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The Langham Huntington Hotel Plans to Demolish Two Tennis Courts, Create New Swimming Pool With Amenities

Published on Monday, March 21, 2022 | 5:46 am
 

A plan by the Langham Huntington Hotel to construct a new swimming pool with associated site improvements, including landscaping and the construction of a restroom, food pavilion, and cabanas will now go to the Pasadena Design Commission in a special meeting on Tuesday.

The meetings continue to be virtual and are accessible to the Pasadena community on Zoom.

The plan calls for the demolition of two outdoor tennis courts on the southwestern portion of the hotel complex. Although the hotel itself is eligible for designation as a historic district, the tennis courts are not identified as contributing structures, the Department of Planning and Community Development said in a staff report submitted for the Preliminary Consultation phase in August 2021.

In addition, the historic district map from the 1986 nomination form submitted to the National Register of Historic Places identifies the area as a parking lot. As such, the demolition of the tennis courts would not cause a significant adverse effect on the eligible Huntington Hotel Historic District, the report said.

The proposed resort pool facility would consist of an in-ground, organically shaped swimming pool surrounded by a paved pool deck, on which the four small cabana structures, a food trailer, freestanding rinse showers, planting areas and a 650-square-foot “wet pavilion” structure will be built.

Pedestrian access would be at the west and north sides and the perimeter would be surrounded by fencing on the east side, a retaining wall and fence on the north side and a privacy screening wall on the west side.

The “wet pavilion” structure, a one-story building as proposed, will include men’s and women’s restrooms, a changing room, a utility room and a supply kiosk.

In the staff report, the Planning Department said it is recommending approval of the Concept Design Review, subject to the recommended conditions of approval that will be reviewed when the project proceeds to Final Design Review.

The Langham Huntington Hotel is located at 1401 S. Oak Knoll Ave. in Pasadena and commemorated its 100th year of existence in 2014.

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2 thoughts on “The Langham Huntington Hotel Plans to Demolish Two Tennis Courts, Create New Swimming Pool With Amenities

  • I’d love the idea of the “wet pavilion”–in an ideal world. How nice would it be to have a pavilion-style pool in this beautiful warm/hot city? That sounds like a dream. But the reality we’re facing presents a huge problem: severe drought that’s record-breaking every year. The scorching heatwaves are becoming more frequent and lasting longer. It’d be amazing to jump into a pool and cool off, but we cannot afford to be short-sighted anymore. We have to look at the long-term effects of our actions. I believe the approach we ALL should take to this climate crisis should be minimizing the activities that exacerbate climate change and limiting the usage of natural resources, not creating a facility that requires the use of a huge amount of water.

    It is clear the hotel is trying to invest in an improvement. This improvement could go two ways: follow the usual ways of doing business by building the “wet pavilion” that sounds instantly attractive while it’s using up the depleting natural resources, or set an example by making improvements that will have a long-lasting positive impact on everyone who visits and our community. The times we live in, the alarming natural disasters, and dying species all across the world tell us that we cannot do business as usual, not anymore.

    I strongly urge the Langham Huntington Hotel to use this as an opportunity to set an example by making sustainable improvements that reflect the sensitivity and responsibility of the critical moments and to leave a legacy that will be beneficial to our next generations.

  • Jamie seems to have confused a number of things or not read the article very closely. The “wet pavilion” is not referring to the entire project; it is essentially a changing room and bathroom facilities. It is not the pool itself, or the other facilities being proposed. It is not the entire project.

    As far as the pool itself goes, visitors to high-end hotels in warm climates expect to have a pool as a standard amenity. If you want to try and change their minds, go for it, but not by telling the hotel they can’t have competitive facilities. It there were no demand for a pool, they wouldn’t put one in. The water for a pool is a tiny fraction of what is expended every month on all the lawns you see in Pasadena.

 

 

 

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