The library at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, which is undergoing a multimillion-dollar makeover to enhance its appeal to a new generation of members. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
General Manager Steve Hathaway visits the kickboxing studio at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. His family has operated the club for generations. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
General Manager Steve Hathaway at the bar in the Invention Lounge at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Sports memorabilia displayed on the wall in the Invention Lounge at the L.A. Athletic Club show the Lakers’ George Mikan and the Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The Invention Lounge at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The Fresh8 snack bar and lounge at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The sixth-floor “plunge,” as the pool at the Los Angeles Athletic Club has always been called, was built like the hull of a ship and is held in place with steel plates fastened together by rivets. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
A woman exercises while overlooking the swimming pool at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Steve Hathaway, general manager of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, points to a floor plan showing where changes will be made during the club’s multimillion-dollar face-lift. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
A vintage picture on the wall at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The picture shows the club when it was a venue for the 1932 Olympics. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The Los Angeles Athletic Club, which opened at 7th and Olive streets in 1912, is getting a makeover. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
