The Los Angeles Philharmonic has had several homes but its first concert was here at the Trinity Auditorium 851 S. Grand Ave in downtown LA. That concert took place in 1919; the building opened in 1914. It had more than just a 1600-seat theater. The place had 330 rooms “for single men.” The musicians? Philandering husbands thrown out by their wives? Perennial bachelors? It also had a roof garden, ladies parlor (where I guess the “single men” could entertain prospective beaux), social halls (your guess is as good as mine), and a library. Later, it became the Embassy Hotel and Auditorium, and is still around today.

This is how the building looked in April 2019. It’s getting swallowed up by the skyscrapers around it. There were plans to turn it into a new hotel but nothing came of those plans.