Happy 100th anniversary to the Biltmore Hotel! It opened 100 years ago on October 1, 1923, opposite Pershing Square in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, where it still stands today. Nicknamed ‘the Host of the Coast’ it was the most lavish hotel west of the Mississippi and marked LA’s emergence as a city of note. It did not, however, have a fittingly grand ballroom. This situation was remedied in 1928 when the hotel opened the cavernous, two-story Sala de Oro, which was later renamed the Biltmore Bowl. This photo was taken on February 17, 1940, when the Bowl hosted the sixth annual dinner dance of the Warner Club, which was the social club associated with the Warner Bros. movie studios. Good luck finding space on that dance floor!
You can see a much larger version of this photo on my website: https://wp.me/p5XK3w-7c.
No comments:
Post a Comment