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Looking back: the Wilshire Grand hotel

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The Wilshire Grand Hotel at Figueroa and Wilshire in Downtown Los Angeles opened in 1952 as the Statler. This image from the Herald Examiner Collection at the Los Angeles Public Library shows the Wilshire Boulevard side during opening week in October 1952. Notice the unmistakable old Wilshire street lamp.

Photographer: LA Observed | Posted December 26, 2011
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