Then and now: S. Tahoe retains beach ownership
This postcard of Young’s Resort is courtesy of Theresa and Darrell Eymann.
Lake Tahoe shoreline, circa 1930. Photo/Lake Tahoe Historical Society Museum
Young’s Resort stood where today what we identify mostly as Timber Cove and the historic Conolley’s in South Lake Tahoe.
The hotel was recently renamed Beach Retreat & Lodge.
Today’s 700 foot pier at the city-operated Conolley Beach is the longest pier on Lake Tahoe.
— Bill Kingman
Circa 1930s. Photo/Lake Tahoe Historical Society Museum
Lake Tahoe shoreline 2013. Photo/Bill Kingman
Our public beaches are a valuable asset to us citizens. We need to be sure they remain public. We need access to remain free. And to assure that they remain this way we need to keep a watchful eye on our local government. The recent parking meters are one step toward pay beaches. That’s why so many people got angry over the pay for street parking. The loss of citizen’s rights come in two steps. First government spends too much money, and thus comes the need for the government to get more money. The second step is the sale of the citizen’s rights. This may be a direct sale to a wealthy buyer who may want to buy a public beach, and have it for private use only. That’s why we can’t let our government spend money on things we don’t need.
I knew the pier as Koenig’s (Linda Koenig was a classmate of mine) – way before Bob Maloff built the Timber Cove Lodge to accompany his other SLT property, the 600-unit Lake Tahoe Inn, (next to Harrah’s free 500-car ‘Attendant’ parking lot), LTI sat along the back frontage road as an exit from Harrah’s before the Loop Road . . .
I agree with the previous reader, but for a different reason: they will “shoot themselves in the foot” trying to make that beach “exclusive”, as people that visit Tahoe like the crowds as support for their decision to come here – not as an “island” in the Caribbean. . .