Tag Archives: Environmental hazards

Important Links and Documents

Below is a list of links that include important information about the proposed hotel project’s site, plans, and design.  One can find site environmental reports, site history, maps, Mitigated Negative Declaration documents, building plans, and resident feedback regarding the project.  … Continue reading

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1633 Victory Blvd. site conditions: The effect of neglect (part 1)

Below are photographs and commentary on conditions of neglect at 1633 S. Victory Blvd. that have been ongoing since the lot was purchased by Mr. Jayesh Kumar in March/April of  2017. Upon the lot are many piles of trash.  Some … Continue reading

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Contact Glendale City Officials, and a full list of City contact numbers

Below is information from the City of Glendale web site which will be useful when contacting City officials and departments regarding your concerns about the hotel project proposed at 1633 S. Victory Blvd., and the current lot conditions. For reports … 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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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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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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