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.
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Morrison Hotel Made Famous by The Doors Goes up in Flames in Los Angeles
Los Angeles firefighters work the scene of a greater alarm fire at the vacant Morrison Hotel, made famous by a photo shoot for the Doors band. It was a building immortalized as the album art and ...
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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.
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Historic Morrison Hotel Made Famous by The Doors Destroyed in Fire
Morrison Hotel cover photographer Henry Diltz says the “run down” location was spotted by Doors keyboardist Ray ... When Diltz asked permission to shoot the cover inside the lobby, a clerk ...
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Morrison Hotel made famous by The Doors destroyed by fire while occupied by squatters
The Morrison ... Doors looking through a window of the hotel almost never happened, Diltz, the photographer, has previously said. A hotel clerk told the band they weren’t allowed to take photos ...
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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 ... ideas for the photo shoot, and Ray suggested this hotel down on Skid Row.
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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 ... The Doors approached Diltz and Burden to put together a cover for an unnamed album. An improvised photo shoot of the legendary ...
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'Morrison Hotel' made famous by The Doors goes up in flames in LA
The iconic cover of The Doors' album featuring the front window of the Morrison Hotel in Los Angeles. The hotel was significantly damaged in a fire Thursday. (Photo: Rajko Simunovic, Reuters ...
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‘Morrison Hotel’ made famous by The Doors goes up in flames in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former Morrison Hotel ... photo looking through the window, with legendary frontman Jim Morrison in the middle. The album was viewed as a comeback to their roots for The ...
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‘Morrison Hotel’ made famous by The Doors goes up in flames in LA
(AP) — The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the ... A hotel clerk told the band they weren’t allowed to take photos inside, but when the clerk stepped ...