Morrison Hotel cover photographer Henry Diltz says the “run down” location was spotted by Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. “It was the kind of place where you could start a religion or plan a ...

“Morrison Hotel” is marked by a grittier sound that befits a hard-luck hotel near Los Angeles’ Skid Row. The platter opens with the rowdy “Roadhouse Blues” and includes favorites of Door ...

It was a building immortalized as the album art and title for the Doors’ fifth album. But on Thursday, the former Morrison Hotel — most recently slated to be used for affordable housing ...

The Morrison Hotel, the famous backdrop for The Doors’ 1970 album named after it, was destroyed by a huge fire Thursday while being occupied by dozens of homeless squatters. Almost 100 ...

The former Morrison Hotel in downtown Los Angeles made famous by the Doors erupted in flames on Thursday morning, sustaining a partial roof collapse and putting the structural integrity in doubt.

A fire in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday destroyed a historic building that had been immortalized on the cover of the 1970 album "Morrison Hotel," by rock band The Doors. More than 100 ...

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In 1970, the Doors released the album Morrison Hotel, named after an establishment in downtown Los Angeles and immortalizing it with the famous cover art.On Thursday (Dec. 26), the iconic four ...

The Morrison Hotel, the downtown Los Angeles establishment made famous by The Doors, has been destroyed by fire. The building, located at 1246 S. Hope St, went up in flames on Boxing Day ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire that erupted in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday.