The Biltmore Hotel under construction and Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles, 1922

The Biltmore Hotel under construction and Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles, 1922In this rare panorama taken in 1922, we can see the Beaux Art architecture of Biltmore Hotel taken shape across a leafy Pershing Square with a huge fountain in the middle. When the Biltmore opened in October 1923, it was LA’s first international-level luxury hotel and instantly earned the nickname “The Host of the Coast.”

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