Tag Archives: Hotels
Semaphore traffic signals at 5th and Grand Streets, downtown Los Angeles, 1948
I love any vintage shot with a semaphore traffic signal, and in this one from 1948, we get two. The photographer was standing on the driveway leading out of the building on the corner of 5th and Grand Streets in … Continue reading
Looking at the southeast corner of the Garden of Allah Hotel at Sunset Blvd and Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, circa late 1950s
The Garden of Allah Hotel on Sunset Blvd at the gateway to the Sunset Strip was open from 1927 to 1959. During those years, it underwent a succession of management teams. At some point in the 1950s, one of those … Continue reading
Color photograph of the Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, Christmas 1954
From Dave DeCaro’s always-interesting website comes this striking genuine photo from 1954 of the Hollywood Hotel as seen from the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave. It was taken during the holiday season, which is why that white metal … Continue reading
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Lookout Mountain Inn, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, circa 1910s
In this shot, we’re looking at the 24-room Lookout Mountain Inn that sat atop the aptly named Lookout Mountain off Laurel Canyon. It was built 1910 with verandas on three sides that allowed the $15-a-week guests to take in the … Continue reading
The Zephyr Room at the Chapman Park Hotel on the northwest corner of Alexandria Ave and Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1947
Across Wilshire Blvd from the Ambassador Hotel and across Alexandria Ave from the original Brown Derby was the Chapman Park Hotel, which stood on the northwest corner from 1936 to late 1960s on a 5-acre site with a tower and … Continue reading
Hotel in Long Beach, California, 1887, a year before it burned down
I couldn’t find which hotel this was other than it was in Long Beach and that this photo was taken in 1887. Still, it gives us an idea of what the hotels back then looked like. This looks to be … Continue reading
Evening shot of the Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (undated)
I don’t know when this photo of the Ambassador Hotel was taken, or who took it. But I like to think it was someone out for an evening stroll, all gussied up in their snazzy clothes after an evening dinner … Continue reading
Garden of Allah Hotel model scan superimposed over former site at the southwest corner of Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights Blvd, West Hollywood, March 2022
Today’s post is a departure from my usual daily vintage photo of Los Angeles. But first, a bit of backstory. Recently, I did an on-camera interview for a documentary about some of Marilyn Monroe’s effects found in a public storage … Continue reading
The Hotel Antler and the Venice Lagoon where the Windward-Main-and-Grand roundabout now stands, Venice, California, circa 1920s
This gently bucolic scene is what Abbot Kinney had in mind when he developed his “Venice of America” project in the early 1900s. It was quite a breathtaking vision with canals and gondolas and lagoons. This circa 1920s photo shows … Continue reading
Looking west along the Hollywood Hotel from Highland Ave, Hollywood (undated)
In this photo we’re Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave. The photo is undated, but the hotel is in pretty good condition so I’m going to guess this was taken in the 1930s. Mary M. says: “It started … Continue reading