The Ambassador Hotel was a hotel in Los Angeles, California, and the Cocoanut Grove nightclub location was destroyed in 2005. The hotel began its official operation on January 1, 1921. It was the location of the Academy Awards six times (2, 3, 5, 6, 12, and 15) and the June 1968 assassination of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. The hotel was closed to guests in 1989.
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The Ambassador Hotel is located at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, between Catalina Street and Mariposa Avenue in what is now known as Koreatown. It was designed by Pasadena Myron Hunt architect in an eclectic Mediterranean Revival style with elements of Art Deco and signage.
The Ambassador Hotel is frequented by celebrities, some of whom, like Pola Negri, live there. From 1930 to 1943, six Academy Awards ceremonies were held at the hotel. Perhaps as many as seven US presidents live in the Ambassador, from Hoover to Nixon, along with heads of states from around the world. For decades, the hotel's famous Cocoanut Grove nightclub hosts famous entertainers, such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Liza Minnelli, Martin and Lewis, The Supremes, Merv Griffin, Dorothy Dandridge, Vikki Carr, Evelyn Knight, Vivian Vance, Dick Haymes, Sergio Franchi, Perry Como, Gillespie Dizzy, Benny Goodman, Sammy Davis Jr., Little Richard, Liberace, Natalie Cole, Richard Pryor, and Shirley Bassey.
1920s
During the 1920s, the Ambassador Hotel nightclub, Cocoanut Grove was frequented by celebrities such as Louis B. Mayer, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford, Howard Hughes, Clara Bow, Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Anna May Wong, Norma Talmadge, and others. According to Photoplay , Joan Crawford and Carole Lombard often became competitors in the Charleston contest held on Friday night; Lombard is found in the Grove.
Starting in 1928, Gus Arnheim leads the Cocoanut Grove Orchestra. Six to seven songs are sung every night. There was a two-hour broadcasting orchestra on the radio.
The names of hotels and nightclubs quickly became synonymous with charm; "Cocoanut Grove" will be a trendy name for bars and clubs across the United States.
1930s
During the 1930s, Cocoanut Grove was frequented by celebrity cinema such as Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg, Errol Flynn, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Lana Turner, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, and many others. On February 29, 1940, the 1939 Academy Awards ceremony was held at Cocoanut Grove, with Bob Hope hosting.
Loyce Whiteman, singer for the Cocoanut Grove Orchestra, recalled, "The most beautiful thing about the Grove is that they stand in front of you as you sing and sway to music.Joan Crawford will stand in the pulpit and sing some choruses with the band. full of stars. "
An early MGM short film, Starlit Days in Lido (1935), filmed at Lido Spa at the Ambassador, about a tea dance at lunch featuring Henry Busse and vocalist bands, new acts with Arthur Lake), Cliff Edwards and Ben Turpin, choir girls and photos of the reaction from "guests," including Francis Lederer, Buster Crabbe, John Boles, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett, Lili Damita and MC Reginald Denny.
1940s
During World War II, the Ambassador Hotel was used for war fundraising at Cocoanut Grove and when the war ended, Cocoanut Grove became a resting place for soldiers, spokespersons, and many movie actors.
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Hotel Ambassador System
The Los Angeles Ambassador was built as part of the Hotel Ambassador System. When the hotel opened in January 1921, the chain consisted of the Ambassador of Los Angeles, Hotel Alexandria in Los Angeles, Ambassador of Santa Barbara, Ambassador of Atlantic City, and New York Ambassador. The Santa Barbara property burned immediately after on 13 April 1921, and Alexandria left the chain in 1925, while Ambassador Palm Beach merged in 1929.
The chain was finally disbanded in the 1930s. The Los Angeles ambassador is sold to Schine Hotels. The New York Ambassador was sold and operated independently until 1958, when it was sold to Sheraton Hotels and renamed Sheraton-East. It was destroyed in 1966 for the construction of 345 Park Avenue. The Atlantic City Ambassador was destroyed in the late 1970s and converted into Tropicana Casino & amp; Resort The Ambassador Palm Beach was sold in 1933 and became Palm Beach Biltmore, before being converted into condominiums.
Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
In the pantry area of ​​the hotel's main kitchen, shortly after midnight on 5 June 1968, and after a brief victory speech in the ballroom of Ambassador Hotel Chamber Room, the winner of California presidential presidential election, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was shot along with five others. Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan was arrested at the scene and later convicted of the murder. Kennedy died one day later because of his injuries, while other survivors survived their injuries. During the demolition of the Ambassador Hotel in late 2005 and early 2006, a portion of the area where the 1968 shootings took place was eliminated from the site. The Wilshire Boulevard section in front of the hotel has been signed "Robert F. Kennedy Parkway".
Reject and close
The death of Robert F. Kennedy coincided with the beginning of the destruction of the hotel, accelerated by the decline of the surrounding environment. In the 1970s, gangs and illegal drug problems in the area near the hotel had become severe, and deteriorated. Despite the renovation of Cocoanut Grove in the mid-1970s, with the creative control of Sammy Davis, Jr., the property was declining.
The Ambassador Hotel closed in 1989 for guests, but remains open for shooting and private events. The sale of hotel content liquidation was carried out in 1991.
Donald Trump proposed in 1989 to build a 125-storey building, the largest in the world, and into a protracted legal battle with the Los Angeles Unified School District, which eventually won and developed a school in the Wilshire district. Many are surprised that such historic buildings do not accept the status to be historically preserved despite being the host of every US President from Dwight Eisenhower to Richard M. Nixon.
Filming/photography at the hotel
This hotel is a popular filming location and background for film and television programs, starting with the 1933 film Jean Harlow Bombshell. As the business declines and eventually closes, it provides twice as convenient to modern hotels and restaurants at The Graduate, Beverly Hills, 90210, L.A. Stories , Beautiful , True Romance , Wedding Singers and many other movies and television shows. A time-life capsule of that period, it was the perfect location to represent every 1950s to the 1970s hotel era, such as at Almost Famous , Apollo 13 , Catch Me If You Can , Hoffa , and That's What You Do .
The final project for a special movie in the famous kitchen is "Spin the Bottle", a 2004 episode of the TV series Angel . The 2006 film Bobby is the latest project to physically film the hotel property, gaining access at the end of 2005 to film important shots even when some hotels are in the process of being destroyed.
After closing, the Los Angeles Police Department used the property to train large-scale operations that required the coordination of many officers. The 2003 SWAT movie recreates such training, in scenes taken at the hotel.
The ambassador himself has been immortalized as a "character" in the film. The Cocoanut Grove was recreated for the 2004 film The Aviator, while the 1999 film The Thirteenth Floor re-created the hotel when the main character visited 1937 Los Angeles.
The Cocoanut Grove also hosted the musician Roy Orbison and several players in September 1987 for a special television show. Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night, first shown in Cinemax in early 1988. Rock band Linkin Park also held their press shoot for their 2003 album Meteora at the hotel. Guns N 'Roses filmed a music video for their song, "Patience", at the hotel in 1989. The R & B "Chuckii Booker" filmed a music video for his song "Games" from the Niels' n Wiild album at the hotel in 1992.
Defend or destroy?
From 2004 to 2005, the Hotel Ambassador was completely closed and became the topic of legal struggle between the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), which wanted to clean up the site and build schools; Sirhan Sirhan, who, through his lawyer, Lawrence Teeter, wanted to do more testing in the pantry where Robert F. Kennedy was shot; and the conservation of the Los Angeles Conservancy and Art Deco Society, which wants the hotel and its various elements stored and integrated into the school of the future.
The Location Managers Guild hosted a joint event with the Jefferson High School Film and Television Academy in March 2005, titled Last Looks: The Ambassador Hotel . They guide students in solving scripts and driving locations, using hotels as potential locations to build, documenting properties for the last time. The pictures taken by students and professionals were then displayed side by side in Los Angeles City Hall.
After much litigation, the settlement was reached in late August 2005, allowing the demolition to begin with an exchange for the establishment of a $ 4.9 million fund, provided to save the historic schoolhouse in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Demolition
On September 10, 2005, a final public auction was held for the remaining hotel equipment and work was immediately commenced on the demolition of the Ambassador Hotel. On January 16, 2006, the last portion of the Ambassador fell, with most of the demolitions carried out during 2005, leaving only annexation housed at the hotel entrance, a shopping center, coffee shop, and Cocoanut Grove, all promised to be preserved by way of certain and used in a new school.
The resurgence attended by hundreds of people was held for Hotel Ambassador on February 2, 2006 at Gaylord Apartments and the adjoining restaurant H.M.S. The bounty, both part of the historic building built during 1924, is just across the road from Hotel Ambassador; Diane Keaton, one of the many people struggling for the preservation of the hotel, including among the ceremonial speakers.
Conservation of Cocoanut Grove
The Cocoanut Grove was renovated several times before, destroying much of its architectural integrity, and was promised that it would undergo another major transformation before it became an auditorium for the new school. Also promised coffee shop preservation on the ground floor, designed by renowned architect Paul Williams.
Due to poor structural integrity claims, however, LAUSD decided to destroy most of the Cocoanut Grove, retaining only the hotel entrance and the east wall of the Grove.
2006-2010
New Los Angeles # 1 K-3 Central Learning Center, and Central Los Angeles New Learning Center # 1 4-8/HS, along with Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park, are built on this site.
The six schools are named as the Robert F. Kennedy Community School. The K-3 facility opened on 9 September 2009 and facilities 4-8 and high school began operations on September 14, 2010. The north side of the new school has a slightly similar look to the original hotel facade and the northern grass will remain the same, as seen from Wilshire Boulevard.
Documentary
A long documentary by Camilo Silva, After 68: The Rise and Fall of the Ambassador Hotel , is being made with an estimated release date in 2014.
See also
- Robert F. Kennedy Community School
References
Further reading
Mathison, Dirk (Juni 1998). "Hotel patah hati". Majalah Los Angeles . Emmi Komunikasi: 77-85; 134. ISSNÂ 1522-9149. < rentang>
Tautan eksternal
- TheAmbassadorHotel.com
- Stand Terakhir Duta Besar
- Hotel Duta Besar di Seeing Stars: Panduan Utama untuk Selebriti & amp; Situs web Hollywood
- Galeri 135 foto yang diambil antara 2003 hingga 2005
- In Memoriam: Seni "The Doorman" Nyhagen, sebuah penghargaan bagi penjaga pintu lama di The Ambassador, dengan foto-foto vintage
- "L.A. Visi yang salah di Unified untuk sekolah di situs Duta", Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times , 18 Juli 2010
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