A former hotel in downtown L.A. whose name graced a 1970 Doors album — and where the band shot the record’s cover art — was badly burned in a fire.
A former hotel in downtown L.A. whose name graced a 1970 Doors album — and where the band surreptitiously shot the record's cover art — was badly burned in a fire Thursday morning, according to authorities. The 110-year-old structure, the former Morrison Hotel, may most recently have been home to squatters. More than 100 firefighters battled the fire, categorized as a major emergency incident, for nearly two hours with no injuries reported before the blaze was knocked down around 12:30 p.m.
When the hotel clerk was away from the front desk, however, they slipped in and quickly got the well-known shot using just one roll of film. Featured front and center was the band's legendary singer, Jim Morrison. The building has a checkered history and record of unsafe living conditions. In the post, Diltz described the building as a 'funky old sort of flop house' where a room could be had for $2.50 a night at the time of the 1969 shoot.
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