RIALTO THEATER MARQUEE

RIALTO THEATER MARQUEE
RIALTO THEATER MARQUEE
REVIEW OF PRESERVATION ISSUES
DOUGLAS GILBERT ARCHITECT
DOUGLAS GILBERT ARCHITECT
MARCH 4, 2015
NATIONAL REGISTER CONSIDERATIONS
NATIONAL REGISTER CONSIDERATIONS
• Rialto
Rialto Theater listed on National Register of Theater listed on National Register of
Historic Places (1978)
• NR is an honorary listing of historic sites
NR is an honorary listing of historic sites
• No restrictions are placed on private actions to NR sites
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• Tax credit incentives are available for rehabilitations
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• IHPA review for State or Federal projects
LOCAL LANDMARK CONSIDERATIONS
LOCAL LANDMARK CONSIDERATIONS
• Rialto Theater MAY be under local landmarking
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review
• As a local landmark (or within a local historic or urban conservation district), any exterior changes must receive a Certificate of Appropriateness f
from the Historic Preservation Commission
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• HPC Guidelines defined in 8‐615 of the Preservation Ordinance
Preservation Ordinance
• HPC approved a C of A for the new marquee at their September 24 2014 meeting
their September 24, 2014 meeting
EXISTING MARQUEE
EXISTING MARQUEE
• Existing
Existing marquee dates from 1980
marquee dates from 1980
• It is the 4th generation marquee
• Appears to be based on the original (1926) b b d
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design
• It is not a historic feature or element
ORIGINAL MARQUEE ‐ 1926
ORIGINAL MARQUEE 2ND MARQUEE MARQUEE – c. 1930s
c. 1930s
3rd MARQUEE MARQUEE – c. 1950s
c. 1950s
4th MARQUEE MARQUEE – 1980
CONSIDERATIONS FOR REPALCEMENT
CONSIDERATIONS FOR REPALCEMENT
• Since
Since it is not historic, it can be replaced it is not historic it can be replaced
without removing historic materials
• Its replacement should be in character with Its replacement should be in character with
the historic building and complement the historic design (Standard 9)
historic design (Standard 9)
• New technologies can be incorporated into the new marquee
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SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR’S STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION
• STANDARD 9: New additions
additions, exterior
alterations, or related new construction will not
destroy historic materials,
materials features,
features and spatial
relationships that characterize the property.
The new work shall be differentiated from the
old and will be compatible with the historic
materials features,
materials,
features size,
size scale and proportion,
proportion
and massing to protect the integrity of the
property and its environment.
environment
INCORPORATING NEW TECHNOLOGIES INTO HISTORIC FABRIC
• Historic buildings have always been modernized for new technologies
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Electricity
Air conditioning
Air conditioning
Modern plumbing
Fire sprinkler systems
• FFunctional buildings must be kept up‐to‐date or they ti
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• Key is to sensitively blend the new with the historic y
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character
– New can be visually blended or stand out
– New technologies can represent change for a building
New technologies can represent change for a building
CASE STUDY FOR INCORPORATING NEW TECHNOLOGIES INTO HISTORIC FABRIC
• Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade Lobby Restoration
Board of Trade Lobby Restoration
• Completed in 2008
• Restoration of original features, recreation of i
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missing elements, incorporating new lighting to highlight and supplement existing, new hi hli h
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lobby elements
LOBBY BEFORE IMAGE
LOBBY BEFORE IMAGE
LOBBY BEFORE AFTER
LOBBY BEFORE AFTER
LOBBY BEFORE AFTER
LOBBY BEFORE AFTER
LOBBY CORRIDOR BEFORE IMAGE
LOBBY CORRIDOR BEFORE IMAGE
LOBBY CORRIDOR AFTER IMAGE
LOBBY CORRIDOR AFTER IMAGE
ORIGINAL TENANT DIRECTORY IMAGE
ORIGINAL TENANT DIRECTORY IMAGE
TENANT DIRECTORY DESIGN
TENANT DIRECTORY DESIGN
NEW TENANT DIRECTORY IMAGE
NEW TENANT DIRECTORY IMAGE
PROPOSED NEW MARQUEE
PROPOSED NEW MARQUEE