Too bad the soulless and bland El Encanto can’t restore the badass green neon sign that used to grace its entrance.
Nope….
Montecito Inn
Hi there! Thanks for the shout out on Rancho La Paloma in the foothills! Please feel comforted in knowing that the carpeting in the house is brand new! (no clippings for you to worry about!) Also, the @4 acre parcel extends all the way to the lane and is not a flag lot. There is so much room to expand the possibilities for a country lifestyle conveniently close to town. Zoned one acre and allows horses. Thanks!
Afraid not!
Educated car wash
Haha! Totally agree about the leading on the sign!! It’s a little difficult to decipher at speeds of over 50mph.
Those of us who lives on Pill Hill prefer to call it Mountain Ranch now
Nope, but thanks for guessing!
On the corner of the Palace pointing to the restaurant.
Having been born here, at SB Cottage Hosp, as was my father and his father, I think something I can safely assert about California is that civility is dead.
Not smaller "footprint" water wise.
We are in some SERIOUS drought ahead.
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Officials Find Just 2.5 Inches of Snowpack
The end-of-winter snowpack at Phillips Station should be 5 FEET DEEP.
Snowpack in CA's mountains makes up 30% of the state’s water.
And, personally, I find it repulsive to Theme Park farms for the elite.
To be clear… by “no development”, you’re referring to what’s currently a driving range and ag land.
Look at the property on google earth and then compare that to the hotel’s plans. There’s nothing more “unnatural” about the hotel than the current land use. In fact, it actually looks more natural. Smaller footprint + they’ll restore habit and create new public trails
If you oppose the hotel, then for consistency sake, I assume you’re also fighting to remove the driving range and farms which already displaced native habitat and probably use tons of fertilizer.
I was born in California and spent the first 18 years of my life here, which I'm pretty sure qualifies me as a native. As for the bluffs, the fair thing to do would have been to change the zoning a long time ago.
As for your comment about the fairness of restricting the carp bluffs. There is a thing you obviously don’t know about California and Californians protecting our land since you’ve only lived here for 2 years but there is no development that ever protects nature as if it’s left in situ. Period. Fairness is in the protection of natural habitats and the open spaces. These exceptional lands are not for greedy developers to come in and pretend they have a smart vision without profit at the forefront. It’s obvious you are a New Yorker who believes in developing all that remains untouched. That’s not California and I promise you will never see a development on that bluff if the true Californians and natives have anything to say about it.
Wow! What a fantastic trip. Thank you for sharing.
Garden Street might be zoned for hotels, but do they have to be so incredibly ugly? Where is the Planning Committee's backbone when we need them?
Hi I usually am opposed to big developments like this but if they really preserve such a large part of the land in native plants and an organic farm it’s better than so many alternatives . Thank for keeping us posted…
Carla
You're right that is similar to the magnificent Babylonstoren in SA, which is absolutely fantastic! But I think this isn't the right location for this. It would be a shame to lose the natural beauty of the bluffs as they are for a lot of aesthetic and environmental reasons to develop this land. I could see this location on the other side of the freeway or in the foothills. Off of Padaro on Santa Claus Ln., or even by the orchid farms.
Have you ever been to Naples…Florida or Italy?
Terrible! Looks ridiculous!
water spout in the La Arcada Plaza. I believe near Lewis & Clark and the window washer statue.
I heard from a local developer that the city is actually incentivizing hotels/Airbnbs over apartments. It’s ridiculous how much focus the city wants to devote to tourism rather than supporting it’s local population. If the city is thriving on the loc front, it will still attract tourists!
Noooo not the driving range!!!
Presumably the bluff trail section will remain open to the public?
The building will be getting demolished, so yes, it will be closing, too. I don't know whether the owner(s) will try to reopen elsewhere.
