This photograph may be associated with the article, “BULLETS FOIL HOLD-UP MAN: Hotel Owner Shoots Sailor Attempting fRobbery [sic]; Companion Seized,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 1935: 3.
View towards the two buildings of the Melrose Hotel, on 120-30 Grand Avenue (between First Street and Second Street) on Bunker Hill. On the right is a Victorian mansion with a tall, bell-shaped tower topped by a cupola. On the left is a four-story rectangular building with four pediments decorating the top and a sign reading: "Melrose"
Street view of Pico House, 3-story hotel, with Main Street, street railroad tracks, and parked cars in foreground, sign reading National Hotel, and Merced Theater and other buildings at right. Other business signs include: Yin King Low, Chinese Chop Suey and Noodles; Baby Ruth Gum; Chicos; El Pas[o] Lunch Room; Barberia Mexicana; Orfila and Beach Employment Agency; Karl's Shoes, Kustom Made; Banos
Street view of Pico House, 3-story hotel, with Main Street, street railroad tracks, pedestrians, and parked cars in foreground, sign reading National Hotel, and Merced Theater and other buildings at right. Other business signs include: El Paso Lunch Room; Barberia Mexicana; Orfila and Beach Employment Agency; Karl's Shoes, Kustom Made; Yama Grocery; Pasajes a Todas Partes, Pickwick Stages; Signs; Second-Hand Furniture; Banos
The Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments, formerly the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel, was built in 1925 by E.M. Frasier in the Spanish Colonial Revival Style. The hotel catered to the burgeoning film industry and was a frequent haunt of actors and musicians. The hotel became senior living apartments in the 1970s.