The 2012 RFP for the development of the YWCA Block made repeated references to the obligation of potential responders to conform to the Bennett Plan for the City of Pasadena’s Civic Center. In 2015, Stefanos Polyzoides led seven meetings of the Citizen Study Group on contextualizing the initial design of the YWCA / Kimpton Hotel. In the process, and with the help of colleagues at Architectural Resources Group, Moule & Polyzoides examined the available historical evidence regarding the origins of the Plan, which helped frame the EIR project alternatives and pondered the relevance of the Plan’s completion to the future of our City.
This slide show illustrates many of the topics covered in the companion white paper prepared by Stefanos Polyzoides.