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Originally Posted by ocman
They went French with the NYC location and more Italianate with LA, naturally because of the style of building each hotel is in. But they set out to make the LA location brighter. The before-after is pretty much unrecognizable other than the ceiling. This is the most impressive and ambitious renovation in DTLA, arguably surpassing Ace and Freehand.
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I've previously saw that pic of the pre renovated lobby of the old Giannini place bldg, but comparing it with the nomad work makes me realize a lot of the molding & other modifications.....which I at first thought were just a restoration of original design elements....actually have been added by the new owners. The interior possibly is more formal & elaborate today than it was over 50 yrs ago. fantastic!
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Originally Posted by ConstructDTLA
feel free to pull any over if you wish.
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thanks to one of your photos, I can see the site where a hotel was supposed to be under construction by now.....the hotel on 9th St near the fwy that some ppl have described as a design belonging in Vegas or Phoenix.....is surrounded by a fence, but the parking lot is still being used to hold cars.
this is one of your pics that I want to insert in this thread.....the rundown condition of the merritt bldg has long been one of the major disgraces of broadway, but dtla in general. Knowing it's finally receiving TLC & appears to be going through the clean up process is such a great relief...
hunterkerhart
btw, brigham's pics of the new nomad include some very helpful shots of areas that so far haven't been seen elsewhere on the net. His one photo of a hotel rm window looking out over 7th st towards the brockman bldg....& a partial view of the bottega louie restaurant.....makes me think of the time when I thought their neighbor across the way was being a daredevil in opening a major restaurant in a still untested & shaky dtla. I remember thinking back then how risky it was of them to open such an ambitious proj before knowing full well whether dt would support it or not.