Very cool. Nice to hear the story from the photographer. I took a vacation to LA around 2000, and made sure i found this place, which i did. Historical.
That's great you were able to visit. There would have been people still living there in 2000, though the building was in increasingly bad shape. Did you get the chance to go into the lobby? Talk to anyone there?
@@missiontotransition641 if you still have the photos, we'd be so interested in seeing what it looked like then. There is a lot of documentation from a few years later, but mostly focusing on rotten wood, bugs and protest rallies, and not on the building itself.
Outstanding !!! The Morrison Hotel will live on. Please restore the lobby to original , maybe even make it into a mini Doors museum where folks can stop by and snap some pictures for a small fee. Thank you all so much, look forward to the updates.
Im 40 and from wales and av been listening to to the doors since i was about 10 there music is timeless way ahead of their time ive been to see jims resting place but hope to visit l.a one day thankyou 🙏 for music jim,jon,rob an ray ❤️
project like these are needed in low income community its a big help out here in LA great job The Doors music lives for ever great story proud of my city we got a long way to go
Under prior ownership they let vandals access the interior and do a lot of damage, before the owners illegally gutted the building. Until work begins on returning this to its proper use as very affordable housing, the ground floor is secured. We'll share updates on the project and opportunities for the public to visit.
Relevant Group wanted to partially demolish the long vacant building--it's e-shaped and they wanted to make it a "u" with a courtyard in back as a party hotel surrounded by towers. This didn't happened. They did, however, send in a crew to gut the historic interior without permits or AQMD safety remediation during lockdown. Happy ending, even with the lost history.
The Morrison is actually still standing. Early 20th century hotels in Los Angeles were built to be fireproof. No thanks to previous owners Relevant Group for illegally gutting the building and removing walls, doors, ceilings and fire doors which would have slowed yesterday's huge fire. But she is still standing, still beautiful, still 111 units of very affordable housing.
Very cool. Nice to hear the story from the photographer. I took a vacation to LA around 2000, and made sure i found this place, which i did. Historical.
That's great you were able to visit. There would have been people still living there in 2000, though the building was in increasingly bad shape. Did you get the chance to go into the lobby? Talk to anyone there?
@@esotouric No, i just got out and took pics of the front entrance/ window.
@@missiontotransition641 if you still have the photos, we'd be so interested in seeing what it looked like then. There is a lot of documentation from a few years later, but mostly focusing on rotten wood, bugs and protest rallies, and not on the building itself.
Outstanding !!! The Morrison Hotel will live on. Please restore the lobby to original , maybe even make it into a mini Doors museum where folks can stop by and snap some pictures for a small fee. Thank you all so much, look forward to the updates.
Hello, I live in Paris near Père Lachaise and Jim greets you . Bring you back here .
Thank you! We love your historic cemetery and hope to visit Jim again one day.
Such a great album cover!
Im 40 and from wales and av been listening to to the doors since i was about 10 there music is timeless way ahead of their time ive been to see jims resting place but hope to visit l.a one day thankyou 🙏 for music jim,jon,rob an ray ❤️
Awesome. My favorite Doors album cover.
it's actually unbelievable that that building is still standing at all. if you're from LA you know what I mean.
You were right!
project like these are needed in low income community its a big help out here in LA great job The Doors music lives for ever great story proud of my city we got a long way to go
Sometimes, the stars align just perfectly . . . . .
Where was Robby?
I was just there yesterday
The window is boarded up
Under prior ownership they let vandals access the interior and do a lot of damage, before the owners illegally gutted the building. Until work begins on returning this to its proper use as very affordable housing, the ground floor is secured. We'll share updates on the project and opportunities for the public to visit.
it was slated to be demoed dearly departed podcast did a story about the demo,, now its going to be restored for low cost housing great news
Relevant Group wanted to partially demolish the long vacant building--it's e-shaped and they wanted to make it a "u" with a courtyard in back as a party hotel surrounded by towers. This didn't happened. They did, however, send in a crew to gut the historic interior without permits or AQMD safety remediation during lockdown. Happy ending, even with the lost history.
Well, now it's gone. Bravo Los Angeles.
The Morrison is actually still standing. Early 20th century hotels in Los Angeles were built to be fireproof. No thanks to previous owners Relevant Group for illegally gutting the building and removing walls, doors, ceilings and fire doors which would have slowed yesterday's huge fire. But she is still standing, still beautiful, still 111 units of very affordable housing.