Английская Википедия:Hollywood Plaza Hotel
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Hollywood Plaza Hotel was a 200-room hotel located at 1633–37 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, just south of the famous intersection of Hollywood and Vine. It is in close proximity to the Capitol Records Building. Opened on October 15, 1925,Шаблон:Sfn it was a popular venue for film, radio, and theatre stars of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. It was converted into a retirement home in the 1970s.
History
The site was previously occupied by the residence of Jacob Stern. Joseph Stern, the hotel owner, leased the hotel to the Vine Street Hotel and Investment Company, led by Harold Stern.Шаблон:Sfn
Description
Designed by Walker & Eisen in Renaissance Revival style,Шаблон:Sfn the hotel was built in 1924 at a cost of US$1 million. The plan was T-shaped and 10 stories in height, of reinforced concrete, ornamental plaster, and stone. There were two garden plazasШаблон:Sfn and a street-level ballroom.Шаблон:Sfn The name "Plaza" appeared on a large neon signboard atop the roof.[1]
The lobby, which was modernized after World War II, originally featured an Italian-style coffered ceiling and bronze chandeliers.Шаблон:Sfn
The hotel's "Russian Eagle" nightclub was renamed the "It Cafe" by Clara Bow and her husband, Rex Bell, in 1937.Шаблон:Sfn Though Bow promised to appear three times a week at the cafe, her interest gradually waned and the cafe closed in 1943.[1] It later became a coffee shop.Шаблон:Sfn The hotel featured vaudeville acts,Шаблон:Sfn and during the 1950s, the television game show Queen for a Day set up a live remote broadcast location in the ballroom.Шаблон:Sfn Disc jockey Johnny Grant broadcast his daily show from the Hollywood Plaza Bar.[1]
Clientele
Being located in the vicinity of many broadcast studios,[1] the hotel was popular with radio performers and live theatre actors visiting Los Angeles, including Jackie Gleason, Doris Day, Marilyn Monroe, and Edward Everett Horton,Шаблон:Sfn as well as top bandleaders like Harry James, Paul Whiteman, and Hal McIntyre.[2] Bette Davis resided in the hotel with her mother when she arrived in Hollywood in 1930.Шаблон:Sfn A fresh contract in hand, Ava Gardner checked into the Hollywood Plaza in 1941, but was forced to move to the cheaper Wilcox Hotel.Шаблон:Sfn In the 1940s and 1950s, a barber shop in the basement was frequented by singer Frank Sinatra, who enjoyed playing gin rummy with the barber.[2][3] Comedian George Burns maintained an office at the top of the hotel in the late 1930s.Шаблон:Sfn[1]
The silhouette of a hotel seen from the window of Lucy Ricardo's flat in several I Love Lucy episodes is that of the Hollywood Plaza.Шаблон:Sfn
Notoriety
The hotel had its share of notoriety. In 1937 Ern Westmore, released from detainment for a drunk-driving charge, checked into a 10th-floor room and threatened to leap out the window; his brother Frank came to calm him down.Шаблон:Sfn That same year, an airline stewardess was found dead in her room.[4] In 1954, an Alaskan woman indicted for the murder of her husband and released on bail committed suicide in her room with an overdose of sleeping pills.[5] In 1959 a woman survived an 8-story fall down the hotel's stairwell.[6]
Present day
By the early 1970s, the hotel had become derelict.[7] The building was converted into a retirement home.Шаблон:Sfn Original palm trees occupy the rear of the building.Шаблон:Sfn
The building and its neon signboard were designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 665 on September 29, 1999.[1][8]
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External links
- History at Paradiseleased.wordpress.com
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