BREAKING NEWS: The Ambassador Is Gone (Updated with Pictures)
The Cocoanut Grove is all that remains of the Ambassador Hotel. Jan. 16, 2005 -- 1:30 p.m.
The same view from Wilshire Boulevard in September, as demolition had just begun.
Just came from the Ambassador Hotel site, and documented the final demise of the once mighty structure. It's all gone. All that's left is a heap of rubble, and the Cocoanut Grove building (which will be incorporated into the new school on the site).
Some shots from Catalina and 7th, as I face west:
The same view, as taken in 2002 by the folks behind TheAmbassadorHotel.com:
RIP, The Ambassador Hotel and your many, many ghosts. Stay tuned for details on an Ambassador wake we hope to throw, perhaps at the HMS Bounty next week.
posted by Mike at 2:07 PM
6 Comments:
I saw the final destruction from my lunch room window.
Wow!! What a site!! I feel sorry for the production crew that was stationed off Mariposa, they got all the dust from the destruction.
jeez.
yep, hard to believe.
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I cant believe its gone. After 17 years the hotel stood after being closed there was always some type of hope that it would be saved. I guess if this landmark can go down in ashes so can the rest of them. Thanks alot LAUSD
Now that the grand lady is gone the only thing that we have left as far as what the Ambassador looks like is the Huntington Ritz-Carlton. The Huntington was designed by the same architect as the Ambassador and beautifully restored by Ritz-Carlton.
Thanks,
Scott
Who do you know has information regarding the change from The Ambassador Golf Club to Rancho Golf Club in late 1921, months after the hotel opened?
Any pictures of hotel guests playing the course?
My condolensces
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