Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles)
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The Cecil Hotel is a hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. It was built and opened in 1924.[3] It is in a poorer part of the city, and many deaths and violent acts have happened there. For example, the dead body of a Canadian student, Elisa Lam, was found on the hotel roof in 2013.[4][5] The hotel changed its name to Stay on Main Hotel in 2011, in order to distance itself from its dark past. Because of this, the hotel is also called "The Suicide."[6] [7] [8]
| Cecil Hotel | |
|---|---|
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  Location within the Los Angeles metropolitan area | |
| General information | |
| Address | 640 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90014, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°02′39.04″N 118°15′01.97″W / 34.0441778°N 118.2505472°W |
| Opening | 1924[1] |
| Owner | Richard Born[2] |
| Management | Skid Row Housing Trust |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 15 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Loy Lester Smith[2] |
| Developer | Simon Barron Developments[2] |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 700[3] |
| Number of suites | 301[3] |
| Website | |
| Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2013) | |
| Built | 1924[2] |
| Governing body | Private |
| Designated | 2016 |
| Reference no. | 1140 |
At least 11 people killed themselves in the hotel.[5]
In 2019, the hotel had 301 rooms for people who want to live there for a long time and 299 hotel rooms. Some of the hotel rooms are regular private hotel rooms and some are meant to be like a European hostel, where people who didn't know each other would be expected to share the room. The owners rebuild the hotel to make it nicer and newer.[6] On December 13, 2021, the Cecil Hotel was reopened as an affordable housing complex.[9]
The Cecil Hotel was part of the inspiration for the fifth season of the television show American Horror Story, which took place in a haunted hotel.[5]
References change
- ↑ Whitcomb, Dan (20 February 2013). "Body found in LA hotel water tank may be missing Canadian tourist". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Hotel Cecil could finally reopen in late 2021". Curbed Los Angeles. Sep 3, 2019. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Once a den of prostitution and drugs, the Cecil Hotel in downtown L.A. is set to undergo a $100-million renovation". Los Angeles Times. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ↑ Helling, Steve (November 29, 2019). "What Happened to Elisa Lam, Who Was Found Dead on the Roof of an L.A. Hotel in a Water Tank?". People.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Nilles, Billy (February 19, 2019). "From the Black Dahlia to American Horror Story: Inside the Dark History of Los Angeles' Deadliest Hotel". E News.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Renovation Work on the Cecil Hotel to Start at Year's End". Downtown Los Angeles News. September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Dirnhuber, Jacob (September 10, 2019). "SCAREBNB Step inside the 'world's most haunted hotel' linked to mysterious deaths, serial killers and suicides". The Sun.
- ↑ Memmot, Mark (February 21, 2013). "L.A. Hotel Where Body Was Found In Water Tank Has 'Long, Dark History'". National Public Radio.
- ↑ "The Cecil Hotel Featured in Creepy Netflix Doc Will Reopen As Affordable Housing". Los Angeles Magazine. City News Service. December 13, 2021. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
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