Posted on 12/27/2024 7:30:22 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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 firefighters worked for at least two hours from 11 a.m. to control the fire at the downtown 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, the photographer who shot the album cover, said he was “very sad” to see the landmark so badly damaged, telling CBS News Los Angeles: “I hope somebody will rebuild it.”
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But the homeless people squatting there have been a constant problem for its current owners, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a nonprofit that bought the building in 2022 for almost $12 million to transform it into affordable housing.
“Last week when we cleared the building, there were about 15 [homeless people inside],” said Mark Dyer of the foundation.
“As soon as we secure the building, the homeless come up with power tools within hours and just cut the locks off,” he told Fox 11.
Jim would be amused....................
Great photo
The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a global nonprofit organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to over 2,000,000 people in 47 countries. We are currently the largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the world.
“Light My Fire”
LOL, you beat me to that one
Interesting that the Morrison’s father and son careers took off around 3 years after the Gulf of Tonkin whatever incident.
Man, I hope they had insurance. Those guys probably lost everything.
LA is burning.
Again?
“...bought the building in 2022 for almost $12 million to transform it into affordable housing.”
This is a success, it’s more affordable than ever now.
Stayed there for a night 10 years ago. I Liked that tt had inside parking. If I remember it Was pretty good as hotels go. But its California and everything was expensive there.
this is the end...
The ‘homeless’ cohort of our population includes arsonists with a huge chip on their shoulder. They are the cause of many (most?) fires these days, I suspect. “But they were just trying to get warm!”, we’ll hear. While that may be true in some cases, they also start such fires with utter disregard for the rest of society and what it has built and values. Christian Churches seem to be a favorite target, along with other structures and places that we hold dear.
And notice how they never target mosques.
“...bought the building in 2022 for almost $12 million to transform it into affordable housing.”
This is a success, it’s more affordable than ever now.
If COVID won’t kill off the problem, the democrats always have arson to fall back on.
strange days indeed.
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