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MyspaceDemolition on lower State Street’s historic Californian Hotel continues on schedule. The past is prologue to the present as the hotel, which opened one week before the 1925 earthquake, is being razed due to seismic safety concerns. The façade will be kept intact and, along with two side walls, should be the only elements of the hotel left standing by the end of July. It is slated to morph into the oft-delayed La Entrada timeshares project owned by Next Century Associates of L.A.
Californian Hotel Demolition Continues
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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Yay I got pre-demo footage. They really should've just turned it into a Tower of Terror ride, the rest of the town has become so Disney-Santa Barbara Adventure.
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
June 20, 2012 at 3:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I thought there was a requirement, as part of the Entrada, that the Californian was to remain, seismic-retrofitted, as a low-income housing?
at_large (anonymous profile)
June 20, 2012 at 7:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
@ Ken - come to reality. This "town" has been master planned since the 1925 earthquake. Master planning and facade is what Santa Barbara's downtown is all about and has been since it was so conveniently destroyed all those years ago.
Num1UofAn (anonymous profile)
June 20, 2012 at 8:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
@Num1UofAn
Yeah I hear ya. I guess I remember a better balance. I think you can have both.
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
June 20, 2012 at 8:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Time shares? with their cheesy solicitors trying to round up people for presentations where the attendee gives all their info for some cheap gift appliance or gift certificate? in Santa Barbara? Wow I didn't realize we had sunk so low.
GluteousMaximus (anonymous profile)
June 20, 2012 at 8:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)