This Hotel is on Hill St between 4th and 5th St, in downtown. It was the first sign I happened upon when I was walking around. This sign's great, the huge circled letters really stand out, I can just imagine what it looks like lit up at night....if it still can....which I'm not quite sure about. It's definitely not a hotel anymore, when I walked closer it seemd to be just a storage space. I did some searching on google and came up with a few tidbits about this building.Link
That page contains a rendition of the hotel from a postcard.
It reads, "Below right is a postcard view of the Clark Hotel, an 11-story structure with 555 rooms, across the street from the Subway Terminal Building. The government of the People's Republic of China bought the hotel in the 1980s to be a business and cultural center — a project that was a casualty of the vagaries of China/U.S. relations."
It's pretty interesting how these buildings have changed hands throughout their lifetimes. After finding that I found
this
Close to the bottom of that page you can see an old picture of the Hotel Clark.
As I was searching for info I found myself just looking at these pages for the historical value they hold. I had no idea there was an incline railroad in downtown LA. Or that they had an elevated train system. It's a real shame that alot of this stuff is gone and no one even knew it existed. I'm really glad someone has taken the time to make websites like the ones above. As an outsider it really starts to get me interested in LA, and learn about a city that's more than just Hollywood and Beverly Hills. And it makes me appreciate this city more than I thought I ever could.
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