{"id":12842,"date":"2017-06-28T07:18:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T14:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=12842"},"modified":"2017-06-28T12:06:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T19:06:50","slug":"ambassador-auditorium-at-the-ambassador-hotel-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2017\/06\/28\/ambassador-auditorium-at-the-ambassador-hotel-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Auditorium at the Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2017\/06\/28\/ambassador-auditorium-at-the-ambassador-hotel-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles\/ambassador-auditorium-at-the-ambassador-hotel-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1.jpg?fit=879%2C461&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"879,461\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"Picasa","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Ambassador Auditorium at the Ambassador Hotel Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1.jpg?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1.jpg?fit=640%2C336&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12843\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1.jpg?resize=640%2C336&ssl=1\" alt=\"Ambassador Auditorium at the Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1.jpg?w=879&ssl=1 879w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1.jpg?resize=300%2C157&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1.jpg?resize=768%2C403&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Wait! What? The Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd had the Ambassador Auditorium out the back? Like, a big one? Where they broadcast radio shows? And this is the first I\u2019ve heard of it? I knew there was a theater in the Ambassador and that it opened in 1921, but I thought that was inside the hotel. These photos show that it was what looks to be a separate building.<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2017\/06\/28\/ambassador-auditorium-at-the-ambassador-hotel-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles\/ambassador-auditorium-at-the-ambassador-hotel-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-2.jpg?fit=720%2C648&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"Picasa","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Ambassador Auditorium at the Ambassador Hotel Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-2.jpg?fit=300%2C270&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-2.jpg?fit=640%2C576&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-2.jpg?resize=640%2C576&ssl=1\" alt=\"Ambassador Auditorium at the Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles\" width=\"640\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-2.jpg?w=720&ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-2.jpg?resize=300%2C270&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>I can’t imagine it would have been too easy dancing on lawn like that, but that’s the Ambassador Auditorium on the left.<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12846\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2017\/06\/28\/ambassador-auditorium-at-the-ambassador-hotel-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles\/ambassador-auditorium-at-the-ambassador-hotel-wilshire-blvd-los-angeles-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-3.jpeg?fit=1005%2C768&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1005,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Ambassador Auditorium at the Ambassador Hotel Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (3)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-3.jpeg?fit=300%2C229&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-3.jpeg?fit=640%2C489&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12846\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-3.jpeg?resize=640%2C489&ssl=1\" alt=\"Ambassador Auditorium at the Ambassador Hotel Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-3.jpeg?w=1005&ssl=1 1005w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-3.jpeg?resize=300%2C229&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ambassador-Auditorium-at-the-Ambassador-Hotel-Wilshire-Blvd-Los-Angeles-3.jpeg?resize=768%2C587&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wait! 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