{"id":25704,"date":"2022-10-29T07:17:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T14:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=25704"},"modified":"2022-10-29T07:21:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T14:21:40","slug":"aerial-photo-of-the-ambassador-hotel-under-construction-los-angeles-1920-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/10\/29\/aerial-photo-of-the-ambassador-hotel-under-construction-los-angeles-1920-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerial photo of the Ambassador Hotel under construction, Los Angeles, 1920"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/10\/29\/aerial-photo-of-the-ambassador-hotel-under-construction-los-angeles-1920-2\/aerial-photo-of-the-ambassador-hotel-under-construction-los-angeles-1920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aerial-photo-of-the-Ambassador-Hotel-under-construction-Los-Angeles-1920.png?fit=999%2C559&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"999,559\" 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=\"Aerial photo of the Ambassador Hotel under construction, Los Angeles, 1920\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aerial-photo-of-the-Ambassador-Hotel-under-construction-Los-Angeles-1920.png?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aerial-photo-of-the-Ambassador-Hotel-under-construction-Los-Angeles-1920.png?fit=640%2C358&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aerial-photo-of-the-Ambassador-Hotel-under-construction-Los-Angeles-1920.png?resize=640%2C358&ssl=1\" alt=\"Aerial photo of the Ambassador Hotel under construction, Los Angeles, 1920\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aerial-photo-of-the-Ambassador-Hotel-under-construction-Los-Angeles-1920.png?w=999&ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aerial-photo-of-the-Ambassador-Hotel-under-construction-Los-Angeles-1920.png?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aerial-photo-of-the-Ambassador-Hotel-under-construction-Los-Angeles-1920.png?resize=768%2C430&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>From the moment it opened its doors on January 1, 1921, the Ambassador Hotel became a focal point for LA\u2019s social life, especially at its premier nightclub, the Cocoanut Grove. This aerial shot shows it under construction in 1920. Wilshire Blvd is the street running from near the top of the left-hand side upwards toward the top right-hand corner. The spot where the original Brown Derby is an empty field, which isn\u2019t surprising because a lot of the surrounding land is open. No wonder the Ambassador was considered a country resort when it opened!<\/p>\n<p>These days, the Ambassador Hotel site is occupied by a large complex known as the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools. This satellite image is from January 2020. No more open fields!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/10\/29\/aerial-photo-of-the-ambassador-hotel-under-construction-los-angeles-1920-2\/jan-2020-21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jan-2020-1.png?fit=1504%2C922&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1504,922\" 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=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jan-2020-1.png?fit=300%2C184&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jan-2020-1.png?fit=640%2C393&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25706\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jan-2020-1.png?resize=640%2C393&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jan-2020-1.png?resize=1024%2C628&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jan-2020-1.png?resize=300%2C184&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jan-2020-1.png?resize=768%2C471&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jan-2020-1.png?w=1504&ssl=1 1504w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/jan-2020-1.png?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the moment it opened its doors on January 1, 1921, the Ambassador Hotel became a focal point for LA\u2019s social life, especially at its premier nightclub, the Cocoanut Grove. This aerial shot shows it under construction in 1920. 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