The historic Morrison Hotel in Los Angeles, which inspired the Doors' iconic 1970 album, was severely damaged by a fire on December 26, 2024.
Fire crews battled a building fire on the 1200 block of South Hope Street Thursday, December 26, 2024, in Los Angeles . The Morrison Hotel, which was the namesake of the Doors' 1970 album, suffered significant damages Thursday after a fire tore through the downtown Los Angeles property. No one was injured in the blaze, which caused the roof to collapse on the 110-year-old, four-story, mostly vacant building.
Once a transient hotel — which it was when the Doors were photographed there — the Morrison Hotel had been vacant for over a decade, although the homeless frequently squatted in the structure. “We did have firefighters place ground ladders to fire escapes because they could see there were a couple of people coming to the fire escapes.” Photographer Henry Diltz, who captured Jim Morrison and company inside the hotel for the album cover, would later co-found the Diltz wrote, “We were at a transient hotel in Downtown LA on Hope Street. The Doors didn’t have permission to take pictures, so when the lobby was empty, they ran in quickly and sat behind the window. One roll of film shot before we got asked to leave.” 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! I think the beautiful front window with ‘Morrison Hotel’ in red letters was the best part of it… & So did The Doors!” The building was purchased by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in 2023, with that nonprofit planning on transforming it into affordable housing. However, while development on the property continued, the homeless continued to trespass on the Hope Street structure
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