The border vidette., 1928-06-09
TIJUANA TO HAVE sKYscRAPER
Writ @. Bowman and Associates Plan
S76O,OOO Hotel
(San Diego Union)

1 WIFI G. OOWmRn, prehlu0nt VI
Baja Calitoxnia Company, S. A..
who said plans are being com
pleted for a IL story hotel and
construction will be under way
i as soon as possible on the block
owned by his company opposite
the Foreign Club.
Drawings being prepared by
the American Building & Invest
ment Corporation of San Diego,
indicate that the building will
represent an investment of ap
proximately $3.50. 600, that it will
have SEQ large rooms and that
it will be surmounted BY tower
that will bring the structure TO-
a height equivalent to 20 Office
bailding stories. Plans call for
q class A fire and earthquake
proof structure, modern in every
4 detail, constructedSof steel and
concrete.
| Hotel de Sev;lle--as Tijuana's
first skyscraper will be known
will be ultra modern in it's archi-
teutural style. It will be the
first structure south of Los An
geles TO emphasize the typical
cut back and massive sky.
fscraper. 10 some respects. Hotel
de Seville will resemble Los An.
lEeles' new 30-story city hall
with its majestic tower.
Although in Old Mexico, the
hotel will not feature the So
called Spanish style" in any
detail. Instead, its architecture
land furnishings will be q com
l.pliment from Mexico to Ameri
can ideals of operation and con
struction.
The building will occupy the
lentire front-of the block aad-will
be 100 feet deep. Present plans
call for large garage on the
rear OF the property to care for
several hundred private automo.
biles. Plans also call for sunken
gardens. the hotel site being
lower than the street.level.
! According to Mr.. Bowman's 3
plan of operation. Hotel de Sc.
Vile strictly will be designed to
care for persons who would avoid
returning to the United States
before the international gates
close at 6 p. m. There will be
no bar in connection with the
hotel. Spacious rooms are to
be provided on the. main floor
for large gatherings and social
events.
| In announcing Hotel de Sc.
! vile, Mr.. Bowman says be be
/ lieves be is providing facilities
that long have been desired be-
low the international border.
Ever since the early closing
law went into effect" said Mr..
Bowman, "our offices have been
| urged to build q modern hotel in
which tourists and their fami
lies might enjoy q night or sew
eral days in Old Mexico. The
daily crush at the border before
the closing of the international
gates, has been deplored by
thousands Of visitors a condi
tion which the Baja California
'Company hopes to avoid by
erecting an even finer hotel than
contemplated by our most en-.
thusiastic friends"
F. F. Rodriguez, contractor,
who now is completing the 81,
100000 Aqua Caliente hotel at
the hot springs two miles east of
Tijuana, already has been en-.
gagged by Mr.. Bowman TO con.
struct Hotel de Seville. It is
planned to employ Mexican
labor on the $3.50, 900 project, aud
practically all materials are to
be purchased in San Diego,
With the opening of Aqua Ca.
liente, June %, and subsequen,
completion of Hotel de Seville,
Tijuana will be capable of com
fortably housing 1000 persons,
Mr.. Bowman declares. Arrange
ments then will be made to at
tract conventions to the border
city from all parts of the United
States.
No longer can Tijuana be re
. ferred to as the quaint" for il
has entered the skyscraper class
With Hotel de Seville, a struc
ture that will tower the heights
of San Diego's major buildings
such as the new San Diego Trus,
and Savings bank, the Medical
Arts building and the John d