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DRAFT HASTER PLAN FOR THE DPTS FIRE STATION No. I EXISTING CONDITIONS Fire Station No. 1 is located at 4444 Railroad Ave., between Neal and Spring Streets, next to the Regional Trail Corridor (the old Southern Pacific Railroad Corridor). Parking areas now surround the building on three sides. The station was otiginally constructed in the 1920's. It was greatly enlarged in 1968-69 accord- ing to the design of Neil Smith and Associates of San Francisco. In 1992 it was seismically strengthened following the Loma Prieta earthquake. The present building forms a triangular plan bounded by Railroad Avenue to the west, the Regional Trail Corridor to the east, and a residential neighborhood to the north. The historic fire house of the 1920's fills the triangle's acute apex and is ori- ented towards Neal street to the southwest. The 1960's addition fills the rest of the triangle, and has a public entry and apparatus bay doors facing Onto the street. A secondary set of apparatus bay doors opens onto a driveway adjacent to the Regional Trail Corridor. The historic building and the elevations of the addition are primarily of red brick.. Together, they make a composition of different building forms of varying heighrs and shapes. The larger addition dominates the historic building by covering up the lower level of three of the four sides of the original building. The historic building has a small corner tower that has been converted to a stairway. The design of the 1960's addition proposed a 35 ft. tower, that, if it had been built, might have improved the building's overall composition. Abovt: Fire Station No. I (from Railroad Avt.). Etlow: Historic portion of Fire Station No. I (from tht south). FIRE STATION No. I DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS 27 III1 II