{"id":4251,"date":"2014-01-28T05:13:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T05:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martinturnbull.com\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2014-01-28T05:13:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T05:13:24","slug":"ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-boulevard-1950s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2014\/01\/28\/ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-boulevard-1950s\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, 1950s"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4252\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2014\/01\/28\/ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-boulevard-1950s\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-1.jpg?fit=800%2C501&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,501\" 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":""}\" data-image-title=\"ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-1.jpg?fit=300%2C187&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-1.jpg?fit=640%2C401&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4252\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, 1950s\" alt=\"Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, 1950s\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-1.jpg?resize=640%2C401\" width=\"640\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-1.jpg?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-1.jpg?resize=300%2C187&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>I\u2019ve seen lots of photos of the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard but I don\u2019t ever recall seeing one that showed this striking pillar out front as seen in this color photo from the 1950s.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Here is a close up on the statue at the base of the pillar:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2014\/01\/28\/ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-boulevard-1950s\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-2.jpg?fit=917%2C578&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"917,578\" 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":""}\" data-image-title=\"ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-2.jpg?fit=300%2C189&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-2.jpg?fit=640%2C403&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4253\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, 1950s\" alt=\"Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, 1950s\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-2.jpg?resize=640%2C403\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-2.jpg?w=917&ssl=1 917w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-2.jpg?resize=300%2C189&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>And the more modest one which sits there now in front of the high school which now occupies that site.<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2014\/01\/28\/ambassador-hotel-on-wilshire-boulevard-1950s\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-3.jpg?fit=324%2C432&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"324,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot SD1000","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1273160617","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.8","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-3.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-3.jpg?fit=324%2C432&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4254\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, 1950s\" alt=\"Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, 1950s\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-3.jpg?resize=324%2C432\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-3.jpg?w=324&ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ambassador-hotel-color-1950s-3.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve seen lots of photos of the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard but I don\u2019t ever recall seeing one that showed this striking pillar out front as seen in this color photo from the 1950s. 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