What are the five alternates currently under consideration?
Alternate One, Maximum Reuse, would reuse the original hotel tower, Embassy Ballroom, and Cocoanut Grove while preserving the corridor where Robert K. Kennedy was assassinated and the Paul Williams-designed coffee shop. Alternate Two, Partial Reuse, would reuse the Coconut Grove, reconstruct the Embassy Ballroom, and preserve both the RFK site and the coffee shop. Alternate Three, Reuse of North Tower, would reuse the North tower of the existing Ambassador Hotel building (the side facing Wilshire), and the Cocoanut Grove, while preserving the coffee shop. Alternate Four, New Construction, is entirely new construction, with no preservation. And Alternate Five, Commercial Frontage, would sell off the front six acres for commercial use while reusing and preserving most of the existing structure, much like Alternate One. Under this alternate, an elementary school could not be constructed and a new site for it would have to be identified.
