Posted by Eloise (152.163.195.182) on July 26, 2002 at 18:09:20:
In Reply to: Save the memories, but not the building posted by Dan on July 25, 2002 at 06:28:33:
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS "INSOLENT" IS FITTING. YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY NO IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE AMBASSADOR WAS LIKE BEFORE THE FIESTA BALLROOM WAS RUINED AND THE COCOANUT GROVE WAS TORN OUT IN THE 60s AND TURNED INTO AN UGLY PLASTIC, RED AND BLACK CHEAP VEGAS TYPE SPACE. IF YOU ONLY FOUND "WONDERFUL MOMENTS" IN THE BUNGALOWS YOU PROBABLY WERE SEEING EVERYTHING WITH YOUR EYES WIDE SHUT - I LIVED AT THE HOTEL FROM WHEN IT OPENED UNTIL 1938 AND KNOW THE BEAUTY OF ITS FORMER SELF. YOU MUST BE HAND IN HAND WITH THE LAUSD IN ORDER TO GET A TOUR AND YOUR IDEAS ARE IN TUNE WITH THEIR LACK OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.