In town for a story about that new Disneyland opening? Working with colleagues at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner? Maybe you stayed here. Across the street.
It was the Case Hotel, at 11th and Broadway. The year was 1955.
Photo from the USC Digital Library
I always wondered what this building was. If you start on Temple and look south on Broadway, you can see how this building is at an angle way down by Olympic and Broadway. Great positioning of this building. I always thought of there being a huge LED screen in front of this building for all of Broadway to see, kinda like Times Square. I can only imagine what a great view this must have of Broadway if you’re on top of this building looking north.
Actually back then it was still just the Los Angeles Examiner. It didn’t become the Herald-Examiner until a merger with the L.A. Herald-Express in the early ’60s.