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Pasadena City Council to vote on YWCA building / Kimpton Hotel project

By AirTalk Staff
Published Aug 15, 2016
A proposed project would turn the historic Julia Morgan-designed Pasadena YWCA into a luxury hotel. Pasadena City Council is holding a meeting tonight to decide whether to to allow the renovation to move forward.
A proposed project would turn the historic Julia Morgan-designed Pasadena YWCA into a luxury hotel. Pasadena City Council is holding a meeting tonight to decide whether to to allow the renovation to move forward.
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Pasadena City Council to vote on YWCA building / Kimpton Hotel project

Tonight, the Pasadena City Council will decide whether to move forward with a proposed hotel project in the area around the City Hall.

The city-backed project would allow Kimpton Hotels  Restaurants to convert the old historic YWCA building on Marengo Ave. into a 150-room hotel.

Critics say that the proposed hotel would take away precious green space in the area. But city officials say that this is a fiscally sound way to preserve the historic building.

The Pasadena City Council will convene a meeting tonight at 7:00pm at the Council Chamber in the Pasadena City Hall (100 N Garfield Ave, RM S249) to consider the fate of the project.

Guests:

Eric Duyshart, Economic Development Manager at the City of Pasadena

Marsha Rood, Former Pasadena Development Administrator, and vice president of the Downtown Pasadena Neighborhood Association