The long, painful decline of the L.A. hotel made famous by The Doors: Can it rise from the ashes?
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.
Downtown L.A. ‘Morrison Hotel' Building Made Famous By Doors Album Cover Damaged by Fire
titled "Morrison Hotel," given the nod to the surname of Doors' frontman Jim Morrison. The photo, snapped by famed rock photographer Henry Diltz, was taken on the fly in December 1969. The album was ...
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Historic Morrison Hotel Made Famous by The Doors Destroyed in Fire
The LAFD has not determined the cause of the fire. Morrison Hotel cover photographer Henry Diltz says the “run down” location was spotted by Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. “It was the kind ...
Los Angeles Times27d
Former Morrison Hotel, made famous by a Doors album, destroyed by fire in downtown L.A.
Music photographer Henry Diltz, who shot the iconic image of the Los Angeles rock band the Doors at the Morrison Hotel for the band’s 1970 album, recounted in a 2020 Facebook post how he got the ...
Entertainment Weekly27d
Historic Morrison Hotel made famous by the Doors erupts in flames in Los Angeles
As the story goes, music photographer Henry Diltz and art director Gary Burden had to get creative with snapping the cover art featuring frontman Jim Morrison after a hotel receptionist prohibited ...
'Morrison Hotel' Made Famous by the Doors Goes up in Flames in LA
The former Morrison Hotel, which was famously on the cover of a 1970 album by The Doors, has been significantly damaged by a fire in downtown Los Angeles ...
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The Doors ushered the Morrison Hotel into rock history. Can that save it? 'The world is watching'
Music photographer Henry Diltz first laid eyes on the Morrison Hotel lobby 55 years ago. He and his business partner Gary Burden drove to the hotel on Hope Street with Doors keyboardist Ray ...
Yahoo27d
Building that once housed Morrison Hotel badly burned in fire
The building made famous by photographer Henry Diltz in 1970 (as it became the cover of The Doors album Morrison Hotel) was badly burned in a fire, possibly providing a catalyst for further ...
New York Post27d
Morrison Hotel made famous by The Doors destroyed by fire while occupied by squatters
The Morrison ... Los Angeles hotel best known for being on the cover of the legendary rock album. The blaze destroyed the roof of the building now red-tagged as being unlivable. Henry Diltz ...
USA Today27d
Fire destroys historic LA building featured on The Doors' 'Morrison Hotel' album cover
photographer says The iconic photo of the Morrison Hotel was taken by music photographer Henry Diltz in 1969. The band and its frontman Jim Morrison had been told they couldn't take a photo inside ...
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'Morrison Hotel' made famous by The Doors goes up in flames in LA
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 ...