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‘Morrison Hotel’ Building in Los Angeles Destroyed by Fire
The building that once housed the Morrison Hotel — featured on the cover of the Doors’ album of the same name — was significantly damaged in a fire.
The building that once housed the Morrison Hotel — featured on the iconic cover of the Doors ’ 1970 album of the same name — suffered significant damages Thursday after a fire tore through the downtown Los Angeles property. In a 2020 remembrance of his famed photograph, Diltz wrote, “We were at a transient hotel in Downtown LA on Hope Street. Following news of the Morrison Hotel building’s fire, Diltz wrote on social media, “Sad to hear the original Morrison Hotel in downtown LA caught fire yesterday… It was a great old wooden building with many small rooms upstairs where transients and drinkers used to sleep it off on a cot for $2.50 a night!
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