Aztec Hotel to close for renovations next week
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The historic and unique Aztec Hotel near downtown Monrovia is scheduled to close for renovations on May 9, giving local preservationists pause.
Though city officials are unworried, the previous owner says she believes the renovations might violate rules guiding use of the troubled building, built in 1924, the Pasadena Star-News reported.
From the article:
[P]revious owner Kathie Reece-McNeill said she suspects the renovations could end up violating provisions of the Aztec Hotel’s historic structure report, a guideline on historic property use that was funded by her and the California Route 66 Preservation Foundation.
The new owners are a group from China, Reece-McNeill said, and she’s heard rumors they plan to increase room sizes by knocking down some of the interior walls.
“It would be wonderful to think they have the same value for history that we do. They don’t,” she said.
-- Dan Evans, Times Community News
Twitter: @EditorDanEvans