Lost Los Angeles: Hollywood Hotel
Introducing a new photo series, #LostLA, starting with the Hollywood Hotel
The Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles, at night (Los Angeles Public Library) Built at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in 1902, the Hollywood Hotel hosted many of the film industry’s pioneers, including Louis B. Mayer, Mae Murray, Norma Shearer, Irving Thalberg and Rudolph Valentino. Its Thursday night dances became legendary. The hotel fell into decay in the 1940s and was…