(large document) Excerpt: Prepared as a guide to assist the Alameda Planning & Building Department and the Historic Advisory Board (HAB) in evaluating proposed redevelopment projects, the Design Guidelines identified important character-defining features and established five sub-areas within the Historic District: (1) Administrative Core, (2) Land plane Hangars Area, (3) Seaplane Hangars Area, (4) Shops Area and (4) Residential Area.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
II. SETTING
III. CURRENT HISTORIC STATUS
A. Woodbridge Inventory
B. NAS Alameda Community Reuse Plan
C. 1996 Advisory Council for Historic
Preservation Memorandum of Agreement
D. Guide to Preserving the Character of the NAS Alameda Historic District
E. 1999 Advisory Council for Historic
Preservation Memorandum of Agreement
F. NAS Alameda Listed as a Historic Monument
G. Environmental Compliance
IV. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
A. Native American Period
B. European Contact: Spanish and Mexican Periods
C. Early American Period
D. Railroads arrive at Alameda Point
E. Industrial Development at Alameda Point
F. U.S. Naval Air Power
G. Alameda Point Becomes Center
of Aviation in the Bay Area
H. San Francisco Bay Airdrome
I. Benton Field
J. Navy Acquires Alameda Point
K. Plans Drawn
L. Dredging and Filling Commences
M. Construction Begins
N. War in Europe
O. Rearmament
P. Landscaping
Q. NAS Alameda Opens
R. Pearl Harbor
S. NAS Alameda during Wartime
T. Labor Shortages
U. Wartime Events at NAS Alameda
V. World War II Ends
W. Postwar Years: 1946-1950
X. Korean War to Vietnam
Y. Vietnam
Z. Post-Vietnam to BRAC
AA. Base Realignment and Closure

V. DESCRIPTION OF NAS ALAMEDA HISTORIC DISTRICT
A. Boundaries
B. Significance
C. Character Defining Features
Site Plan
Axes
View Corridors
Sub-Areas
Architecture: Streamline Moderne
Landscape
Contributing Buildings
VI. HISTORIC PRESERVATION STRATEGY
A. Purpose
B. Summary of Significance and Preliminary
Development Concept (PDC) Policy by Sub-Area
The Administrative Core
The Residential Area
The Shops Area
The Hangars Area
C. Recommendations for the Redevelopment and Re-Use of the NAS Alameda Historic
District
Goal
Strategy 1: Prioritize Buildings for Stabilization
Strategy 2: Distinguish the NAS Alameda Historic District as a Unique Place within the
Fabric of the City
Strategy 3: Restore and Reinforce the Site Planning Concepts Reflected in the Original 1940 Plan
Strategy 4: Retain Significant Use Relationships Reflected in the Original Five Sub-Areas
Strategy 5: Restore and Revitalize Historic District Landscapes and Open Spaces
Strategy 6: Encourage and Support Re-Use and Rehabilitation of Contributing Structures
Strategy 7: Guide New Development within the Historic District
Strategy 8: Manage the Historic Resource
VII. CONCLUSION
VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY
IX. APPENDIX
A. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
B. Historic Plans
C. Historic Timeline
D. Chronology of Development
E. List of Contributing and Non-Contributing Buildings
F. Property Database
G.
The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
for the Treatment of Historic Properties
with Guidelines for
Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing
Historic Buildings
H.
National
Park Service Preservation Brief 31:
Mothballing Historic Buildings