Board votes 4-0 in favor of hotel at 1633 S. Victory with conditions

On Thursday, January 10, 2019 Glendale’s Design Review Board voted 4-0 in favor of the hotel redesign with conditions. Summarized here from condition notes read at the meeting by Jay Platt, Senior Urban Designer, those conditions are: Make sure that … Continue reading

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REMINDER: Glendale Design Review Board Meeting Tonight @ 5:00 p.m.

REMINDER: The Glendale Design Review Board Meeting is tonight, January 10, 2019 @ 5:00 p.m. in Room 105 of the Municipal Services Bldg. 633 E Broadway, next to City Hall.  Ample free parking behind, access using Wilson Ave. The Design … Continue reading

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Public Notice Design Review Board Meeting

Glendale’s Community Development Department has mailed out notices announcing the Design Review Board meeting to review the revised plans for the proposed hotel at 1633 S. Victory Blvd., PDR 1723012-B. The meeting will be held on January 10, 2019 at 5:00 … Continue reading

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Why Benjamin Franklin Elementary School parents should care about the hotel proposed at 1633 S. Victory Blvd.

Why Benjamin Franklin Elementary School parents should care about the 3-story, 64-room hotel proposed at 1633 S. Victory Blvd. One block from Benjamin Franklin Elementary School on Winchester Street   I don’t live here.  How does it affect me?    It … Continue reading

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If not a hotel, then what?

On the Rancho neighborhood Nextdoor web site, one neighbor asks about what alternatives there are to building the hotel: Charlene Klink, Riverside Rancho What’s been suggested at the meetings that is something that serves the community? Are there minutes of … Continue reading

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Glendale Rancho Residents Oppose a Proposed 64-Unit Three-Story Hotel at 1633 S. Victory Blvd.

Why We Oppose a Proposed 64-Unit Three-Story Hotel at 1633 S. Victory Blvd., Glendale Rancho 91201 (A block from Benjamin Franklin Elementary School) Design Review Board Case No. PDR 1723012 City of Glendale Director of Community Development, Philip Lanzafame, approved … Continue reading

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