Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles, 1915 Dean Martin taking over the banquet hall

taking over the banquet hall upstairs

(Both buildings were razed in the 1960's-70's

the main boulevard that runs along the famous beach-front in Nice

"The history of the site was intriguing

In 1931 the verse was adopted by Adolph Levitt

Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles, 1915 Dean Martin taking over the banquet hallThe Hotel Alexandria, opened on February 12, 1906 as an 8 story luxury hotel in downtown Los Angeles. It was sold in 1919 to the builders of the nearby Ambassador Hotel. The hotel was the most luxurious in Los Angeles for a number of years until the construction of the Biltmore Hotel three blocks west in 1923. The Ambassador Hotels System sold the hotel in 1927, and it was sold again in 1930, before going bankrupt and closing in 1932. The hotel's gold