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Circa 1939, the WPA-sponsored American Guide Series Los Angeles guidebook described the chain thusly: "Clifton’s Brookdale, 648 S. Broadway, and Clifton's Cafeteria of the Golden Rule, 618 S. Olive St. Organ music and singing attendants. A novel feature at both places is the bulletin board just outside the entrance, where listings are ...
Du-par's is a diner-style restaurant in Los Angeles, California, that was once a modest-sized regional chain. It was founded in 1938 by James Dunn and Edward Parsons, who combined their surnames to create the restaurant's name. The original location still exists at the Los Angeles Farmers Market in Los Angeles' Fairfax District. [1]
However, the name "Tenderloin" does not appear on any maps of San Francisco prior to the 1930s; before then, it was labeled as "Downtown", although it was informally referred to as "the Tenderloin" as early as the 1890s. The area had an active nightlife in the late 19th century with many theaters, restaurants and hotels.
The Sentous Block or Sentous Building (19th c., demolished late 1950s) was located at 615-9 N Main St., with a back entrance on 616-620 North Spring St. (previously called Upper Main St., then San Fernando St.). Designed in 1886 by Burgess J. Reeve. Louis Sentous was a French pioneer in the early days of Los Angeles. [6]
By 1912, the Alexandria had become such an important gathering place that the Los Angeles Times wrote the following: "What Union Square was to old New York, what Forty-second street is to the present metropolis, and what the vicinity of the Cort Theater is to San Francisco, the Alexandria mezzanine seems to be to theatrical Los Angeles ...
Hotel Figueroa (also the Figueroa Hotel, colloquially The Fig) is a hotel building in the South Park district of Downtown Los Angeles.Originally opened as a hostelry exclusive to women, the hotel underwent a transformation into a Moroccan-themed space in the 1970s before being restored to its initial Spanish Colonial architecture in 2014.
Hotel Lankershim featured three eight-story towers atop a one story base. [3] Each tower featured a stone and brick facade, [1] and two light courts separated these towers, providing light, air, and a fire escape directly to each room. [3] Overall, the building was an imitation of San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel. [4]
Delphi Hotel, The (formerly the Downtown Standard Hotel (2002-2023)) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown; Dunbar Hotel; Fremont Hotel, Los Angeles; Glen-Holly Hotel; Hollywood Hotel; Hollywood Melrose Hotel; Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel [1] Hotel Alexandria; Hotel Bel-Air; Hotel Chancellor; Hotel Indigo Los Angeles Downtown