Years of neglect left the Morrison Hotel in disrepair. And just as it was set for a new lease on life, a fire tore through the downtown building.
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.
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 ...