The former Morrison Hotel in downtown Los Angeles made famous by the Doors erupted in flames on Thursday ... As the story goes, music photographer Henry Diltz and art director Gary Burden had ...

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 — went ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 Los Angeles Fire Department knocked down a fire Thursday in a vacant downtown building that was formerly the home of the Morrison ... art for the 1970 album by seminal L.A. band The Doors.

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 ...