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Staff analysis of the criteria is as follows: <br />Criteria Criterion <br />Met? <br />Landmarks must be at <br />least 50 years old <br />Y <br />Landmarks must meet <br />one or more of the criteria <br />for architectural, social or <br />geographic/environmental <br />significance <br />Qualified Y <br />Landmarks should meet <br />one or more criteria for <br />physical integrity <br />Findings <br />Age unknown, but over 50 years old. <br />Y Used as a restaurant in Louisville <br />starting in 1972, 51 years ago. <br />Social Significance — <br />• Meets criterion #2, Exemplifies <br />cultural, political, economic or <br />social heritage of the <br />community, based on: <br />o Restaurant industry on <br />Main Street (Gandy <br />Dancer, Coal Creek <br />Junction, Brothers <br />Three) <br />o Memories of local <br />residents dining at <br />restaurant <br />Architectural Significance - <br />. Meets criterion #4, Represents <br />an innovation in construction, <br />materials or design through its <br />adaptive reuse of railcar as a <br />restaurant. <br />• The unique architecture of a <br />reused railcar as restaurant <br />and its history of adaptive <br />reuse overall is a credit to its <br />architectural interest and is <br />why staff finds that the <br />structure has sufficient <br />potential architectural <br />significance to merit a finding <br />of Probable Cause. However, <br />the train car is not original to <br />Louisville, and was in <br />operation as a restaurant for <br />only about 25 years, potentially <br />attenuating its architectural <br />significance to the city. <br />Physical Integrity <br />• Meets criterion #1, Shows <br />character, interest or value as <br />part of the development, <br />