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Firefighters Put Out Blaze At Site Of The Doors’ Famous Morrison Hotel In Downtown L.A.
The Los Angeles Fire Department knocked down a fire in a vacant building that was once the home of the Morrison Hotel, site of the Doors' album cover.
No injuries were reported, but crews had to use ground ladders to reach fire escapes and assist unhoused persons that were exiting the vacant structure. The press conferencing announcing the AHF plan to convert the property into affordable housing took place almost exactly a year ago and included Doors drummer John Densmore and photographer Henry Diltz, who shot the album cover. Diltz and the band snuck into the hotel one day while the clerk was busy (they didn’t have a permit) and took as many photos as possible he could of the foursome — frontman Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger — under the arched “Morrison Hotel” sign in the window before rushing out again.
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