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.

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 ...

The photograph used for the cover art was snapped by rock ... its name with singer Jim Morrison. ‘Morrison Hotel’ was The Doors’ fifth studio album and was hailed by many at the time as ...

The former Morrison Hotel ... album cover of the Door's fifth studio album of the same name, released in February 1970 by Elektra Records. As the story goes, music photographer Henry Diltz and art ...

A downtown Los Angeles building made famous as the setting of an album cover photo for the legendary rock band the Doors was heavily damaged after fire broke out Thursday morning. The building that ...

The Morrison Hotel was featured on the cover of The Doors' fifth album. Celebrated music photographer Henry Diltz made the image in 1969 and said years later that it took a little trickery to pull ...

By Tim Balk A boarded-up former hotel in Downtown Los Angeles that was featured on the cover of the 1970 Doors album “Morrison Hotel” was engulfed by a fire on Thursday. The fire brought down ...

The Morrison Hotel became popular after The Doors featured it on the cover of their 1970 album, "Morrison Hotel." The album cover shows the group - singer Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek ...

we were out taking photos for the Morrison Hotel album cover,” Diltz wrote on Facebook. “We were at a transient hotel in Downtown LA on Hope Street. The Doors didn’t have permission to take ...